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1 minute ago, nilorius said:

And what would You say about precision basses?

Great pickup, but utterly tedious and boring to look at though nicer than a Jazz bass. I find them completely uninspiring to play. Every P bass I have had sat on the stand more than sat in my hands. The only exception was a Roger Waters sig that was actually pretty awesome.

Jazz basses. Nasty, horrible things. It looks like something that was left near an open fire for too long and melted. The headstock looks ridiculously big next to such a narrow neck. Oh and those thin, weedy pickups look and sound like crap too. 

27 minutes ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

No, but it has to do with not everything Jaco did being the Godsend example for all mankind to follow blindly.

 

And there is certainly no need for spamming this topic with quotes of my reply either.

 

Context, fella, context, it was a reply to something, look at the quote above the reply you quote me for.

 

Also I suppose dark humor is not everyone's favorite cup of tea, or to even get for that matter.

 

 

Just to clarify my 1st response would be quite obvious to most on here that my Jaco comment was intended as nothing more than a bit of humour. 

Next, no spamming at all. Just to clarify I don't "spam" forums. Sometimes it happens when pressing submit reply button doesn't show that a post has been submitted but actually it has.  It happens, I see it happen quite often on here. 

I'll let the the thread get back to on topic discussion , thanks.

1 hour ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

He also only needed a butter knife to remove the frets of his bass, and got beaten to death after provoking a bouncer at a bar, neither of which comes to mind as something I would recommend anybody doing.

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

He also only needed a butter knife to remove the frets of his bass, and got beaten to death after provoking a bouncer at a bar, neither of which comes to mind as something I would recommend anybody doing.

 

 

 

Not really got much to do with the essentially playing a 5 versus 4 string bass topic though.

1 hour ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

He also only needed a butter knife to remove the frets of his bass, and got beaten to death after provoking a bouncer at a bar, neither of which comes to mind as something I would recommend anybody doing.

 

There is more to life than partying, and certainly to music as well.

 

Personally at least most of the music I create, and most of what I listen to as well, aspire to more than that.

 

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How can we be several pages in and not one of you has wheeled out the tired old "Jaco only needed 4 strings" statement. Well... there it is! 

I only need 4 strings with a bass xtender, or rather I would have a bass xtender if it hadn't completely collapsed and broken on me for no apparent reason last week. So just 4 strings it is for the moment.

I have a Digitech Hardwire HT-2 which I rate as one of the best tuners. This is my 3rd one as I thought I could find better. Needless to say I couldn't, certainly not at the used prices. They come up on eBay used every so often. It's a bit bigger than heavier than a Boss and more responsive.

13 hours ago, Minininjarob said:

Very nice!!

I can’t find their eBay shop - you you direct me to it?

Here it is:

Laney Amps Merchandise

Always worth keeping an eye on to see what comes up.

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I've never been one for getting flavour of the month gear, preferring to get what is either decent and affordable at the time or what just personally appeals to me regardless. I'm not out to impress other bass players, it's all about what makes me happy! 

Recently I bought 2 Laney 2x10 cabs from their ebay shop. They cost me £200 each and I don't think the Nexus cabs were cheap items when they were the current bass gear. The spec certainly isn't cheap, and is on a par with those new Ampeg VB cabs aside from my Laneys handle more power at 400 watts each, a bit heavier at 17kg, I think better looking, and certainly much cheaper! As I grew up in the Black Country, it's also nice to be supporting the brand also. 

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Did you did , did you didn't, or didn't you did. That's what I want to know.

I don't know about the TC Helix, but I have just bought a mint used Boss PH3 Phase Shifter which I'm quite pleased with. It can do several stage phasing, tap tempo for phaser speed, and can even use an expression pedal with it. It has several knobs for fine tuning the phasing. I am running it in loop of line selector pedal so can mix in some dry bass signal. If you want simplicity however, a used 1 knob MXR Phase 90 would be a good bet.

Sorry, not tried that one, but I do have a (slightly customised!) Joyo British Sound on my slowly growing pedal board. I run it off a line selector to get a clean mix and use it to mix in some Marshall-like mid boosted grit, however the eq is great and it can easily be used as a standalone bass overdrive. Great tones for little outlay. 😎

My new, itsy bitsy, teeny weeny, yellow..... Markbass Octaver pedal.

Biyang Tonefancier PH-8 Phase pedal.  I think it's a clone of the MXR Phase 100. 

Awesome chrome finish. A couple of *very* tiny marks but in otherwise excellent as new condition. It's just been on my desk and not seen a foot since new. 

It's a fact  that chrome pedals sound much better than everything else, and this is a bargain way to sound exactly like Phil Lynott... maybe.

£25 including  postage to UK mainland. Will be sent in its original box.

How about "Which one is fatter, your best friend or your favourite bass?"

10 hours ago, mike f said:

What is “A/B/Out”?

 

Edit to say: I’ve worked it out! It is late…, kind of.

 A/B Out is just a line switcher. Sends the signal but doesn't return it. i only need it for clean signal mixing though .😎

Not an effect exactly, but it is a pedal and it is my latest thing! Much more affordable than the urine extracting price that Boss charge for an LS-2, and does the same thing.

Recently bought a bass bridge from Mark. Good comms, nice hassle free purchase, and received quickly. Recommended!

I had the same Marshall cabs with a Jubilee head a few years ago, sounded awesome! It's a shame Marshall stopped making bass gear, I always rated their amps highly. I've gone back to Laney now but would still love a full Marshall DBS rig. Shame I  couldn't be doing with all the weight involved, and sadly I'm not getting younger or fitter.

Typical, I have been after a Nexus head for my Laney cabs but just bought a new bass instead! 🤨 

First bass was a black Aria Pro II Laser Electric Heritage which cost me something like £50 from Musical Exchanges if I remember correctly. Must have been late 80's/ early 90's. It ended up in bits after I got my first Washburn B200 which I always considered my first proper bass. I can't remember why the Aria ended up in bits though! All the parts got thrown out eventually. I wasn't that fond of it to be honest even though I did my first few gigs with it. 

I'm not in a band or gigging at the moment but looking to get back to it in the next couple of years or so. Being one who has always gone for what pleases me and not given a crap what other bass players / musicians think of me, my abilities or my gear, I'm really looking forward to turning up with a Laney rig, Washburn LP copy + Epiphone Les Paul. I might even add an ancient Zoom multi effects pedal just to really get on peoples tits.

My non-expert verdict: I think the composition is interesting, with some unusual chord changes. I think it works nicely. She has a voice that doesn't match her youthful look. I actually like it though. Awesome bass and nice deep tone. Guitar and drums were a bit too high in the mix for my liking. That's about it.

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I found the best solution was to never get married. It's worked so far, and am looking forward to many more years of trouble free playing.