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I am a fan of Gary Peacok's ideas and and approach in a band context, the way he sees and expands the bass role/function is beautiful. But I never really enjoyed his tone and intonation, especially after seeing him live a few times, it just confirmed that he is not my reference for tone and...

McBride's tone it is always a reference... Considering it was a live recording for a radio station it sounds great, but for me his most beautiful tone was captured in Diana Krall's album "Love Scenes", 1998. The album has no drums, it's a trio: piano, guitar, bass with master Russel Malone on...

I've played saxophone, alto and tenor, mainly alto. Started studying at 10, then at 15 I was gigging for money, some party bands, recording poopy pop music and playing with jazz groups, but I was not a good improviser and never felt comfortable playing those gigs although I love jazz especially...

Hey Abner, thanks for the correct info. When it comes to our precious Ibbys every precise information is always helpful.

Hey guys, sorry to ressurrect such and old thread. But I am totally newbie about Hofners, I am trying yo setup my Ignition to its best, what is the actual string spacing at the bridge? Also let me know if you are measuring from center to center of each string or from the sides, or total string...

I owned one 1983 Elite Green Emerald for 3 years, and unfortunately the P pu on the bridge didn't sound good at all. Sounded thin, lacked output, basically wasnt very usable. Plus the preamp put its sound in a diferrent midrange zone than a traditional Pbass, at least if it had a bypass to make...

Gorgeous one. But these pickups take it to after 1984, they look like the Super P5/J5. Late 70s were the Super4, brown soapbars single coil, way better and fatter sound, despite the lower output.

RB850 stock are amazing basses. Both the one with humbucking coil taps and the later models with soapbars Low Impedance pickups are tone machines.

hahaha I have an Ibanez Bean with its ugly and tiny original hard case, love it. Mine is the Musician MC888, in the pic is the Roadstar RB888, the one that Sting played.

I had a Fender Precision Elite II, 1983, Green Emerald, sold it and don't regret. Besides being very heavy, neck had too many deadspots and the tone was never right. Probably the pickup itself plus something to do with the proptotype active circuit makes it sound in a different range, and not...

I don't know if it is corret to bring back to life an old thread, but it might be useful for future viewers. Just want to say I agree 100% with these statements about Rotosound Monel 77. 1) I am mainly an upright player and still I found them stiff (And I do like it).And yes, they will increase...

Cool list! My contribution: Ibanez Studio ST924WN (1980) - 1.6875" (43 mm) Ibanez Musician MC888 (1984) - 1 5/8" (measures 41.2~ mm) More to come

I am having the exact same experience, a sad one because I really like the LifeLife, solid sound and the best for pizz and arco. (I purchased it from Gollihur :)) After 4 or 5 years of use, adjusting the wheels, and sometimes taking the LifeLine on and off, I can see the metal parts around the...

John, I've just got to listen to the record, and wow... What sound and good vibe you and Janek ended up coming with. It Really inspires to start doing more things on the fly and not overly producing/ overcooking things before releasing them. I am also impressed with the mix, both upright and...

Hi everyone, I would appreciate some help concerning bridge position on my bass... If I place the bridge centered between f holes (feet equidistant from inner f notches), it does not align properly with the fingerboard, it gets set towards the bass side. If measure at the end of the fingerboard...