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[quote name='daveparker123' timestamp='1367944531' post='2071377'] If Ashdown gear was 'wooly' 'marmite like' 'average' or 'disappointing' as I've read on here, why would bassists like Nate Mendel, John Entwhistle, Mark King, James Johnston, Adam Clayton, Pino Palladino and Guy Pratt buy it themselves to use on stage? [/quote] I doubt they buy Ashdown gear, it's likely given to them in order to extend the brand name to prospective customers. In the case of Nate Mendel it's obviously beneficial for them to extend their marketing to the U.S.A too. Players like Pino have also used Epifani, Ampeg and Phil Jones stuff, depending on who he's playing with and what part of the world he is in, he doesn't seem to be all that picky about amplification. I don't have a problem with Ashdown per se but I wouldn't use their amps, they don't make my bass sound like I'd want it to sound on stage and unfortunately I have found that the 'wooly' sound has been true of much of the Ashdown stuff I've used. I get that other people like it though, it's just not my cup of tea at all. You might not like my amp if you tried it out, so it works both ways.

Don't really care too much what anyone plays anymore! Used to when I was younger, now I don't, I'm probably just incredibly stubborn and know what I like. Right now it's the right blend of vintage and modern!

I found I could get on a lot better in series mode over parallel, it seems to kick the mids in a bit. The EQ as everyone has said is extreme on Musicmans, a little goes a long way and I virtually left my EQ flat the whole time I gigged with my 5'er, maybe a bit of bass boost here and there. Maxed out bass is extreme, you can really mess your bandmates up with a Stingray's EQ and the stage setup couldn't handle it, it saturated the stage completely.

Fair enough I guess, I wonder if he's been offered the Fender endorsement before? I'm guessing he has.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1367753201' post='2069000'] Nick, I've just started gigging with a TH500. I've never had a band gather around my gear and look at the amp before last night! They've asked me not to use anything else. [/quote] Tried a TH500 with the new Berg CN212 the other last week. Unbelievable.

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1367597415' post='2067450'] If they don't agree then that particular 'bombshell' is going to lose me all of about 5 seconds sleep. I'm certainly not going to bore them to death by insisting they listen to obscure widdly sh*te or lecture them on how ignorant they are for not agreeing with me, comparing genitalia sizes and insisting that every note played is influenced by them. [/quote] It is a little frustrating to see people quite obviously throwing up the walls when it comes to some of the more very obvious important bands, writers/composers and musicians in history, kind of of like plugging your ears and singing because you're unwilling to change your opinion too - not that I've seen any of that in this thread at all but it does have a tendency to happen on here from time to time. I completely agree though, and in the case of Jaco (someone who I really loved when I was a younger player), it's very easy to see why people might not be at all keen to listen. His music definitely isn't for everyone, neither is his playing, tone etc. etc.

One of my favourite Beatles tunes, glad it turned out better than that demo! Love Ringo's drums on the Revolver recording.

Just got back from NYC having played the CN212. Not too clued up on technical specs and all that, plus I was sat in a shop at the time so you can never get a really clear picture of how an amp sounds. So with that all aside, it sounded unbelievably good at low to mid level.

[quote name='Zenitram' timestamp='1367359059' post='2064796'] Did he write Birdland? I think he played on it, didn't he. [/quote] Might have had a hand in it but it will have been Zawinul who wrote it.

Great story, I'm sure he was capable of being a massive pain in the arse at times.

That tort pickguard was a far better choice than black IMO, it looks amazing.

First time I heard Jaco I'd bought his solo album after being told I should listen, thrown it on and was stumped, I thought it was some kind of horn player. One of my favourite bass players even if I don't listen to him anymore, he was the gateway to understanding a lot of things for me.

I've been waiting for this release for 7 years Untune! I've followed what's been going on, the uber-fans on the forums have been going mental trying to crack codes and mathematical equations, I've just sat back and waited for the release announcement from Warp For those who might be unfamiliar with Boards of Canada, they took their name from the National Film Board of Canada, when they were young they emigrated from Scotland to Canada and were inspired by the scratchy warmth of the soundtracks that accompanied a lot of the films. They're known to sample number stations as well in their earlier work amongst a load of other things. Really psychedelic and always interesting to listen to, they're considered to be pioneers in electronic music.

Huge French House fan so it's anything Thomas Bangalter related for me... Daft Punk (the new avatar ), Stardust (as mentioned above), anything from Roule and his stuff with DJ Falcon ('Together' is one of my favourite house tunes ever). Just hunt down what the samples were and utilise them. Example, 'The Music Sounds Better With You' is the snippet of Hiram Bullock's rhythm guitar part at the start of 'Fate' by Chaka Khan.

[quote name='phsycoandy' timestamp='1367173125' post='2062162'] You had me going there for a moment when I first read it! you nasty person you ! [/quote] Pics when it arrives...

Not being funny but they sound like a bunch of dicks. Anyone with arrogance to take the opportunity to score you on a piece of paper and record you (for whatever benefit) after you've been assured that it was meant to be light-hearted audition I'd be steering very well clear of. Think of it less that you've cocked up and more like you've dodged a bullet. And nice one for plucking up the courage to do something outside your comfort zone, onwards and upwards.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1367158289' post='2061877'] How about this: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjpg5PuaGBw[/media] [/quote] I don't see what you couldn't achieve with a volume pedal and a P-Bass on a track like this (any bass in fact), but to be totally honest the space for electric bass doesn't really exist on the track anyway, it's far better suited to a synth bass type swell and benefits from a lack of low end in the track to add to the atmospheric quality in which it succeeds so well. Great track, maybe a bit of a straw man argument though really?

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1367153277' post='2061763'] If you want it to do so then it can. However, if you don't want it to do so then it can't. [/quote] Best answer probably. I think they can be used for everything I've ever been involved in, rock, R&B, hip hop, soul, jazz, pop, prog metal even at some stage, I could have very easily covered all bases (pardon the pun) with a P. If you don't like them though then they're never going to be for you, and you should just get something else.

Most of my focus comes on playing bass, I've worked quite hard recently at guitar too as I absolutely love playing. I swap between the two happily, I'm more adept on bass but I'll play guitar happily, swap and change when I want and all that.

All got sold, I was there last weekend and they're gone. The only thing left was a Pensa hollowbody fretless that was designed for Marcus to play but never properly used. Eye watering price for that Fodera fretless, will have been snapped up by some investment banker.

[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1367086606' post='2061208'] Isnt his son Paul McCartneys drummer?? [/quote] This man. Enough said: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQnxGppzGtM

Cool clip. The thing is that Trombone is incredibly hard to play especially in a Jazz situation, rarely do you hear a Trombone player blasting quickly over changes and the ones that do are absolute monster players. Underrated instrument I reckon.

Gone the total opposite way, I was a Jazz bass player for years and have moved over to a P. That said, I'll pick up a Jazz again soon if I can, that '75 reissue looks immense so if I could get hold of one then that's what I'd go for. Great choice then!

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1367074488' post='2061002'] It certainly could have been said of whatever stringed bass was most common. [/quote] Yeh absolutely. It obviously made sense at the time for the transition from upright to electric bass to evolve around the tuning of the upright seeing as most players who were to adapt the electric bass as part of their ensembles would be most comfortable with the former. What I'm sure most people didn't realise at the time was the adaptation to electric would involve a whole new approach at what they'd been taught before, they're two very different instruments. It's interesting that the Fender Bass VI didn't become the norm, I think had it been introduced a bit earlier than it could have become the standard as it would have encompassed a lot of what came naturally to guitar players of that era.