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Oh so very tempting...

What if I offered £5 million for this?!? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OFFERS-THROW-NUMBERS-AT-THIS-TENNESSEE-15-STRING-EXTENDED-RANGE-BASS-/291427705595?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item43da71e2fb

That's where the alarm system goes....

[quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1429865980' post='2755656'] Nanette Newman turned down a backing singer session on the Stone's Let It Bleed recording, it was too late however and the sleeve notes were already at the printers. But she did contribute backing vocals to this one hit wonder band. [/quote] Nanette Newman? Fairy 'nough.

[quote name='Subbeh' timestamp='1429798467' post='2755071'] Also nice just to get a feel of the weight of a bass and the balance. [/quote] Now this is a thing... I don't think I've ever tried one out standing up! Note to self to take a strap along next time - shopkeepers don't want the virginity of their straps-for-sale violated but they don't seem to have any used ones lying around for trying out basses :-(

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1355932222' post='1904670'] [/quote] OK..... I haven't read all of this thread. Or even most of it. But the question that burns in my head, what is a facist? Is it someone who discriminates between basses on the basis of their exotic wood facings (or absence thereof)?

[quote name='The Badderer' timestamp='1429780074' post='2754788'] I don't think i'll pick up a Fodera anytime soon or i'll wake up one morning with a very empty bank account starting at a bass guitar wondering how it is in my house! [/quote] Or staring at a bass guitar [b]instead of [/b]my house!

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1429749584' post='2754632'] And there was me thinking "has Si seriously started a thread about his new Daisy Rock bass?" Congratulations on your great taste. It looks amazing. I look forward to seeing and hearing it at the Herts Bash if you can get there with it. [/quote] My thoughts exactly! Maybe we'll have to wait a little longer for the "The Daisy Rock blew the Fodera out of the water" thread...

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1429740329' post='2754574'] And I thank the Lord for that. [/quote] +1: I'd have died years ago!

Yep, anything that conjures up images of Coventry is going to be pretty harrowing

I had my head turned to orange when I fell asleep in a tanning machine... #coat

^^^ very nice! I'm something of a G&L-lover (I went for a JB-2 rather than a Jazz). It's a shame there aren't many opportunities to try out their gear on these shores. Edit: just checked the spec and it's got coil-tapping too.... it's a bit of a box-ticker!

Blimey, the band must be small!

If you want to play to a thigh standard, I suggest you put in the leg-work and find a good teacher to help to keep abreast of the top players. Or you could just wing it.

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1429727465' post='2754379'] There is indeed - there's still a small ridge where the binding is, but far less pronounced with the forearm contour. It's also got a handy little gut-cut. J. [/quote] Ooh I'm jealous.... (I've got a boring old black RV4).

Is it a trick of the light, or is there some beveling going on on the spot where a regular bass of this ilk would try to carve a line into one's arm?

I've used http://mouseboydrums.com/ and it all went pretty smoothly.. I expect I'll be going back to him for more.

"200 degrees, that's why they call me Mr Farenheit", sang Freddie Mercury. Now I now that Mercury isn't his real name, but I'm pretty sure it isn't Farenheit either. And I suspect that most if not all of those degrees were purchased from some "virtual" college.

Go for it! Jaco called frets "speed bumps", and I find it just more.... organic? when the fingertip is stopping the string rather than holding it down behind a fret.

Some of these comments belong in the Bad Yolks thread...

[quote name='Raymondo' timestamp='1429621985' post='2753295'] It's ok they have plenty there for you to try. [/quote] You might need to provide your own Moondance TAB though.

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1429612399' post='2753098'] What about funerals ? [/quote] [quote name='RandomBass' timestamp='1429614778' post='2753143'] That would be Stairway to Heaven, or Highway To Hell, depending on the client. Or Road To Hell perhaps. [/quote] Going Undergound ...or Light My Fire.

[quote name='Lw.' timestamp='1429608592' post='2753032'] Though obviously don't let your imagination get the better of you in either situation - nobody wants to see you stop mid-riff at a gig with a "can I do that bit again?" or see you sloshing beer down the front of the amps in the studio! [/quote] I'm not sure the audience want to see me play for three minutes and then spend two hours editing it in Pro Tools...

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1429596621' post='2752895'] The first 90 seconds or so of[list] [*]Honky Tonk Women [*]Alright Now [*]We Will Rock You [/list] [/quote] Spooky, I'm sitting on a train playing those sections right now!