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Fender American Jazz Bass Black/Black 2004 *Sold*
risingson replied to risingson's topic in Basses For Sale
Apologies for not putting up more pics today guys, I've been mad busy and maybe should have waited until I had a bit of time to advertise this. Will sort them out asap. Thank you to everyone who's messaged me so far. -
Been practicing my cowstep recently, just can't get it down as well as Sting and his band can from 4:12 onwards.
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[quote name='Protium' post='1226577' date='May 10 2011, 06:46 PM']We once played to a barmaid and a dog when the singer advertised the wrong date and everyone turned up the day after[/quote] There seem to be an overwhelming amount of anecdotes that just involve bands playing music to dogs and their owners!
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[quote name='lojo' post='1226920' date='May 10 2011, 11:20 PM']I have brought and sold on here and its all been happy, but my last bass for sale on here got little interest so I put it on ebay and it went no problem I'll always try here first, Id rather deal with other forum members, and pay an amount to the site rather than to ebay, but needs must, and there are some great people on ebay also[/quote] My biggest problem with Ebay as Happy Jack rightly stately above is the fees. I appreciate a company as big as Ebay makes its profit this way, however the fees are way too high right now. Also the seller protection is really quite poor in my view, there is no incentive for the buyers to leave feedback, and if you're choosing to use Paypal then as a newer customer you will need that feedback in order for your money to be released - and not before you've paid a tidy sum of your profit from the Ebay sale to Paypal (Ebay) for using their service. I paid nearly £15 on a recent transaction. This site offers a good way of selling to enthusiasts, dodging the fees and brokering your own kind of deal with the buyer, sure it's not a seller's market right now but it's friendly, well informed and well monitored.
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Selling on Basschat is just brilliant, I wouldn't dream of putting anything up bass related on Ebay now.
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[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='1226793' date='May 10 2011, 10:02 PM']Seems influenced by Adrian Sherwood's On-U-Sound production style. Did you hear that Mongrel album? This stuff: [/quote] I like it, not heard of them before though. On-U-Sound aren't a label I've got into but it seems like I should, there's a lot of great collaboration efforts from Adrian Sherwood with a few artists I like.
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I love it.
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[u][b]FENDER U.S. 2004 JAZZ BASS - BLACK/BLACK MAPLE[/b][/u] Hi everyone! This is my Fender American 2004 Jazz Bass. This bass has been my work horse bass for practically the whole of my gigging career and I would be reluctant to let it go, but seeing as I've recently bought a new Lakland, it has been largely replaced and doesn't get as much time as it deserves. [attachment=79526:TheJazz.jpg] [attachment=79717:jazz_2.JPG] [attachment=79716:photo.JPG] [attachment=79718:headstock.JPG] [b]- Alder body - black/black w maple fretboard - U.S Fender electronics and pickups with the S1 parallel/series switching (a really useful little switch that thickens up the sound, a bit more P-Bass) - Weight is around 9lbs and is very comfortable on the shoulders. [/b] A few bits of information about this bass; as I mentioned, it has been my workhorse for going on 5-6 years, I bought it from new. There are a few knocks and scrapes here and there (pictured below), however the bass itself is in perfect working order and still sounds GREAT! This has been the bass that has served me so well and I hope it can find a home where it will see as much action [attachment=79721:chip_2.JPG] [attachment=79719:chip_1.JPG] [attachment=79720:fretboard_chip.JPG] I am asking for [b]£475 firm[/b] which I don't think is an unreasonable amount to be asking, especially since the bass was almost double this figure from new. I'm not longer after trades here, thanks to those who enquired though. I'll happily answer any questions you guys might have on the bass, just post them here or drop me a PM Best wishes, Liam
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Nice one mate, looks good! Hmm, got me thinking... -
Any pics mate?
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Most notable solo bass players are jazz players aren't they. Jazz is about the freedom of expression without constraint on any level, and that includes the perceived limitations of your instrument, so whilst I think that there are only a few notable solo bass players, without them we might never have known the full extent to which the bass could be used. Whether or not you consider the end result enjoyable or not is up to the individual. The current popular musical climate doesn't seem to have much room for bass solos, I think there's less and less to be discovered about the bass thanks to the big innovators of bass soloing, and after all that's what makes a solo interesting; hearing something you've not heard before done very musically and with a high level of virtuosity.
