Chris2112

I have really found that Janek has been more of a pretender than someone seriously delivering the goods. His name often gets dropped alongside great players like Tony Grey, Hadrien Feraud, Matt Garrison etc etc...yet for me, Janek just lacks that special something. Soul, verve, imagination, passion, heart, feeling...call it what you will. The basic element of making good music seems fundamentally missing with him. The other guys are playing relatively similar stuff but the quality is just much better; they [i]sound[/i] passionate and this is something I can really dig. On the whole, I guess it is not surprising you'd be left feeling nonplussed by an album of jamming where 'it' isn't really happening. For those kinds of records to sound any better than your own bands mid-rehearshal noodlings you need some serious firepower; some Grade A musicians who are gunning to make it happen. Consider the Hellborg/Lane/Sipe trio records. Those guys were on fire. Listen to 'Temporal Analogues of Paradise', that is what proper jamming is all about. No safety net, just a framework and space to improvise over the top. And those guys got [i]that[/i] to record? It makes me weep, to think of the beautiful music they must have been making show after show on the road, and yet so little of it is recorded. A true shame, when you know it's all different. On a wider note, does this hint somewhat at solo bassists edging closer to creative bankruptcy? Even as a fan of a the genre, I will admit that recent records do not have the 'fire' of the early days when Jonas Hellborg, Stuart Hamm [i]et al[/i] were breaking new ground. The spirit of innovation has carried on since the Millenium in less interesting forms like Squarepusher, Seth Horan etc etc...but the overall music just doesn't seem as good.

That is a nice looking bass! Nifty little bass solo too.

It's not that I don't like them, they just don't blow my socks off. They have lots of fans though, so they are clearly a good product.

I used to have one, it was a nice bass. Two J pickups, which was a bit different for me on a Status bass. Sounded great, very light and played like a drea. Pretty much what you'd expect from Status!

This one is all about that classic 'growling' sound. Just check out the awesome snap on the line at 02:06: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWOd1N-njlc&ob=av2e Simply stunning stuff, one of the great basslines of that era and probably Erasure's best.

Looks like a nice one! I would probably prefer 34" scale to live with, day to day. The bendwell is a cool piece of kit, but I can't see me using it anywhere other than when I'm doing a Mark King-esque bass solo!

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1331284172' post='1570646'] Stay off the drugs kids. Contents of my wallet say that you haven't even played one. [/quote] Then I claim my £5!

[quote name='cetera' timestamp='1306158069' post='1241664'] My 'white' Spectors..... from left.... Euro NS2JA-CR, Euro4, Korean Kramer NS2A & US Kramer NS2 LUSH! [/quote] Top class stuff!

[quote name='BassBus' timestamp='1329162556' post='1538233'] Perhaps they sounded on what is only one video. I'd hardly say GB sound "crap" though. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l22dtkq8srE[/media] [/quote] Case in point, this sounds awful. Like a butter tub strung with rubber bands, all floppy with no sparkle, no punch, in fact nothing really to speak of. Beige bass tone, if you will. I'm still waiting to hear or play a GB that sounds great! Mark has used many basses that sounded 10x better. That said, I've never known anyone to comment on how much they loved the Ohne Filter sound, even though it's often mentioned as a low point in terms of his tone (and the band itself).

I remember speaking to Pete at Howard's Bass Place once and he was talking about the black hardware on Status basses going green and yellow over time. Very strange!

Pretty cool. Is that a Warwick Thumb you're playing there?

If you're doing gigs at a 'professional' level I don't think you should be drinking before or through the gig. I wouldn't turn up to work pissed, I don't see why anyone who cared about their musicianship would either.

Not forgetting the Zon Sonus came back to you John, but I picked up a Streamer from you which is quite frankly the best Warwick I've ever played! Sorry I haven't been in touch about popping down with my basses, things have been crazy at work recently with my rest days getting cancelled...feel like I've never been away from the place!

Who is this 'Mani'?

I used to love my headless basses on tight stages. My Kubickis were great too, small body and easily held and protected! I don't mind playing on a small stage though, it's better with electric drums though as you can keep the overall volume down.

I think it all comes down to your spidey senses? As we may get 'walk in' traffic from people coming to sell stuff who then stick around. It seems as though recently we have had quite an influx of non-UK users, who can be a wealth of information by tuning us in to local music and luthiers who we may not hear about otherwise. Some new users I would have no issues buying from as they seem quite genuine, I would be less impressed with "hel0, pls by my base, i am selling for my father hu is out of the countryy a tthe minute...plzx wire your funds to me in Nigeria"

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1327567602' post='1513331'] Perhaps you should try one of these instead... [/quote] As I sit here listening to Erasure and Depeche Mode, this is just the sort of thing I want right now. Though I'd rather have an Oberheim Xpander.

Not really bothered, always found them very bland.

There must be a story behind this. Someone in London, ring the Gallery and find out what the score is.

Probably about two minutes, playing for a Christmas show a few years ago. I was DI'd into the board, the only kit I had brought myself was my bass and a gig bag. After the show was finished I just uplugged my bass, zipped it into my bag and got into my car and drove home. Luckily, the band accompanied the main show, and played songs at various points through the show. It wasn't a bad gig, as once we'd played our last song we could exit stage left and that was it.