Marky L

[quote name='OldGit' post='596107' date='Sep 11 2009, 10:24 PM']Ah welcome back old thread friend. Whilst you were away I was reminded that matching outfits and baseball hats cannot always save you: [/quote] OMG!!! That is the best vid I have seen for so long!! I'd book them for the comedy value!! I've listened to it 3 times so far!!

We rehearse way too loud too.. it just creeps up and up all the time. Saying that, we don't have a powerful drummer so he gets lost in the sound a bit so that helps us pull back a bit, imagine knitting instead of drumming and you're there!

It's a fascinating list to look through. Not only to see some amazing guitars, basses and clothes, but also to see the pricing on some of the stuff sold. There are some wonderful basses and guitars in there and some of the vintage stuff went for what I would say is pretty low pricing. When you look at the sale price on some of the old P basses and also some of the lovely old Gibson guitars it really does make you realise how stupidly over priced some of the stuff on Ebay is. I think it would be good to forward details of specific units off the list to some of the fools asking ludicrous prices for some tatty old pieces of sh*te and point out that an Entwistle owned one went for sensible pricing and they should bloody wise up! (OK I doubt he ever touched the damn thing other than getting it out of the case for a pic or two, but whatever).

Anyone on here get this? I went higher than I wanted to go, and to be honest I have enough to be going on with for now!

[quote name='WHUFC BASS' post='587129' date='Sep 2 2009, 08:18 AM']If it stays at that price it'll be a good price. The singer from my band has got Dee Dee Ramone's 1974 Precision bass in his house doing nothing. There's actual footage kicking about of Dee Dee throwing it in the crowd at a gig in London and my mate grabbing it. Never played it though, I might ask him to bring it to the next rehearsal and give it a bash.[/quote] Don't suppose he's short of a few quids at the mo is he..???

Clarky is on the dot there, it's the patented Optigrab. Perfect for ripping your pinky out of its joint if you have some nasty onstage rock n roll incident!

Cheers. I'd like to try one of the Yamahas at some point one day. Maybe saying Leo was "wrong" wasn't quite the right word

Just musing to meself as I fitted the QPs to my P bass, are the PUPs on a Precision actually in the correct position? OK, it probably would make little difference but the way I see it, the PUP under the E & A strings is towards the neck i.e. the warmer end and E & A are fatter sounding strings. The D & B PUP is of course closer to the bridge giving a more brighter edge on the two already toppier strings. So... should the PUPs actually have originally been placed the other way round.. E & A nearer the bridge and D & P PUP up the neck end? Would this balance the tonal output just a little bit more? M

Definitely in for a punt on this one. I know I can trust his judgement. Alas, I know the price will runaway at the end of the auction. As is, I don't think he ever used a P with The Damned (he doesn't say so here actually), so I think this is a probably a purchase in the last 20 years. Top class guy who's electric musical career has been drawn to a shuddering halt due to very bad tinnitus.

Bought a set of immaculate SD Quarter Pounders from Raggy. Top guy to deal with and the PUPs arrived next day special delivery. Cheers mate

Who's the other poor ugly bugger on guitar that never gets a mention?

There is some great wild stuff in the vaults there. I like ones with a slightly unhinged element about them.. maybe a precursor to psychobilly. Love Me : The Phantom - somethings gone wrong in that guy's head!! Surfin' Bird : Trashmen - yeah a bit cliched now but when it came out?? Wow! Larry Williams (mentioned above) has some great tunes. I forget the title but something about "Hocus pocus dynamo... makin' voodoo for you.."

I don't think it was me. I'm very confused though! Ah no, def not me. Embarrassing evidence available to prove I was elsewhere. (Which will not be made available!)

I favour Hammerite as an option. Well, it's easy to spray on and gives you a good strong coating in a selection of colours and looks unique! Is it now I should "just get me coat-ing" /

Well.. maybe. Both my shoulders are gimped up after being a fool and going to a gym for a while, but I certainly get a cricked neck on my left side more and having boney shoulders I can see the bone on the top across my left shoulder is less, uhm obvious, so I wonder if I have more tissue built up over it over the years. But I think I may have more psychological effects to be honest!

Congrats mate They came through for me to in the end after I provided a proof of delivery and the ebay message from the seller to say he had received it back. Sometimes it does work out

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='566488' date='Aug 12 2009, 08:31 AM']With all this relic'ing going on, why do you never see the most common bit of damage you'd get back in the day - the cigarette burn on the headstock behind the E string? It's a really easy one to reproduce, and every fag burn is truly authentic, too. Just saying ...[/quote] Alas.. gone are the days!! Very true though.. it is a piece classic damage.. done it myself. Well it was tremendously cool to have your burning tab poked in behind the string.. wasn't it??

[quote name='Beedster' post='566543' date='Aug 12 2009, 09:45 AM']You getting the hint Mark A set of TIs might just be what you need on there. Chris LOL Yes, she has very good taste, but worryingly keeps suggesting I buy her an "I'm with the bass player" t-shirt for gigs. I'm starting to wonder if she's talking about a specific player or just bass players in general [/quote] I just wonder if I could be enticed to the weird world of flats.. I just don't know.. I really don't know!! And as for the t-shirt.. I'd make sure you biro your name in on the end.. just in case

Wotcha Chris!! He he!! Yep, you guessed right!! I do wonder if roundwounds are not it's friends, very weird cos as I say, when I tried it out it sounded very well balanced and it was nice to play, that and it's quite light too. I'll have a fiddle with the PUPs and see what I can do, or maybe swap them out.. I have an idea I'd like to try some Wizard Thumpers at some point so this could be the opportunity. Still very happy with it though.. well on the E and A strings anyway!! Oh and obviously Mrs Beedster is a lady of very great taste uhm.. ah... as is very ably demonstrated with her choice of you!.. Oh, uhm this is sounding worse all the time!!

This is me when I was playing in the shadows... (yeah, cheap gag I know!!) [attachment=30704:NYE_me_s...ockin_ms.JPG]

Just tried the tapping trick with the end of my car keys on each pole piece and I can definitely discern a louder click/tap on the E/A PUP. Tried a few times just in case I was biasing my tap and I am convinced of the result. Pooped PUP?

I like the idea of swapping the halves actually. I guess all I need to do is rotate them 180 degrees and try that Didn't think of that one. Ta. Yup, PUPs if this proves the current ones are a bit wobbly.

Well I am convinced when played un-amplified it sounds fine across all strings and it certainly plays/feels better after the set up. He said it took him 4 or 5 goes to get the neck to the position it is now and he worked a fair bit on bridge heights and got the intonation true for my guage strings. He did state that he tidied the wiring up and re-set the PUPs to a good height. As memory serves, they are about the same.