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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?

That looks very lovely...but €15K (not far off £13K)? Oh deary me - the seller is living in a dream world!!!

[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.
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+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.

That brings back some memories!
Have a bump on me!

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):

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I would think that the Damien Hirst connection would very likely make this one of the most valuable basses in the world...

This has to be the coolest looking bass rig going. And I know it will sound sublime. Please somebody buy this before I do something very silly!

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.

[quote name='johnbiffa' post='1320956' date='Jul 29 2011, 11:23 PM']you have a pm[/quote]


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Bump for the weekend...!

Has to be one of the best examples of these I've seen & at a great price too - have a bump on me!

[quote name='Lowfrequency90' post='1312097' date='Jul 21 2011, 09:49 PM']Selling this as I no longer need to do mixes on my laptop.
Great piece of equipment! The UAD plugins really are first class!

In 'as new' condition. Comes with the 1176, CS-1 channel strip, Realverb and Pultec EQ etc to get you started.

I can transfer the licenses to you through universal audio's own product transfer scheme, quick and easy.

PM me with any questions. Thanks![/quote]


Price???

[u]Trades update[/u]
Also consider trades - especially for a nice 3/4 double bass...

Bump before the weekend - as still available...

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.

Nudge back up the page - still available...

[quote name='Sercet' post='1277879' date='Jun 21 2011, 10:52 PM']Did it sell for $16,000 at auction?
[url="http://www.guitarsquid.com/Latest/townshend-guitar-sells-for-50k.html"]http://www.guitarsquid.com/Latest/townshen...ls-for-50k.html[/url][/quote]


Yes - that's definitely the same one. Really pleased for the guy...

[quote name='73Jazz' post='1276756' date='Jun 21 2011, 10:18 AM']I had a lightweight Rig with a Powersoft Digimod 1500W Poweramp and an Ampeg Pre..i think they were both under 6-8kg together.
I also had a 4x10 Neo lightweight cab with 23kg. I also had a Sansamp, EBS Microbass2, GP Lightstone etc.
That was workable.

Now i play a Sunn 300T all tube amp and 2x15 Sunn Cabs.
I only play for having fun. If it is too big, or boosting my ego, if it is overamped for gigs or too heavy.
I don´t care, the only reason i use this one, is the fun it makes to hear this combination..the godly tone.
Everything else doesn`t matter for me.

The audience still believes i play guitar or be to stupid to play 6 strings on a guitar.
But i hear the difference and i am the most important person i am interested in.
I bought my car according to my rig
I have no time for compromises.[/quote]


I like your style...

[quote name='Gareth Hughes' post='1273072' date='Jun 17 2011, 07:16 PM']Yup, £650 is way too much. I have a mid-60's Senator, without the staple pickups. Took it to Denmark Street about 8 years ago to sell for a friend, barely got offered £250 for it. And that's without a broken neck. Like Happy Jack said - they're a great recording bass and for noodling around the house, but live they are very limited. (But very cool if you compress the life out of it;) )[/quote]


My 1965 needed a complete neck re-set ([url="http://www.andyviccarscustom.co.uk/"]Andy Viccars[/url] did a great job - plays like new now)...
I [b]love[/b] it for recording - really pleased with the tone [url="http://soundcloud.com/thereverbtale/piano-drums-bass"]on this recording[/url] I did recently...
But I've never tried one live - they are very light - so I'd bet they'd feedback like mad if you really whacked up the volume.
You do see people try & sell them for mad prices...

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