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[quote name='burno70' post='504672' date='Jun 3 2009, 01:50 PM']I think it's lovely - but if your going down the custom bass route why bother getting a copy of someone else's bass when you can design your own - slightly off topic but I thought I'd throw it in there.[/quote] Because Leo got so much right in the Jazz and Precision that it is very hard to come up with a new shape and other characteristics that work as well. Especially when it's your own money and you want a fully functional bass you can love for ever as the end result .... It's a lot easier to improve a classic. If you look around many "custom" shapes are very similar to each other too so even one-off customs are likely to be "heavily influenced by" previous designs. Of course there are exceptions as [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtopic=5525&view=findpost&p=57906"]BigRedX's Weird and Wonderful thred[/url]shows

[quote name='mathewsanchez' post='504586' date='Jun 3 2009, 12:17 PM']Bloody hell, I thought I gonna get a couple of disagreements but people really are bothered by what I said. I totally agree that any bassist with enough cash is gonna go for the best they can, regardless of talent, I know I would. But the point I was making was the second thing I said. I may have phrased it badly but what I meant is it's not going to be the most effective signature model as the majority of fans aren't going to be able to afford one. I know it will generally raise Shukers profile in the long run so the endorsement is a good thing but what I was really questining was the need for a signature model. p.s. 'thisnameistaken', i'm not saying i'm any better than him or that I personally could get an endorsement/signature model. I've got all the perspective on the matter I need and i'd appreciate it if you didn't treat me like an idiot. Cheers, Mat[/quote] Sorry Mat, didn't mean to jump on what was meant to be a quip ... Jon's going to be selling these to normal people, not Kaiser fans who want to emulate Mr Rix. It will just be a "standard" model that people can order, just like the JJB.

[quote name='mr_russ' post='504610' date='Jun 3 2009, 12:47 PM']This quote has to potential to be incredibly dangerous for my wallet ;D[/quote] Ha ha I'm just passing on a life lesson I learned ..... Anyway what else are you going to spend it on?

[quote name='allighatt0r' post='504617' date='Jun 3 2009, 12:53 PM']i wish i had a bass hat....[/quote] I thought everyone had a bass hat! BTW what's east 17?

[quote name='tayste_2000' post='504629' date='Jun 3 2009, 01:05 PM']My drummer will be attending this as well for fun bass and drum jams.[/quote] I read that as: "My drummer will be attending this as well for fun bass and drum jokes" Sounds cruel

[quote name='dlloyd' post='504517' date='Jun 3 2009, 10:45 AM']Yep, why is this necessary, and what exactly does it mean? It's kind of vague... Does it include in pms on this forum? In general conversation on another forum? Off line?[/quote] Total goodness so far, with this one exception. Please clarify or remove this clause

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='504355' date='Jun 2 2009, 11:42 PM']You mean the single pole-pieces? That's just what Delano pickups look like. Check out the Sandbergs, they use them too.[/quote] Some Delano's .. it's their Ferro one - the PMVC 4 FE/M2 [url="http://www.delano.de/home.html"]Read allllll about it[/url]

Goodness! What a find..

[url="http://www.singlecoil.com/frmset.html"]http://www.singlecoil.com/frmset.html[/url] The menu items on the left link to pages of articles about things like trick wiring, doing shielding, etc They also sell matched and measured pots and things

[quote name='mathewsanchez' post='503964' date='Jun 2 2009, 04:49 PM']What I don't understand is why such a mediocre band would need such a high end instrument.[/quote] Need? Well, no. No one [i]needs[/i] anything much better than a Squier VM ,.. Want? Oh yes! Does have? OH YES!! Why? Simply "Because we can"...... Life's too damn short to play anything other than the best bass you can afford.

I missed these two by a day Charles Mingus (1922); Paul Chambers (1935); Jon .. Nice idea but the rather clunky and dated site design puts me off. I'd suggest you get a skilled web design person to create a stylish and more functional design before publicising it too much.

