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Showoff! Really nice, I love it.

What an amazing way to go out, I'll be trying for tickets with my dad I reckon.

I think he and Peter Hook should both be chucked down a well together

[quote name='Pete Academy' timestamp='1358375347' post='1938293'] Apologies to his fans, but he's an extremely average player that happened to be in a successful band. [/quote] Seems like you've not started this thread for debate but rather to spark some kind of argument, gain a reaction and to pass off your own opinion as fact. With this aside, BRX said it all in post number #3: [quote][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]He developed a style and pretty much made it his own. IMO he's got a whole load more musical personality than a lot of the players with "killer chops" that get raved about on here.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Providing he's actually entertaining and informative on the day, then its more than enough reason for him to be doing it.[/font][/color][/quote]

[size=4]"...[font=arial, sans-serif]if you give me a tuba[/font][font=arial, sans-serif], I'll bring you something out of it." -- John Lennon[/font][/size]

Great guitar player, he nailed the tune. Brutal honesty though, I thought it was tame and when he got to the verse the thing totally deflated. For this kind of thing to work you've got to be able to embellish on an existing song for it to work and he didn't, not close. That was more like watching a good counterfeiter at work with some skills with a guitar, there was no music there to be spoken of as such. Better than the original? Nah!

No zing?? God, mine's got loads. In fact I've never had problem getting top end out of any Stingray I've ever played, even under the most difficult circumstances that preamp [u]will[/u] give you splitting treble if you crank it. Markbass stuff I've tried and gigged has sometimes had a 'muted' top end to its natural sound I've noticed.

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1358165527' post='1933965'] Wichita Lineman is one of my all time favourite songs and lyrics. Should be a good doc this. Thanks for the nod. [/quote] +1, incredible songwriting and production!

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1358167454' post='1934023'] No, he is trying to develop a market I think. He makes a living as a musician so I don't think he's got it far wrong, it's a different type of business model. [/quote] Factor into that that he's unlikely to make money from selling his own music and I think it's absolutely fine what he's doing, absolute standard practice.

[quote name='Angel' timestamp='1358150695' post='1933719'] I always thought that he was just a 4 string payer? I don't recall seeing any 5 string tabs. What would I know! I love that early Jamiroquai stuff though [/quote] I would say if anything he was primarily a 5 string player during the time he was with Jamiroquai. Don't trust tabs at all, they are usually incredibly misleading and usually wrong!

[quote name='shizznit' timestamp='1357998228' post='1931585'] The first time I saw Jamiroquai play there was a Warwick Thumb NT on a stand that didn't get used in the set, so he had one of those too. You can see him play it on the When Are You Gonna Learn video. [/quote] Not saying it won't have been his as it well could have been but Andrew Levy from the Brand New Heavies owned a Thumb around that time, probably even played it on When You Gonna Learn so I guess it's possible it could have been borrowed by Stuart as I've never heard of him using one, nor has he ever mentioned it in interview. Also possible Warwick might have leant him one too.

They're nice sounding amps but I would be wary of the quality, I've had a very good friend have 2 break on him, once during the time I was playing through one during a gig.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1357988006' post='1931336'] I'm not trying to defend Fender's QC or anything, but I wouldn't buy a bass on the strength of this pic, whether it seems good or bad. It's obviously been so processed, airbrushed and generally Photoshopped that it could well be made up from various separate graphic elements and not be a picture of an existing bass at all! Look at it! It seems to be hovering in mid-air. In my experience Fenders are a bit heavier than that! [color=#ffffff].[/color] [/quote] Bang on the money mate. My emails to The Fender corp. re: ideas for a new helium-filled P-Bass were completely ignored!

Stuart definitely used Stingrays to record with. Most of the time it will have been a Warwick, it's his obvious preference during his time with Jamiroquai but as I'm sure we're all aware records are deceiving, by the time the signal has been processed a bass can sound like a lot of different things. He also used an Alembic early on as well.

[quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1357932381' post='1930868'] Just be grateful that Leo did the groundbreaking bit for them sixty odd years back [/quote] That he did, but the company is a husk of what it used to be, they're trading off of the name and the quality and thought just isn't there. As is the way of the world I guess.

Quite like them! Do wish Fender would be more inventive though, it's hardly groundbreaking.

I'm off in April for 10 days, get to Rudys if you can, they're lovely in there and will chat with you forever, home of Pensa basses too which are truly wonderful things.

[quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1357865424' post='1929914'] Love jamiroquai especially the stuff with stu zender playing bass - emergency on planet earth - return of the space cowboy - travelling without moving Can anyone give me a little lessons as to what stuart used? I.e basses, effects and amps... Thanks a lot [/quote] Hey Marcus, Stuart was given a cheque when he was younger by his mum for living etc. which he blew (or cleverly purchased, whichever way you look at it) on a Warwick Streamer Stage I 4 string. That was the bass he used on all of the first album as far as I'm aware apart from on When You Gonna Learn, which was Andrew Levy on bass. After that is was Stage I & II five strings, a Stage I 8-string, a Streamer fretless, a Musicman and a P-Bass. He had quite a few custom shops, a white Stage I with blue LEDs, the 'Iroquois' print Stage II, and the 'Godzilla' all chrome Stage I 5 with green LEDs for promo work and playing after Jamiroquai did the Godzilla soundtrack theme... he got booted out shortly before a lot of stuff of the 4th album got released and his tracks were erased, he got replaced with Nick Fyffe. He's used Trace Elliot valve gear, Warwick, Mesa Boogie and Ampeg for amplification. His earlier effects were done on a Boss ME-6B and later he used the ME-8B. Warwick IMO leant a lot to his sound, his amps etc. are kind of neither here nor there as I'm pretty certain it was straight to the desk with his sound in the studio, plus an ungodly amount of compression which always gave him that squashed sound that kind of popped out in the mix so well. He was (is) a great player, I think there were plenty of issues with him and the rest of the band which led to his expulsion, I heard a lot of ego was involved which you can probably imagine in a band like that. I think that he might be on better terms with them now, he definitely is with Derrick McKenzie, their drummer. Hope that helps!

I actually find this borderline insulting that Fender would even bother releasing this. It's absolutely disgusting, I usually think that 'a bass is worth what you're willing to pay for it' etc. but I wouldn't pay over £60 for this. Whoever commissioned this needs shooting up close with a BB gun.

Basically never any floor effects units. I have an OC-2 octaver but it's bust right now, to be honest it's the only pedal I really have found I've ever needed, having owned wahs, drives, flangers, delays, the lot really.

The guy even looks like a moron. Hope it turns up!

Lovely mate. Great track overall, a lot of fun, clever too.

[quote name='oldslapper' timestamp='1357290064' post='1920314'] This needs to be a sticky, "... That's the key when you're touring; just be a nice chap and have a good vibe about you. That's the way to get work. If you're a superb player, but a pain in the ***, you'll never get asked. The world is full of phenomenal musicians who are so up themselves that they are really difficult to be around. Being on the road with difficult people is really draining." [/quote] Definitely. I don't know Lee but I know Phil Mulford and he says that he's a thoroughly nice chap, as well as being a cracking bass player to boot.