Recent content by Robert L

Tonight I'm Yours - Rod Stewart Abacab - Genesis Armed Forces - Elvis Costello and the Attractions (released in early 1979, but I was listening to it well into the '80s. Bruce Thomas' bass lines are as cool and unique as Costello's lyrics.)

One of my favorite all time albums!

My wife and I were discussing this the other day, and I told her the same thing practically word for word. While I am amazed and impressed beyond words that Geddy Lee can pull off those bass riffs while singing, to me it’s a classic case of “just because you can doesn’t mean you should.”

Here's mine: It's a Japanese made Fender Jazz (not sure of the year). Someone stripped the original finish (the inside of the control cavity shows faded Olympic White and I'm still crying over that), and they ruined the fretboard by doing a crappy defret job. I had a luthier replace the board...

:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

That last sentence sums it up pretty nice.

In the bass world, this topic can sometimes be more controversial than Area 51, the Kennedy assassination, the origin of man, and pineapple on pizza combined. I have been playing over 40 years, and I play 4 strings exclusively. I borrowed a colleague's 5 string and 6 string for a few months...

I have a Copley neck thru with 2 Music Man style pickups that I am replacing with Bartolinis. One is a MMC4 (original series), the other is a MM4CBC (classic series). The pre-amp is a Bartolini HR-4.5AP/918 (Vpp-Bl-T-B). I am wondering which one I should install in the neck position and which...