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  1. doctor_of_the_bass
    Tis indeed the bass in the pic! My chalfonts were playing up at the Bash, hence the facial gurning! Cheers guys - it really does the business but have fallen in love with some French girls and another `natural' Essex bird...!! Rich - thx for the offer - will try and get some more pix to you - if ye can post them here that would be great. Many, many thanks.
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    Allo! Due to the acquisition of many new basses, I'm letting my lovely solid colour `ice blue' Status Series 2000 bass go - she does not get much of a look in these days and so she needs to go to a loving home! See piccies further down this thread, seriously interested persons please email me at both: [email protected] and: [email protected] Looking at £1000 plus semi-flight case - this is the only one in the world in this colour! Cheers Nick
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    Ahhhh! Thats much better! N
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    ...that pic is scary son! good to see ya 'ere! Nick (fellow 'boro-brian')
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    Being one of East Anglia's oldest slappers qualifies me for many super deals with many varied brands! ...actually I do have an endorsement with Elites strings! Nick
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    I'm strange! I'm still waiting to reclaim my leotard/tights selection from fellow pro bassist Mike `leggy' Brooks! Come on Mike, I miss 'em! Never visited Talkbass but will have to have a look. My only real experience of the States was a typical holiday in Florida some years ago and whilst everyone was awfully polite etc, there was something `missing' - very hard to put into words; nothing sinister but it felt very different. I did visit Bass Central and was basically ignored by most of the staff (except Grasshopper!) who were fawning round some guy who was buying a Fender P - he was a terrible player but he looked minted so they gave me the cold shoulder (must have been the string vest, white socks and sandals!) - had some lovely gear there though! Nick
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    Lovely instrument! I used to work in a shop called `Music Village' whilst still at school back in '87 (I was the Saturday boy!) and we had two Manson basses come in - should have bought one of them, superb construction etc. That was back in the day when I only had four or five basses.....I used to get the pick of anything that came in secondhand (as long as I could afford to pay etc!). Cheers Nick
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    Welcome 4000! I too own a 4001CS (number 475) - if it were me, I'd keep it! Cheers! Nick
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    Nice idea in theory but it would only end in tears! Best thing to do is buy as many as you can and then have your own `collective'. I've really got to stop buying as I'm reaching critical mass, I've got a total of seventy instruments now, 57 basses and 13 guitars. Do I win £5? Nick O
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    I've got JJ's Steinberger bass! Rumour has it that he went down to the original Bass Centre in Wapping after having `punched' and split the greenburst Precision into two separate body halves, trying to find a `bass that would not break'. He tried the Steinberger, liked the way it played etc and asked how strong it was. `Hit it against the wall' - so he tapped it. `No, really whack it....'. JJ swang it like a baseball bat and it took a chunk out of the wall! I bought it off of Andy Pearson, the bassist with The Beat. Great bass, great for cricket practice!
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    Oh dear - naughty Russtone....look who they actually copied! [url="http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_dragonwing.html"]http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_dragonwing.html[/url] [url="http://www.basscentral.com/alembicbass/ltd.shtml"]http://www.basscentral.com/alembicbass/ltd.shtml[/url]
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    Oh dear - just about to buy another Calibas....will be my second one in a week.....aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrgggghhh - would love a Wal again - just like one I used to own. Mike - I think you've still got my leotard and matching footless tights mate, can we meet up at some stage to well, you know...!
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    ...agreed. Looks shyte! Euchh!
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    PM'ed! Cheers! Nick
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    I've just gone and bought a 6 string JayDee Calibas bass - going to get back into the extended range (had a Nightingale 6 many years ago but never really got on with it so the time has now come to tame the beast!)
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    Allo Mike! I've grown since the old times - 16 stone now m8! A real heavyweight! ps - nice GB!
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    Hmm, its not bad......... its stunning! Nick
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    I is also Elites endorsed! Good eh!?
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    ..said bass is now part of the Collection! Awesome! 6 strings and more wood than Wickes! Nick
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    Ped! Serial number pour le passion avec graphite - 808 Nick (aka Vig)
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    Kiwi! We have such sights to show yoooooooooooou! Good friend of mine played the character Butterball in the first two films! Incidentally, am going to have a look at the Calibas later today....
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    Oooooh! Lovely Series II there! Being a huge expert (as already noted and very modest too!) your bass has the slimline neck moulding of course with the `narrow' central body graphite spine, which of course does not appear on the rear of the bass! I nearly bought one that year with a birdseye maple front - ah!
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    Great posts guys! Thanks ped for some real porn! That blueburst Arpege....corrr! Ah. Tis mine! Merton - err, nope! Nick (will try to post some pix of me other one)
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    I know a lot about Status basses and being an expert (including being mentioned on the official Status site cos me and Mick C setup the original Yahoo Status club and having demoed Mark King's rosewood Kingbass on Aussie TV one week before he took delivery of it!), that is definitely an Empathy! Reason - front and rear facings! Nick * *modesty is my middle name
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    I've only got 2 now!
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