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[quote name='risingson' timestamp='1385076183' post='2284337'] I'm a massive fan of the original tune but love Amy's version of it. You can look on it as a blatant robbery or you can look at it as her ode to a classic era of 20th century music, I think for her it was definitely about the latter. [/quote] It's definitely a 'homage'. And her lyrics are very poignant. Her death was very sad. Such a huge talent.

This started life as an old Squier P bass body that a friend of a friend chucked away. It was covered with stickers and accumulated gunk but I really wanted a P bass. I scrubbed it down, gave it a respray in vintage white, added some CTS pots and a well seasoned, 1970's Mighty Mite Precision neck (from the first bass I bought secondhand 30 years ago), plus a split pickup from the same bass......and we're cooking. Sounds and plays fantastic. I love it. [attachment=148954:DSC01369.JPG]

I think there was a thread on here recently about these two songs. I do believe the writers of 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough' got a credit on Amy's album. [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tears_Dry_on_Their_Own"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tears_Dry_on_Their_Own[/url]

[quote name='skydivepaul' timestamp='1385027072' post='2283484'] Just been reading this with interest as after a week and half of playing my new jazz bass to death I found my finger tips are getting sore!! I have been playing bass for nearly two years and I thought my fingers had hardened enough After a bit of checking last night night I checked the action height and found it to be exactly as per fender specifications but when checked against my Ibanez it was double the height. I noticed that the strings required greater pressure to push down onto the frets on my jazz bass compared to my Ibanez (hence my sore finger tips ) I lowered the action but this only partially resolved it but also introduced some fret buzz lower down. I put on a set of old strings in case the new one were not broken in yet and this helped a little. upon inspection of the nut height I noticed it is around double the height from the bottom of the string to the fretboard on my jazz bass compared to the ibanez. a very quick measure before work today: distance from bottom of E string to fretboard Jazz bass : 4mm Ibanez : 2mm I realise the measurement needs to be from the top of the fret to the bottom of the string but didn't have time this morning to accurately measure this. I am thinking I may need to file the nut out a little. Any help or advice greatly received Paul [/quote] The video, which I put up earlier on this topic, shows a professional guitar tech filing the nut of a new Standard Mexican Fender Precision. Which goes to show that it wasn't exactly set up to perfection when it left the factory. He is setting the string height at the first fret to 0.559 mm. He's using a set of proper bass files which cost about £70 to £80 new. If you don't have much experience setting up basses I recommend just taking it to a guitar tech as he/she will have the correct files. The bass tech in the video has others on youtube which show you how to adjust your truss rod and saddle height so you bass is easier to play. Which is always handy to know how to do.

I bet those are dimarzios. Everybody who bought a Jap crap copy back in the 70s and 80s fitted those cream dimarzios. I know I did.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1385033491' post='2283586'] What is a 60's sound for bass? In the 60's they used flats and rounds, picks and fingers and foam muting or not. Live anything went... mostly valve amps through underpowered and woolly 4 x 12 cabs. I don't think there is a 60's bass sound. [/quote] Yes, Paul MaCartney desperately wanted to sound like Marcus Miller but it's hard to do that on a Hofner Violin bass plugged into a 15 watt Selmer.

[quote name='eddiehoffmann' timestamp='1384986897' post='2283297'] My idea of a 60's Jazz Bass sound is John Paul Jones and he used flats. I think he had a P-Bass with rounds though... [/quote] Actually he used roundwounds but he had mutes on the bridge of his Jazz bass which gave him that flatwound type sound. For a 60's sound I'd put some foam in the bridge cover which will act like the original Fender mutes. See piccie [url="http://www.12fret.com/wordpress/wp-content/gallery/fender-jazz-bass-1961-cons/fender-jazz-bass-1961-cons-bridge-mutes-1.jpg"]http://www.12fret.co...dge-mutes-1.jpg[/url] Or if you want to do it the professional way damp with the palm of your hand. Scot shows you how here with a great lesson on how to get a 60's sound [url="http://www.bassguitarvideo.com/bass-lesson-james-jamerson-bass-lines-get-vintage-tone/"]http://www.bassguita...t-vintage-tone/[/url]