Wow, such antipathy! Feel free to buy other makes ... Many people have bought a JJ Burnel Shuker P because it's a great P bass. Indeed my 5 string is essentially a JJB. For me, and I imagine many others, the JJ Burnel connection is interesting but certainly not enough to make me pay a premium and wait 9 months for a bass. This isn't a Squier Pete Wentz for £200... However having JJB come to Jon after he'd turned down a very large US based Precision bass maker beginning with F when they offered him a signature bass (allegedly) says a lot about the quality of the bloke's work. I doubt very much if Jon went out to get Simon Rix, or any other "young band" bassplayer to have a bass built. But having a high profile band's bass player order a custom bass he'd be daft not to make the most of it.

[quote name='Rayman' post='503931' date='Jun 2 2009, 04:08 PM']He's the man that made me leave bass day early a couple of years back....[i]yawn[/i]. Surely JJ Burnel is infinitely more influential than the bloke from the ruddy Kaiser Chiefs no? I aint knocking anyone mind, each to his own I s'pose. I can't knock signature stuff, I've had my fair share, and I still have my Tony Levin, which although is heavily modded, is still a superb bass, however it seems to me that there's an awful lot of "signature" instruments around with some names on them that aren't exactly top of the influence list. I mean, the [i]Kaiser Chiefs??[/i] I can understand Marcus Miller, Jaco, James Jamerson (where IS the Jamerson sig bass?), but some of these lesser known people like m'laddo from the KCs, I mean, what'll be next, the "Bloke from Hannah Montana's backing band" signature bass? I'll be rushing out to buy that. All the "big name" rubbish to one side, that's a tasty looking bass.[/quote] A few months back there was a discussion of JJ Burnel on here and several people had no idea who he was ..... Seriously they didn't... Not all kids either. For the current generation of bassists, JJB is as long gone as James Jamerson, John Entnwhistle, Norman Watt-Roy and Paul Chambers ... All seriously influential on the people they look up to but way past it....

[quote name='Musicman20' post='503862' date='Jun 2 2009, 03:04 PM']How much would that set you back?[/quote] Well the JJB is about £1500 starting price so probably around there or a bit more for the work on the neck. Blocks must take ages ...

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='503844' date='Jun 2 2009, 02:44 PM']No, but I think I am as equally qualified as all those who hold Fodera in such high esteem (without actually having seen one, let alone play one), to pass such a ridiculous comment.[/quote] Indeed

Oh er! There's a new "Signature" P bass at Shukers: A Simon Rix of the Kaiser Chiefs P bass .. [url="http://www.shukerguitars.co.uk/pbassgal.htm"]Shuker Signature P bass gallery[/url]

[quote name='chris_b' post='501567' date='May 30 2009, 12:58 PM']For less than the price of a new Sadowsky you could look at a Shuker P5.[/quote] That's true .. P5 JJB-ish Shuker works out about £1600 .. You are welcome to have a go on mine anytime ..

[quote name='ergon' post='502266' date='May 31 2009, 01:50 PM']'You oughta know' by alanis morissette, I find the songs very irritating however the line is un-mistakably very catchy.[/quote] Oooh Nice one. Not really listened to the bass before ... and there's that frisson of excitement just when there's a slight possibility that the DJ is playing the version without the radio edit

[quote name='steve-soar' post='501154' date='May 29 2009, 06:26 PM']What are you doing playing that far up the neck? Get back down in the gravy. [/quote] Paid for them frets, I'm gonna use them

[quote name='misrule' post='500916' date='May 29 2009, 01:56 PM']Sing along now ... Oh ... she's a slag and he's a creep She's a tart, he's very cheap She is a sl*t, he thinks he's tough She is a b***h, he is a puff Yeah yeah, it's not fair Yeah yeah, it's not fair Cheers Mark[/quote] You censor "slut" and "bitch" with [i]that[/i] cartoon in your sig?