artisan

awesome,the guy's a real talent (hate the bastard )

very nice mate. i've got one of the classic 60's jazzes & its a stonker

Badge -- Cream.

impressive aka clever bastard i really like that,very mellow & lovely tone,i actually like to reverby thing too. sounds a bit harpsicordy,at least on my work pc's crappy speakers it does.

have you asked Andy Eagle,he may be able to make you one (clever bloke 'im) you can contact him through Phil at Rock Steady.

i know how stressfull this can be,my own band imploaded due to a lack of commitment from the singer. i had a talk to him about it & true to form he promptly threw this teddy out of his pram,which kinda killed the band off. that was in april. since then he's come to his senses & stopped being a tit & our band is up & running again,with a gig 4 weeks away. so talk to him, be honest & if he chucks a wobbler & storms off in a huff i'm shure that if he really enjoys been in the band he'll sort himself out.

[quote name='Protium' post='287912' date='Sep 20 2008, 12:35 PM']Depends entirely on what sort of sound you are looking for.[/quote] wot 'e said different brand = different sounds

good old Mexico

tell him to get his arse back on here,he's a good old lad is the Beadster.

[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' post='286448' date='Sep 18 2008, 09:29 AM']I'm fortunate enough to have my dream bass. It took ages to arrive but it was worth it.[/quote] absolutley bloody gorgeous--even if it has too many strings for me i'm well jealous.

[quote name='charic' post='286249' date='Sep 17 2008, 09:29 PM']In my experience ampeg and markbass are worlds apart. Ampeg = Dirty gritty punchy full beef bass sound full of all that rock tone you know and love from ampeg Markbass = Cut through a mix, sounds good quality but sterile to my ears. Probably a bit more suited for the sound of the bass shining through rather than colouring it with the amp. Just my experience with the 2[/quote] +1 wot 'e said i use an svt3pro + a b410hlf cab & man am i in bass heaven.

personally i think we all play using whatever theory we know either with or without realising it. i.e. you play a 12 bar A minor progression-you don't plan in advance any part of your playing but you play the entire song,including tons of improv',without playing any notes that are out of key.you have probably not given much thought to any of what you played & simply played what you already knew was correct for that particular piece of music.(i always said i "felt" what notes to play but infact i "know" which notes to play without having to think about it)now that to me is the application of music theory in itself-you didn't plan it but you just knew it was right-bingo-theory without thought i did this myself last night-a typical jam session 12 bar,all 20 minutes of it-i used just about every fret position available on a P bass (hey i said almost) & i'm glad to say it was all in key. this has to be theory doesn't it. mind i had to buy my mate "Pixie" a couple of pints afterwards o.k. ramble over, i'll get me coat.

black pearl ? btw you're correct about that tort' one--spoils the bass imho

Roland bass cube 30 (30watts) £189.00 at PMT. best sounding practice amp i've ever heard .

a Roland bass cube.mine's a 30 watt & is fine in a practice setting as long as the drummer keeps it quite,sounds amazing for its size too. i think they do a 50 watt & a 100 watt too. very highly recommended.

PMT

a while back i had an A5 & it was a very nice bass for the money--it just had 1 string to many for an old fart like me

i bought one of the "classic 60's jazz's" which is an MIM & i must say its a beaut' really well made & sounds v' nice too. its almost on par with my MIA '62 P bass---almost but not quite.

WD music do a full kit inc pups/controls/s'plate + all that you'll need for about £180 seems a bargain.

the best sound fretless for me & many other old farts has to be a fender jazz--mwaah to die for.

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='280912' date='Sep 10 2008, 09:42 AM']Then my work here is done.... [/quote] in theory my theory is that your theory of my having no theory is theoretically the theory behind the theory of my theoretically learning some theory.

[quote name='lowhand_mike' post='280557' date='Sep 9 2008, 05:23 PM']good on ya. see thats the thing, there is NO point in doing it if you feel you are not getting anything from it. if it helps then its done its job. certainly some recent threads on here have got me looking and actively (though not very much) learning some theory but without a structure to learn it i'm finding it hard to take in. as for playing multiple version s of the same thing alot of the scales are indeed similar in their structure so similarities can arise, its how you apply the scale that counts and thats where i'm seeing problems in my own playing.[/quote] i've not really worried about it much before but reading this 'ere thread got me thinking i'd like to try a new,or different approach to some of my playing.i can play pretty much any style but i'm more a jack of all trades & a master of none.well apart from playing old iron maiden songs pretty much how steve harris used too play them, which probably wasn't to good for my playing in the early years as more work went into my right hand rather than my fretting hand,but that helped me build up loads of strenght & stamina in my fingers which incidently my missus seems to rather like. so i'm hoping this here jazz thoery thingy will give me a few new ideas.