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All these people saying Macca's a bell-end as if they have to work with him. Obviously I haven't either, but I know a man who has who can't praise him enough. He has endless tales of Paul rolling his sleeves up and getting involved, never ever mentioning his wealth and giving to charity on an epic scale. For somebody to live through what he has without any semblance of precedent would put any personality to the test, and you could argue that only George got close to being truly humble about it all. Musicians as a breed are proud of what we do or we wouldn't put ourselves in the position to communicate our ideas to an audience in the first place. Paul is quite rightly proud of his accomplishments and a lesser man would be even more boastful or whatever characteristic you wish to choose to describe him. If I had played bass in the Beatles I'd probably find it a little tricky not to mention it once in a while. Musically I believe the word to describe his playing is eloquent. Always the right turn of phrase at the right time. One of the few bass players the average punter will do "air bass" to when he drops a fill in- I'm thinking "With a little help from my friends". I can't believe there's 7 pages of this stuff and I don't believe anyone's mentioned him playing and singing at the same time. There's a video from the Magical Mystery Tour period where you can see him miming away admittedly but the bass line is bang on. I must remember the song. The earlier stuff maybe more simplistic but he rips through it. And as to all this business about Entwistle and Jamerson. McCartney was doing a very different job for those songs. Most of us have played in more than one band and know that you just can't always do your thing. It's back to the right thing at the right time. The Beatles were about the lyrics, the melodies and the textures. Paul did what he needed to and considering the variety of material demonstrated an imagination way beyond what most other musicians are capable of to suit. Entwistle was effectively the lead guitarist in his band and Jamerson developed a niche for another equally fantastic way of playing, again very specific for the audience. I'm staggered that so called musicians can't recognise what McCartney has achieved, especially as in many ways he has defined commercial bass playing.

Love this part! Well transcribed, me and apple loops motown drummer no 2 have been getting down for hours!

Thanks to Nick now have to two gorgeous Aguliar DB112s (finished in his english teacher's jacket) to rumble away with. Completely clear and straightforward from start to finish. Looking forward to buying his Mark Bass head off him next, hint hint.

[quote name='gjones' post='875998' date='Jun 23 2010, 11:14 PM']I've kept my eyes peeled for one for a while. Most go for about £300 and I've seen them go for £400 on Ebay over the last year/18 months. I was only prepared to pay £250 tops but the two I've tried (mine and one a friend of a friend has) are both very well made and have a great sound. I've seen Silver series Precisions selling here for about £150 - for some reason the Jazz basses tend to go for more. Did you put yours on Ebay? They don't come up that often as they were only made for 2 years between 92 and 94 and there's not many about.[/quote] I didn't! Like I said it took bit of a beating after I blagged a session at AIR studios and it didn't perform, failing in its supposed hour of glory! So I didn't give it much love after that and got my G+L. The jazz never got a look in and lived in the cupboard behind the stairs, no case etc and a friend of a friend gave me a call, desperate for a bass after his failed so I sold it to him for 100 quid. Never thought about it 'till I saw this thread yesterday. Hindsight is a wonderful but sometimes painful thing!

Criminal!

Man! I sold one of these last year for a lot less than £250. It was a silver series jazz, ok, but not enough character to warrant modifying. However, it took a helluva beating in the van but never failed. Can't believe people are that excited by them, but then, what do I know?

I use logic express, and will continue to do so until I can crack the system admin on my work mac laptop, then it'll be logic 9! Garageband is great, but as soon as you can graduate to logic do it.

Alright there. Did the right honorable Matt Butler have anything to do with this? I heard he was up to something like this and was just scanning through the tips here and thought this looked suspicious! As did the mention of Yellow Shark. I've done a bit there, and some work with John P and Matt. Harry

I've run an old 410XL for donkeys now and I have to be really careful with the volume. The sound seems to bloom 5 meters in front of the cab blotting out the rest of the band. A pupil of mine was running a distortion pedal through it and I've asked him to give it a miss. To my ears the two didn't seem to be getting on and I suspect the cab has lost a little of it's top end clarity, but I might just be being paranoid. By the way, the only Hartke head I rate is the one I use, the old 1400. The lack of graphic seems to give it a thicker tone than the more expensive models.

Hi there, finally! I signed up a while back, having become addicted to the amps+cabs for sale page. Yes, I'm a geek. I play in several covers bands but the current top earner is a Ceilidh Band, so many chords, so little time. Gear history is fairly simple- Encore PB3, Silver Series Squier Jazz, G+L ASAT. I'm fairly evangelical about my American Tobacco Sunburst 4 string wonder and everyone I work with loves it to. Amp wise I have had a Hartke 1400 since 95. These seem to be hated by internet-land people but have always managed to get a good sound out of it, even renting it to the local studio at one point for £40 a day! This goes into an early 90's Hartke 410XL. The rig sounds great, (doesn't look it...) but the reason I started to look at Basschat is it's too heavy, as it resides at work, up a flight of stairs and a long walk to the car. I've set my heart on a Aguiliar AG500SC in brown with Boss Tweed DB112 and DB112NT. Haven't tried them yet, but they look great and the community raves about them. Guess I need to do a few more fiddile diddle dee gigs. Dose Doh See you out there Harry

Musicman Stingrays have the profile and do sound great, but I've always thought they've sold as many basses to those thought they sounded good to those who love the headstock 3+1 and teardrop pickguard look. I've recorded and gigged with loads, pre ernie balls, 20th anniversarys, 2 bands 3 bands and... G+Ls blow them out the water every time! I've owned an ASAT for the last ten years and it's the only bass I play. I know she weighs a ton and the balance isn't great but she sounds so good! With Stingrays you can hear the battery, especially the 3 bands which drive me nuts. You can plug this bass into anything and get a good sound, great for those gigs where you have to use the house rig or go straight into the desk. But you guys can stick to your Rays, gets me more work!

Quite like the Warwick... but my ASAT should give you a clue to my proclivities!