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1384977265' post='2283093'] Thanks John, I'll rob the one from my other P , you'll have to send me another one please ? I like the feel of this bass so much, I might P/J it with my wizards, but i'm not sure if that will devalue it, or even if it does, does it matter [/quote] I think your bass may need shielding. I just finished sorting my Precision out an hour ago. I was getting the same thing (buzzing that goes away when I touch the strings or roll of the tone a bit). So I pulled the scratchplate off, stuck a sheet of copper foil on it, cut off the excess and screwed it back on the bass. The result is a much quieter bass. I was thinking of painting it with some carbon shielding paint I used to shield my Jazz Bass. I may do that this weekend. This is the same type of stuff I used which is cheap as chips. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300mm-x-200mm-Guitar-pickup-self-adhesive-copper-foil-tape-shielding-/390702336281?_trksid=p2054897.l4276"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=p2054897.l4276[/url]

I bought these files and used them this morning on the offending nut. Looks like it's done the job and my bass plays much better on the first 3 frets. I recommend taking it easy and checking every 10 secs to make sure you've not filed too low. [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00439E2MQ/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00439E2MQ/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1[/url]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1384947296' post='2282568'] He's certainly 'up there', all right. [/quote] Yup.........where the sun don't shine.

I notice that the audience was full of celebrity liggers.

And mugs! Hats and mugs!

I think it's a good way to gauge peoples commitment. I assume it's a 5 or 6 piece band and I know how difficult it can be to get that many people in a room at the same time for rehearsals etc. If people moan and whinge about putting money up front for demos, then you know they aren't particularly committed in the first place.

[quote name='PJT' timestamp='1384874721' post='2281720'] Never got asked back. [/quote] Did you want to be??????

One open tuned for slide one normal tuning?

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1384774402' post='2280460'] .... we've got a neighbour problem. Can you play quietly? I usually dread this! But we had one of these gigs on Saturday and actually managed to keep the volume right down. The drummer used rods. It was a great gig. Our balance was much better than normal and I thought the playing was better. [/quote] I've been told by drummers that, although sticks are louder, It takes more energy to play with rods than sticks. The last time our drummer played with rods (to keep the volume down), he ended up dripping with sweat after the gig, even though he sounded a lot quieter than usual. That energy transferred to the whole bands performance and we played and sounded better than ever.

Whatever it is make sure it has the facility to plug a decent microphone into it. Too many bass blogs, or reviews, are recorded with the cameras own microphone, which, 9 times out of 10, can't capture bass frequencies.

This is what those synth dudes are getting up to behind our backs [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3FMuSR46f8[/media] And this is even scarier [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1toLihZkDs[/media]

Why not use a limiter rather than a compressor if you're worried about peaks but want to keep the dynamic in your playing.

[quote name='roger' timestamp='1384692258' post='2279474'] Arghhhh why did i forget to say: "please don't say gig it for 20yrs"etc etc [/quote] If it's a Silver Squier it's already had 20 years worth of gigging.

It's basswood. Basswood doesn't have much in the way of a grain, so don't go too nuts with the sanding.

It's new to young people.

I think Fender decided that if you can't beat them........join them. Which is why they now licence factories all over the world to make Fenders/Squiers. Rickenbacker are not prepared to do that (for whatever reason).

I like it!

Interesting. I'm a big fan of the MIJ Silver Series Squier basses. I did a bit of a google and notice that there's MIJ Fender Silver Series basses out there too. Here's a picture of one. [url="http://safe-img02.olx.com.mx/ui/9/72/22/1291582426_144297022_1-Fotos-de--Fender-Precision-Bass-SIlver-Series-1291582426.jpg"]http://safe-img02.ol...-1291582426.jpg[/url]