Recent content by Jazzlover

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    Value of 1990's Tokai Jazz Sound?

    Are the 90's Jazz Sounds similar in quality to the later Jazz Sounds from 2000+ (which I have heard were not great) or closer to the 80's Jazz Sounds? Am I better off looking at something different for $400+?
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    Value of 1990's Tokai Jazz Sound?

    I like your number better than the seller's asking price ($650 with gig bag).
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    Value of 1990's Tokai Jazz Sound?

    I was hoping someone could give me the approximate value of a 1990's Tokai Jazz Sound bass which I am considering buying. The bass is finished in tobacco sunburst with a red tortoise shell pick guard, has a rosewood fingerboard, Badass II bridge and EMG passive pickups and is supposedly in...
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    Straight DI with a single tube interface

    The link you provided is for the one without USB. You did use the USB version correct? Applied Research & Technology: Digital Interfaces
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    Official Lakland Owners Club (part 4)

    These days it seems the prices in Canada are only slighly higher. For example, a Skyline 44-01 in the States seems to be about $735 (based on several online sellers). In Canada it's $749 though I did see that Axe Music in Canada has a black 44-01 for $665. Give Dave at Club Bass a call and...
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    Defretting A Bass?

    Maybe look at this site: Invalid Link Removed I also found a lot of other good info by searching Google for "how to defret a bass". But, I have never done the procdure myself. Maybe one day I'll pick up a cheap project bass and try it.
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    Bassist who live in apartments

    I live in a newer condo myself. Most newer condos, mine included, are built like crap and have no soundproofing. Walls are concrete as they always have been but they have figured out how to make the concrete far stronger (and much denser) which are actually far thinner than they used to be...
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    At what age did you start playing bass?

    I just started playing bass (I did take some lessons for a month or so as a teen) at age 39. I have no idea how good I will become but I am still going to put the effort in because I love music and I love the bass. I say play bass because you enjoy it. If it goes further than that, great...
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    Recording my bass on my computer....

    I was able to get OK sound if I attached my Sansamp Bass Driver DI between the bass and the M-Audio Delta 66 but it was a too noisy. I just picked up a used Presonus BlueTube DP and so far it seems to be a good improvment. Far more gain, less noise. I have not tried the Sansamp with the...
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    Recording my bass on my computer....

    No replies. Oh well. Anyhow, I just scored a used M-Audio Delta 66. More inputs and outputs than I need at the moment but the price was right, cheaper than a new lower end card would have cost me.
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    Recording my bass on my computer....

    Ok, so I want to record my bass on my computer. I've read lots of info here and elsewhere and am aware of the many USB and Firewire devices available but it seems that the best interface would seem to be PCI (no or minimum latency etc...). I have a sound card built onto my motherboard. I am...
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    Who likes playing disco bass lines? (cringe)

    I just watched Chic at Montreux (2004). Great show, great band. Tight. Jerry Barnes was playing bass. Some may not like disco but the basslines are great and playing disco, well, is not a walk in the park.
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    The Official Show-Your-Basses Thread Episode 5 (The Empire Strikes Back)

    I'm a fan of both companies. I'd love to Replace my Simaudio I-5 with a Prelude one day (I'd buy their less expensive Arpege if it had remote control). I've actually been in selling mode with my system though lately, it was getting too big and too expensive. I just sold my Nottingham...
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    The Official Show-Your-Basses Thread Episode 5 (The Empire Strikes Back)

    Nice Audiomat integrated. The speakers look like Reynauds, maybe Offrandes. I've got their Twin Signatures, love them. Adam.
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    Analysis Plus ***!

    Well, I use their speaker cables and interconnects on my home audio system and am quite happy with their performance. They definitely sound different than the cables they replaced (I have owned 2 other types of speaker cables and 2 other types of interconnects). It all boils down to whether...