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Incredibly well but it's such a bad sign that people will only consume 'rock' through films and theatre shows effectively with narratives around personalities or 'classic' bands thrown together on top of medleys. It's not vital, creative, sexual, interesting or rebellious any more - it's just nostalgia.

And it has that 'beater' mojo... ding a Marleaux and it's like a knife to you heart. Ding a Sire and it's a battle scar...

Chatters, Advice please - I've a Squier VM fretless which I'm pretty 'meh' about: It has a high action and limited tone. Is it a good start point for mods - set-up, bridge and possibly pick-ups, or should I move on and get a Sire say. Anyone upgraded one of these? Do people bother these days with the proliferation of good cheapies. Thoughts?

Not sure I heard a single bar of good music in the whole show, including Madonna's 'performance'.

Go for it!

Hopeful. 1) There's precious little bass guitar-enabled popular songs anymore. And I'm not talking about artists before 2000 Grandad, and 2) It's basically 'assault' on the ears and should be charged as such by every court in the land. The world has moved on since this was the most exciting thing ever!:

Egmond for me... followed my a major upgrade to an Ibanez Blazer like some previous posters. Pic is a similar bass to mine... **Edit: still got them both... Egmond in bits unfortunately. Blazer defretted and refretted.

I appreciate the sentiment but 'keepers' are generally acquired than built I'd suggest. You can spec' your nuts off with Alembic or Fodera then a cheapie comes by and just lands... tone, feel and mojo. Someone is taking a big gamble with £22 kilo-dabs. Of course it will be a great bass but maybe not for the commissioner...

+1 from me. His band song breakdowns 'what makes this song great' usually feature the basslines too and is theory vids are just great. A whole musical education not just bass. And he likes Rush and Yes.

Who is going to buy this? Really who? In today's instrument market, music industry and live music scene - a £22k 'bic!? I'm sure Mark/BD know what they're doing commissioning it - presumably for a paying customer but really who? I can get a dedicated (jazz) player sinking £10g on a full spec'ed Fodera - at least you'll get 2/3 of that back in a 2nd hand sale but £22k! Mystified...

I'm not an owner so treat my comments as unfounded rubbish but just on 'buzz' alone, I think SIre have stolen the best 'BfB' crown. *Edit: Internet buzz rather than fret buzz*

Erm leaving it a bit late given that they've split up, no-one goes to see rock any more, etc. Just went past the Hacienda on the train earlier... now posh flats. Last time I saw Ian Brown, it was in Warrington's bowling alley.

Wot? Australia!? Shipping will cost a fortune!

Getting serious gas for these... do they do a P-J 5?

It's an interesting browse/read... Weirdly, aside monetary value, I'd probably only covet from his collection, a vintage jazz and maybe a good modern version, a tasty clanky Rick and the Wal 5. The weird and the rare don't really do it for me... Collection-wise, I think I'm more in the Entwistle camp who had the jazz's, P's and Ricks but also the Alembic, Warwick and Statii...

Agree with much of this thread and I posted a similar one about Dawsons closing in Warrington and Altrincham a couple of months back. I'd add that we should value the bass specialists: Bass Direct, Bass Gallery and Bass Lounge to name but three all the more.

Ah the contrarian... that's usually me when it comes to Pino or someone else 'tasteful' (dull). I for one love Geddy and JE's tones... I think this is glorious: And I think this is glorious too...

Well I'm used to Yes and Rush so outrageous levels of 'clank-o-bass'...

Happy Birthday. Who's Silvia?

Not much of a fan of Van Halen but admired Eddy's skills. Never really aware of Michael Anthony as I could barely hear him on the records but came across this clip of 'Why can't this be love?' and enjoyed the version and MA's playing. Song starts half way through the clip. I also enjoyed Rick Beato's breakdown of 'Jump' - not particularly bass-tastic but an interesting watch/listen to understand what's going on in the song... more than you think!

Party Fears two rocked - insane bassline *Edit yeah Jaco too - very sad*

OK BCers, I thought the thread was breaking up so hence my flippant post earlier. So I'll go with a string of my favourite Prog bass players: Chris Squire, John Wetton & Greg Lake. All super musicians and singers and I loved their music. And respectfully I'll add Boon Gould just recently... *Edit Allan Holdsworth too - so sad he's passed away* **Edit Keith Emerson - suicides are particularly sad**