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FWIW I drilled control plate, & strap lock holes after I had done the paint job and don't have a pickguard anyway!

Call me picky, but if I'd reviewed the Marleaux Mbass on page 40 & 50 of the July edition I'd have a comment under the "Minus" column. Yes, I know no-one sees it when the Bass is being played, but I'd cut the rear control cavity cover so it matches the rest of the guitar, otherwise what's the point? It's a bit like only painting the front of your house.....

Spector vs Kramer? I thought it was Kramer vs Kramer?

Nice work, did you carve the headstock? How do you do the scroll?

Don't know, but someone in the business has told me they had a body/voice double lined up to do the lion's share of the work during the now cancelled concerts. Fanciful? Maybe....

A proper rubber mask is required( not a gimp one!), that seals around the nose and has special filters on to strip out the solvents as you breath: [url="http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/paint-safety.htm"]http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/paint-safety.htm[/url] You also absorb some through the skin too, I've been spraying a lot over the last few weeks and it's essential to have a proper extraction system in place in your booth too. Mind, as has been said earlier, Poly is even more dangerous!

Yes, I had a 62er and it sounded dreadful when I sold it too...........!

Selling my first bass (Sunburst Gibson 1962 EB2) originally bought in 1974 for £120 in 1980 as I'd bought a Series One white Squier Precision which I sold a year later for £150. I don't mention the Jaydee sold for £400 or the Truvoice ( Selmer T& valve head I gave away to someone who cut down a tree in the garden for me!

I was just attracted to this thread by the line "Scratching Geddy's nose"

A long white envelope ( Compers will know what I mean) arrived this morning. I thought my eldest hadn't put my belated Fathers Day card in a card-type envelope as it was a handwritten address. Upon closer inspection it was not her writing and inside were 2 tickets for B.B.King and John Mayall courtesy of Planet Rock at the M.E.N. I'd entered their competitions on Sunday as the Friday email came through late and luckily am free tomorrow night. The Yorkshire Bass Bash organising team will be attending, anyone else going?

Cracking show in Leeds the other Sunday: as a fellow bassist pointed out to me, you played your new Roscoe at the New Roscoe! I take it Steve did not really leave the Band after the gig?

Yes, I have Voodoo Chic by Helicopter Girl, and love the track "Angel City" although with repeated playing I get a bit "sikorski" of it...... Colin Smith played bass on the track in question.

Saw the Blockheads recently and Norman gives his all in performance: so much so we watched his suit gradually darken as he sweats buckets. I notice in the photo he obviously had another good gig!

I'd check out the paypal t&c's as Im not sure if it's a fraudulent payment whether paypal can debit your account retrospectively if you have withdrawn the cash? Why not ask some bassy type questions of the buyer: it should become apparent quite quickly if they are kosher? How about "what type of bass do you currently play" or "what do you think of ...X?" On another note, how much is the Bass you are selling? From reading their reply it appears they are offering £200 postage on top of the purchase price. Is it rare, does really it warrant their interest? Where are they based? Sorry to sound negative but this does not sound kosher to me. They want you to send it to the USA where it will incur duty and the friend will then take it somewhere else when he gets back from Asia where it will incur duty....???

Was just going to post that these guys are on in Leeds on Sunday but beaten again by PA!

It's the type of Bass some would Dai for...

No, you can't blame BGM for that: it was my shoddy proff-reading!

As BGM says: "Plus: The LG5 is a top quality instrument that boast a fantastic range of bass sounds matched with faultless construction. Minus: The four figure price tag may keep the LG-5 out of reach for many players." Me: Lovely looking and it appears, sounding bass but it's a bit more than four figures....! Just thought, I'm not in breach of any of the new Basschat T&C's I signed up to, by quoting from BGM ?

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='505715' date='Jun 4 2009, 06:56 PM']The Nightfly album by Donald Fagen features Marcus Miller, Chuck Rainey, Anthony Jackson, Will Lee etc, and is a masterclass in playing exactly what the song requires.[/quote] Beaten to it, I was going to suggest virtually anything by the Dan so how about some funky Kenny Gradney Bass on Dixie Chicken by Little Feat? I met him last year, a very nice man!

I just find it so very difficult to avert my gaze from the Bass....

That's a good price you got (from someone who lives in Yorkshire to a Scot)!

I know a luthier who uses this one: [url="http://www.john-boddy-timber.ltd.uk/news.htm"]http://www.john-boddy-timber.ltd.uk/news.htm[/url]

Got to agree, HH is a top Bassist, check out his fretless playing on "I can't make you love me" with Bonnie. I guess when Pete Academy is playing with Nearly Dan, he doesn't have to worry about changing between Basses: for me it's the more the merrier!

Having looked at the photo of the Bass for some time, is it so very wrong of me to ask why the model seems to have the lace from the guitar strap tied around the top of her thigh....?