wesfinn

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='952873' date='Sep 11 2010, 04:39 PM']Maybe if you contacted Herbie he'd let you take as many pics as you liked while you're examining his bass in every detail and taking measurements.[/quote] Cheers, do you have a contact? I have measurements/templates etc from an original 1960, just need more pix of the wear really, tho have got most of it covered.

Hi all, I'm currently in the process of making a replica of the famous 59 Herbie Flowers jazz bass. I'm trying to get hold of as many hi res images of the bass as possible. If anybody has any I could use it would be much appreciated BTW I already have the Curtis Novak images. thanks guys Wes

It all really depends what side of pro playing you want to get into...Don't think that being young and not an amazing player will hinder you massively in-fact you can use it to your advantage. I've spent about 4 1/2 years playing for major label pop acts and I am no great player. I have been playing a fair while now but I have never wanted to be technically brilliant, I pretty much just play roots and chuck in 3rds, 5ths and octaves if asked to make it a bit more interesting. Just get loads of practice with a metronome and get your timing spot on. Look out for auditions on sites such as starnow.co.uk and ukmusicjobs.co.uk as they appear on there for decent projects every now and then and try and meet as many people in the industry as possible. This was how I landed my gigs. Just rememebr with this kind of thing that less is more so if they send you a track to play at the audition just learn it as you hear it and maybe work out a couple things to chuck in if they ask you to spice it up a little but generally stick to the simple stuff! Also might want to note that chasing invoices can be a bit of a job in itself tho with the bigger labels so its always good to have a part time flexible job too alongside to cover yourself till the cheque finally comes!

some of it doesn't look half bad to be fair! You can tell they are copies but they are going to a lot off effort here for virtually peanuts! Theres a gold top Les paul VOS which looks pretty good! still a bit naughty tho!

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='942193' date='Sep 1 2010, 02:57 PM'][/quote] hahaha

that looks cool! I think this one was on GBase some time ago and the description said that it had had some corrosive liquid spilt on it at somepoint...might be a different one to this but looks very similar.

lemon oil or warwick finishing wax will darken it off a bit..its quite difficult though due to the close grain of the ebony.

I miss this already!

Hi mate. there is a slightl gap either side of the neck due to the jazz being thinner in width but it;s nothing too drastic. the 68 - early 70;s ones tended to be a bit skinnier than the early 60;s in width too so if you have a 60;s spec neck you should have hardly any gap

thanks for the kind words Neil! I'm so glad that you love it as much as I do! truley awesome bass, I got to rehearse with it before it went out with my country rock band and it really does cut through the perfect amount. especially against 2 very loud guitarists! play by the neck and you have that old school p bass thump, play just behind the pickup and it cuts through in an almost jazz like way. cheers Wes

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='927808' date='Aug 17 2010, 06:08 PM']I've now got a recording of this bass, but I haven't heard it yet (laptop has faulty audio). Will listen later this night.[/quote] please post this!

the back looks look an unfinished plasterboard wall!

from the second i saw this bass i fell for it hook line and sinker!