gjones

I go with what the band and the song needs. If it's rock, I'll go with a gnarly tone, if blues a rounder bassier tone, whatever does the job is the tone I go for. I think you can only really stay with your signature tone if you're playing the same kind of stuff, day in day out. Geddy Lee's tone is not going to work in Level 42.

You should send them some total garbage. Garbled outtakes and stuff that could never be taken seriously and see what their reaction is. If they really love it and want to continue to promote your tracks, then you know it's a scam.

I bought a Fender Elite Precision from Guitar Guitar. It has an ebony fretboard. The fretboard is all black except for a weird pink grain, at about the 12th fret, it really bugs me. The guitarist in my band pointed it out and he likes it. I suppose if it ever gets stolen, I'll be able to identify it easily enough.

His hair might have been the thing that put her off He should have got a haircut and asked her out again

They used to have a rubbish Peavey something or other, which I had the pleasure of destroying (it was on it's last legs, I just helped it along). 😀

I found an old Sound City 50 watt head in my attic (have no idea where it came from). I gave it to my brother in law, who is a pro guitarist. He owns Marshall and Fender combos but prefers the Sound City. It does the Marc Bolan, 70s sound, to a T.

I do love playing and owning basses but I also see them as an investment. Good quality bass guitars/6 string guitars, are one of the very few things that hold their value over the years. So when I have spare money, that otherwise would be just frittered away, I buy a bass guitar instead. I always buy secondhand, as they've already depreciated from their new selling price and are unlikely to depreciate any further. I have about a dozen USA and MIJ fenders, plus a Stingray in the 'Bank of Bass'. So far I haven't had to sell any of them but, it's good to know, if I did end up needing cash I could put them on the market.

Eff all ☹️ Last time I had an extended period without playing, I ended up getting cramps when I started gigging again. I had to buy a set of those hand strengthener type things, weightlifters use to build up their forearms. I think I'll need to do the same once the gigs start again.......if they ever do.

The protection racket bass case is pretty indestructible and not stupidly expensive.

My old MIJ Jazz Bass is my favourite bass. It has the sound that I look for in a bass and I tend to, subconsciously at least, try to make all my other basses sound like it (even the Stingray and Precisions).

My family home was a music free zone. My parents had very little interest in music (although my dad was a good singer - he was Welsh). So I got zero encouragement to play music. Maybe my teenage self would have rebelled against playing in a rock band, if my parents had actually approved of me doing it.

I suggest it's because Fender basses, from the 70's onwards, don't really show any wear. The 60s basses were coated in nitro and wore easily but the newer basses were coated in much harder wearing poly finish. Brands that started being manufactured in later decades have no history of looking roadworn. My 80's bass looks brand new (other than a couple of dents).

They were on a P bass I bought from Basschat and I really liked the feel and sound of them. I have now got a set on one of my Jazzes. They sound great......and are so smooooooth,

I have one of the original, Fiesta Red, Road Worn Jazzes. I tried the Flea Jazz and actually preferred the feel and sound of it, to my Road Worn. I wasn't too keen on the relic job on the body though, it seemed a bit fake. I did like the wear on the neck though. My Road Worn doesn't have any wear on the neck.

I like his playing.

I have Lindy Fralins in one of my Jazz basses, which are pretty expensive, Wilkinsons in another, which are at the cheap end of the scale, and a Squier Jazz with the Seymour designed pickups. They all sound great. The DiMarzio DP123 Model J set I tried were good but a bit too dark sounding for me. The only pickups I didn't like, were some old fender MIM ones that I picked up for a tenner on Ebay. They were pretty dull and characterless. My point is, that you don't need to spend stupid money on pickups to get a good sound.

In the Pirate Studios in Edinburgh, they have an Ashdown RM 500, going through a newish Ashdown 4x10. The setup had a really impressive thump at volume, when the band was playing loud. After a few rehearsals, I was very impressed and brought in my old UK built, Ashdown Evo III, for a comparison. There wasn't much difference in the sound and If anything, the Ashdown RM 500 was the better sounding amp.

If the above pictures are of your bass, then the bridge alignment looks fine. If it was seriously misaligned the G string would be much closer to the edge of the fingerboard. I used to own an Indonesian standard Squier Jazz, which I believe was built around 2000. The bridge was seriously out of place. It only cost me £95 secondhand and although the G string was almost hanging off the neck, it still played well and sounded great.

John East is a great guy. I bought j retro from him, that didn't have an earth wire. He apologised profusely and sorted it out in no time.

If Jamerson is an inspiration to you, I recommend you listen to Cameron Dawson's work with Mamas Gun. Their new album, Golden Days, is inspired by that Motown Marvin Gaye vibe and the bass playing is sublime. I've been playing the album constantly, on repeat, since I bought it. This the single from the album. This is London Girls which also features a fantastic bassline.

Said like a Real Bassist .

Sounds like a P bass to me.

i know a young guy whose USA Jazz got stolen and replaced it with A Vintage Stingray. I heard him play it with his band and it sounded excellent.

I have a compressor on my Ashdown and it sounds great. But I rarely use it, as many of the gigs I play, I'm using the venues amp. I'm afraid I'll get into bad habits by using the compressor to smooth out my sound and when I play without one, I'll sound crap.

That reminds me of a few drummers I've had the fortune/misfortune to play with over the years. And singers. Eh.......and Guitarists.