Clarky

[quote name='bassace' timestamp='1320408292' post='1426396'] i've never made the long journey but i know from the forum that bass merchant is held in high esteem. so sad, but all the best for the future. [/quote] +1 on all counts

My (ex-Rick) '53 Relic, based on a '51 RI but revamped/refinished/re-spec'd [attachment=92527:$(KGrHqZ,!m!E5e)7o38HBOY+mmw!5Q~~60_3.jpg][attachment=92528:post-2944-0-49054400-1319478411.jpg]

Thats in fab condition and a real looker Nick. I personally prefer tort on natural, liek George Porter Jnr's ... only less mojo'd/funk'd! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9A6-gWQM8s"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9A6-gWQM8s[/url]

[quote name='BurritoBass' timestamp='1320352220' post='1425815'] Having dropped a bunch of weight this year (eating less & exercising more, incredibly) here's me at soundcheck yesterday. Say it with flowers! [/quote] Tim, you are virtually half the man I saw at the Half Moon in Putney ... in a good way!

I've emailed about a half a dozen times to his management team (you can't send CDs) with an array of attention-grabbing titles (eg, Top-rated UK voodoo swamp blues band with zombie clowns, what's not to like?). Heard nada back. I suspect you neeed promoters behind you to do some palm-greasing

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1320270528' post='1424747'] That was nice. [/quote] and £1500 IIRC, whereas my '53 Relic is £750

My '63 P (year of birth and all that). Since this picture has had a period-correct celluloid tort pickguard added [attachment=92461:5537787931_fa689f35a9_b.jpg]

Thanks Keith! It does need good speakers to really 'feel' the bass and the brass section

I don't play it but we have a sousaphone player in our band I can put you in touch with if you wanted to pursue this? He plays for my lot, Rattlin Bone, plus the Top Bananas, the UK's only stilts-wearing brass band (true) Here he is in 70s disco garb [attachment=92441:disco1med.jpg]

You cynic, Machines! One has a transfer of Tony Butler's name and the other doesn't. Big difference

Its out! If you click on the link to our website here there is a free player so you can take a listen. Its more funky than our usual stuff and has a really earth-shattering double bass sound, IMHO [url="http://rattlinbone.com/2011/who-do-you-love-2/"]http://rattlinbone.com/2011/who-do-you-love-2/[/url] Background: "Who Do You Love?" was originally written and recorded in 1956 by Bo Diddley. Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song as #132 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time on December 9, 2004. The song was given a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 2010.

[quote name='Stanpig' timestamp='1320232069' post='1423968'] How much would you say is a reasonable price for a Fender CIJ Fretless Jazz 62 re-issue? It's in incredible condition. Just a few marks on the neck from using roundwound strings. [/quote] IIRC I have seen these go generally in the £400-500 range depending on condition etc. Right now, the market is rubbish so probably £400-450 is about right. One BCer has been trying to sell one of these (with an added preamp) for close to £500 for some time now with no joy

Speaking of which Master of Puppets is always a good pick-up-bass-and-have-some-fun line

If we're talking lines I love to just casually pick up my bass and noodle along to, then The Magnificent Seven by the Clash, Stagger Lee by Nick Cave, and Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding probably top my list.

[quote name='AntLockyer' timestamp='1320067623' post='1421787'] Do they have a bass player? [/quote] It was meant to be a joke

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1320076617' post='1421982'] I think it sounds more like a Fender with mutes under the strings than an upright. [/quote] +1, really doesn't sound at all like a double bass to my ears. There's no woodyness or growl, its all thump