What is your weapon?

[Eric***]

A bit of a change-up for me now that I'm playing in the jazz-fusion band.

I now mostly play my Clement fretless. It's quite a treat to play all the tunes on fretless.

Cool. When did that happen? Is that your only active band right now?

[Brian Krashpad]

Cool. When did that happen? Is that your only active band right now?

And what would such a "Clement" thingy look like?

[Eric***]

And what would such a "Clement" thingy look like?

Here's my guess:



Squint really hard.

[Brian Krashpad]

Here's my guess:



Squint really hard.

Ah. So, a neck-through, P/J pups, Jazz body.

I'm guessing here.

[NWBasser]

Ah. So, a neck-through, P/J pups, Jazz body.

I'm guessing here.

All correct except the neck-through part.

Details are an ash body with spalted maple top, Nordstrand P/J pickups, Bartolini NMBT preamp, and Hipshot hardware.

I've probably written about this bass before. It's my go-to-my-grave-with-me bass.

[Brian Krashpad]

All correct except the neck-through part.

Details are an ash body with spalted maple top, Nordstrand P/J pickups, Bartolini NMBT preamp, and Hipshot hardware.

I've probably written about this bass before. It's my go-to-my-grave-with-me bass.

Ah, those stripes on the body fooled me.

Now, we needs to see your bass, sir!

[NWBasser]

Ah, those stripes on the body fooled me.

Now, we needs to see your bass, sir!

This thread has it:

http://www.thefret.net/showthread.ph...-desire-indeed

[NWBasser]

Cool. When did that happen? Is that your only active band right now?

I posted about it a while ago. I quit The Mediocres because I was getting too bored playing two or three note songs. I could hardly stay awake for practices. Plus, it seemed that nobody was listening to me about song selection, arrangements, gigs, and other matters.

So, I found this new band called Portrait that does sort of jazz fusion - George Benson (way cool guitar stuff), Steely Dan, Chicago (way cool bass parts), and old Santana.

They really like my bass playing and it's a very positive band atmosphere where I have a lot of input on things like song arrangements.

We'll be going into the studio next month to record a demo and I'll share that when it's done. It's all done as instrumentals with the drummer's wife doing the vocal parts with a viola.

The guitarist, Wayne, is very good. He's a treat to listen to while I zing out my bass parts.