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Just had a look at the Alasacorp site. Must have taken an age to decide on a suitable finish for Doodle & Sally!!

Tony Franklin was a huge influence on me. I never really though about fretless bass in rock, but his playing on the self-titled 'Blue Murder' album really is quite brilliant.

If your shoulders still giving you jip, have you tried a Comfort Strapp (with 2 p's). Definitely helps with the weight thing, I can actually play my Conklin standing up.

...and now the real work can begin

I have to remember to call it Say and not Sigh (Sigh just sounds better even though it's wrong). Something to do with the italian word for 6 I think.

Great group of basses

Great pics Can't go wrong with a bit of trans red. I take it the ACG pre has made a difference.

[quote name='elom' post='410557' date='Feb 15 2009, 10:35 PM']I know that les paul shaped basses often suffer from a bit of neck dive. However the spec is for a particularly thin neck and the scale is 33" specifically to try and get a better balance. With a decent strap too I think I'll be fine but now that you've got me thinking about it I'll mention it to Ben![/quote] You could always use the cunning trick that's on an NS Bolin bass, where they have an arm which swivels out from the top horn. I 'googled' Bolin bass to try to get a pic of what I'm going on about and it pinged be back to Basschat!! Anyway, you can see how the strap is attached the arm instead of to behind the top horn.

Blimey, I was hopin' for some news only to find that it's mere titillation. I hope you don't treat your women like this

Looks like it's going to be a stunning instrument. I do like the Recurve S-type shape.

The GTBD7, is the thru-neck version of the bolt-on GT7. The pickups and electronics are also a step-up from the GT7. The BD is there as the bass was endorsed by Bill "The Buddha" Dickens, a monster player who plays 7 and 9 string basses. The whole Groove Tools series has been discontinued and whilst the 4, 5 and 6 strings might not be so popular, the 7's (as velvetkevorkian quite rightly says) are the best way to get into 7 string basses. I got my GT7 from a guy in the States via eBay and it's a great bass. My 7 string Sei was built with the same scale length and string spacing as the GT7 I'd got used to over the previous 5 years or so. Probably worth taking in as a part ex and then if you have to sell it use eBay, Basschat (of course) or one of the dedicated ERB sites.

It's just a case of getting a black wheelchair. I find that it goes with whatever outfit, or surface, that's around you.

Quite enjoyed watching the countdown. I don't agree with all of it. Surely, I should have been in there somewhere

Great idea (apart from the torty pickguard ).

Cool bass The ACG pre does take a while to get your head around, but it's worth putting the effort in.

That explanation is really helpful. Makes this less hit-and-miss. I've been enjoying playing my ACG so much that I haven't really played with the pre too much. I've just found a good sound and stuck with it. On my ACG, I also have the series/parallel switches (which I think GreeneKing has as well) and the piezo bridge. Changing these controls gives even more tonal variation. Good fun indeed

Looks great I know what you mean about dreaming about the bass, by the way....

Very cool Great to hear that everything's sounding and working as it should.

I'm really picky about who I send my basses to for any setups or modifications. When I lived in London, I used to go to Chris in The Bass Centre and then later to Martin & Co at The Gallery. When I moved from London to Glasgow, however, I had to look for someone else or wait until I went down to visit my parents down south to have jobs done. I looked around for a tech but was put off either by a lack of knowledge or exorbitant pricing. I was so put off that I decided to learn to do my own setups and electronics maintenance at home. A few books and DVD's later and I'm not too bad at all, but there's a limit to what I can do. Which brings me to the subject of this post Woundstring Guitar Workshop has just opened up within the Reverb store in Jamaica Street, Glasgow, (the shop that used to be called Sound Control) and is run by Patrick Wright. Pat's one of the first musicians I met when I moved up here and he's been in music retail for a number of years. I e-mailed Pat last week on another matter and found that he was opening up Woundstring; moving from retail to be an official tech. Pat's experience has been accumulated over a number of years alongside his music retail job and he is now taking in repairs/setups/modification work. Woundstring can be contacted by e-mail on [email protected] or within Reverb on 0141 204 0322 I'm just glad I've now got a place to go if I need some work done.

I'm a fan of Paul Gilbert, Joe Satriani and Steve Vai and have been lucky enough to interview all 3. My favourite guitarist though is Phil Collen of Def Leppard. The way he can record and arrange multiple guitar parts within a song is simply amazing. His rhythm playing, tones and solos are great as well. Also, his signature guitar, the Jackson PC1 which has the sustainer in it, is awesome.

I shouldn't have but if the question's being asked then I'd love a Sei Series II Singlecut 5.

Just an update. Things are going well on the bass teaching front. As the moment, Students' ages run from teens to early 50's and styles from Motown to metal and I've put an accent on students understanding what they're playing. As some bassists start out following the guitar player, the danger is that the player may end up being able to play a song without understanding what it is they're playing. As well as looking at technique and rhythm, the idea is to give students the bass ammunition they need not only to play basslines, but to improve upon them and develop their own style. As ever, any questions about lessons can be PM'd here or e-mailed to [email protected]

Looks like a great venue and a good time was had by all. [quote name='ARGH' post='409778' date='Feb 14 2009, 10:25 PM']Aww bugger,I was looking forward to meeting you and your ERB Mark....Ive not met anyone else with more than 6 in the flesh.[/quote] [quote name='david_l_perry' post='786' date='Feb 14 2009, 10:43 PM']Arses...I was really looking forward to meeting you pal...and seeing your completed 9 string... Hey ho...Got Alans Northern bass bash later this year... Dave[/quote] Apologies again guys. I will make an English bass bash at some point. Gives me a chance to go back to the homeland.

Sorry but I'm not going to be able to make it tomorrow. Don't feel great and I can't manage the long drive. Apologies to all, but I hope to see pics of all the merry-making.