BassAgent

Big shot, from the hip, neon cool Bryan Ferry - Tokyo Joe New one: Tooth and nail will wear any man down...

I get that, but I'd love to have some direction in which way to look

[color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Right, I really can't see the wood for the trees anymore...[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]I used to own a SansAmp, which I thought sounded really good, but I sold it for a couple of reasons but mainly 'cause I thought everything sounded the same through it.[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]But now, with my new band, I'd love to have a good drive pedal. The problem is: there are so many choices. I've checked out a lot of videos on YouTube with quite some pedals (a.o. SolidGold Beta, Aguilar Agro, Ibanez TS9B, Darkglass Vintage Microtubes, Muff, Rat, MXR M89, Darkglass B3K and Boss ODB3) but practically everything sounded fizzy, not clear enough or just plain awful Others sounded like I heard two signals (clean and drive).[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]The sound I'm looking for is a combination of the SansAmp sound and this:[/font][/color] [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdVia-n2i_o"]https://www.youtube....h?v=ZdVia-n2i_o[/url] [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSQbJzTcwiA"]https://www.youtube....h?v=DSQbJzTcwiA[/url] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]But these are both overdriven amps...[/font][/color]

[quote name='Hector' timestamp='1422269461' post='2670410'] Thanks! I went with the Lollars, glad I did. How about you? I'm actually having a bit of a crisis of confidence at the moment as I'm not sure how to string this bass. I quite like it as E-C but it's hard to EQ it right, and I do sort of miss the low notes (especially as the bebop sounds thunderous down there!). Maybe trying to force the bebop to be all modern and widdly is limiting its true potential as a quality 'classic' jazz bass. [/quote] I have Nordstrands in mine, but in hindsight I might have made a better choice if I'd gone for Aero. But it sounds great as is, so I don't want to change it I can't imagine stringing it E-C, the B string on this bass is so great, especially since I strung it with DR Fat Beams. Really tight

[quote name='BassAgent' timestamp='1412889543' post='2573145'] Fender '66 Jazz and Fender '09 Road Worn Precision: [/quote] In addition to this, here's my cover band rig. Same amp, different other stuff:

I got it a few days ago, and really liking it so far. Paul sounds excellent, the only thing maybe is that the style is a bit undefinable. There's Jamiroquai-esque disco, a very cool 6/8 soul song, Brazilian, soulpop and a dance-ish tune with a lot of synth bass sounds on it. But it has some really nice bass lines on it and the guest musicians are great. I especially like Battlefield and Can You Feel What's Going On.

And with Stu Hamm they've added another more or less extravagant player... I repeat my previous point

I think it's actually pretty cool.

I still kind of regret selling three basses. First up: my main bass for quite a few years, Yamaha TRB5II. Not a brilliant bass but very decent and I still love the feel of those Yammies. I don't want this one back necessarily, but a similar bass would do. I don't know who owns this bass currently. I used to have two TRB5's. The second one was a 2nd generation TRB5, which was refinished by a previous owner and given a new fretless ebony fingerboard. No idea of the current owner. I regret selling this a little bit. It's a great bass (the little bit legendary Skarbee bass) and I loved playing it, but it was of no use in my playing with some decent other basses in my collection, and I got a pretty darn fantastic De Gier Bebop 5 in return. But boy, are those Celinder basses good. I want one again. Someday. I sold this one to a Basschat member, I guess he still has it. And last but not least: the best deal I ever made. I got this all original JV Precision for €75, and it included a horrible Fender amp, Blue Note strap, pretty decent cable and stand. I sold it to buy a 5 string Lakland. I sold the Lakland for a Gretsch hollowbody. Sold that for a Fender Road Worn Precision. So I shouldn't have sold the JV. Basically, I sold it to buy a Precision. The guy I sold it to still owns it, plays it and loves it. As he should.

Right, so I have this lovely little guitar: And it sounds mighty fine. I might swing some new pickups in at some time, but for now I'm more concerned with the tuners. I rarely used it in a band, but today I was rehearsing with my new reggae band and it detuned like hell without having used bends and such. I'm going to put a new nut on it, but I'm still not sure what tuners to install. Gotoh? Grover? Kluson? Schaller? So many choices... I like the vintage Gibson look (you know, the ones with the plastic knobs), so I can make it look like this a little bit: But all of the brands I've named above make those, and I don't know/see the difference... Oh, and speaking of this guitar: it has the "Gibson" truss rod cover which I think is b*tt ugly. I'd love to have some other cover. Maybe "Dot", maybe black, different anyways. Who knows where I can get a 3-screw truss rod cover?

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1421342112' post='2660175'] Can you imagine the stampede if they got Pino? Si [/quote] Of course, it was just an example

Actually, it's the bloke who plays guitar in Groovesonix ánd in Jamiroquai, he's called Rob Harris and he's quite the guitar player IMO I especially dig the last video, where you can see Iwan (a Dutchman btw) playing some heavy clavinet stuff.

It's still not on iTunes, unfortunately. I'm very curious as well, I saw some teaser videos on Facebook that sounded really promising.

[quote name='Hector' timestamp='1418820837' post='2633644'] There will be a full review and more pics incoming during the next few days (in short, it's glorious), but here's a lovely shot of my De Gier Bebop 5 to get you going: [/quote] That's a familiar sight! Looks great, I was considering that colour when I bought my Bebop Which pickups did you have Sander install on yours?

Right, I got my plane ticket last week so I'll be attending as well, Saturday only. I like the performers so far but I'd love to see more "regular" players. Mark King and Billy Sheehan are great and all, but more of the "extravagant" styles of playing Since I'm not really an extravagant player myself, I'd love to see some groove guys like Meshell, Pino, Paul Turner or Chris Wood.

Thanks! Ever since I got this I fell in love with dots+binding more and more, that's the exact reason that I gave my De Gier 5-string (the Pharaoh Gold bass shown above) has the same feature. I was doubting about giving it lollipop tuners when I had it built, but that would be a bit too expensive. The Fender is getting new frets as we speak, btw. I miss it. It's gonna take 3 weeks. I'm gonna miss that bass...

Ah! I have one of those.

Here's what it looks like: And here's what it sounds like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVSoJoJCPjQ

My basic policy is: bring your own bass. If it breaks: should have brought a backup. Then again: if it's a guy I know and/or I've seen him playing well, he can borrow my bass, depending on which one I have with me. Cheapo Jazz: no problem. Road Worn P: preferably not. '66 Jazz: never ever ever. Never. No.

Hehehe thanks! That's one of the main reasons I fell for it in the first place. But then...the sound and the neck... Holy poop. It's an amazing bass.

Fender '66 Jazz and Fender '09 Road Worn Precision:

I had one. If the price is right (say...not over €150), get it. They're fantastic instruments.

A couple of months ago, Jamiroquai bassist Paul Turner was at Paul's Bass Matters in Nijmegen (here in Holland) to demonstrate the new Stenback basses. I knew he's got a Fender '66 Jazz and I was hoping he brought his. I brought mine anyhow, because I wanted to know what he thought of it. We got chatting and when I mentioned my bass, he said: "Wow! Nice! Do you have it here?!" and it turned out he brought his as well. We talked a length about what's so special about the '66 Jazzes and played each other's basses. He wanted to know all about my De Gier bass and gave me his private email so I could send him some info. Great guy, great player. If I'm in England again, I'll be sure to contact him. He has to hear my bass (cause we couldn't amplify our instruments there). His bass on the right, mine on the left: Him on the left (with my bass), me on the right: