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I was there, Had an amazing time, and spent most of it on the GB stall being extremely blown away, bernie and the lads were really friendly and are HUGELY passionate about their basses quite right too, im in love with the rumour 5 and am saving my pennies from now i will have one, also had a lovely chat with our very own funkydario, on the Bacchus stand, lovley guy, we had a laugh when a young lady asked my mate to turn down and he was the quietest player in the room by far im also very enamoured by Yolanda charles who is an incredible groovemeister and a bit gorgeous too , ive probably walked past a dozen basschatters, we should have worn T shirts!!! was keeping an eye out for Ped but didnt see him, had a good chat with Pete (thunderthumbs) though. All in all a hugely enjoyable day, i had to leave early though so missed Nathan east, but i,ll bet he was amazing, hope you all had good one and im currently trying to raise funds to have a 5 string rumour made- cheers everyone - lee

This fine fellow has just "GIVEN" me a set of white pickup covers for my olympic white jazz, and didnt even want a penny in postage, what a gent, Thanks ben, ill stick em over my nordstrands and see how they look - lee

Just sold Matt a phaser pedal, very fast payment, and very good comms throughout, a pleasure thank you very much, deal with confidence - lee

Jings that looks like my old case!!!!

Do you know, ive never seen one of those before, but i bloody love it, really nice !! a proper musical instrument , i love the wooden bridge and hollow construction will keep these in mind for the future!!! - cheers - lee

I bet that sounds absolutely amazing mate, i do believe you have my old TD650, which i loved and regret getting rid off, it was my favourite amp, ive now got an HD350 but for some reason its not the same, but 2 x 4x10,s i do believe youve got my ideal setup right there, congratulations on a great setup - lee

[quote name='yorick' post='647115' date='Nov 6 2009, 12:01 PM']Much as it hates to even memtion them *shudders*, it really, really irks me that in the latest round of promo shots for album/single/tour, they don't feature the bass player. I'm assuming it's still Hughie(?) who's been with them for the best part of twenty years. [/quote] Aye Hugh Macdonald was actually on bon jovis first album in the late 70,s and some say he was on ALL the records, but he,s never been in any band promo, he must just be an employee, a bit like darryl jones with the stones. Hugh was a session player (his stuff on Alice coopers trash was great) but yeah your right - lee

Hi Everyone Took delivery of my IGIG G15 in tweed yesterday, and i have to say my initial misgivings at the price proved to be unfounded, its a really attractive and well proportioned bag, and although its semi solid (very tough actually, with Plastic panelling inside) its really light and comfortable to wear, the gig pillow and saddle features offer extra protection inside the bag (and it fits my Ken smith perfectly).one of the best features is the amount of storage it has two very large pockets on the front and a large on on the top, the pockets are actually designed to fit a small amp ( like the markbass, EA etc) and has a cushioned seperator inside,(like the gigskinz mixer bags) it also features lots of diffrent storage solutions from pens and pencils to effects pedals, it also has a clip for cables. Tha actual bag itself is a very good looking bag, with its goldy tweed finish and brown suede trim( looks nicer than the MONO M80 IMO), i can honestly say it ticks all the boxes and i wouldnt mind a second one, will put some pics up ASAP so you can see for yourself as the pics online are limited, needless to say money well spent and im dead chuffed, anyone thinking on one of these wont be dissapointed. By the way im not Endorsed by IGIG in any way, (wish i was ) just thought id add my 2p to anyone thinking of getting one- cheers - lee

Loving the new frock (hmmm pearly) whack a set of nordstrand nj,4s (they do them with a 70,s wind) ive got some in my jv squire, very articulate and clear, with a nice bottom end (not massive though vintage fans) they dont have a huge output so i think they would benefit from a preamp (i have an EMG one) to bring a bit more low end thump, they do sound fantastic and have a great slap tone, all you,d need then is a High mass bridge and a sadowsky circuit and your laughing- gorgeous bass mate im jealous- all the best - lee

