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[quote name='acidbass' post='523098' date='Jun 24 2009, 10:54 PM']Thinking about putting them on one of my Jazz basses. Are they really THAT good? I normally use Elixirs for that particular bass but am considering a change![/quote] Yes i think they are that good...I would recommend them highly..the best string ive ever heard...they have a lovely quality sound to them..I could be wrong but i think there manufactured slightly differently to most strings.... Of course they may not be for everyone, they are bright..but they make different types..

I just recieved some DR Hi Beams from String Busters..First i should say that i ordered them online at 8.00 pm one night and amazingly they came the next morning!!?? Now thats good service!! So i put them on the Lakland which has Nordies and a Glockenklang pre and just sounds amazing anyway..i put these on, and was blown away! For real, these are the best strings i have ever played on a bass..(and i think i have tried them all)...They feel great aswell.. They are expensive but well worth it..I will use these strings exclusively now, i love them.. I cant wait to try them on the Jazz. I applaud String Busters and DR's...

WOW,,surely this is taking the search for tone too far!!?? One set of DR's is enough for me..Im happy with the tone all across the fretboard...

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='520912' date='Jun 22 2009, 05:17 PM']The things bass players will do for a little attention. [/quote] For Real!!!

From the day I started playing I said to myself that I would never play a jazz or a precision They were my thoughts when i first started playing...Like Rich said your best bet is to get a US Jazz and get a external pre amp, like the Aguilar Tone Hammer, or the fantastic Sadowsky pre... All the best...

Ive played this one and its fantastic!!!

Prob wrong to post this here but... I love a song by a girl called Helicopter Girl, called 'Angel City'..Has anyone heard or know this artist..I love this song big time..Also, anyone heard a band called 'Mamas Gun'..Fantastic music... B..

i presume you know the technique well.. If so , do what sounds good to you, but what ever you do , DONT slap at a thousand miles an hour where the music is lost and its a platform for your incredible agility. ( i hate those You Tube idiots)....i dont know what music you want to write a slap line to, but generally (IMHO) less is more.. A great way is to work out a simple bass line that fits the song fingerstyle, then thumb the same bass line, adding pops, etc when you think its sound ok... At the end of the day, Slap 'technique' is just that..it shouldnt rule the sound..again IMHO...

I have an old Lakland 55-01 and the neck is VERY grimey..It has a laquer on the neck as you may know..I have tried soap and water but it not coming off..I took the neck off and you can see the color it used to be..I would like to get it back to its original state..including the headstock.. The bass was made in 2003 so i doubt its ever been cleaned.. What isn the best thing to use?? Thanks

A favorite vid of mine.. Fagan and Brecker.......Just amazing....... Cant remember the bassists name now but he plays ESP basses...Just remembered its Tom Barney.. Love it!!!! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylr2D4Pwn58"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylr2D4Pwn58[/url]

[quote name='JanSpeeltBas' post='515807' date='Jun 16 2009, 10:10 PM']Abraham Laboriel told me about this record. Bass parts were played by several players and edited and compiled to one bass track. The credits on the CD name one player for each track which isn't quite complete...this record costed millions of dollars to make and it's so smooth and perfected I really don't like to listen to it...I gave away my copy...[/quote] Your thinking about it to much..Its a brilliantly crafted album..and a joy to listen to.....IMHO

Bloody awsome bass mind...I would bloody love it for the bass and its ex owner....

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='514882' date='Jun 15 2009, 11:29 PM']The Gallery are selling the bass on behalf of Chris Celinder. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtopic=49182&view=findpost&p=489710"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&sho...st&p=489710[/url] I know at least one ex-Mark King Jaydee was sold for £5000 through the Bass Centre and that was about 10 years ago.[/quote] But CK, Eubassix used to own this..Did he sell it back to Chris??

Does anyone remember the M channnel on sky about 4 years ago...It used to have range of people and presenters teaching you different instruments including Bass..Twas very good... Whatever happened to it?

Just spotted the 'Meshell's' Celinder for sale in the Gallery for wait for it...... £5000.......Now i know Celinders are expensive but 5 grand??? Even if it was Meshell's.. The bass Gallery seem to really overprice there basses... And why do they think they can charge £150 more for a Sadowsky UV than Guitar Guitar..?? Surely they should be a bit more competitive, especially in today's climate

[quote name='iamapirate' post='512328' date='Jun 12 2009, 05:44 PM']Oh that is just SO not fair! How much did that set you back? and to answer the topic - get a fender american j-bass - best bass I ever bought (the only bass I've ever bought - my first was given to me and I've only ever own'd 2). I tried out almost every bass in GAK before settling on the j-bass... and i play quite a bit of slap. Seriously, with new strings... oooh... i did a man wee thinking of it.... [/quote] +100 Pirate..A new set of nickles or steels on a jass is a supreme growly, funky, awsome tone..My custom shop with a slighty worn in set of DR's through an Aguilar, is the best thing ive heard on an electric bass..

Some might say a Spitfire is not really a Jazz bass ^_^