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  1. Clarky
    Listen to this for absolutely the most beautiful DB
  2. Clarky
    'Waltz for Debbie' by the Bill Evans trio with the fabulous Scott LaFaro on DB - see two posts down
  3. Clarky
    [quote name='Beedster' post='991421' date='Oct 17 2010, 06:38 PM']If it's what I think it is Jase, you should be a happy bunny![/quote] Simples Chris, I bought his Fender Pino
  4. Clarky
    Thank all for the good wishes Update: I managed a 3-hour rehearsal with the new band this afternoon using an electric bass (my lovely new Fender Pino, yummy) and two fingers! Took some forethought for several tracks but it was do-able and I even got commended at the end for "holding the band together". So I passed the test and now I can rest the hand for a few days. And another first, I did the rehearsal finger-style, having previously been a pick only player. Just that short time playing DB has obviously increased my right hand strength significantly (no lewd comments!).
  5. Clarky
    Jas (finally!) sold me his Fender Pino, the bass I have long coveted. He even drove down from Suffolk to London to deliver it, and before the money had cleared. We had a nice chat too over a coffee. Top bloke, as others have said
  6. Clarky
    Gareth collected my Barefaced Vintage cab today. Lovely smooth transaction and friendly guy. Another successful BassChat trade and happy to recommend Gareth!
  7. Clarky
    [quote name='Legion' post='990516' date='Oct 16 2010, 07:22 PM']I hope this is still there tomorrow, I'd like a look [/quote] It will be with me for a couple more days but no Pete Townsend impersonations, Jas!
  8. Clarky
    Sold pending the usual
  9. Clarky
    And replied!
  10. Clarky
    [quote name='Happy Jack' post='990491' date='Oct 16 2010, 06:59 PM']Here are the rest of the photos: [url="http://tinypic.com/a/20ggy/3"]http://tinypic.com/a/20ggy/3[/url] These were taken just after I bought the bass from Silverfoxnik, so it still had the "wrong" knobs fitted. Paul Herman did a complete overhaul of the bass for me, especially the electrics and electronics, and it came back to me in pretty much 'as new' condition. I haven't played many Wals so I'd best not gush, but this is a very VERY competent bass - far better than me! I hadn't planned to sell it, but I received an offer I couldn't refuse. [/quote] Thx Jack, much appreciated. The photos are second only to lysdexia's
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    I only got this a couple of weeks ago in a trade with Happy Jack but - though its a gorgeous bass - something has to give as I have just splurged on a couple more basses (including a Fender Pino, which I have long coveted) and I really don't want to sell my lovely Alembic. It was valued in our trade at £1750, including a new Wal embossed Hiscox case, and thats what I would like for it. It spent a few months with Paul Herman this summer being restored to its former glory (electrics, hardware etc) and is in superb condition, especially considering its a 1978 (9?) bass. The only non-stock feature, as far as I am aware, is the ebony thumb-rest Jack had made for the bass. I am taking the liberty of including a couple of Jack's highly professional photos. Hope thats OK Jack? Edit: just spotted that the knobs in these photos are different to the ones on the bass now. Paul Herman put original-type black-and-clear plastic calibrated knobs on the bass. Plus, as I couldn't locate a black tipped pickup selector switch (PH has not responded to my emails) I coloured the existing (incorrect) white one in black with a permanent marker pen - it works! [attachment=61553:eb21yf.jpg] [attachment=61552:5zf9ud.jpg]
  12. Clarky
    Mrs C was furious that Imelda Mae got three songs (she hates 50s type music) and her beloved Ray Davies and Mumford & Sons got only one. Does seem rather unbalanced
  13. Clarky
    This is now sold
  14. Clarky
    Just watched Imelda Mae on Friday Jools - she and her band are very good Was it me or did the neck on the bass player's Jazz bass (very nice oly white one, BTW) look like a tree trunk?
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    '62 P-Bass @ V&R

    Clarky replied to Stag's topic in Bass Guitars

    Slightly OT but good to see they are still listing the fretless 76P that I bought from them in May/June and sold to Happy Jack a month ago [url="http://www.vintageandrareguitars.com/web/our-catalogue/Fender/Electric-Basses/item/6285"]http://www.vintageandrareguitars.com/web/o...asses/item/6285[/url]
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    [quote name='EssentialTension' post='989837' date='Oct 15 2010, 11:51 PM']I believe some people rather like Coldplay.[/quote] Sadly, Mrs Clarky is one of them
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    [quote name='EssentialTension' post='989818' date='Oct 15 2010, 11:37 PM']My most sincere apologies Clarky ... however, it is the truth that I just don't do metal (and its derivatives) ... I understand that others, your good self included, do. BTW, I'm loving the VT Bass.[/quote] Glad to hear the VT bass is working - fab pedal but I am lazy and wanted an XLR line out hence swapped for the sonically inferior (but still good) Sansamp Regarding the former, Metallica make me want to punch the air and shout "F8ck yeah!" whereas Coldplay make me want to punch a wall and shout "f*ck off"!
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    [quote name='EssentialTension' post='989783' date='Oct 15 2010, 10:57 PM']I can't bear to listen to Coldplay and equally I can't bear to listen to Metallica - for me, both dull as dishwater - and aren't some of Metallica middle-class too?[/quote] Dave, please never bracket Metallica (my favourite band) with Coldplay again. Or we are through
  19. Clarky
    Dirty b@stards the lot of them - Don Revie, Billy Bremner, Peter Lorimer ...
  20. Clarky
    [quote name='Bass_Guardian' post='989333' date='Oct 15 2010, 03:35 PM']U need to put a price up mate, not my rules.[/quote] not if its for trade only
  21. Clarky
    Bumpity-bump. Thought I had a buyer but he found something else. I can box and ship for a tenner on top.
  22. Clarky
    Financially, I should never have flogged a 71 Jazz (sunburst, blocks, covers etc). Sold it about 7 or 8 years ago for £900. Worth well over two grand today. Playing wise, I have had periods of regret about certain basses I have sold (eg, the red Nash Jazz, a white Fender Jazz) but I move on. So in reality je ne regrette rien!
  23. Clarky
    Sold pending payment
  24. Clarky
    'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This thread is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to this forum 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!!
  25. Clarky
    You were right farmer61, Guns n Roses did not make my day go any better. Axl's voice has gone, they had four (yes four) lead guitarists and two keyboard players, and the main guitarist stood there legs astride, guitar up at 45 degrees, wearing a top hat, playing a Les Paul, and smoking a cigarette - they must have chosen him from a Stars in Your Eyes Slash-alike contest. Deeply underwhelming and got home at 12.30am, with my alarm going off this morning at 5am. I'm sure the medical text books don't recommend this as a way to recover from broken bones PS, for bass nerd purposes, the GnR bassist was mainly playing a couple of Fender Jaguars and a Fender-alike P/J
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