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Stev187 and Eric H. remind me of a conversation I had recently with a couple of music professors. Jazz has become an academic type of music, much like classical. It's increasingly considered high-brow and not really music for a wide audience anymore, though there are some audiences out there...

This is a great thread. I'm 51 and going through the same thought process. I've had some college music classes but only briefly have I ever had a bass teacher. At some point, the walking-bass skills more-or-less just started happening. So, I consider myself proof that taking some...

George Tucker does an awesome job on the Walt Dickerson albums "To My Queen" and "Unity". He and Walt interact so beautifully especially on the title tracks of each album. Andrew Cyrille plays drums on both.

Check out Landing: Invalid Link Removed In fact, this is my exact bass that Jimmy Wilson (the builder of Landing basses) photographed and put on his web site before shipping it to me. It's incredible. It sounds like a vintage P-bass.

Update: a luthier friend of mine is doing a "guitar conversion" for me. I bought a Yamaha APX 500 guitar with a cracked neck for $99 at GC. My luthier buddy removed the neck and built a new one (walnut with rosewood fingerboard--unlined fretless) to bring it to 29.75" scale. It's basically...

Dennis Havlena has done a guitar-to-bass conversion. Here's a photo: http://dennishavlena.com/crest11.jpg Here's a description of what he did: http://dennishavlena.com/gitbass.htm He makes it sound so easy. This shall be my next project. Michael Yoder

For studio work, sight reading is a must. You'd be playing written bass lines at times, and you'd be expected to create poppin' bass parts of your own to written chord changes. You'll have to develop the intuition to make smooth ways of connecting the chords. Be well versed at writing and...

I, too, currently use the Tacoma Thunderchief when I compose, and find it too long, and the body is a bit too big to be comfortable for this purpose. I fear the Uke bass with its proprietary strings would have more of a boomy or muddy sound, and wouldn't be crisp enough for composition. Also...

>"I've got an Alvarez. It's great for noodling around those times when you have a few minutes."< That's exactly my purpose here. To have something on a stand, quick to pick up 'n play without fiddling with an amp, cable, etc. Short scale would be more comfortable than long scale when seated...

Just bumping this thread up, in case there are updates. I think this might be the only thread on short-scale ABG's. Does anyone know of any 30" scale ABGs currently on the market? The Alvarez MSB1 looks really good, but is discontinued. The Fender BG29 looks great too, but is also...

The Backline 110 is OUTSTANDING, so long as the drummer isn't louder than basic jazz or light pop. Otherwise, it might be best to try something with at least 100 watts, like the Backline 112. I get a tad more volume out of my Hartke Kickback 10 (which has 120 watts, I think). I do prefer the...

Could it be the smaller size of the Traynor's cabinet that makes it less suitable as a stand alone speaker (or perhaps better said, The GK Neo's slightly larger size gives it more bottom end)? I'm sensing a trade-off here between price and weight, but also a trade-off between weight/size on the...

This is a fascinating thread! I am presently in the market for a 112 that is light and reasonably good sounding, but also not too expensive. It won't be my main speaker, but will serve as an occasional extension for a GK MB150E-III, and as a small-venue cab when using a Hartke 2500 head, which...

I would like them if they're not already spoken for! :hyper: If not already taken, please send me a short message so I can give you my mailing address. Thanks. Michael

Wow, this is a great thread! I started to make the switch over to short scale about a year ago with the fretless SX P-style, and I haven't stopped. I now have the fretted SX P-style, a fretless Rob Allen Mouse, and my fave: the Landing L30P fretless. The L30P is the Precision-style model...