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On the verge of a major record deal/publishing deal - realising that the guitard had no concept of what an advance was...he had (no joke) assumed that ALL the money from the advance would be split 5 ways & we'd each get a huge cheque to do whatever we wanted with. Me: "So you've basically promised your wife a new kitchen and a new car then?" Guitard: "Errr...yeah, something like that." The look on his face when I explained what would actually happen with the advance & the fact that he'd have to survive on a very small weekly wage (i.e. much less than he was currently earning) was priceless. The best bit was imagining how he would explain it all to his wife & family - who he'd obviously told were all on the verge of getting a big share of an instant lottery win style 'payout' when he became a rock star.

Paul Simonon James Jamerson Peter Hook Robbie Shakespeare Simon Raymonde

Did a search here - amazed that I couldn't find any other posts about [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm8liP6frfM"]Ojay[/url] - especially from our North East Basschatters... Enjoy.

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1322778376' post='1455915'] I too am boggled by the lack of recognition Jim Lea gets as a bass player, he's an absolute demon. The same goes for Slade as a band really, I think most folk tag them as a good time party band but they were [i]so[/i] much more than that. Slade Alive is mandatory listening. [/quote] +1000

Tim Buckley & Jeff Buckley... Bearing in mind that (by all accounts) Tim had no part in his son's upbringing - maybe a good example of inherited talent?

[quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1321914957' post='1444477'] The picture is definitely of a real 1960, this dark edged burst is very common on 1960 Jazz basses, almost all original '60 sunburst jazzes i've seen are like this, they fade to an almost 2-tone appearance. (See examples below for reference) Is the auction real............yeah right!! Has all the signs to avoid, zero feedback, especially rare item, poorly described, almost no pictures, starting price of £1, and no replies to questions. [/quote] +1 Pictures are legit for sure - but just lifted from somewhere else on the web... But the auction, of course, is for comedy value only!

Simonon is a legend.

Was flicking through the new issue of Bass Player magazine in WH Smith today & there's an article about Flea & the new RHCP LP. Said he used two '61 Jazz basses on the LP - one being the white that he's well known for...but the other was a [b]gift[/b] from his mate Damien Hirst ([i]after Hirst had asked him what was the best bass ever made[/i]) - custom painted by Mr Hirst with butterflies. The shot in the magazine showed only the rear of the bass - which looking quite amazing... A quick Google turned up this pic (there's a video on the NME site as well I think): [attachment=90533:flea-damien-hirst.jpg] I would think that the Damien Hirst connection would very likely make this one of the most valuable basses in the world...

Cool pic Si - you look like a serious bass dude!

Big fan of Jah Wobble. I particularly love this [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHiHZ35TPfM"]Bjork track [/url]he played on. Fabulous big fat dub riff.

And [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scpK0HhHokg"]this is quite incredible[/url]....

[quote name='ficelles' post='1331611' date='Aug 8 2011, 01:09 AM']Still not found a set of flats I like, they are all too high tension for me especially the G. Any low tension set recommendations? ficelles[/quote] Try Pyramids...

Paul Simonon. Every time. End of.

If you have any old master DAT tapes that you treasure - it's a [b]VERY[/b] good idea to get everything transferred OFF them as soon as you can...then make multiple digital copies on other media. Just had some painful experiences playing album master DAT tapes from the mid to late 1990's... Basically your old DAT's are very likely to have deteriorated...hopefully not to the point that they start to error - because there is [u]no way[/u] to fix or recover the audio from them. Some [url="http://www.minidisc.org/dat_archiving.html"]info online here[/url] and [url="http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-retail-stores-not/4627757-1.html"]here[/url]. And scarily these articles are 16 and 12 years old...

[quote name='Rick's Fine '52' post='1283561' date='Jun 27 2011, 12:20 AM']I agree on this. Its very difficult to say why (IMO) the old ones sound better, as every post on this thread has merit. "We've forgotten nothing, but learnt lots about making guitars, so they should be better now", is a great point someone made, and difficult to argue against, unless you've played a good (and there are some bad 'uns) early Fender Bass. I think its a combination of everything, the woods, the pickups, the windings, the wires, and of course, the age. Whenever i pick up a 'new' bass, i find they all sound the same, the strings feel very tight, like they are going to snap at any moment. The controls are very responsive, but its all too 'metal-ly, too trebly, regardless of amp settings etc. The old ones [i]are[/i] different, its a fact, i've played plenty, and own a few. They are soft, and warm, and playing one is like eating hot buttery toast in your favourite old slippers, it just feels sooo comfortable, and its as if it knows, instinctively what you are playing and how its supposed to sound, and it works every time. The best playing, and sounding bass i ever had was a '60 Jazz, just incredible, but here's the thing, which will argue about the components being the difference, the closest i've come to that feel/sound, is my '58 P-bass, which feels and sounds very, very similar to that jazz. One has slab rosewood board, twin pickups, stack controls, the other has maple neck, split coil, single volume and tone knobs. Explain that? Plug it in, and you just melt into it, thin, worn neck, with such tone. I have a Custom Shop Relic '58, that looks the same in every way, how does it sound?, it couldnt be further from the real '58. Is it a great sounding bass? Yes, just different. Are the old ones better (I'm comparing a [i]good[/i] old one with a [i]good[/i] new one here)?, in my opinion, and that of most players i know, yes they are, way better! Can i explain why?, as you've seen here....No, sorry! What i will say, is you're ever in a vintage shop, and theres an 'old' bass in (I'm talking at least pre-'64), just have a play, if you havent already, and see, its all a matter of personal taste at the end of the day i guess.[/quote] +1 Sums it up perfectly for me.