Been meaning to add to this thread for while, if i can remember the basses ive had in the last 19 years, heres my list roughly in order 1- short scale no name 6o,s bass -(bought on my 16th birthday for £30, i was robbed) 2- Vantage bass -(paid £20 and it had a dimarzio p bass pickup) 3 - 1980 Ibanez musician -( neck through, nice woods, bloody heavy) 4 - Hohner PJ fretless- (my first fretless it was bloody awful) 5 - 1982 Squire jazz- olympic White- ( i still have this, although its been slightly modded, will have it forever) 6 - Howard Satterly custom Jazz ( the bass doc made it for me, ash body, birdseye maple neck w/ebony fretboard, seymour duncans, badass, it eventually ended up fretless) 7 - Yamaha BBN5 - ( my first 5 string, nice bass and not very much money) 8 - Yamaha Nathan east sig 5 - ( quickly upgraded to this, Aqua blue,AAAAA quilted top, great bass had to sell it when i was skint, not a nice time, looked better than it sounded though) 9 - Warwick Streamer Lx 4 -( My first warwick, emerald green, older one with wenge neck, fantastic bass, sold it on really regret it, My favourite bass TBH) 10 - Warwick Streamer Jazzman 5 - ( Great bass, burgundy red, musicman/jazz pickups very versatile,recently moved this on time will tell if ive made a mistake) 11 - 1990 Warwick Streamer stage 1- ( refinished in trans red, lovely looking bass, played great, really didnt like the tone at all, sold my green one to get this, BIG MISTAKE!!!!!) 12 - Musicman Sterling - ( Traded the red warwick, for this Cherry burst with a nordstrand pickup, simply amazing bass, i really miss it) 13 - NS WAV 4 EUB - (Amber burst, my first EUB dead easy to play and sounded great, wasnt using it as ive no patience to get to grips with fretless, a recurring theme!!!) 14 - CIJ Fender 62 RI precision - (Fiesta red, lovely bass with flats very thumpy, had to go coz im skint ) 15 - MIA Fender Fretless jazz - (3 tone sunburst, nice bass still not sure if fretless is for me though) 16 - Ken Smith BSR5 MW - (My latest baby, fantastic bass, not the most versatile sound though, but what a sound, hope i dont have to sell it) 17- Spector NSCR5 with East Pre 18- Washburn AB10 Acoustic Bass Guitar 19- Stagg EUB 20-Squire VM Precision 5 21-Samick artist Acoustic Bass Guitar 22- 83 Tokai fretless jazz 23- Musicman stingray 5HH Well there you go, in 19 years of playing ive not really had that many basses, i was a pro for a long time and tended to stay with certain basses for a while though as they suited the job i was doing at the time, interesting to see tastes change over the years. Keep the lists coming, really interesting reading - lee

Hi everyone Am off work at the mo, so decided to get some new pics up, including my latest baby. [attachment=35636:P1010014.JPG][attachment=35637:P1010006.JPG][attachment=35639:P1010015.JPG][attach ment=35640:P1010011.JPG] 1- KEN SMITH BSR5 MW - flamed maple core, mahogany stringers, walnut top and back , smith humbuckers with 3 band eq, fantastic woody tone, very punchy and clear , traded my old warwick and musicman basses for it but very happy , you dont come across these often, so pleased i finally got one! 2 - MIA FENDER FRETLESS JAZZ - 3 tone sunburst, alder body , rosewood board, quite dark sounding for a jazz but thats nice with a fretless 3 - 1982 JV SQUIER JAZZ - Heavily buggered about with, nordstrand nj4, , EMG BTS circuit, Badass 2, and Hipshot extnder Alder body , rosewood board, my baby!!!!!!! All played through my EBS/ACCUGROOVE rig!! lovely

Ill take Bens cherry then Just sold Ben my ritter double gig bag after a prompt from his wanted ad ( it works so dont be shy) and he paid ultra fast and was really patient with me regards posting, great comms thriughout and a very pleasant bloke to boot!! thanks a lot ben i hope the bag serves you well - all the best - lee

Yeah here,s hoping i dont have to rely on mr Smith in the future, he sounds a bit of a tit, that being the case, im going to need some more wax/oil for the finish, has anyone used an alternative to the smith one or am i going to have to geal directly? thanks for any help lads - lee

As far as i know, no one stocks new ones, ive recently aquired a BSR5 MW bloody lovely very happy with it ,was imported from the states by molan who bought it privately, bit of a gamble as i,d always lusted after one but had never ever played one - lee