The Burpster

[quote name='Beedster' post='395803' date='Jan 30 2009, 10:21 PM']Talking V.2 here mate Gave up packing and am now drinking [/quote] C, youre as mad as a box of frogs......

[quote name='Beedster' post='395775' date='Jan 30 2009, 09:49 PM']Beat you both [/quote] You're not allowed to enter..... Ex-P owners are not allowed to comment....

1. try not to get too caught up on 'who's blues is best' listen to the original greats but remember alot of that real early stuff was done on uprights, so dont get too hooked up in trying to get 'that sound'..... (unless you have an EUB ) 2. Dont be busy unless the piece demands it... its better to leave gaps as long as the timing stays put. Try to avoid fancy fills when the g'tarist is doing his iddly widdly bits (its wasted) and remember you can alter the mood by altering your volume ( I love my vol. pedal ). 3.Feel the music as a whole and try not to be too technical, it sounds forced..... MHO FWIW

[quote name='Deep Thought' post='392980' date='Jan 27 2009, 05:52 PM']I don't care how great it sounds-I still think it's one of the most hideous things ever to have four (or five, or for that matter any amount of) strings. The body looks like a bog seat and the headstock looks like Peppa Pig (those with kids will understand). Apologies to Bongo lovers-but then us Precision lovers have to take enough insults![/quote] I dont think that was unpleasent, actually in some ways its quite accurate.... Beauty however, is in teh eye of the beholder and wouldnt it be a very sad place if we all liked the same.....? e.g. I would have never got hold of ANY PRSs because no one would be selling them....

As you're a newbie I wont be sarcastic..! They make fabulous basses! There are some huge devoted fans of them on here and I'm sure one will be along in a second or two Outtoplayjazz owns lots of them and swears by them. The few I've had a noodle with have been very well made, played well and very funky looking machines...... In fact if I wasnt so devoted to the products of Mr Smith I would no doubt have at least one of them ( A streamline )

Hmmm I might just get me one of those......

[quote name='ezbass' post='388894' date='Jan 22 2009, 07:04 PM']At last Fender are offering MIM basses with males neck, now I have [url="http://www.fender.com/products//search.php?partno=0146102306"]GAS[/url]!![/quote] Male necks......? WhereTF are the female ones? I want me one of those!

how about one of these..... [url="http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Black-Knight-CB-42M-Bass-Guitar-Gloss-Black/8OQ"]http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/...Gloss-Black/8OQ[/url] Korean but appear to be playable.... Anyone experience?

[quote name='neilb' post='387933' date='Jan 21 2009, 07:57 PM']This is a lovely Jazz anyway but no way worth that amount, even with that great provenance.[/quote] Spot on.....

£250 - 350. Sadly I'll be gobsmacked if it would fetch anymore than that.....

Thanks G, I thought you'd approve! ( Looking for No. 4 now... ) Happily, the black P now lives with Voxpop, and it would appear is evolving further!

Matt are they all still in teh boxes and do you want them still?

Gotta be the Swampy PRS.... Was sat around pontificating about g'tars with my g'tarist and said wouldnt it be great if PRS made basses? Neale didnt think he ever had but I did some research and found out Paul's ltd Bass history. I then thought 'I'll get one', little did I know it would nigh on impossible to find one. After a freak Google search, ( it only came up as a hit once ) I found a shop in the US that still had 2 NOS ones. Quite literally fell in love with the Swampy first time I saw it. When it came it was even better in the flesh, it handles brilliantly, produces a wonderful tone with Flats on and will only be removed from my cold dead hands.... Every other bass is judged by it, and as yet nothing compares to it!

Well I thought you were a due an update... (I have owed Walbassist these for a while ) So first up is the New Baritone, a starightforward Mike Mushok sig SE Gotoh knobs and Schallers but other than that std.... Second is my new acquisition, an (ex John "Rhino" Edwards) PRS EB IV which has now been 'Bobbed'. Stripped down, fret job, nut relocated , new Hippy tuners (D-tuner on E), Pups stripped and rebuilt, Bart 2 band Pre-amp with stacked knob, battrey box fitted and bridge bead blasted and sprayed black to match the new Hippies. Havent yet fitted the Bassmute but its ready to go on. Not everyones cup of tea but I love it..... I tried GHS flats and D'adds 40-100 but now have 50-105 Chromes on and it sings...... I put my trusty Swampy in the pic too as it can't bear to be left out of photos!

Money sent....

PORN..... Moved accordingly..!

It looks like the kinda thing that hangs on the walls of places that George Micheal was famous for hanging around when talking to nice Policemen.......

Yes please, box the lot and let me know what the postage is please! I have few more ot keep them company.....

Chris, there is bound to be some spacings that the Schaller wont suit, but with adjustable pole pieces you can balance the output form each string anyway so not an issue. The blade type guitar one is a diiferent issue... that being said as long as the blade is wide enough to capture teh full oscilation of the string and has a good enough magnet again this shouldnt be an issue....

[quote name='neepheid' post='378490' date='Jan 12 2009, 11:57 PM']Any factory can churn out a Friday afternoon special.[/quote] And can also produce an absoulte doosey! I have seen close to perfect from Korea and exceedingly shonky from a US custom shop. I would suggest that here in 2009, it is about the final result in your hands. If it is made well, fits [u]your[/u] criteria and budget, does it matter where its made? QC is definately better from some companies than others irrespective of which country of origin. Honestly, who has ever had someone come up to them after a set and say..... "oh I much prefer the sound of your US made blah blah, against that nasty Korean one.....?"