Roger2611

I am with TheBrig on this, I have emailed the seller of a used £900+ Dee Dee Ramone Precision bass this afternoon to ask him how this bass differs to the brand new Dee Dee Ramone Precision's on sale for £671.00....I await a response It may be easy to take advantage of the unaware but it doesn't mean you should!

The nut work is to be marvelled at, I reckon it is a Maya or similar manufacturer, it will no doubt make a nice bass once renovated, as Grandur noted the body and neck are nice wood, I hate to think what you would pay for a nice 1 piece body like that from a parts supplier. It has to be our job to ensure the "renovation" work is not done the Voldermort of guitar improvements Mr Phillips, someone on hear needs to save this bass!

I know there is a lot of love on these hallowed pages for WAL basses, I have never had the chance to play one, so what makes them so special? I have owned a couple of Status basses and could never take to the sound of them, they seemed too thick sounding, all treble and bass with no middle, for some reason I imagine WAL's have the same kind of sound?

At pretty much the same money I paid for Mrs2611's current motor, I struggle to lust after it!

It looks genuine to me, nice yellowing of Olympic white, depending on the weight it could be a good price, the problem is that basses of this age can be extremely heavy which will always limit their value, who wants to gig with an 11lbs+ bass slung around their neck?

I think it is an OCD thing, our guitarist re-tunes between every other song, he plays a mid eighties American Telecaster, so a decent guitar, every time he checks the tuning, surprise surprise it's still in tune but still he checks it. I check mine twice during the set, both times on songs with at least 30 seconds before the bass comes in so it doesn't disrupt the flow of the set any more than absolutely necessary

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1476946807' post='3158634'] Err, no; bass choice is fairly random, perhaps minutes before I leave the house. No favourites. I may choose one over another based on freshness of the strings, but they're all similarly set up, all play pretty much the same. It would be easier to list the ones that never get gigged! [/quote] Guilty as charged your honour!

For me it would have to be either Pino playing "Wherever I Lay My Hat" or Mr Edwards playing the solo on "Everybody Dance" but I may change my mind tomorrow and go for "Masterblaster" or "Sir Duke" or "Rhythm Stick" or "Party Fears Too"....so many great basslines so little time!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FENDER-PRECISION-79-/162244145811?hash=item25c6813293:g:1wgAAOSw8w1X7PsO This one looks an oddity to me, no serial number on the headstock which a 1979 bass would have, nitro type checking on the rear of the body which I think has had a poor quality repair done as the rest of the body looks period correct thick poly finish, the colour looks right for a bass of this age, I wonder if it is an earlier bass than the seller reckons? Seems a bit pricey to me considering the mods / repair and lack of serial number

I am going to have a dig through a load of wallets of photos from back in the late eighties and see if I have any photos but, I owned an Adam Thompson fretless that I am certain carried exactly the same Thompson logo and had the same little cover at the heel of the neck, from memory he was a local (Northamptonshire) bass builder with a good reputation that built a few instruments, the only thing I can remember for certain about mine was that it was too big to fit in any bass cases or gig bags.....that would suggest something of a Thunderbird type body.....anyway the lack of any way to transport it was the reason it was soon traded on I have Googled the name but nothing is coming up, I do still see the guy that used to own the shop I brought it from, next time I see him I will see if he remembers anything

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-jazz-bass-lite-/291911928096?hash=item43f74e8920:g:JuQAAOSw8w1YAju8 I must be missing something here but the seller seems adamant it is a Jazz bass despite the very clear image of the headstock! Irrespective of what it is I reckon it is a pretty good price for one of these now

Have you considered building one of your own? There are plenty of necks and bodies available on Evilbay without the need to spend large sums of money, I put one together recently for less than £200 with a Seymour Duncan pickup, decent hardware and electrics, it has no real value as a complete instrument meaning it is easy to justify having about as a practice / backup bass. Mine is actually a perfectly gigable bass after a little simple setting up

[quote name='itsmedunc' timestamp='1476200608' post='3152246'] You do. Everyone needs another bass... [/quote] He speaks the truth you know!

I had the TA 40 (bolt on neck version) It was a perfectly good bass, not too heavy, well made, played fine and sounded decent, it was nothing special but it did exactly what you would expect a decent Aria bass to do. If you like the look of it I don't think you will be disappointed in how it plays or sounds, I have to say I have missed mine on occasions Looking at the price, I sold my lower spec one for a fair bit more than the seller is asking for this one

I fully expect that class D technology comes with a built in expiry date, probably based on hours used rather than dates otherwise certain models of amps would all fall over at the same kinda time....hang on didn't the Ampeg Portaflex do that pretty much from new?

[quote name='Coldflows' timestamp='1475952518' post='3150078'] Does that logo look strange to you? It has a weird shadow around it, like a waterslide transfer... [/quote] I had one in Candy Red, that also had a clear outline around the decal, it looks legit to me[attachment=229519:144.jpg]

I marked all my gear with smart water, when I have sold gear I have used the smart water as an asset telling the buyer to keep my details as if it is ever stolen and is subsequently recovered it would show my details and I will have some kind of record to show who I sold it to and when, buyers have not been put off in any way

Signed 9152 (if I was paying attention!)

I didn't know much about him and certainly didn't know he had written so many huge songs, RIP Rod

My mate gigs one of those, I had better tell him to wrap it in cotton wool from now on, seems a tad pricey to me!

My mum was a concert pianist, still is a fantastic player but never once did she offer a single word of encouragement to me in my playing, she has still never seen me play live and has never heard a song I have played on despite friends of hers telling her that she should have a listen as she would likely be very surprised at what the band sounds like.....I did put it to her once but never got a proper answer. My dad was a decent drummer, who worked in the entertainment industry so I got good support there, my step brothers are all cracking guitarists who took up playing after coming to see me play when they were small She taught my son to play piano to a very good standard Nowt as strange as folk!

I am "special" if that helps at all?

I have just bid proper money for a USA Musicman Sub....why....I already know full well I don't like Musicman Basses

I have far too many....but still suffer horrendous GAS!