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A bit of trivia and possible provenance, if I'm right. I think I know this bass pretty well. The George Radcliffe named in the MECAA card was a serious trombone player but doubled on bass. He was the bass player for a band called Five Penny Piece - a sort of Lancashire folk and comedy act with some big gigs and several albums (national TV etc.). George was also the landlord of the Star pub in Ashton-under-Lyne - the best pint of Boddington's bitter available anywhere in my opinion. The quality of the beer was largely down to George's son, the cellarman and another 'bone player, who I think inherited this bass, along with George's Jazz. As far as I know, the son was recently made redundant so not unreasonable that this bass should appear now. With a mate, I took both of the basses to be set-up by Ted Lee (luthier to the stars and painted Manzanera's Firebird red I believe) in the very early '80s when George was still very active. I shall make further enquiries with the son. Anyway, that passed a few minutes.

Do it anyway 😉

Untrue! I offered £495.

These basses look interesting. Would have liked to have heard more of what they sound like and UK prices, delivery times, etc. Good luck to you.

to be fair to him, if you were selling an old instrument you didn't know a lot about at a reasonable price you might not want to promise everything is kosher if you didn't know. Also you know there will have been at least 3 idiots sending him messages like "oh I don't think X Y and Z is right, it's a bitsa mess of parts, I'll give you £500 for it?"

I love the look of those Boss boards. Such a good design and in a world of Schmidt Arrays it's just good simple engineering. Are you using the deco as a chorus/flanger or as a drive?

I had a bilateral hernia op 28/3. I’m 70 but fit….recovery is more like 12 weeks in my case. One of the mesh implants failed so I’m having to do it again so am thinking of getting an acoustic bass as my G&L weighs a ton. I tried a U-bass but didn’t like it, particularly the strings. I don’t currently gig but thinking of getting an acoustic bass but hate the sound of them…..they all seem so boxy or have hellish action(it’s hopefully a temporary situation so can’t spend much).

Don't Mean Nothing - Richard Marx

The late and much-missed @SamIAm was a great enthusiast for the sound, feel and look of her uke-basses. 😢

So have I, and yes, I did. 😉

Too many "s"s in the website name - https://www.basstradersweden.com/ is the link.

Ask and ye shall receive - Tim Esau's bass part for '1312 Overture' from the 'The Road Of Bones' album. Top drawer stuff. Heavy read due to the tempo, the density of the part of the part and the changing time signatures but not as difficult as it first appears (I looked at The Road Of Bones track, Dave, but there a few parts where the mix is too dense to catch the detail - I will try again with the Moises software another time - it's a great album). https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/1312-overture-iq/

I’ve never needed to. On occasions where the bass feels like it might kick off I can usually sort that by dialling out a bit of low mids on the amp. Plus I rarely have the bass coming out of my monitor, especially on a big festival stage. I’ve found that can be a recipe for disaster.

My first bass, a Rosetti Bass 7. Hollow-bodied double-cut bass in hideous greenburst with a plastic assembly holding the pickups. Awful neck, and the body seemed to be made of papier-mache. Bought for £2, can't remember what I sold it for - this would have been about 1971. Didn't touch a bass again for three or four years. I don't have a photo, which is just as well because it would probably trigger me.

I’ve also had people turn their nose up at the suggestion, but in general they get over it once they hear it in context. Some people can’t seem to get over the look of it though…

I would love to be able to have a go at playing through a rig like that, just for the experience. The great thing in your situation was you didn’t have to do the load-in and out! Result!

When I play louder stages I’ll often try to blend the magnetic pickup with a piezo. Both can run through the EBS preamp and be adjusted to sound excellent.

What's All the Fuss About? - Stereophonics