NancyJohnson

[quote name='rhino' post='400706' date='Feb 5 2009, 09:44 AM']My first bass was a Rosetti Lucky 7 (red) the cost was 21guineas and I was 14 (1963) Rhino.[/quote] My first six-string was Rosetti III guitar (clearly numbers were important). Looked a bit like a Fender Jaguar...whammy. The top had this weird vinyl wallpaper type covering. P

I had an Arbiter bass...it was SG shaped, white with a black scratchplate. I honestly couldn't say whether it had a rosewood or maple fingerboard. It had quite a short scale. Sold on for £35.00 in about 1978. Why? Two of my mates played drums and guitar. There were several guys about who played guitar, but no bass players. Ta-daaah! Distinctly remember when I got it that it had flats on and I broke the G string during an early bedroom jam. I got a single roundwound replacement (didn't know the difference), was amazed at how much better that string sounded and spent the next jam just playing on the G-string, ignoring the rest. When I'd saved up my pocket money, I bought a set of rounds and I've never played on flats since. P

I've got some spare Fender [b]pickguard[/b] screws at home that you're welcome to...Phillips head. These are the screws that you'd attach a Precision bass scratchplate with and are smaller than those that you would attach say a jazz bass bell plate with, which are much bigger. I might also have some pickup screws as well; I'll need to have a search, but no springs as I tend to use sponge underneath. PM me your address if you want them. Best P

So you'll be looking for a talentless bloke who has trouble clapping in time and never looks at the camera when he knows it's on him then. P

[quote name='walbassist' post='387214' date='Jan 21 2009, 10:01 AM']If so, let me know please![/quote] My wife's employer has an office there. She goes a couple of times a year. What are you hankering after? P

[quote name='steantval' post='382795' date='Jan 16 2009, 08:31 PM']...we all have a passion for the band from the late sixties and early seventies called FREE...[/quote] Not wanting to sound pedantic, but there's no reason to put Free in capitals! I know there's some young'uns on the list and if they haven't heard any Free then they need to shape up and go listen to some of their bass heritage. Good luck with the gig. Love first gigs. P

William Calhoun on drums Vernon Reid on guitar Corey Glover on vocals Paul Anthony on bass Probably would have had to have been while they were touring Vivid or Times Up. Muzzy would have to have been called out to fight a fire somewhere in lower Manhattan. P

More interestingly, have you actually seen the guy who he's making these for though? It for an all male transvestite band. I'm not kidding... P

[quote name='The Admiral' post='378587' date='Jan 13 2009, 07:21 AM']First bass was : From : It cost : Which today is :[/quote] #1 - An Arbiter SG bass (white) #2 - £35.00 #3 - £202.30 (Interesting that my second bass - a Columbus Jazz copy @£65 equates to £376.00...blimey) Good thread. P

There's quite a long thread about it and here: SIMMONS. The bass either ended up with Micki Free (who was in a band called Crown Of Thorns with sometime Kiss collaborator Jean Beauvoir), or it was stolen, or it got broken and rendered useless when it was dropped by a butter-fingered roadie. There's a new Lobue fansite up too: Lobue Site P

I've got three bits of Ashdown gear - all MAG - a 1x15, a 4x10 and an old red-face 2x10 combo; the combo (which is a bit tatty) and the 1x15, have been part of every jam and gig I've done in the last ten+ years; the 1x15 (along with the new 4x10) continues to see use as part of my new(er) setup. In this time, Ashdown have provided a few odds and sods (knobs etc.) free of charge/postage paid. they've answered a few queries and have been courteous each time. Customer service is alive and well at Ashdown. I just don't I don't understand why people knock their gear. I suppose because some of their range is [i]affordable[/i], and to some that to some this equates to it being rubbish. My preferred sound is, ummm, gritty; a bit Geddy/JJB and I don't see any of the toneless, wooliness or wump qualities which people put forward tend to be the main argument against Ashdown. They're robust, portable (ooh, my back) and certainly capable enough for any application; I've also run guitar, vocals, drum machines and keyboards through the combo and used it for stage monitoring as well. P

These look very yummy...the black one looks lovely. [url="http://www2.gibson.com/getdoc/bbfc3c88-40dd-47b4-8da6-8fd01dd112ac/EBTPTBBH-Finish-Shot-jpg.aspx"]HERE[/url] The headstock looks a little more chunky than the Gibson, but the Epiphone logo kind of carries it off. I have a black BadAss II somehwere here from my unfinished Spectorbird project too. To affirm the US pricing, the 5-string carries an MSRP of $999, the 4-string $832. P