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I always have a bit of volume in reserve, for the inevitable moment when the guitarist cranks things up.

There's some very interesting posts in 'build diaries' on basschat, about this very subject. I've built a few basses from scratch and it's pretty easy really. The difficult bit is the spraying of basses. You can go down the really professional, perfectionist road, using nitro paint like back in the 50s and 60s, and there's plenty of build diaries that go into minute detail about how that's done. Or alternatively you can go down the cheap and cheerful road and use something like Premium Molotow Graffiti paint, which myself and others have used, which is easy to apply, doesn't drip, looks pretty good and won't destroy your lungs if you breath it in (unlike nitro). I recommend checking out what others have done before you start buying paint etc.

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1392851971' post='2373634'] Just read on the BBC website that Bowie won best male artist. I have no particular problem with that but it must say something about the state of our young talent at the moment. Guess he's not too popular in Scotland right now though. [/quote] He's spent even less time in the UK than Sean Connery.

I know the Geddy Lee basses, which are now made in Mexico, have had their tuners upgraded as the 70's style ones they were originally fitted with were not great. The pickups in the Geddy are different too. Not sure what they've replaced them with but I know the Mexican made, roadworn pickups I have in my Jazz are really excellent.

[quote name='badboy1984' timestamp='1392720353' post='2371882'] The only thing different is I don't play with the pick so the attack would be different. I play with fingerstyle so it gives a softer warm tone. Maybe I should try using a pick for this song. [/quote] Try the pick and chorus pedal, and also try muting the string with the palm of your picking hand as well. It gives a nice thump to the sound. Here's a lesson on how you do that. http://youtu.be/fi051x69UxE

A band generator name that just came up that I particularly like is 'Pig Lips'.

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That's the thing. What sounds good at bedroom levels or in a shop, may not sound good at band levels. Glad you're happy with your Ibby. I have to say, I'm guilty of having not given much attention Ibanez basses over the years but when I get the chance to play them I'm always pleasantly surprised.

I always wondered what the reaction was from the rest of the band when he came up with that bassline. Did they think it was great first time around or did it take a while for them to appreciate it. Because it is incredibly busy and more like something Geddy Lee would have come up with that a bassist in a funky band. I love it and have learned it. But I fear I'll never get to play it, as none of the musicians I play with have a funky bone in their bodies. It definitely separates the boys from the men (or in your case SpaceChick the girls from the women).

Mmmmmm.......nice.

He's got some nice basses for sale there. A MIJ Mustang and a 70's Jazz too.

The old standard Squier Jazzes are great value. Plus VM and Classic vibe Squiers. All well under you target price.

I think the standard has a black rim (like mexican standards) around the truss access hole. Affinitys just have a bare wooden access hole.

Curtis Mayfield's final album 'New World Order'. A chilled masterpiece. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpoeIq1H5x0[/media]

Always make your most important financial decisions while drunk. I know I do.

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1392488431' post='2369389'] There was a guy on Talkbass who had a Silver Series J (from '96 IIRC) made from MDF. It seemed a little odd to me as I had thought they were all made of basswood. Then I remembered FujiGen also made the Ibanez Talman - out of MDF. [/quote] The routing on that one was not the same as on the Silver Series, which are routed like 62 reissues. There was also a big circular route under the bridge for a grounding wire like modern basses. Silver series basses are grounded, like 62 reissues, with a copper wire strip which comes from under the bridge and connects to a brass plate under the pickup. There's no hole under the bridge on the Silver Series. Which makes me think that the body of that particular bass had probably just been attached to a Silver Series Squier neck at some time after it was sold. Of course I could be wrong?

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1392463731' post='2369006'] I've had Silver Series Precision and Jazz, both were lightweight and 'proper' wood, so I took it to be Basswood. I also had an E series MIJ Squier Jazz for a while that was made of PAF. Very heavy. Sounded nice though. [/quote] Yes the wood fibre Squiers were before the Silver Series (which were basswood), according to the brochures. Most stuff you read says that only Korean Squiers were wood fibre but it looks like, for a short while, Japanese built ones were too.

Ooops actually looking at the Silver Squier brochure they were actually made out of basswood.......hurrah! http://brochures.yokochou.com/guitar-and-amp/fenderjapan/1992-squier/en_index.html

Very interesting Japanese Guitar & bass brochures from the 70s onwards. I found out that my beloved Squier Silver Series Jazz, which i always assumed was made of basswood, is actually made out of wood fibre (PAF). Still sounds great to me, whatever it's made out of If you want look at the brochures in detail, it's best to download them as PDF files. As looking at them online can get a bit fiddly. http://brochures.yokochou.com/en_index.html

My Silver Series Jazz Bass. It not only looks purty but sounds phenomenal and feels great to play. I've owned and played many a Jazz and this the best of the best. [attachment=155215:DSC01404 (2).JPG]

Using a small amp and putting it through a PA is ok as long as you raise it to ear level. I've done it before and it sounded great, The only problem is, if there's not much foldback, nobody else on stage can hear you.

Errr...it's seems I like them so much, I posted about them twice?

Errr...it's seems I like them so much, I posted about them twice?

And this is a particularly pretty one. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=251450638179&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en

And this is a particularly pretty one. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=251450638179&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en