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[quote name='BurritoBass' post='672883' date='Dec 3 2009, 09:39 AM']Just got my dream 1978 Fender Precision so I have to show it [/quote] That's lovely - the Gallery had a 1976 (I think) in the same colour and board which was a wonderful bass. Someone bought it before I could... One day...

I've come over all nostalgic - in July 2005 I exchanged my Black, Maple boarded Ray for a chunk of cash in Paddington/Royal Oak, London. I have no record of who I sold it to and certainly don't know who has it now. If anyone recognises it, let me know - I might even want it back at some stage if conditions allow? Here it is - it still had the mute adjusters on it when I sold it on the old forum...this bass has been to some very interesting places! [attachment=37543:Raybodyfront.jpg] Nick

I do miss my ''Ray - it was my 'record company advance' bass from 1994 and had a gorgeous, flamey birdseye, maple neck with a black body. I sold it to a very nice man through the old site who must be among the Ray heads here. Anyone here have it? We did the deal near Royal Oak tube/Paddington in 2005. Here it is complete with mutes! [attachment=37542:Raybodyfront.jpg] I do remember tweaking the pickup height to boost the G string. I also cut a load of tracks using it and it sounded killer, especially through my SVT In fact I've come over all nostalgic - I'm of a mind to post this pic in its own thread...would be nice to find out who's got it and whether they want to sell it back Nick

There's heaps of discussion about this phenomenon and possible ways to cure it on Talkbass, like here for starters [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=180527&highlight=weak+string+stingray"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.p...string+stingray[/url] The upshot is that it is part of the way the bass is constructed, it seems...

Now I remember why I sold my Ray! It's all come flooding back...

Poor old Betty Davis - very much ahead of the curve culturally and stylistically...totally committed, filthy funk in that super minimal style. Love it!

...I want one. I played the Root Beer 76 P in the Gallery with the most beautiful neck....Jamerson Jamerson Jamerson! Someday...soon! but it has to be sunburst/tort/rosewood...

I just wanted to share this totally amazing cut - 'Anti Love Song' by Betty Davis (better known for being the ex-wife of Miles Davis). It's a track from 1973 and Larry Graham is on bass. As slapping is getting a duffing up in another thread I thought I would be nice about slap - this defines to me what good slap is - dark, chugging and funky as hell. Betty Davis is one of the great lost artists of music. A VERY interesting woman... Turn it up and enjoy! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxKBnR_8LIM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxKBnR_8LIM[/url] Nick

I wouldn't bother, the neck pickup's all wonky...

Maybe there should be a 'thumbzone', similar to those perspex smokers' lounges you get in some airports. - e.g. an acoustically sealed clear walled room where slapping takes place - the rest of the venue can then remain slap free. I am not anti-slap, but the 'saturday down the bass centre' clamour of Mark King, Victor and Flea licks competing for attention is a terrible thing...

Meyer is great. Check this out... Few people can make a bass sound this good. His intonation is staggeringly accurate and his playing is simply astonishing. Most arco in thumb position, even when played by really good players, often sounds slightly kooky and out of tune to me. This, however, is right on the money and extremely beautiful... Edgar Meyer plays Bach [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV-65UMPMMA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV-65UMPMMA[/url]

Did you get that off Chrisdabass a while back? Absolutely beautiful. I just got hold of a Bravewood fretless and am very impressed by how good it is. Nick [quote name='acidbass' post='655417' date='Nov 15 2009, 08:51 PM']He does indeed - check out [url="http://www.bravewoodguitars.co.uk/BlondeJtype60.html"]my lovely 1960 Jazz Replica[/url]. It's actually finished to a superb standard, and it has aged very nicely, similar to a Fender nitrocellulose guitar would.[/quote]

I don't have an axe to grind against any particular brand of bass or equipment as in my time I've toured with an SVT and two four bangers for years that I played with a pick at the end of a long strap but I also enjoy twiddling with six string basses, double basses and the like in the right context... It's all about what you're playing and to say a four string passive wins out over a six string active bass obviously depends on who you're playing with. For instance, I would have been laughed offstage playing a Six String bass with my old indie band and my Stingray sounded like a total, utter, heap of sh*t in a jazz trio... I do have an antipathy for Warwicks but I would class it as mild on the hate scale. They were just so celebrated but I really didn't like them at all, which brings me onto two things I really, really hate. Not brands etc but 'features' would be more accurate.... 1) neck dive 2) heavy basses Either feature present in a bass stops you from enjoying the pure simple joy of playing the bass guitar standing up. I don't want to sit in a chair and play the bass, I want to stand up, move, and not be restricted by the bass. In addition, if a bass is expensive, can't the luthiers ensure a consistently acceptable weight? Who the f**k wants to buy a Fodera for x thousand pounds if the bastard is going to compress your vertebrae and give you palpitations? Oh, I almost forgot - scale length. Does it really give you a bigger B string? Ever notice the boutique basses that come up for sale on Talkbass etc time and time again that don't mention the 35 or 36 inch scale length? 34 is enough ...as Zon and Smith ERBs demonstrate...it's less and less fun the longer the scale length... Oh and crappy plasticky fenders... That's my hates... Nick