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I've had a few gigs where a few punters have had one too many lines of coke and think it's okay to do whatever they want. Usually though all they want to do is talk total rubbish to you at the end of your sets, and most of them are harmless/ One of the worst gigs I've ever played was a birthday in Glasgow at a really amazing venue... however the woman (who had seen us before, we played her daughter's wedding) was complaining that the guests weren't dancing like they were at her daughter's event and that we should play some more 'upbeat' music that people knew better. We'd played a whole set worth of Motown and well known Beatles tunes so we were a little puzzled by this so we played 'Superstition' by Stevie W. She stopped us for a second time complaining that she'd never heard the song in her life (idiot) and that she wasn't happy that people still weren't dancing (few of he guests were below the age of 65 which didn't help). Luckily her daughter told her in fewer words that she was being totally ridiculous and we got plenty of great compliments from just about everyone else, but she made the night hell for us otherwise. I almost lost my cool with her until I remembered she was paying us at the end of the night... once we were finished playing, as a means of apologising to us her daughter and husband, two of the nicest people I've ever met took us out in Glasgow and we got pretty slaughtered to make up for it. There's no pleasing some people out there
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Colin Greenwood Sig Precision, Just a fanasy of mine
risingson replied to absolutpepper's topic in Bass Guitars
I love Colin Greenwood... I love Radiohead! But there wouldn't be much point in a sig bass for the reasons described above. I think he'd agree himself -
Hey, welcome! I spend a lot of my time in Sweden, it's a brilliant place! Where abouts are you?
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If You Could Have 1 Hour With Any Living Bass Player.....?
risingson replied to merello's topic in General Discussion
Pino! Or Anthony Jackson, I'd be really, really stuck choosing. -
Rick James..proper old skool spandex/funk alert!
risingson replied to iconic's topic in General Discussion
Always think of this [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwgvwFWK_dQ&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwgvwFWK_dQ...feature=related[/url] when I think of Rick James... classic Dave Chappelle, not for the easily offended! -
[quote name='MythSte' post='1220515' date='May 5 2011, 02:23 AM']I might meet you lot down there for a pint if you'll have me! Get to know your local mod or something! [/quote] Drop me a PM mate!
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[quote name='JakeFoordBass' post='1220450' date='May 4 2011, 11:52 PM']Hi Liam, how's tricks? Yeah, doing an Open Mic at The Noble House on Brunswick Street every wednesday! Come down and have a play sometime, it's a great space! Giving the NS it's first road test there next week.[/quote] Nice, saw you had your old electric upright for sale and was tempted but alas, zero cash. I missed tonight but I'll get down next Wednesday, sounds promising.
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Alright Jake, it's Liam from LIPA Hope you're well mate, saw you were doing a few open mic nights round town @ Noble House? May well pop down and say hello! For the rest of you chaps, Jake is a marvelous bass player, his band 6ix Toys are well worth looking out for if you're in and around the Liverpool area, severe funk of the highest caliber!
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DR's have made a name for themselves and seem to be the staple string for any enthusiast, but I've found the sonic differences between them and D'Addario for example to be too small for me to consider shelling about an extra £15 for the former. There are good strings and not so good strings, but once you've got past the advertising jargon, strings become a muchness of a muchness for me. I'd maybe pay a bit more attention to what flatwounds I was using as I think there's a tiny bit more you need to look for but with roundwounds I'm happy to pay less for D'Addarios as I don't think the difference between them and DRs are notable enough for me to pay more.
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[quote name='urb' post='1217970' date='May 2 2011, 07:48 PM']Fair enough - I still think Hadrien's a great player and he doesn't need me to defend him so I won't - horses for courses, old school vs new school etc etc - personally I think there's room for everything - I like his groove on this but you're right his style is way more technical than perhaps is necessary for this stuff, but I really just posted this as I like the fact he's stepping out in different styles now, and trying to get away from being labelled as a fusion guy.[/quote] It wasn't actually Hadrien's playing that turned me off to the music, clearly his musical ability is of a high standard and I suspect he would be a great asset in a lot of different kinds of musical situations. My criticism is of the band as a whole. I like good groove music and the sum of the parts here would lead anyone who hasn't heard the band to assume that the result of the music would be great, but it falls short in feel and soul for me.
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I think Hedrien is technically a great player, I really do. Admittedly not my thing but he's very good at what he does, no denying it! But I hear technically 'competent' musicians playing in faux-funk bands like these all the time, and can't help feeling how generic and lifeless it sounds. There's almost no feel to it, the keyboard playing is as stiff as a board and the singer IMO can't actually sing particularly well. I appreciate talent on all sorts of levels and clearly they can all play, but as a band they just don't work to my ears. Sorry man, this is purely my opinion and I'm sure that there will be others that will totally disagree with me but I see a lot of bands like this through my old Uni and I always think it to be totally uninspired.
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CB, this usually isn't my thing and if I'm totally honest I'm not the greatest fan of the solo bass playing thing but I think you've managed to develop a sound and technique that is actually incredibly unique and more importantly, very accessible to listen to. I'm really impressed and I'll definitely keep an eye out for you.
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Do Squier do a Mustang bass? That would be a really great start.
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My Eden rig died on me last week, luckily I managed to hotfoot it over to a friends who let me borrow this Laney kickback affair that was more than capable of letting me monitor myself for the evening, I just took a direct out to the desk and that was that. Turned out it was a blown fuse, stupid because I should have been carrying at least a spare or two should the eventuality of a blown fuse occur. It got me thinking as well, I wouldn't mind having a small, ultralight combo just as a backup if things really go badly with my primary setup and I'm not playing locally. Obviously it would have been handy if I'd had a spare fuse to hand as well!