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  1. Chris2112
    Hello, I'm still GAS'ing for a 6 string and playing more and more OMD than ever, so I quite fancy having another fretted bass so I can get back to using a pick. I got this bass a couple of months ago from Dudi8, shipped to the UK from Hungary. Before that, he had bought it new in New York, USA. It's a Fender Jaco Pastorius jazz bass with Fender Custom Shop 60's pickups, and 'Jaco' bass details; namely an epoxy coated fingerboard, clay position dots, P bass controls, engraved neck plate etc etc. I would invite trades at £1000 or thereabouts in value. I may add a little cash for the right bass. Otherwise, I will sell for £1000 plus whatever it costs to ship it (probably around £20). I am really looking for a fretted 6 string but will consider any fretted bass incase something interesting catches my eye. [IMG]http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv52/Baryonyx2112/thebass021.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv52/Baryonyx2112/thebass020.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv52/Baryonyx2112/thebass022.jpg[/IMG] Thanks for looking. Please PM me for further info or trade offers. Chris
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    [quote name='Boogie Man' timestamp='1345389798' post='1776958'] This is the first one i have seen, in natural colour. When they where on the market in Sweden ( early 80´s) they only came in black solid! This must be an collectors item. Good Luck with the sale!!! [/quote] There are a few around in the natural colour, though the black was more popular (probably because Jonas favoured this colour scheme). I believe they were manufactured in an undisclosed factory in Italy through a licencing agreement Jonas made, but were sold under the 'sound of Sweden' name. Jonas also had some signature amplification being made at this time, under a similar agreement IIRC.
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    It seems the gigs are fewer and further between than ever. Even ten years ago, would we have entertained pay to play? Or selling a certain number of tickets before the venue would book? Or being expected to play for free and make the cash back by flogging merchandise to the pub drinkers?
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    The good ones make for fabulous viewing, especially if the bass part is a good one.
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    Great to see a Status Graphite on the world stage again. I didn't think Muse were much good mind.
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    [quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1344868658' post='1770343'] Thanks for the heads-up on this track- I'm not very well versed in Joni's music in the era after Dog Eat Dog . I see what you mean about driving the song along . I particulaly like the figure he plays starting at 4:07 in the outro. [/quote] Thats my favourite part of the track! I love the way those notes lock up with the fading drum sounds and the soaring, rich harmonic sounds from the guitar. Fantastic way to draw the song to a close.
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    I'm still dipping in occasionally and checking out a few tracks but it's still not grabbing me and of what I've listened to, there isn't really a melody I could hum or something that made me think 'cool'. Whereas if I was to put an OMD record on I'd be picking up on all these little amazing details contained in bigger, better songs. It's a shame to say it, as Rush are without a doubt my favourite band of all time and I'm so glad to have seen them live twice but this record just isn't clicking with me. I must commend the fact it seems a bit more proggy than anything they've done since 1993, though.
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    I have a SD Bassline humbucker in my Musicman Sabre based custom fretless. It sounds fantastic. In a fretted bass there is plenty of top end punch and sizzle. It sounds like just the sort of thing you're after.
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    As mentioned above, mids can be the issue. If you can give them a bump, you can get your presence back in a room where you might sound swamped or lost. But then I find that P Basses can also suffer from this sometimes, often lacking any real articulation in the midrange, they will either go 'boom or bust'! But then some venues always sound terrible, and there is little more you can do than simply try and gloss over the naff sound the room generates.
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    There will always be someone in the band to cause drama. Of course, some courtesy from the singer would have been nice, before you'd booked the room.
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    I just use the speakers plugged into my laptop (they are pretty good). I'll find a key lick or a sequence and get that down and I find the rest of the song usually works itself out after that.
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    They had no UK distributor for a long time. There was a store down south somewhere that used to import Carvin products (I recall because my brother looked at their Legacy amps), but they were no cheaper than just importing one yourself. The thing was, they were 'cheap' on the Carvin website but became a lot more expensive once you'd paid a courier and all the import duties. They are popular in America though, and I ove their Allan Holdsworth guitars.
