Recent content by jnerics

Silly question. It obviously depends if you want to be a hired gun or present yourself as an artist with a unique voice or certain professional standards. Totally different situations.

GOOD POST. WE NEED MORE SERIOUS DISCUSSION ON ACTUAL MUSIC AND REALLY PLAYING. WENT TO NASHVILLE IN 1990 AND SAW AN AMAZING CHICK AND HER EQUALLY AMAZING BAND DO AN AMAZING SHOW OF ORIGINAL STUFF AT SOME BAR. GREAT SHOW. IN TERMS OF COVER TUNE BITCHING, HERE IS WHERE I STAND. THE GUILD SYSTEM...

I have a 70's vintage modified that is the best jazz sound ever, and i've owned about a dozen or so, including pre cbs. Its the blonde bass with ugly painted on black blocks on the neck. It has the duncan pups i think or the fender designed that they recently switched to. This looks way better...

Whats the diff between this and the squier vintage modified jazz bass? Same pickups?

Hate to say it but bands don't survive. "Artists" do. Democracies fail, dictatorships endure. The ugly truth.

I once heard that when Jaco was starting out in Miami some people thought he sucked. Anyone know more about this? I feel I am so overbearing and ambitious in my playing I can't pocket properly. Often the best guys are the ones who don't overthink and can relax and let it all happen. That is the...

I think that fender and a lot of manufacturers have deconstructed the pre cbs sound and know how to make them consistently so the vintage thing is essentially over. I've got a fender modified that I bought for 150.00 that is just amazing and schecter diamond j's that are wonderful. Fender really...

I bought a couple (I made one fretless) of Diamond J's really cheap (400) before they stopped making them and I really like them. I think the bigger poles in the pups sort of fix the jazz problem of not having a bottom end that isn't solid enough- the kind of bottom that you can feel hit you...

Real men use 18's. Sunn Coliseum.

I have a 87 stingray,a 93 sterling and cheap sub sterling with a second neck pu added. The sterling is original and is amazing though more of a light jazz sound. the 87 and sub are both switched out with seymore duncam bassline alnicos and preamp. This gives them unbelievable bottom and a high...

Buy an unused paint can and pure denatured alcohol from a hardware store and soak overnight. Bright as new.