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"Darren Thompson contracted so violently when he was electrocuted at San Cornelius prison, in 1967, that the arms of the chair broke. The pieces were used by William Muldover to repair an old bass electric guitar he played in the prison church ensemble "The Caged Angels" . . . Might explain the odd, but pleasant, tone." [url="http://www.tonycochranguitars.com/sparkycaster.html"]The Sparkycaster![/url]

[url="http://fishbonedocumentary.com/trailer.html"]trailer & info here[/url]

Damn that's sad news... What a legend he was. Been thinking of selling my Wal Custom recently - bought new by me in 1987... But this news has brought back loads of memories - so I can see me holding on it to for many years more. Peter re-fretted it only a few years ago (must have been one of the very last jobs he did) & was kind enough to sign the neck butt for me. He'll be greatly missed I'm sure...

100% scam.

[quote name='Oopsdabassist' timestamp='1324398742' post='1473852'] So the halfwit scrotes try and sell ALL my gear to a music shop in same town......nicked? DAMN RIGHT THEY WERE!!! How happy? [/quote] AWESOME Result!

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.