BigBeatNut

Well, well, well ... came across this thread again yesterday, and now look what I've spotted on eBay [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200458151195"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=200458151195[/url]

[quote name='stonecoldbass' post='786486' date='Mar 26 2010, 12:35 AM']Check out my band:[/quote] If you weren't so far away I might just do that ... nice work

[quote name='basskit_case' post='794814' date='Apr 3 2010, 06:56 AM']I couldn't do it to the duck, I took Bassman2790's advice instead, the bass has now been turned into firewood. As you can see the wife is very happy about it.[/quote] On the assumption that was a joke .... give it to a school or something. Or put it on your local freecycle ... [url="http://groups.freecycle.org/SuffolkFreecycle/posts/all"]http://groups.freecycle.org/SuffolkFreecycle/posts/all[/url] . Last time I looked at freecycle, cheeky barstewards saying "Wanted: Bass Guitar" were not that uncommon, so it should go quick.

[quote name='stonecoldbass' post='786486' date='Mar 25 2010, 11:35 PM']His playing is immense on the album and I know you say that he used a different bass for the recording but it's still a thrill to see this one listed![/quote] Yeah ... bass is a nice proposition on it's own, but with the history .... that is possibly the best of Eryka Badu's albums, and he's a very tasteful player. Shame I don't have the requisite dosh. Andy

[quote name='oldslapper' post='771598' date='Mar 11 2010, 01:48 PM']Ok, does 19mm sound right? Did it with a tape measure, hard to find centre of 2 strings exactly. Cheers John[/quote] I think there's a page on the status website that defines the standard spacing for 5-strings as 18mm. So, it's possible you have a non-standard one (perhaps all groove 5's were 19mm ?) but I think it's marginally more likely you mis-measured a bit and it's actually 18mm. ( Found the page [url="http://web.archive.org/web/20050226164511/status-graphite.com/oldsite/basstech.htm"]http://web.archive.org/web/20050226164511/...te/basstech.htm[/url] -- obviously (from the archive.org url) since deleted from the status site itself ... the page may be contemporary with your groove or not, I don't know) Andy

Unbeatable looks (IMHO) for a fretless precision. If only it had 5 strings <* dreams *> ... good luck with the sale.

[quote name='Sparky Mark' post='763503' date='Mar 3 2010, 11:31 PM']I think it could be that it's a rock/blues bass with a jazzers neck, so it's going to appeal to a smaller market. I know this is a crude generalisation, but Precisions are great for straight up no nonsense bass playing and fretless necks require high levels of technical ability, and that may be the problem.[/quote] This doesn't disprove your point or anything, but a counter-example to that is Boz Burrell in Bad Company, using (I'm pretty sure) a fretless precision alongside an Ampeg. Andy

What's the string spacing at the bridge on this ? Andy