=-> Quoting Jim Miller to Martin Ridgley re: Sound in the fingers:
 MR> Jaco Pastorius said much the same thing.
   
 MR> ...that his sound was in his hands.
 JM> While I certainly don't dispute that, those old Acoustic amps he used
 JM> had a lot to do with it. I've played several Acoustic amps and they
 JM> all seem to have Jacotone built into them.
   Heh.  Absolutely!  No question about it.
 JM> I'm sure he could have used any amp to get that sound (I get semi-
 JM> convincing Jacotone out of my Ampeg SVT-III Pro), but those
 JM> Acoustic amps sure do make it easy.  Plus turning the neck pickup
 JM> down a little bit contributes.
   Yup.  But it's still an interesting and valid point.  Finger strength
 and plucking technique also contributed to his tone.  I worked on those
 things for a while after I read Jaco's comments and found that my sound
 changed considerably.  :-)
   Unfortunately, due to my not warming up properly (and partly to
 having the bass hung a bit too low), it also contributed to me getting 
 mild tendinitis and CTS.  ;-(
   I've since readjusted to compensate though and things have improved.
 If you recall, you and I talked about this some time ago.  I was
 working on warm-up exercises and using the pick-ups and the amp more to 
 get the punchy tone.  Your comments were greatly appreciated.  Thanks.
     Martin
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