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I am only going to reply to this thread when Marcus keeps a bass, or does not express an intense desire for a new one, for three months. . .

[quote name='4000' timestamp='1375048420' post='2156229'] To me it's East River Drive that sounds dated. Like bad film soundtrack stuff IMO. Can't listen to it anymore; didn't like it much when it came out. I'd file it with much of MM's output. I saw Stan with Hiromi at Ronnie Scott's and it was one of the best gigs I've ever seen. His upright playing was, IMO, fantastic. He did play a bit of Alembic too though. [/quote] That's the great thing about music - we all like different stuff For me this is one of his greatest ever songs & there's sod all flashy bass playing on it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT7ZM6HLfig

I never tire of watching this Vid

Yep - seen this before on an MM. Finish lifting and cracking like exterior paint on a windowsill that hasn't been treated for years. Almost like something has burst its way out of the wood and pushed up through the finish Randomly running both vertically and horizontally on the same bass as well. Never seen anything as bad on any other bass ever (and I've seen a lot!).

I think this is one if those 'damned if you do - damned if you don't' situations Don't disassemble and people will complain that you're too lazy / incompetent and the instrument you're selling probably isn't the real thing. Take it apart and someone else will say you've spoilt the build 'integrity' of a vintage instrument that hasn't been taken apart for 30 years. There are far more of the former than the latter though so many people will have to show pics of stuff like neck stamps and undersides of pickups in order to sell.

Based on the average prices on the list it appears that I may personally have 8 basses that would fit into the 'most expensive ever' category. . .

No

About £45

I must admit that I find the earlier albums sound a little dated now The only ones I listen to these days are Time Exposure (just for Heaven Sent really), If This Bass Could Only Talk and East River Drive. I am a real sucker for the Howard Hewitt vocal tracks he has on some albums The newer Stanley Clarke Band album is worth a try out. I saw this band live and, whilst they were very good, I was deeply saddened to see Stan's Alembic sitting at he side of the stage unplaced for the entire gig because he was playing upright instead. My favourite live band was the Clarke Duke Project. Saw them a couple of times and Stan really came to life with George Duke funking things up. I had backstage passes for the second one and the bar area was tiny, I literally swooned when Clarke & Duke strolled in but was way too embarrassed to say hello, lol.

[quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1374668930' post='2151542'] Loved what he did with Rebel Rebel on the[size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif] A Reality Tour as well.[/font][/size] [/quote] My favourite of live intros - especially when the guitar comes back n http://youtu.be/eF551z9KlA8

Jake is a really good teacher - you can't go wrong with him

I played a Kingston once and was surprised Mike Tobias would allow his name to be associated with it. Other than the core shape it had very little in common with the USA535 I had at the time. I was looking for a back up to the 535 but 10 minutes with a Kingston clearly demonstrated that it wasn't really up to the job Maybe they've got better since then though.

The new Phil Jones are nice

[quote name='brensabre79' timestamp='1374598559' post='2150735'] I got a BX500 from Bassgear.co.uk for under £400, it absolutely destroyed my Genz Benz Shuttle in terms of tone, versatility and it is seriously LOUD! Couldn't be happier with mine and considering the price of the 600w Shuttle I had before they are a bargain. It's also the closest I've got to that all-valve immediacy and bounce from a hybrid / solid state amp. I think the BX250 is pretty much the same front end, without the graphic EQ. And from the review above I would say the experience you had was similar to mine. So don't rule them out, check out the price you can get one for. I think they are very well engineered pieces of kit, Carvin don't spend much money on marketing (unlike other manufacturers) so I think this is why they can keep the prices down. [/quote] I used one to rehearse with last night and really liked it. Had to play with the mids a little to get the sound I wanted but once I'd got those sorted it sounded really smooth and punchy

This is brilliant Russ! Nice B15 too .

Very Star Trek - this thread appears to exist in a parallel universe from a very similar one. This particular one isn't as dark as the other so maybe it's a bit safer here without too many tribbles to trouble us. . .

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1374253199' post='2146957'] If I ever find the 5-string version of that I'll snap it up in a flash! [/quote] It actually sounded good - all those pickup options and multi-switching are a bit confusing but once you got the hang of them it was great fun to play

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1374313262' post='2147427'] Check out Todd at Daryl's House. Those guys work well together. [/quote] The episode which is actually at Todd's house is my favourite of the series Todd's place looks amazing!

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1374306087' post='2147327'] NIge when you were probably in short trousers i had the immense pleasure of seeing Todd Rundgren Kasim Sultan Roger Powell and John Wilcox at a very big live gig supporting a mahoosive band They were imho better than the main act [/quote] Not Lynyrd Skynyrd. 10CC & The Stones by any chance? If so, I was there too Edit : just spotted you were 3 years later than me. He was very good at Knebworth in '76 as well!

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1374233850' post='2146703'] Markbass amps tend to clip quite horribly when they hit their limits. They sound good, but they've lost their way since the LM3 and F500....no idea why they have so many different amps that aren't really as good as the LM3/F500. [/quote] The Big Bang is a cracking little head. Vaguely sits in between the LM3 and F500 but I prefer it to both. Even has better options for MP3 input and headphone listening than the RH450

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1374232888' post='2146682'] somehow resisted the urge to attack it with a branch, Basil Fawlty-style. Awful thing. [/quote] Now that I would have liked to have seen

[quote name='TG Flatline' timestamp='1374137615' post='2145610'] Aye, fessing up is the right thing to do here. I had similar from a German supplier, who told me to keep the goods as it was their error and the cost of collection and then their time re-processing it all when it got back wouldn't make it worth their while. [/quote] I had the same with an Italian dealer. I bought an EBS HD650 and they sent me a Fafner instead. The Fafner was worth a lot more but they said it was easier / cheaper to just let me keep it rather than pay for two additional shipping charges

[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1374098126' post='2145347'] Make sure you haven't actually paid for both first. I bet they wouldn't tell you if you had... [/quote] Depends if they are a decent dealer or not. Their rep would suffer badly if they deliberately over-charge and small specialist business pretty much rely on reputation and customer service. The bass retailer I help out at always offers to refund if it has mistakenly over-charged - doesn't make any difference if it's £3 or £300