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Used an RH450 at a gig once and it was a complete tone sucker. Absolutely the worst on-stage sound I've ever had from any amp. I love the theoretical flexibility of the tone shaping (the foot pedal is an absolute 'must have' though) and it sounded great at demo volumes with solo bass but stick it in a live band context and it just disappeared. Conversely I've never managed to get a bad sound from a Mark Bass head, not that I've tried of course, lol.

[quote name='cloudburst' timestamp='1374222775' post='2146523'] I've played bass for 39 years and had never heard of Chris Wolstenholme prior to this post. "Who's heard of who" may indicate a degree of celebrity, but doesn't say anything about bass playing ability. CB [/quote] All I'd ever heard about Chris Wolstenholme prior to visiting BC were rumours that he didn't actually play much on any of the recorded albums and everything was covered by session guys!

If you asked a genuine cross section of the public to name a bass player they are more likely to come up with the name of a dance act than anyone who actually plays a bass guitar. To a lot of people 'bass' is simply about a low thump (often generated by a drum machine or a synth). On the Jaco front - I'm in the 'appreciate him as a musician and innovator but find it hard to listen to much of his music' camp Love the stuff with Joni Mitchell though - in fact, as I'm writing this poolside in sunny Malta, I think that may just have to be the next music on the iPod Surprised no-one has mentioned Jamerson yet - add him alongside Jaco and you've covered most of the basses in terms of groundbreaking playing and innovation. . .

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1374181121' post='2146272'] ...and a lead??? [/quote] Nah, I'll just nick one of yours

[quote name='patrikmarky' timestamp='1374141422' post='2145662'] Anyone got a traben bass...some look stunning but as we know looks can be deceiving... [/quote] I had one of these - I don't think they were deceiving anyone with the looks http://www.trabenbass.com/bootsy_star.php

Fodera nickels are great strings and they go really light if you want. Their light gauge 5's run 40 60 80 100 120. These are standard fit on almost all their 5 string basses - even the £10K customs. They're £30 a set which is pretty good for quality strings these days

[quote name='Pukie' timestamp='1374062914' post='2144821'] That's it , I definitely can't afford to go there again!!!! [/quote] Give it about 6 weeks and the amp room will be stuffed with new Aguilar and Bergantino gear

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1374078454' post='2145076'] Thanks rushers. I think what you paid was a fair price. I can't see you would lose money on it as these have risen in price a lot in the last couple of years. Have a look at this link as this is what dealers in the U.S. are asking for them. http://www.gbase.com/gear/find?keyword=fender+mustang+bass&temporary=True&m=250 [/quote] Maybe the Mustang has become a 'hip' bass to own 79's Jazz and Precisions have definitely gone the other way. Early ones holding up OK but late 70's, especially P's, have really drifted badly. I know someone who bought a lovely early 70's P recently for just £1,200 and you can definitely get '78/'79 P's for that sort of price. Even dealers are dropping early '70's P's to about £1,650 and they have a lot of overheads to cover in that price bracket.

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1374066515' post='2144889'] I regularly look at the price of these and haven't seen any for sale in the UK at that price recently although you may find them at that price in the U.S. Most of the 70s Mustangs are now usually £600+ in the UK. [/quote] It's possible the last couple I saw we're US ones. I leave my search open to worldwide on things like this as I'm quite happy to bring stuff over. A £400 US bass would come in over here at £585 so that's more or less the same as a UK one at £600. I've seen some listed at much higher prices but they haven't sold (a bit like 60's Fender J's - some ludicrous prices on UK EBay for these but they never actually sell!).

I've seen nice late '70's Mustangs sell for as little as £400 - £450. Even £700 sounds like top of the market to me. Racing stripe ones, as mentioned above, are about the only ones that sell for more than this.

Bergantino CN212 is a great cab. I know a couple of people using them with Aggie TH500's and they sound great.

I should be around this year. Maybe I'll bring some stuff that's a bit 'different' - Ritters, Celinders, Alleva Coppolo etc.

I used to regularly see him wandering around our local Waitrose looking totally lost. He'd seem to walk from aisle to aisle and back again with hardly anything making it into his trolly. I always felt like volunteering to be his personal shopper Seemed like a nice chap and always smiled back at people who recognised him Unlike the Gallagher / Appleton partnership who looked as miserable as sin when I've seen them there! On hols at the moment so will have to hope it's on iPlayer by the time I get home.

I have a 63 Jazz, a 64 Precision and a pair of Ritters - that must be a fairly serious clash of designs and cultures but I regularly swap between them

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1373875042' post='2142385'] as any fule kno. [/quote] Reality is so unspeakably sordid it make me shudder. . .

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1373831379' post='2142096'] Have you read many of my posts ? [/quote] But you're not being paid Hopefully, anyway

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1373826990' post='2142006'] It's an opinion - nothing more, nothing less. Agree or disagree (or don't give a toss) and move on. [/quote] Or ask other people what they think on a discussion forum. . .

[quote name='bobbass4k' timestamp='1373826421' post='2142001'] Surely he's a musician and a songwriter first? Can't say I'm familiar enough with Bowie to comment but I see no reason why an instrumental couldn't be a high point of any musicians career. [/quote] Totally agree - above all else he's a great songwriter and plays decent guitar (still love the raw tone on Rebel Rebel), good sax, some keys etc. etc. However with something like 25+ albums. of material on which he sings on maybe 95% of all songs, I just find it hard to accept anyone could think that his top 4 are all instrumental

I always prefer Spectors with nice natural, or stained, wood tops

Said a journalist for Mojo. . . In all seriousness how can anyone, let alone a music journalist, say that 4 instrumentals are the pinnacle of such an amazing vocalist's career? I get all the stuff about it being influential to a swathe of electronic musicians but there was also Kraftwerk, Neu, Can, Moroder plus Brian Eno's earlier work pre Bowie. I checked and I have 188 Bowie songs on my iPod (it's one of the 160GB ones, lol) and I reckon there may well be 100 I'd rate higher than side 2 of Heroes! Do some of these people just write any old twaddle to appear 'contraversial'?

Higgie is the cruise ship man - zap him a PM

[quote name='cameltoe' timestamp='1373568144' post='2139184'] The irony in this argument being, although you consider nothing after the punk era to be true punk, London Calling, which you say some consider the last true punk album, is actually quite devoid of what I would class as true 'punk' songs. So now we're into a debate on how you classify punk. I've even heard some question the Clash as true punk due to Joes boarding school, art college upbringing. [/quote] I'm afraid, as a purist, I'm one of those who definitely think The Clash only released one punk album. I was genuinely devastated when I ran home with my, pre-ordered, copy of Give Em Enough Rope to discover the Clash had become a 'rock' band. Over the years I mellowed and was able to enjoy it (and London Calling) but it really was an end of an era album for me