jay249

Fairy snuff, the the thing i like about Barts that a lot of other jazz pickups cant do is stay quiet when only using one at a time, and this means they take better to distortion and 15K pa systems because there's less buzzzzzzzzzzzz, handy. I dunno about Seymour Duncan's i have a P bass 1/4 pounder but i only kept the bass it was from for a few weeks. I rewired the fretless today and decided to keep the barts in it purely because i don't think it'll make a huge improvement or difference, the usa pickups that came with the 'stove' are great

People overlook Bartolini, theyre stunning, i love them on my fretless and Lakland 5502 and theyre dead quiet and soooo smooth sounding, try and find a lakland with some on and try it out!

It's not quite that, no it's just when the strings are coming very close to that you get a nice squelchy type attack, type..sound, try getting your pickup close to the string but not too close, and then try slapping the e string

I'd forgot the cables on the Barts aren't too long and difficult to solder in, they belong on my fretless jap jazz which i did a homemade s1 job on and I can't be bothered to figure out how they go back on! The problem i get with the barts is you don't get that ''pop'' when you hit or really pluck a string, which im guessing is caused by string-pole contact, i dont mean the proper touching of them though, its hard to explain but its something i like to have, especially as it keeps my slapping in check because i don't hit too hard! They go perfectly on the fretless though, but theres always a huge output difference when i switch bass, which conweeniences me when i cant hear myself! The pickups it has are just fine though, i love the stock p/us on my 78 jazz, in fact ive never heard ones like them, this one does sound slightly different as well, will fit roto 66's soon to do a side by side comparison, might even post some mp3's!

Yeah it's a Fender.

It cost about 400 quid from ishibashi, and the customs and import stuff was 93 quid, and it took about 3 days to get here including a weekend, and bloody ages over here. I tracked it online and went to pick it up as soon as it was in Bristol, I realised how clever I'd been when 3 days later a parcel force letter comes through the door saying my parcel has arrived but I have to pay the charges before they'll deliver it or let me have it. Though this is fair enough, I've had parcels of fairly high customs charges brought to my door. But the bass is amazing, it's lighter and better balanced than my 1978 jazz bass, i was considering one that even looke da lot like it but decided a to be Marcus Pastorius instead, it plays and feels exactly like my other one, I had a long long gig last night and kept forgetting it wasn't the old one! May solder in the Bartolini's for gig tonight...

Victor Wooten has a habit of making clever points about everything that I more often than not agree with, but always annoy me, he's right though, especially on the subject of ''what words do you think of when I say music'' and noone said technique, theory or even bass!

If you play with flatwound's you're already halfway there, less string noise, mellower sound, just play the hell out of them!

Anything by Portishead, especially ''Numb'', if that doesn't get your bass bone tingling....

''Even After All '' - Finley Quaye

That sucks, how come?

My marcus pastorius machine! I far prefer it without the guard though, for sure. I'm aware my bridge isnt set up! this is when i first got it home and whacked a badass straight on! wondering if my bartolini's might go well in this one.... Might try it as-is tonight's gig and tomorrow's with the barts!

Mine came this week, see bass porn.

I'm starting teaching at drumbank, saw that you teach there! is it good?

Backwards one on ''Call Me Al'', still can't nail that one, can't for the life of me figure out why?

'Do I Do' - Stevie Wonder anyone? fekkin lurvely bass sound!

Dilemma solved, cheers Terry

Haha, good to know though, I know you you're that man from Torn, I did you guys at the shoe a few months ago with Paul.

Hello, I've realised i have a copy of this amazing book and i've lost the CD's, does anyone have the means to copy me off the cd's or email me a zip or something, I'll paypal you some moneys for your time, i really wanna go through it. cheers Jay

Thats exactly what I have on order, but with a maple neck! It's in coventry currently, I'm gonna go get it locally as soon as it arrives!

Similar problem waiting for my new Jazz bass, ishibashi said they'd shipped it today and the tracking site says it went through tokyo at 1800 japan time, it's not here yet, then? My ways of helping me wait are order a new shiny nokia n95 phone as well! another thing to anticipate, ale, my girlfriends bottle of Rosé last night, f***ing about with ampeg svx and working lunch. And Lydian, its most exciting, it has a 4th what moves over one a bit.

You can also use matchsticks to fill your strap button screwholes, particlarly these big fat ones i bought at tesco, theyre a really tight fit and dont have do the job!

My order's been taken and it will be shipped today! I can't wait because the 5 hour rehearsal last night really took it out of my back

Alright then I thought I'd stick my Ad on here as well then, in case anyone needs a dep. Hello I'm Jay. I'm based in Bristol, and I'm a professional musician. I play in a wide range of styles including a well-established Bristol Soul Review, amongst depping regularly for other professional acts both live and in the studio. Though my main instrument is my Jazz Bass, I also play fretless and fretted 4 and 5 string basses and guitar. I have my own transport and am happy to travel. I have worked in recording sessions and live sessions and will consider any offer you make me. People always make excellent comments about my bass sound and my musical knowledge and skills. I can be reached at my email jay249 at hotmail.co.uk or my mobile 07970757863

+1 on sharpies!