bubinga5

18 minutes ago, itu said:

Two songs:

Friends and strangers 

Rio funk 

 

I don't like his solo work, but as a sideman he plays the right notes. 

I'm not a huge fan of his slap all of the time.  3 Deuces is fantastic. Thankyou I will check those out.

It occurred to me I had no idea who was playing bass on some of my favourite records. by my suprise I found out it was Marcus Miller. Thing is he's so under the radar session wise, you would never know it was him playing and in his session days that's what made him great. He just played it for the record.

There are 500 albums out there of Marcus's playing. Please share if you know. ?

One of my favourite Jazz funk records. Its utter magic and his bass playing is just.🔥 

Records like this are why I love soul house and funk.  Superb playing from Mr Crampton...

WOW. You never see these early TRBp,s with a quilted top ever especially in this condition. Really rare bass.

6 hours ago, Jaybeevee said:

I just landed a 1998 JB4A, which may not be what you are asking about, but I can add that, blimey it's killer.

@BlueMoon is indeed correct about the weight. mine is ash bodied and weights a tonne.. well 5.2kg but it´s weighty. Fortunately for me, I don´t mind a heavy bass. 

Mine has the Bartolini 9s pups and the NTCT Bart pre amp. It's made for slap (with its mid cut), but mids can be boosted from the board, and finger style, it's warm and fat. Quality in every aspect.
But the neck is also fat. It has a full C (jazz width) profile and feels like a slender bass ball bat. Very similar the BB in the picture in fact. Here again, lucky for me I like em fat, thin, wide or narrow..  
Maybe newer Moons have a sallower profile?

The bass ball fat neck concernes me. I had a BB PJ and I sold it for that very reason. I owned a USA Lakland JO and the neck was just wow. Slim but flat back to front. What an incredible instrument that was. Need to try a Moon me thinks J. Amazing how the shape of a piece of wood changes your feelings towards expressing yourself.

On 23/05/2025 at 22:38, jay-syncro said:

I've owned several Moon jazz basses and they are my favourite FSO. My current one is a 70's style JB4 with an ebony fretboard and a dark burgandy nitro finish. It's immense and really nails that 70's Jazz tone. It does differ from a 70's Fender in a coupe of ways, it's lightweight and well built! 😁

 

It's looking a bit more Road worn these days, but it looked like this when new. 

 

Jay you notice any difference between the slanted neck pickup to the JJ. ?

Keep the foto flame ( if possible )and get it refinished/ lacquered by David Wilson. He sprayed my Atelier Z and it was superb.

I'm looking to buy a great Jazz Bass because Im about to sell my house and be mortgage free . Yay.!!.. I was looking for any opinions on these two. Ive owned a 1996 MIJ non export 75 and it was fantastic so I dig that maple/maple jazz bass sound. But I've never played a Moon JJ4 so I'm curious as to

1. what are the necks like on a Moon,.,I prefer a shallow C shape.

2. does a Moon JJ4 sound like a 70s jazz bass.

I'm aware Moon slanted the neck pickup to give a fuller sound on the E string and the early JJ4s have a bartolini pre amp and pickups.. Any experience and thoughts from someone who has owned both or just the Moon is much appreciated. I would be looking for a 90s JJ4. 

Before Andrew started making basses under the name Anaconda he made other basses like this amazing Ostinato Jazz bass that I bought from the Bass Gallery in 2010. Emg pickups. Aguilar OBP2, Alder body Olivewood top. It was a fantastic instrument. 

Play an MIJ non export 70,s spacing JB 75 from the 90s.  They are just superb and a proper Jazz bass.

Any bass player from Ozric Tentacles. Or Marcus's bass playing on any of Luther's records. His bass playing on this is the reason he is regarded so highly imo. It's just a masterclass in for the record understated slap. 

Very early Prince with 94 East. 

15 hours ago, Bagman said:

guitarist mate was around today for jamming and to pick up some charts

 

he played me a track by Grace Bowers Hodge Podge 

I thought very good 

I've forgotten how to link video sorry 

This magic Bagman.? 

Excellence. !!! 

I had one of these and they are bonafide great jazz basses. Sounded amazing.. I ordered a brown tort for it.. glwts.

Yep that is killer. Ed Poole would love this. 

This is just a powerhouse of a live concert imo. Micks voice is just way out there with an amazing amazing band. 

I asked Marcus and they are now Lakland dealers. I'm now in trouble. It's great news as imo it's one brand that they were missing imo. .  https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1BvK5WtZHN/

What Randy HOPE Taylor plays on bass over those 3 chords is just amazing. Imo

I'm sure I owned this can a while back. Could be wrong. Was fantastic 

A fantastic mix of her classic Paul. 

50 minutes ago, paul_5 said:

SUCH a great vocalist - check out this track on Hospital Records...
 

 

Yes I so dig it Paul.  !!! She was a favorite for a lot of DJs I believe. 

Anyone who loves rare groove will know this legendary singer songwriter who was known as the Queen of Rare Groove.  Very sad to hear she has gone. Many headphones I've been through listening to her EPIC vocals and grooves and this cracker was one of them..