Delberthot

After playing Stingrays for years ( 4s & 5s ) I naturally play at the stingray pickup position even though both of my basses are '53 P clones. It took me a long time to adjust to not having the anchor that the low B gave me for all those years I prefer playing here as I like a punchy sound and use a lot of staccato in my playing. I'l generally only venture to the neck if i intentionally want to thicken up the sound without mucking about with the controls. Something like the intro to 'let there be love' by Nat King Cole (was a merry old soul) but when it gets to the first verse, I'll revert back to my usual position so that it cuts through better. A couple examples of people using their right hand up against the neck are Geezer Butler from Black Sabbath and Stanley Clarke. Geezer plays right up against the neck because he began playing an old P bass and didn't realise that the pickup covers came off! I'm guessing that Stanley plays there because of his upright playing. 2 different players playing different styles with similar right hand positioning but completely different sounds.

[quote name='Delberthot' post='317759' date='Oct 29 2008, 04:53 PM']Gibson Les Dennis[/quote] its a 'short' scale :brow:

No one ever gets to use my gear. its mine, I paid for it and if you want to advertise yourself as a bass player then you need to have the tools of a bass player. You wouldn't get a driving instuctor walk round to your house and ask to use your car to give you a lesson would you? But - I always hate using other people's gear in case I break it. Especially when it is something that I wouldn't trust like Behringer which i have had bad luck with in the past. There's a guy i know used to do a jam session on a sunday and he always supplied the bass gear but I trusted it cos it was a Hartke 7000 head with a couple of Trace cabinets. I've owned all that and know what it can do. Now as far as my bass goes. there is no way in the world that anyone would ever get to play my bass. If someone asked then I would say "yes, as long as i can take your car to a demolition derby"

Area Pro Tools BC Ritchie Rich Ampig Stretch Armstrong plexiglass Epi-phony Gibson Les Dennis Rickettybacker Takeyoursy acoustic Pee-vey Zod Sonus - All hail Zod Ya-mama All equally bad as each other

Another alternative colour would be white. Google Larry Graham's Moon bass. Its a rear routed Jazz style bass with gold hardware and looks really good as well. You could also go for a deep red or brown finish. that would suit the gold hardware. I'm thinking along the lines of the Walnut & Elite Precisions of the early 80s. Look up the 30th anniversary stingray. i always thought it would've looked good with gold hardware

did someone say gold? Warmoth make the whole process so simple. The neck is predrilled so that all you have to do is offer it to the body and bolt it together it is that simple. My bass is bit extreme as everything except the neck itself is gold. I have: Schaller straplocks Gotoh machines gotoh 201 bridge Gold knobs gold frets Gold Hipshot string retainer If you have trouble with wiring bestbassgear.com can prewire a harness so that you can just drop it in and solder the pickup wires to it. It might seem like the pot calling the kettle black but a gold scratchplate may be too much for the bass. If you're going with a flame top why not go for the rear routing option like my gold one? Incidentally, the blonde finish on a swamp ash body looks like this:

If you know what I play then you'll know what i am going to say. You could easily get yourself a Warmoth body and neck in your choice of woods and finish. Put all the goodies in it that you want and still have the best part of £300 left over if we are talking about a £900 starting figure. You could also take it to a luthier and have the frets dressed and everything else done while you are at it. Fair enough, its not going to say Fender on it and you'll get about 2 bob if you ever try to sell it but it will be exactly to your specifications. The last bass I had before my Warmoths was a CIJ Fender '51 reissue precision which was a phenomenal bass but great as it was, both my basses wee all over it in terms of balance and playability and I have exactly what i want. Jon at MIJ Fenders is a good guy to deal with if you'd still prefer to get the real thing. Surprised that he's not got back to you but he does go over to Japan every couple of months to buy new and used Fenders. He's a huge Ritchie Blackmore fan. I used to play in Rainbow & Black Sabbath tribute bands with him a few years back.

I love Japanese Fenders. great workmanship at a fraction of the cost of a US one. Some of the non import ones have US pickups as well. They were my preferred bass of choice until I went down the Warmoth route.

Not the easiest board to master but the Boss GT6B is phenomenal. Once you get your head around it, there are some great sounds to be had. It can be bought realtively cheaply second hand. I bought mine on this very forum. The usual Boss setup with banks of sounds but as an added plus you also have dedicated pedals that you can assign and add an extra effect to your preset sound such as a flanger or the usual other stuff.

Bearing in mind that I played only 5 and 6 string basses for around 6 years means that anything with 4 strings feels comfortable to me so I might not be the best judge

I've never been able to get a cut through sound with a semi-acoustic bass. they tend not to lend themselves to that kind of sound IMO. But if it is the bass you want to keep and you like it then something in the Schroeder 1212L style would help you no end as they tend to have more pronounced mids. Case in point is that i used to run a couple of Ashdown ABM115s and they gave me a very indistinct wooly sound that only creatures at the bottom of the sea could hear clearly. I replaced them with a single Schroeder 1212L and I'm as happy as Larry. Haven't even came close to the cab's or my GK 700RBII's limits and that is even when it is being used as my out front sound. Not as much bottom end as the Ashdowns but perhaps that's a good thing in that it eliminates the wool from my sound

I must be in the minority. My car is a 2007 Vauxhall Vectra with 13000 on the clock. My 2 main basses are Warmoths worth about 2p each

Shakie's - Merry Christmas everyone Elton John's - Step into Christmas Until he started fiddling with kids - Rock & Roll Christmas by Gary Glitter was a good one Bob Rivers- Walking Round in Women's Underwear

Nope. Still loving both of mine. Incidentally both of mine have '54 bodies with jazz width necks and tele headstocks albeit with single coils. One's rear routed and one's front. They have a solidity about them that I never felt with other basses- especially Rics. Perhaps something to do with me choosing the woods and components and putting it together myself. I know I've taken the time to build it properly rather than owning a mass produced 'how many of these can we build this week?' bass which can vary wildly from bass to bass.

I have a 2007 Vectra hatchback and can fit: Schroeder 1212L 6u Rack Cab & Amp Stands Bass in a gig bag My bag of leads Change of clothes for the gig in the boot. If I fold the seats down I can fit all of that plus 8U rack Bass in a hard case Bass Drum 5 - count them, 5 Toms Drum hardware case - big long Hardcase fellow with the wheels Cymbal Bag Stick Bag Drum Rack Case with Drum Mics Drummer's monitor Drummer's change of clothes Plus the drummer of course. I've always loved Vauxhalls and the fact that i can get my gear for the rock band in the car without putting anything in the passenger area.

your avatar is scary. that's my thoughts. I like fish but so much krill scares me I used to watch 3,2,1 and can still do the hand gesture. I always wished Ted would do it wrong one day

John Deacon is the reason I play bass. Learned 'another one bites the dust' on acoustic and was proudly playing it when I was 12 years old. I have to begin by saying that there is no Queen without Dame Freddie Mercury and think even less since there is no JD. My first exposure to Queen was the 1986 Live Magic tour when they were at their most magnificantist. Totally sh*t hot to a 12 year old bassisst who's learning everyting under the sun