Clarky

Hi all, a BCer wants to try out my Bruce Johnson bass but is at the other end of the country and neither of us have plans to travel in the other's direction any time soon. The bass comes in a whopping great aluminium cornered flight case (18" x 6" x 54"; pictured below) and the whole thing weighs about 50 pounds. Has anyone had something like this delivered in the UK with Interparcel/ParcelForce etc? Will they accept something this big and heavy and do you recall roughly how much it cost? Also, would you try to put some wrapping around it or is this negating the whole point of a flight case!!!! Incidentally it has those turning locks where metal 'plates' slides together as you twist the lock and doesn't have a key so in theory it could be opened in transit. All suggestions/help gratefully received! [attachment=100755:flightcase400.jpg]

[sup]Happy Jack has owned both and may well be able to answer your qustion - try dropping him a PM maybe?[/sup]

[quote name='Mr Bassman' timestamp='1330016913' post='1551533'] As for theory I know all 3 chords! [/quote] Can you teach me the other two then?

Max just sent me this picture of the completed pedal. Should arrive in next few days Looks ultra-simple to use (I don't like lots of knobs and dials) and I am really looking forward to putting my P bass through this [attachment=100748:rd-xlr.JPG]

[quote name='Toasted' timestamp='1329983200' post='1550658'] It's an age thing. The core of Basschat regular posters is dominated by the 40-60 age bracket. [/quote] I ran a poll on this a couple of years ago at which time the biggest faction on BassChat was 40-49 year olds but there were plenty (>40%) below 40. However there very few below 20 [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/84782-how-old-are-you/page__st__100__p__816917__hl__how%20old%20clarky__fromsearch__1"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/84782-how-old-are-you/page__st__100__p__816917__hl__how%20old%20clarky__fromsearch__1[/url]

And this guy makes a Ricky fretless sound fabulously DB-like when playing jazz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2-88-nlIgg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7ivOkt6Ya4&feature=channel

I thought it might be useful to set up threads with good YT clips of particular bass styles (eg, funk, metal, latin, jazz etc) but since I am a bit besotted with my Wal at the moment thought I'd start with fretless bass. Feel free to chuck in further clips so it can be a sort of style library for those interested in delving in. This guy is a very melodic player of a fretless Wal 5 string - here's his version of Jaco's 'Come on, Come over' followed by a very easy-on-the-ear improvisation over one chord http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhr6I8YVpqo&feature=channel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_-zr5AwQbU&feature=relmfu

I have been contacted about a spare fretted Wal Mk 1 neck (it looks great although the hardware is chrome, whereas on my bass its gold). Its Euro 520 posted to UK (ie, around £430) which isn't so eye-watering. I don't think I will go for it but if anyone else is interested I can put them in touch

I echo the above, quite wonderful fretless basses and yours is a beauty, irrespective of whether Percy slid any harmonics on it

Pierre, whats with the writing (Nile Rodgers etc) on the rear - was it signed for Percy by Nile?

Probably East Cheam Ladies Second XI

I was just being a gear-stalker, admiring his (I assume) Pino Palladino CS Precision. Thats how sad I am

[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1329947232' post='1550319'] Indeed, you may as well wear a shirt saying 'I don't like having sex'. [/quote] I have one similar, its says 'Married'

By the power of Greyskull, I sense that this beautiful bass is now owned by a lucky BCer of Belgian persuasion

Hmmm, maybe the Wal database listed bass W-2900 incorrectly? Its a shame this guy's photography skills (and English) are so rubbish as it may well be a super-nice bass but the dingey, blurred pics and CAPS LOCK problem will be putting people off (plus TBH its a few hundred quid too pricey even if its all legit IMHO)

I do recall someone quoting an exorbitant price for a fretless neck but was just checking. I think I will have to give it a miss unless its dramatically cheaper!

I have a fretless Mk 1 and wonder about getting a matched fretted neck (allowing the choice). Does anyone happen to know if Wal has a stock of necks lying around (so you don't have to wait 1 year plus for them, like a full bass) and how much Paul Herman would charge (roughly)? Ta

[quote name='Gareth Hughes' timestamp='1329921171' post='1549773'] So I'll throw my hat in the ring and say let's hear it for Martyn P Casey from The Triffids, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Grinderman. Great melodic and supportive lines that I could sit looping for hours on end. [/quote] Absolutely. I've started threadfs on this guy before. He doesn't play anything technical and I bet 90%+ of BC'ers could replicate his lines without any real difficulty. But his lines work so well in the song context and are often very melodic, even if simple. Think Red Right Hand, Do you Love Me, Stagger Lee etc. Just brilliant.

I bought a Kolstein double bass with a full-on moulded hard plastic (fibreglass?) case with metal buckles etc. Its absolutely enormous! I would not contemplate ever using it for a gig and instead its sat taking up a large proportion of my study. I would take the advice above and flog it on eBay and buy a good padded case instead

Just to get people's hackles up further, I think the best Blur album (and actually rather good) is ThinkTank, which of course was after Graham Coxon left. Furthermore I sat through a Coxon gig in Hammersmith recently - derivative pseudo-psychedelic Syd Barrett-gets-an-electric-guitar stuff that was perfectly OK in small doses but became boring after 3 or 4 songs. Hence I cannot agree he was the only talented member of the band

Drop a PM to Gareth Hughes would be my advice. He has one on his Eminence I believe. I think bassace has one too