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  1. robocorpse
    OK, I have had Steinberger, Status and Kubicki basses. I love the hi-fi sound (especially my new Status!) but am having problems with string clearance between string and the face of the bass, so digging in with a pick is NOT an option on the Status. The Steinberger doesn't sound as good, but it has bags of room to really get stuck in with the pick and not smash hell out of the top between the pickups where my picking hand usually lives. This is consequently why the Steiny is my fave live bass. Does anyone have experience of enough graphite basses (preferably neck through) to give me some pointers on which ones have better clearance than my S2?
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    Oh yeah, and Lemmy : "Die You Bastard" off the Another Perfect Day album, my favourite bass sound ever. Also: Ray Shulman "Cogs In Cogs" (Gentle Giant) Jean Yves Theirault "Tornado" (Voivod) Greg Lake - "Tarkus - Eruption" (ELP) Klaus Fluoride - "Riot/Bleed For Me" (DKs)
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    Nobodys mentioned Les Claypool yet !!! "Jerry Was A Racecar Driver" (with apologies to King Crimson!)
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    Absolutely!, lovely trade done in the time honoured motorway services coffee concession, to a handful of intrigued onlookers asking us to "give us a song mate!" while we played away sans-amps. Loads of fun. Would trade again, absolutely top bloke, cheers! [quote name='doctor_of_the_bass' post='665818' date='Nov 26 2009, 01:22 AM']Just a bump for Pete!!! Leave me some nice message mate! Heheh! Nick[/quote]
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    What channel is it set to? (should be a label on the transmitter with "C3" or similar code)
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    withdrawn
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    Haha, yeah I got there in time, cheers. Txt battle was fun. Hows this for Siberian Elektru: "Luthier, in time horn chop, asking badass tailpiece chrome plate making, schallers, knobs right re-fin, in white flanger rewire be like Chris Squireeeeeeeeee" Beat that [quote name='doctor_of_the_bass' post='664635' date='Nov 25 2009, 01:51 AM']Thank you Pete! Great text message convo earlier! Did you get to the airport on time? Topographite! Love it! I've now finished the mods - here it is: Looking good eh?[/quote]
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    TRADED. Let the destruction, decimation, sawing, drilling, refinishing and Squire worship begin Only kidding, thanks to Nick for great trade, and coffee
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    [quote name='sdgrsr400' post='662618' date='Nov 23 2009, 01:21 PM']Also think about the return journey through US security. If you look anyway suspicious (i.e. not white) then you might have trouble. I heard a story on another board that stringed instruments were being challenged because "you could remove the strings and use them to throttle someone".[/quote] That happened to a friend of mine last year, he was travelling from Holland to the UK, and despite confirming with the airline in advance and buying a seat for the guitar to make sure it wouldn't get bashed around, they CONFISCATED the strings off his vintage Gretsch (and the spares in the case) because they could be removed and used as an offensive weapon. On a one hour flight? by a normal looking white 50 year old guy carrying 5000 quid worth of Gretsch? Didn't help that he landed on Saturday afternoon to travel straight to the gig, and needed strings in a desperate hurry in a foreign country at closing time. Also the underlying fear that the 60 year old neck/truss rod would be upset by sudden removal of tension with no truss rod spanner to hand. Bah.
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    I stuck EMG35's in my Epi gothic T-Bird and gave it a good setup and fret dress and it plays and sounds incredible for the money. I said a few months back that the Tokai ones are horrid, but I subsequently found out the neck width on the "classic" and "gothic" Epis are different, and thats why the Tokai felt so wide and cumbersome, more like a P-Bass. The Gothic version has a slimmer neck and nut width, thats the one for playability and fretboard athletics. If you just want a classic one and don't care about the nut width, I'd probably stick my neck out now and say grab the Tokai, as they are in much greater supply than the Orvilles, have proper neck joints (not bolts) and the build quality is pretty good for the 250 quid you can get them for if you shop around. I want to get my hands on the T-bird Pro soon so I can A/B it with the Tokai and Gothic. I'm sorely tempted to replace the bridge on the Epi with a more chunky Badass type thing (with narrow spacing of course), as its quite flimsy, and I want to mod this bass to a through-body string retainer to beef up the sustain and tension slightly. Depends how the band goes I spose, I wouldn't play this thing recreationally, but its a great lookin metal bass for stage and photos
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    I used to have one of these, it was absolutely incredible.
