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I've been playing JB bass lines all weekend Bought the 'James Brown Rhythm Sections' book recently and really enjoying working my way through it.

[quote name='Marcus' post='496186' date='May 23 2009, 05:52 PM']The main reason i've never had a bass made for me is the concern that it might turn out to be a dog ![/quote] Me Too I always thought I'd go for a Sei Flanboyant headless. Specced one out a few times but never pulled the trigger - too frightened it wouldn't be exactly what I wanted and it might have rubbish resale value. Knowing your current faves - how about a really nice Sadowsky with some sort of custom finish & inlays? So long as it doesn't end up being 'too' personal on the inly front then it'll hold value pretty well compared to a lot of Brit custom builds (which is a hsame but jsut a fact of life these days). Nick (oldhorsemurphy) has a nice little touch on his Shuker that references his better half, that might be an idea if you're genuine about a real 'keeper'

Anyone see Grace Jones performing Love You to Life on Jonathan Ross. No idea who her bassist was but I really liked the loping groove he was playing (probably Robbie Shakespeare on the album version?).

My dad used to look vaguely like Billy Bremner (he was also Scottish which helped) & he was always being asked for his autograph. For years he used to politely decline and say he wasn't Mr B but people kept bothering him and eventually he just started signing autographs but saying he really didn't want to talk about his footballing career. Many years later I heard a tale on the Danny Baker show about people having two entirely different Billy B autographs and wondering if someone had been passing himself off as Billy. Obviously there could ahve been more than one person doing this though, lol.

Only a couple of hours from me I think so i could probably get there

[quote name='The Burpster' post='489898' date='May 16 2009, 04:15 PM']You're not a member of Parliament are you, by any chance.....?[/quote] Now there's a thought - how about a custom build Bootsy Collins Space Bass I think Larry Pless is still around (builder of the original Space Bass) and Manny Salvador built the latest Star Bass. If it comes in less than £4K you can spend the balance on some Bootzilla sun glasses & a set of wicked rhinestone platform boots

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I would never had thought any bass was worth as much as £4K but now that I own a pair of US Spectors I do feel I can see how they might fetch over $5,000 new. I'm absolutely loving my latest one, so inspiring to play - just lets me play things I couldn't get close to on anything else I've tried.

Wow, I completely missed that one. From what I've read about him he was supposed to be a really nice guy, always cheerful & smiling etc. This is a nice little clip about him from an album launch: I rather like his version of Get Down It, a bit 'smooth jazz' in places but there's really nice bass playing going here: What a shame. . .

Really interesting post I've never even seen a Celinder in the flesh but they do look really nice & beautifully finished.

Wrong colour - gotta be sea foam green