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    [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLYfokL-cL0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLYfokL-cL0[/url] My favourite track with Larry playing on it. Great feel, great tone and presence in the mix. He just seems to move around so intelligently on this one, and adds that 'drive' into the tune.
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    How draconian! There is a bloke in Newcastle called Steve who busks with an electric bass and amplifier. Loud, and bloody brilliant! It seems a little silly not to let you use an amp for something like a double bass, something that would sound lost with it. But then I suppose if you start letting someone use an amp whilst they're busking things could soon get out of hand. The buskers in London really impress me, the ones with the good spots (like in busy tube stations) take it really seriously!
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    Don't forget, Wal basses were once hopelessly unfashionable! Time was at a point in the 90's where they were considered 'uncool', and once were described to me as the aspirational bass of the pub band bassist. I suppose this is due to the fact that they were one of the 'new' basses of the 80's pop scene, and if it wasn't a Status then such and such would have played a Wal, etc etc. Mind you, people though Brit Pop and Oasis were cool in the 90's so that proves they knew naff all! As such, their values plummeted and it was a while until the experienced a renaissance. I remember seeing a slightly used mk2 at The Gallery for £1200, within living memory, as it were. I've always loved them though I don't think they're worth the prices they command these days. The prices seemed to shoot up as it began to seem likely that the days of them being produced were numbered. Sadly, now that they're being made again the new price list has stayed truly top-shelf, whereas they were once something everyone could aspire to.
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    Basses can vary. Some people prefer their dots in the same place as where they would be on a fretted bass, some prefer them to be on the actual note, the quickest way to be sure would be to either play the note into a tuner, or even better, have a tuner in the loop of your amp whilst you're playing, so you can better hear what you're doing. Don't forget that your left hand technique has a lot to do with the note you produce too. If you're used to playing fretted basses, you can get into a lazy habit of just trapping the string down at the fret with the pad of your finger. You may find you get better results on the fretless if you keep your thumb on the back of the neck and fret with the tips of your fingers for a more accurate way of doing things. Have a close look at your fingers the next time you sit down and play fretless. See if the pressure you're exerting is going to the right place. You may be 'squashing' your finger down further than you think which can lead to sharps!
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    I find the best Fender jazz basses are the new ones, built in the old style! Take my Fender Jaco Pastorius fretless. Superb construction, excellent playability and awesome tone, all from a 'new' Fender built to the old design. The thing with newer Fenders (at least the high end ones) is that they have a consistency lacking in the older ones. Take some 70's jazz basses, for example. Some sound fantastic and are a reasonable weight, but some sound cack and some of the ash bodied ones can weigh a tonne.
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    Plus, when you go to New York you'll inevitably try something else that you really enjoy and end up wanting one of those too!
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    Sounds like a cool idea. I love a bit of 'home innovation'!
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    Yes, it's dreadful. Now, Albert Niland's cover...
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    They are fairly rare things, they seem even more rare than their fretless Buzz brothers! So you may struggle to find a shop stocking one outside of a shop round London picking one up used. Wasn't there a Basschatter trying to sell a lurid green one with EMG's here recently for quite some time? He may take an offer.
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    It didn't really strike me as anything wild, though the 'grating' quality of it did start to irritate me quite quickly. Enjoy it though, you'll probably keep it for a week or two and change your mind, subsequently changing your gear and then deciding a couple of years later you want that tone after all!
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    I am thinking about picking up a cheaper synth, just something to mess around with when I can't be bothered to get my bass out.
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    [quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1344190828' post='1760989'] hmmm I don't see any Jeff Berlin just as well cos he so brill nobody else would probs be able to handle it anyways [/quote] He is indeed great. Some of his stuff is mind-bendingly tough. [i]Dixie [/i]and [i]Tears I[/i][i]n Heaven[/i] to start with! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpq7nkq3uTQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpq7nkq3uTQ[/url]
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    Could be that 'ole Ampeg, they can often sound pretty flat.
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