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[quote name='joegarcia' post='596587' date='Sep 12 2009, 03:04 PM']Cool. Touring with these guys supporting for some of the EU dates late October, really looking forward to it.[/quote] Awesome, I'm going to one of their shows, either Leeds or Manchester. What band are you in? I love PT, especially In Absentia and Deadwing. In fact anything Steven Wilson has touched is absolutely amazing.

I listen ot most of the stuff I cover, but that's mainly because we only cover songs we like. Btw. I managed to read your thread title as "Do you listen to your truss rod cover?" - I must be dyslexic!

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Warwick-Corvete-double-buck-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ130330143750QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item1e58482c06&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Warwick-Corvete-doub...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url] Gotta be worth a shot for that price? I'm really tempted, except somebody I sometimes gig with has the exact same bass so I don't want one in that colour

I think I have all of my basses set up at around 1mm, 3mm, 4mm or something around that. I'd consider it medium action. I'm considering lowering the action on all my basses to make myself play lighter.

Great video, great song, great bass tone - what did you use, if I may ask? It seems the Keyboard player gets seen in the video even less than you do!

When I try instruments I pretty much decide in the first 30 seconds whether I will like it or not. Small quirks may need "getting used to" but if something big doesn't feel right the moment you pick it up, it probably never will! IMHO tone is a entirely different matter though, as there are far more other aspects that will affect it.

[quote name='Bay Splayer' post='590783' date='Sep 5 2009, 04:29 PM']great! just ordered geddy lee jazz bass from them 10 minutes ago, wish i read this first [/quote] With something popular like a Fender it shouldn't be a problem. My friend bought a T-bird which arrived in 3 days. I bought an Ibanez 6 string guitar and it took about 2 weeks, and the friend who bought a T-bird also bought a GK combo which took about a month!

GAK can be very slow. If you want to buy from them I suggest you call them up first and make sure they have a bass physically in stock.

Perhaps we should introduce a thread "tag" system that is popular on many other forums. Even if it's just in the classifieds you'll get a list of related thread, which have the same tags, at the bottom of your thread. So lets say I post a FS thread for a Fender Jazz MIM, I will get a list of related threads at the bottom of mine for other Fender Jazz FS posts and threads by people who want Fender Jazzes. You don't even have to put the tags in yourself, you can get it automatically done based on the thread title or whatever. Like this:

I think they changed the neck finish some time in the past. I played a maple/maple standard Jazz yesterday and it felt identical to my MIM Jazz (with a maple/maple mighty mite neck). The original neck on my (2001 model) bass is glossy, now I think it's a satin finish. Also the new necks feel a little thicker but I might be wrong on that. Some colours seem to be worth more than others. There's also the 60s classic and the 70s reissues which are also worth more.

Like I said, the UVs were very well put together basses with good quality parts, it's just that I didn't really like them. That Modern 24 5 string was a whole different story though......

I stayed in Durham last night, so this morning I went a little further up the road to Newcastle to go to a few shops with Guitar Guitar in particular, make of it what you will: Sadowsky - "Underwhelming" would be the best word to describe this. The UVs were nice basses but for almost 2k? Nowhere near as good as I thought. Granted, it may be partly down to shop setup (They were all completely out of tune, slightly high action etc) but considering the hype around Sadowskys and my love for Jazz style basses I would have expected it to blow me away. Instead I find that I don't like any of the neck profiles and the tone pretty average. The Modern 24 5 string was even worse, considering I've lusted after one of those for years. The B string was terrible - had no definition whatsoever and the tone left much to be desired. The only really positive thing I can say about my experience with Sadowskys is that the materials used look like they're great quality. The ash on the bodies had nice grain and as did the rosewood on the fretboards. Plus I couldn't fault the construction at all - flawless inlays and binding, tight neck joints etc. Warwick FNA Jazzman 5 (used) - This was also a serious disappointment. It was used but if anything that says even more about the construction. The 3 piece Ovangkol neck seemed to be coming apart slightly - perhaps due to differences in humidity or something? I could feel the unevenness between the 3 pieces of wood when playing. Neck joint wasn't very tight front to back but was acceptable around the edges. For a high end German made instrument the woods used weren't great either. The flame maple top wasn't very well figured. If the body was solid maple that'd be understandable, but it was just a thin top. The bass felt solid in the hands and resonated alot. I guess I just played a bad one - probably why it got part EX'd anyway? Also, what's with the new Warwick nut? By the looks of it the only contact between the nut and headstock is two tiny screws?! Rickenbacker 4001 C64 (didn't have binding or triangle inlays?) Really nice bass. Didn't feel any of the ergonomics issues that other people have mentioned, with the exception of the rather cool looking but unreasonably large bridge pickup cover. The electronics were a bit scratchy but I think it's been in the shop for a long time. Didn't get a chance to have a go with a pick but I imagine it would have sounded awesome - couldn't resist playing some Rush and Yes. This is officially the most expensive bass I've ever seen, held or played - almost £3k? EBMM SR5 - Awesome bass. Loved the feel of it - great B string (on par with my Spector) only complaint would be the pickup design - the sides are curved so resting my thumb there didn't feel quite right. Fender Deluxe Jazz fretless - No "mwah" at all, in fact it sounded rather similar to it's fretted counterpart. No other complaints. I really want a set of flatwounds for my jazz now! Disclaimer - comments about tone are subjective, obviously as I didn't test the basses through multiple amps Maybe I'm subconsciously telling myself I don't like Sadowskys to save myself money.

Yeah, I might check out Electro on the way up, but I called a few days ago and their Warwick and EBMM collections are a bit thin on the ground currently. I will probably go a bit further and have a look at GuitarGuitar and Soundslive in Newcastle.

I'm going up to Durham tomorrow and I was wondering if there were any decent bass/guitar shops en route that were worth checking out. Cheers, Joe

Learn some PTH! Everything off Fortress is in Bb tuning. If you're too lazy to tune your bass down, you could do what I do and pitchshift the song down a semitone using Audacity or something.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='583940' date='Aug 28 2009, 07:27 PM']Apologies if this has been posted already, but I always liked this: [/quote] I love that bass sound, although I think I prefer the album sound slightly more. My favourites include: and And this: [url="http://www.edfriedland.com/uploads/equipment_sound_sample_71.mp3"]http://www.edfriedland.com/uploads/equipme...d_sample_71.mp3[/url]