Chris2112

Also try [i]Outbound[/i] by Stuart Hamm. It's a very "mature" piece of work from him but the entire album is filled with the most glorious licks, and the slap line to the Castro Hustle is a beast. And, and Jeff Berlin's [i]Champion[/i] might be worth a listen too...wait, that can't be right, a bassists solo album without a note of slap on it?

Shocking that I've left it seven years, I know, but I've been working on [i]Continuum[/i] by Jaco Pastorius

My basses. My Spector sounds completely different to my fretless Hohner jazz, which sounds completely different to my Squier VM fretless. The biggest change in my tone comes when I change basses.

[quote name='6stringbassist' post='230442' date='Jul 1 2008, 12:16 PM']My favourite is the first solo album by Mark King - Influences.[/quote] Surprisingly, I didn't think there was a great deal of slapping on there for it being a Mark King album...good record though! For a real slap fest, what about "Kings of Sleep" by Stuart Hamm (an absolutely beautiful record) or Level 42's self titled debut album? Elegant Punk by Jonas Hellborg also has a couple of AWESOME slapping tunes on it.

Wow, that really is stunning! It looks very elegant. IMO, Barts are the best pickups you can put in Warwicks, they just marry with the "woody Warwick tone" so well!

For a little while now I've been worshipping at the altar of Spector. Much searching has led me here. A Status Graphite Stealth 6 string and a 1989 Kubicki Ex-Factor have fallen by the wayside as I journeyed on looking for "the one". In February this year, while I was spending a week in Preston, I discovered a Spector Rebop DLX 4 string in Sound Control (probably not a good thing that my girlfriend's uni flat is a minute's walk from the shop, though it's now closed!). I knew I had to have it, after having an hour playing it in store. I went back the next day and bought it and lugged it home on the train (what a carry on). I fretted as I sat in York trainstation in the cold at night waiting for the Newcastle train. I have named this bass "PB-1", a tribute to Stuart Hamm's bass "OB1" (Orange Bass One). It stands for "Preston Bass One". It feels great (6 strings just wern't for me, maybe some other time!), and sounds amazing. Such a full, rich growl that never fails to be heard. Such harmonic presence. And it looks amazing and is nice and light. Now, things pad out other areas of my collection, I have a couple of nice fretless jazz basses, but I know if I could only take one bass to a gig I'd take my Spector!

I'm sure they will. This turnaround that we've seen from Squier, I could never have imagined this. All of a sudden they're making such quality products and providing by far the best bang to buck ratio for any new bass around!

If you look on Talkbass, look for posts by Bryan R. Tyler or contact him, he used to have at one time 4 Elricks, and has had a good few more come and go from his hands. What he doesn't know about them probably isn't worth knowing!

I remember that period not so long ago when T-40's were cheap and easy to find on Ebay! I'm surprised to see the price has gone up, but that is a nice example...

If you can afford it, go for it! You might interested to know that those custom pickups that Mike gets from Tobias are two split coils house in a soapbar case! Just an interesting tidbit, I thought!

[url="http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/page/shop/flypage/product_id/37691"]http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/page/shop/fl...roduct_id/37691[/url] want want want want want! Very cool indeed!

Indeed it did, though these days Roger is somewhat embarassed by his work on Miller's bass. He says that he was young and not as skilled as he is now, which is why he had to fit the bass with such a large scratch plate, to cover his handiwork!!

For me, the best is Status. I loved my Stealth 6 string, it was an awesome bass.

[quote name='bassman2790' post='227876' date='Jun 27 2008, 11:00 AM']Squier VM Jazz has THAT sound. Both pick-ups on full, then roll the neck pick-up back a touch et voila![/quote] It does have a bit of a honk, I'll admit, but it's a touch brighter than the classic, growling, honky jazz sound imo. (Pardon the Spector). However, this baby really honks and growls! It's a lot heavier than my Squier too, but I kind of like the extra weight! Probably the best £90 I've ever spent.

Round wounds on a fretless is not a strange thing. Jaco did it! They may look like they are marking your board and it's true, theya re. However, you won't need any kind of work on the board for many, many years unless you play ridiculously hard, and even then.... At the end of the day, I'd never sacrifice my round wound tone for the sake of protecting from a few marks (which even flats cause, to some extent!).

I'll have my basses handed over to my brother who will be able to make the best judgements on what they're worth to sell. The money will go to my wife and kids and one bass will be kept for my son/daughter (will probably be my Spector if nothing replaces that as #1).

They are cracking basses, I have one too! I really like the tone, but it's very bright. I was tempted to say it was the ebonol board, but alas perhaps it's not, my Hohner fretless has an ebonol board too and has a much more classic, growling fretless tone (which is what I was after, I love that Jaco sound!). For the first time in my life I have two fretless jazz basses and I love them both! Here is the Hohner jazz, I'll get a "sisters portrait" shot of the two soon!

[quote name='6stringbassist' post='224662' date='Jun 23 2008, 12:48 AM']Chris2112....... I was just reading a thread on talkbass about DR strings, and happened to notice that someone with the same name as you, I presume it is you, is banned, I'm just curious , what's a TOS violation ?.[/quote] Terms of service violation. And yes, thats me. Apparently, now that Talkbass has a policy of making endorsees disclose their endorsments, commenting that you're not particularly fond of an endorsee's bass constitues disrespecting another member. Talk about authority out of control!

I'd very much like to see these basses!

[quote name='Wooks' post='221915' date='Jun 19 2008, 09:21 AM']That ain't no ladieee, maybe lady-boy check out the shovels for hands!! [/quote] Awesome playing, dire dress sense!

[quote name='XB26354' post='224023' date='Jun 22 2008, 10:48 AM']I saved up and bought a Wal when I was 16 thinking it would make me sound like Geddy Lee. Guess what? I didn't. Not even close.[/quote] The same thing happened to me when I was 16, I saved up and bought a Kubicki. Sure, it gave me Stuart Hamm's tone, but it didn't give me his chops or writing ability! However, I can see the Geddy Lee Wal tone being very alluring, it's probably my favourite bass tone of all time! Especially on "Hold Your Fire" (IMO the best record ever made apart from Paul Simon's Graceland!)