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Welcome to fretless bass and to the forums! I'm a huge fan of Jeroen as well from back in his Pestilence days. Not to brag or anything, but I got to meet him and hang back stage with him when they toured for Cosmogenesis :P Such a great guy and very humble and just an amazing player. Good luck with ...

Same as OP (if I recall). Steve Digiorgio on Death's Human album and Malone on Cynic's Focus. Ironically I wouldn't play bass until a decade or so later (I'm a guitar player first). But the bass player I was in a band with at the time introduced me to Jaco's album (Donna Lee... WOW!). I was also int...

Similar to a thread I read on another forum years ago about the difference between a bassist and bass player. General consensus was: Bassist - usually professional musician who plays bass for a living bass player - usually hobbyist who doesn't rely on bass/music for income. *shrug* I honestly don't ...

Of course, I think if we all had more money, we could surround ourselves in instruments. I, however, am probably done purchasing items for a long while. After acquiring my custom Carvin, I'm pretty much set aside from a dream bass or two that I could never afford. I would REALLY like to upgrade some...

Yea, I'm trying to find out where I can order Beyond Creation's album. Everywhere I've seen it is like $30-40 for North America. His video on youtube... mind blowing. I think that's the first time I've seen 'sweep picking' on a bass... fretless bass even! I dig his tone in that video more than I did...

If only more people shared your openness in music. I do agree, that some (most) guitar players are so attached to a certain sound (either in their head or they want to sound like their favorite artists) or don't want anyone to possibly in the slightest draw attention away from them. I mean, it's not...

Welcome!!!! Can't believe another Obscura & Augury fan! Jeroen is one of my favorite players (and an unbelievably nice guy). Forrest is just a beast on bass! Anywho, uhm, as for tone, I can't say 100% how to get their tone. I don't personally like Forrests tone, and Jeroens also seems a bit dry on t...

I've been away a while... but my Carvin arrived back in April. I was lucky to find a band around June/July and I broke her in over a few months before I had to leave the band due to <cliche>. LOL Anyways, that Carvin completely FLOORED me live. Sounded great at home, but in a band setting (only play...

Sorry I've been away so long... I did manage to join a hard rock/metal band back in June/July... unfortunately it was VERY short lived as I had to quit last month (November). Had a great time and opened for some great acts (Queensryche and ANVIL), but the guitarist and I did not see eye to eye on th...

My only experience is what I tried in the store (GC). I tried a few Ampegs, a couple SWR's (Working man, or something, if I recall?). It came down to one of the SWR's and an Ampeg. I went Ampeg as it seemed a bit more punchy to me and that's what I was going for. Ended up with an Ampeg SVT3-Pro and ...

I've always heard good things about Carvin instruments. One thing that seems to come out often is that Carvin (instruments and amps) is their transparency. Good? Bad? That is up to everyone's preference probably. But I've hit their store in Santa Ana a few times the past couple of years to try out g...

I think we all have a problem here... a serious one. Not enough money to buy all the basses that we want! :D That's the only thing preventing me from owning a couple more instruments. But it is true, each instrument has it's own uniqueness. Whether it's the tone, the feel, or the look, they each ser...

I'm so freakin jealous!!!! I'm a huge KD/MF and Andy fan!!!

good luck with the album and it sounds pretty good. Unfortunately I can only listen on my laptop which didn't provide much bass frequencies at all so I couldn't hear your playing.

Keep us posted on the album details!

Well, the more experienced guys around here can probably offer better advise than I, but if the mwah sound is what you want, then go for it! I think the general theory is that rounds will eat away the fretboard over time. How much and how quick depends on a lot of factors: Your play style (aggressiv...

Modern mwah (Jaco) for me. I want my bass to growl, snarl, bite, and purr.