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    I beg to differ. Chris' bass started life as a bog standard Electra MPC series X610/X620 (imported by St Louis Music, who were the USA's sole distributor for Electra and Westone in the late 70s) that Mandolin Brothers reshaped for him, they were putting the effects pods in these WAY before Chris got hold of his (1977 I think they started) and CS didn't get his til late 79/early 80. Alcohol does funny things to the memory, CS is only telling half the story, everyone knows the only "custom" bit of that bass is the reshaping, refin and refit, the body and neck is a totally standard X610/X620. You only have to look at the headstock, it it really was custom, they wouldn't have left the "Electra" decal on there. I love CS playing to bits, but he isn't entirely reliable off-stage. Let the flames begin... [quote name='Mickeyboro' post='660219' date='Nov 20 2009, 03:13 PM']In case anyone's interested, Chris told me this about his Elektra a couple of years ago: 'It¹s a bass that was a favourite of mine made for me in the 70s by I guess what¹s now some (Westone/St Louis Music) music company which I guess makes Ampeg and they made Alvarez guitars the acoustics which was one of those lines. But they were also experimenting with electric guitars and this was a custom made bass which they made for me that actually has effects modules that you pop, into the back of the bass, there¹s a little flap. And although I don¹t always use the effects the guitar is one of those very playable basses which I enjoy playing and has a great sound. I¹ve always had it in my arsenal, as it were.'[/quote]
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    On hold, pending trade...
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    Yummy!, now if it was black and I had 900 quid...
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    I'm not trying to justify anything mate, just talking form my own experience of working with classically trained musicians who are top notch in the field, but are absolutely wooden when faced with anything vaguely "pop". I personally would rather go with someone who knows jack sh.t about the workings and can just hit it. [quote name='jakesbass' post='658673' date='Nov 18 2009, 10:37 PM']Thats just simply not the case. I know many straight trained musicians who are very capable groovers indeed. It's a commonly held misconception... usually by people who seek to justify a deficit. And before you say there are many groovers who can't read who don't have a deficit, that's true but it doesn't undermine the validity of my point It's true that many classical players are not involved in other genres but the classical repertoire is big enough to justify that.[/quote]
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    Its one of those situations where it might possibly be best left, theres no way to teach feel unless you either have a proper groovemeister giving you one to one tuition (and you have the empathy required for the piece/genre), or you spend years perfecting it in your bedroom while you play along to other peoples stuff and try to gain some insight into how they played it, and more importantly realising how your own technique can either be adapted to suit theirs, or can be developed into a happy medium. I assume this is how most people get their groove on, by being inspired by player(s) and after having given up trying to ape them, they gradually work out they can sound good by adding the hero worship into their own style and coming up with something unique to them that sounds good and works in the context of what they are trying to play, if only by improving your own "lick library" of your fave bits of other peoples stuff. Thats certainly how I got my technique together, and its served me well the last 29 years of playing. To this day, I cannot sight-read, but I know so many people who I think have suffered from "reading the dots" for too long and not knowing how to make them swing, that I would rather be happy in my ignorance of the staves. It is rare to find a "proper" (classically trained) musician who can sight read, AND groove. [quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='658096' date='Nov 18 2009, 02:01 PM']I often tell pupils to "play it how they'd sing it" - This often helps them to understand that it's not just a series of notes to be played, but that the music also needs an overarching feeling and their own interpretation. Musicality is so difficult to explain to people in simple terms, but the often misused term of "grooving" basically means to "fit in" with the other instruments and to give the piece/line some shape out of the blandness of the notation or the given sequence.[/quote]
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    Aint ya glad I left it stock then ? [quote name='Bassassin' post='658359' date='Nov 18 2009, 05:56 PM']No - it would be f*cking unforgiveable vandalism. How is this different to getting a 1960s Precision & hacking it into a teardrop shape because that's what Geddy Lee did? Except 60s Ps are a damn sight easier to find - in any condition - than these. J.[/quote]
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    Dammit, thats horrid luck! I have seen a bass FS I rather fancy now, so I am eager to hear sensible offers on my (admittedly high) opening price, I have had a couple of unrealistic ones already, and people with severe Electra GAS but no dosh Dammit! Must sell more gear! [quote name='FlatEric' post='657340' date='Nov 17 2009, 06:50 PM']WOW. Would definately be on my shopping list, only someone wrote my car off, last week and I might have to actually sell something off to pay for another one. Sniff! [/quote]
