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Looks very user-friendly. Apologies if this has been posted on before but I had not seen it before [url="http://www.gollihurmusic.com/product/2048-DAVID_GAGE_REALIST_SOUNDCLIP_PICKUP.html"]http://www.gollihurmusic.com/product/2048-...LIP_PICKUP.html[/url] -
[quote name='Bilbo' post='926440' date='Aug 16 2010, 01:47 PM']Planet Rock? So a profoundly academic ethnomusicological analysis of the merits of the piece based on sound empirical evidence, then As Shakespeare would have said: 'The dance of the moon doth suck'[/quote] At the risk of turning you into a purple, vein-busting Hulk-type creature, Bilbo, what is so bad about the bassline of Moondance - sounds like (an admittedly pop-inflected) take on a standard Jazz walking bass line to me???? Would have thought that anything that brought Jazz closer to mainstream consciousness would be appreciated by you, rather than vilified??? Genuinely curious here, not trying to rattle cages
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[quote name='paul h' post='926503' date='Aug 16 2010, 02:39 PM']BBC????? Bass Ferret?[/quote] BBC was my guess, based on the deliberately provocative GF slapping comment and the fact that he must have worked his way through the sheep of New Zealand by now!
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Back in the UK again. Just to add that the bass weighs 9.08 lb. -
"prictice setup" - so Marcus Muller's true identity is revealed! And there was me thinking its the BBC up to his old pranks
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Just waiting for your real identity to be revealed. Have you by any chance recently returned from a trip to New Zealand?
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Would also consider a part-cash plus bass deal if it was worth in vicinity of 1400 quid, if that tempts anyone. By way of example, a 2009 Fender Jazz in white/tort/maple plus 700 quid.
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[quote name='BaseBass' post='925030' date='Aug 14 2010, 05:30 PM']Brilliant, what you will realise Shonks is after a while here, the tire kicking anoraks hijack threads and take the greatest of pleasure in trying to belittle new members and any minute incorrect detail. You will still get arguments because remember they will know better than Fender! Good luck whatever you decide to do with it. Basebass[/quote] Which banned member* are you Basebass! On topic, good luck with sale Shonks but I would start a new FS thread if I were you * Joined BC today -
Another I-need-some-dosh-to-pay-off-a-tax-demand-of-dubious-legality type bump
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[quote name='Beedster' post='923758' date='Aug 13 2010, 11:52 AM']Please no comments re 'told you so'[/quote] As long as you promise the same to me! But seriously, I know you searched for your month-of-birth Precision for years so this must be a real wrench. Have a bump from me, mate and hope this works out. -
Does anyone have a pre-cut adjustable DB bridge they wish to sell?
Clarky replied to Clarky's topic in EUB and Double Bass
[quote name='Beedster' post='923263' date='Aug 12 2010, 08:59 PM']Yes, how lucky is that! Call/PM me mate C[/quote] PM'd Chris! -
If so please PM me Once back from hols, am planning to have another go at resuscitating my attempts on my dust-covered DB - I filed down the bridge slots on mine earlier this year to make the action less horrendous .... but went too far on the A string which now buzzes too much. Hence an adjustable bridge should be a good solution (I hope)
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Absolutely with Toasted on this - thats a truly gorgeous bass, please don't mod it!
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Bump in case you didn't see the post above regarding trade options as a quasi-cash solution
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Another bump from hols! As I recently had a very unpleasant tax demand I am really after cash but would consider a trade against something that I could potentially sell on (or at least, if it didn't sell quickly, I would enjoy playing inbetween times until it did sell). Given I like Fenders and their derivatives and Alembics it doesn't mean many possibilities but there's no harm in trying me (an Alembic or Sadowsky 5'er [with relatively narrow string spacing] would be good or a vintage Precision with maple neck [already got a lovely one with rosewood] or a Nash)
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[quote name='Happy Jack' post='920741' date='Aug 10 2010, 02:53 PM']I'm sorry Clarky, but WHAT? You're going to play a punk gig on an Alembic? I'll be sure to light a candle for you at the Sid Vicious Shrine & Souvenir Shop ...[/quote] Was thinking of borrowing your smoking jacket and cravat for the gig too, Jack
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[quote name='molan' post='920694' date='Aug 10 2010, 02:44 PM']Gonna use the Willie Weeks - go on, you know you want to. . .[/quote] Wouldn't dare Barrie Think the stealth black Alembic may get its first punk gig airing - not sure the audience will spot that its not a regulation Fender, plus its slightly dinged already so I'm not antsy about it getting knocked around
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Hi all - Kismetik are on mid-evening at the annual Gosport Punkfest on Saturday 21st August, down on the South Coast. Classic original punks the UK Subs are headlining (remember 'Stranglehold', 'Down on the farm' etc). The event takes place at the Gosport Rugby Club and other bands include Night of Treason, Trash Cat, Refuse All, DJ Vinnie Void, plus others Would be good if any South Coast BC'ers could pop along and I could [s]bribe them with[/s] buy them a beer!
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Great looking bass - nice work Wes! No spare spondoolies at present though (looking to raisemoney me'self from sales )
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One bass only (72P for OK venues, Sid for skankier ones [most of our gigs!]) - any more starts to look un-punk! When I join a prog band, of course, things will be different
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[quote name='Bassassin' post='919658' date='Aug 9 2010, 01:21 PM']TTD's original bassist was Cass Lewis, subsequently of Skunk Anansie. If it was him I'd be suitably impressed. [/quote] Blimey, didn't know that! It was quite modded - Badass, two EMG active pickups - but played really well. Sold it for peanuts on eBay as I wanted a Precision and modded 80s Fenders were not fetching much at that time
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[quote name='molan' post='919583' date='Aug 9 2010, 01:22 PM']Calling Clarky [/quote] Hi Barrie! Yep, my (molan's old) Alleva-Coppolo Willie Weeks was played on the 2009 Eric Clapton tour by the great WW .... he of Donny Hathaway's classic live album and the (debatably-greatest ever) bass solo, on "Voices Inside (everything is everything" Unfortunately due to an unexpected Spanish tax demand of dubious legality/morals (on the part of the authorities that is) I have to sell this bass, as its the most valuable one I own by a long way (link below) Edit: 10 years ago I owned a Fender 80s black/maple Jazz that was previously owned by Terence Trent Darby's player, or so I was told by Macari's on Charing Cross Road. Bit of a comedown from Willie Weeks, no offence TTD's bass player!
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Bump from the far East!
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[quote name='molan' post='918265' date='Aug 7 2010, 06:19 PM']It's not a 1.75" neck - I only have a ratty tape measure but it looks like a stock J width of 1.5" to me. Definitely narrower than the Fodera I have sitting next to it & that's a 1.625". It is quite rounded in shape though, definitely not as skinny as my, anorexic, '78J bass. I'm really no expert on J bass neck shapes but I'd say this slightly chunkier neck would be typical of the '63 it's supposed to represent?[/quote] Clarky checking in! To begin with I was sure it was a P width neck, in part as the BassDirect ad mentioned 1.625 dimensions IIRC and I never measured it. I later worked out that it was the [i]depth [/i] of the neck that made it feel P-like, rather than the nut width. It is rounded and chunky and will feel very comfortable to a Precision player, less so to someone who likes ultra-skinny Jazz necks (eg, for example, a Fender Geddy Lee). Lovely bass this
