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Haven't heard anything and transport seems much better today so hopefully everything will be all ok for tonight. On a train at the moment listening to the live album again - very loud through some 'bass friendly' 'phones - Gouche is just great accompaniment for a snowy journey

[quote name='High score' post='398702' date='Feb 3 2009, 10:56 AM']Jesus, must be a 'Blues' engine - 60 bpm Love it.........want it............now where did I leave my total loss lubricated Triumph Bonnie.......... Obviously your baby, which is cool, but Harley extras not cheap so what has it cost you over the years?[/quote] I'm afraid almost all of the work was carried out before I took ownership Previous owner spent a frightening £24K in total (including the cost of the original bike). Over £13K was the engine & gearbox build alone! Poor guy did all the work including a complete nut 'n' bolt rebuild, rode it about 5K miles and was diagnosed with a long term back problem which means he can't ride bikes with such a raked out shape. He traded wwith me for my, more conventional, riding position HD. He's put pretty much the same engine set up in that one as well now Cost me about £12.5K I guess - bit complicated as it was a PX against my old HD.

[quote name='ogri' post='398678' date='Feb 3 2009, 10:34 AM']lordy!!! gruntosaurus rex!! nice... [/quote] S&S 124" engine, Baker 6 speed box, Primo belt drive, Progressive air suspension (which means handling isn't bad for an HD). Fairly 'mild' state of tune for such a big engine - probably around 120 bhp & a similar torque figure. Means it has plenty of grunt without being too temperamental

[quote name='OldGit' post='398659' date='Feb 3 2009, 10:17 AM']Ohh pics please [/quote] It's changed a bit since these (only really obvious thing is a lower leather seat) but these give you an idea anyway

Hoping this will still be on - some London venues closed on Monday night so not sure what will happen on Tuesday

So are you saying that you don't have your very own Mitzi or just that she doesn't 'put out' any more? I'm also 49, play bass & ride bikes I've got some copies of Bike Mag going back to '75 / '76 when I was a huge fan of Ogri. Stopped buying it for years but on a subscription again these days. Down to 3 bikes now - '06 BMW K1200GT / '07 Suzuki GSXR 1000 / '00 Harley based chop with a 2.1 litre engine but ride about 400 miles a week through out the year (but not today!).

Mine was a nice shiny new Fender Musicmaster in white bought from the Soho Soundhouse for about £120 in 1980. In those days there wasn't a great deal of choice if you wanted a well made bass at this sort of price. I had always been a bit of a bass freak from my early teenage years listening to Chris Squire & Mike Rutherford in their prog heydays. However a Ricky was way out of my price league, maybe £400 from what I can remember. I was sharing a flat with a, Precision playing, bass guy and used to roadie for his band. He said if I bought a bass he'd teach me some basic patterns so we trudged down to Soho & bought the Musicmaster. At the same time he fell in love with a Ricky & nearly killed himself working over time to earn the money to buy it! First thing he taught me was Lizzy's Dancing in the Moonlight Eventually I bought his P off him for about £150 (it was a mid '70's sunburst - what would that be worth now eh?) but I had a complete aberration & traded it for a bloody Sequential Circuits synth about 2 years later & then didn't own another bass for about 15 years!

I think you will always be up against a diminishing rate or difference if you start with something as good as a Skyline. Are the US basses better? personally I think they are. Are they worth twice the price? Probably not. However, if you can afford a US one and always want the 'best' you can afford then the US model will be great. If not then a Skyline is a fabulous bass and puts many more expensive basses to shame. I have a Skyline DJ4 which is really nice (up for sale as it happens [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=38715&st=0&gopid=397292&#entry397292"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...mp;#entry397292[/url] - he said with a shameless plug!) and owned a JO until quite recently. Both are/were amazing quality for the money

[quote name='simon1964' post='395844' date='Jan 30 2009, 11:28 PM']Just my opinion, but don't sell the Thumb. First, they sound great. Secondly, Warwicks are going for peanuts on ebay at the moment, and I doubt you would get a sensible price for it. Its a good time to buy Wariwcks, but not to sell them![/quote] I'd definitely agree with this. Warwick prices are shot to hell at the moment whilst Spectors seem to be undergoing a bit of a renaissance. A good looking Euro with a funky flamed maple top ought to be easier to sell. Really depends on which one you like most though. If the Spector is your favourite then I'd hang on to that

There was a really nice Smith 5 in the Gallery recently priced at £1,700. It was listed as a full on BSR5 EG model whis is pretty much top of the range. If it was genuinely an EG model than £1,700 was pretty cheap. Unsurprisingly when I called back a couple of days later to enquire further about it I discovered it was already sold. Really nice to play & I loved the cutting tone it had. Wasn't 100% sure I could use that sound live but didn't get enough time to see how flexible the potential sounds were.

I think they look great (which I know isn't the most important thing!) but wondered what they actually sounded like? All the reviews seem to have been good but I wonder how many magazine reviewers would ahve the nerve to tell Marcus he didn't know what he was doing with regards to tone choices! With that in mind, interesting that he chose a pre only to put his name to and not a full pre/power head. Kinda makes sense to me really

Just traded a bass with John and wanted to say what a thoroughly nice chap he is Lots of friendly dialogue through the period we talked about what both of us might want to do and zero pressure to 'make a deal' quickly etc. Highly recommended if anyone wants to buy from, or trade with, him!

It's the board that does it for me - I love the look of birdseye maple &, irritatingly, the only instrument I have with a birdseye maple neck & board is a bloody 6 string guitar!

Nice one Ash - that's at least 2 x MTD 535's in Oxfordshire then Hope you enjoy it!