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    Crikey, none of that malarkey!, its just these come up SO rarely, its practically impossible to quantify a price. I have no intention of turning this into an auction, nor do I want to go the evilbay route if I can possibly avoid it. OK, based on what I have already been offered in swapsies, and what I know it could be worth given the CS treatment, and adding a bit for haggling, lets start at 895 ono, or swap/px for a basically *playable* Status S2. Yes its expensive, but very very hard to find, especially with working flanger pod, those fetch anything up to 100 on their own. Am I allowed to say "offers" now [quote name='silddx' post='657158' date='Nov 17 2009, 04:21 PM']I have given up on this "make me an offer" business, it's nothing but a bitter game which has made me think the seller is thinking "I know what it's worth but maybe there's an idiot out there". Bung a price up mate, will yer?[/quote]
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    June 1982 Ricky 4001 in Jetglow black. It has been sitting in its case for the last 4 years, and never gets played anymore, so its going. There are a few deep marks round the back of the nut and the bottom bout from guitar stand reaction, the usual silver insert missing from 1 knob, the usual pinprick rash on the pickup cover, few little dinks here and there (but no buckle rash you'll be glad to hear), and it will probably need new strings as its been sitting for ages. It is in pretty good shape for a 27 year old bass though. The frets are good, the neck is straight as a board, its 100% stock with Rick-O-Sound output, and has original Rickenbacker hard case. £1100 or possible p/x. I'm looking for Graphite stuff and Ampeg SVT3 Pro [attachment=36553:PICTA_4644__Large_.jpg][attachment=36554:PICTA_4648__Large_.jpg][attachment=36557: PICTA_4661__Large_.jpg][attachment=36556:PICTA_4652__Large_.jpg][attachment=36555:PICTA_4650__Large_ . jpg][attachment=36558:PICTA_4668__Large_.jpg]
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    Bump, I have changed this from a "Feeler" to a "For Sale" due to increased interest. Please make sensible offers via PM. Here are some more pics: [attachment=36559:PICTA_4676__Large_.jpg] Rear cavity with the flanger removed to show you the "guts" of the beastie. [attachment=36561:PICTA_4683__Large_.jpg] Yumm! [attachment=36563:PICTA_4687__Large_.jpg] Yummo Abaloneeeeeeee! [attachment=36562:PICTA_4684__Large_.jpg]Blooming laquer on headstock, common reaction on clear poly. [attachment=36560:PICTA_4677__Large_.jpg]Rear headstock showing brazing on elephant ear buttons.
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    Chuck some PMs/offers my way and give me a few days to digest them. Like I said, this is a feeler, but I am open to serious offers. This bass took me around 3 years hard searching to locate (and that was around 10 years ago), they are very scarce instruments. I am loathe to part with it purely because I always lusted after CS white special, but never had the guts to do the surgery on this one, but I need cash, and/or another bass that I can actually use. Lets face it, if I had actually done the modifications, it would be worth a fxcking fortune, as I know of NO OTHER examples that have been modded to CS spec apart from Chris' own example.
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    Yummmm!, tempted... What state are the tuners in? I have had bad experiences with them self-destructing in the past.
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    [b]Edit edit edit: Bass is now GONE, thanks to Nick for great trade. [/b] OK, I have an original Electra X620 I might be tempted to part with. For those of you who were expecting a Ricky 4001CS, read on, this will interest you... This is the exact same identical bass that Mandolin Brothers modified for Chris Squire around late 1979, and this was featured heavily on the DRAMA and 90125 albums, particularly on "Tempus Fugit" and "City Of Love". This basses strength lies in the built in effects podules round the back, and it will take up to 2 effects pods in the back. Chris used the Flanger pod in his one, and this is how he got that gorgeous sound on "Tempus Fugit", its the original inbuilt Electra Flanger, not an Electric Mistress or other outboard unit. This is possibly the best (only?) way to nail the sound on that song, perfectly, every time. The one I am thinking of selling HAS the flanger pod (natch!), and is UNMODIFIED, and in its original sunburst poly finish. The varitone switch on the top horn doesnt show too well in the photo, sorry. Very nice through-neck with comfort contouring round the neck joint, usual stunning Matsumoku stuff. I originally bought this several years ago when I was going through a very big CS phase, and was into doing tribute bands etc. I was going to do the exact same mods to this (shave the horn, add chrome plate with controls laid out more logically, fit Badass bridge, and refin in white) but I never got round to it. In a way, I am glad, as this is a very nice bass in its own right. it has some laquer blooming on the headstock, several chips round the edge, and needs a few minor tweaks to get it lovely, but it plays nice as it stands, sounds great with the varitone switching, and is an odd mix of Rickenbacker and Guild in its parts, styling and feel, the neck is very similar to the Guild 301, nice and fat but extremely comfy. The abalone bowtie inlays are stunning. The build quality is fantastic, and typical of the high end Matsumoku stuff of this era. Offers/swaps? Im looking for 80s Status/Vigier/Steinberg type stuff, cash, PX, whatever, if the offer is good I will consider it, this is an unusual and quite scarce bass, but I need something more suited to my current playing style, rather than this (lets be frank) pipedream project. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78BivgombIE"]click here for Yes - Tempus Fugit video featuring CS modified Electra[/url]
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    PM'd re Charvel
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