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I picked up a wee Hartke A100 from Kennys in Dundee for £179 new, they'd got them cheap because Hartke had changed their UK distibutor. It's replaced a Markbass LM2 and Traveller 102p and while i'm not gonna say that it's as good as those 2 it certainly aint no slouch either. It does sound very punchy and defined and gives me a very pleasing sound using the Sandberg 4 and flats with a pick...liking it a lot and will more than suffice until i make my mind up what to buy to permanantly replace the Littlemark....or maybe i'll just keep it.

I share my birthday with Steve Harris...s'pose it's better than Rolf

When i saw the thread title my immediate thought was that Bruce thomas was never in Chelsea...imagine my grin when i realised that you meant (i don't wanna go to) Chelsea and not Gene Octobers new wave band with the same name...never a dull moment in my house.

Friends Again, Love and Money, Hipsway, Cowboy Mouth and Witness...the cream of Scottish Pop/soul...love them all but James Grant used to get on my tits with his Tom Verlaine aspirations

[quote name='SJA' post='490387' date='May 17 2009, 10:56 AM']never actually heard Hipsway, but he was pretty good in Altered Images, doing a sort of Hooky-type thing eg. Happy birthday.[/quote] Their eponymous album is probably one of the best 'white soul' albums ever made....you should give it a try. Altered images was just Johnny warming up

[quote name='neepheid' post='489963' date='May 16 2009, 05:26 PM']I'm pretty sure I'm the second best bass player in my band. All this talk of sacking folk has got me on edge [/quote]

What a f'ing bassist! An overlooked and under-rated musician...simple, yet sublime bass lines. Skin was a groovy f***er too. Quick edit to say that i of course mean the Hipsway J McElhone, not the later Texas J McElhone who i could take or leave...mind you, would probably be a good wee band if they got rid of Sharleen 'Lena Zavaroni' Spiteri...can not be doing with that yin.

Take off and nuke him from space...it's the only way to be sure that he wont inflict himself on some other unsuspecting blues band. Alternatively: set fire to his drumkit whiles he's playing..he should get the message with that one.

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='487235' date='May 13 2009, 08:38 PM']Fine, but not everyone actualy enjoys listening to "thwakkatta thwakkatta thwakkatta thwakkatta" no matter how much skill goes into making such a sound.[/quote] I never even knew that Wooten could do a helicopter impersonation! he's gone up in my estimation now.

I defy anyone to smoke 5 joints of WW in a row, while listening to A Love Supreme, and then tell me they don't like jazz. A lot of jazz is pretty cool, not all of it mind you, some is just ego massaging horseshit.

[quote name='William James Easton' post='476323' date='Apr 30 2009, 07:24 PM']they did a song with U2...........[/quote] I take all the previous back then

I quite liked American Idiot, but think the rest of their stuff is sh-hoite...i know that they're a bit of a joke but there are some nice tunes on American Idiot....nothing groundbreaking mind you, but not as bad as some of the so-called 'punk' bands. I know that i shouldn't admit all this but i like what i like and f*** the rest of you

[quote name='ianrunci' post='474489' date='Apr 28 2009, 07:02 PM']Black or white pearliod[/quote] How about solid red? Funnily enough i also have a red guard i could sell you if you don't fancy Pink Paisley.

Pink Paisley pattern....coincidentally, i just happen to have one i could sell you.

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='472792' date='Apr 26 2009, 05:29 PM']I thought it was very musical. Good to hear a Precision doing something different [/quote] There's 'different' and there's admitting you wear womans pants and bra when you're a fella....this falls in the latter category.

Hi guys. Yeah, got the bass and very nice it is too...apart from it reeking of garlic that is. Noticed that the numpty had left me 'negative positive' feedback....was expecting something like that after giving him honest, but negative, feedback. Maybe next time he'll let his buyers know when he's posted their goods and he might even take less than 5 days to actually post them the next time, who knows? he may even use decent packaging and a reputable courier next time rather than just sticking the bass in one poxy box and leaving it in the incompetent hands of Parcelfarce, i'm lucky the bass arrived in one piece. As for his feedback, couldn't really give a hoot about his childish attempt at pay back to be honest. His i.d. is chylamariusz88 just so you know.

Looks more like a Bison to me

[quote name='budget bassist' post='469025' date='Apr 21 2009, 09:12 PM']nice, that looks gorgeous! Is it a high gloss finish or a stain?[/quote] It's a stain with a satin finish...looks and feels lovely...the grain is raised a bit too.

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' post='468968' date='Apr 21 2009, 07:50 PM']Let me know what polish(not poleish ) you go for if you do[/quote] I use 'Wood Silk' non silicon furniture polish on my wood. Fnarr.

Got my latest ebay purchase delivered today...not without hassle i might add, but the wait was worth it! I'm totally loving this bass...from the looks to the sound, via the 'feel'...this one is the one i've been looking for :wub: Tried Rics, Spectors, Fenders, Ibbys, Hagstrom and a few more that were more 'shots in the dark' more than sensible purchases Now it seems that the search is over and i can give my wallet a rest for a while. I've never had an active bass that i could get along with but the Sandberg sounds really good to my big, huge, ears on my big huge heid. Workmanship is also impressive...better built than my Ric that cost over twice the price! Not too heavy and the body shape is Fenderish enough without being a clone or being uncomfortable...it seems to wrap itself around me ...it embraces me with it's sound and it's shape and i think i want to shag it. There's only one drawback with the bass...its smell! The guy i bought it from, apart from not liking to communicate with his buyers, would seem to have kept the bass in his kitchen...either that or he stored it with garlic to keep the bass vampires away. Not joking, and not being racist either, but the guy was Polish and it would seem that he has a Garlic addiction cos the bass reeks of the stuff! It's even made my hands smell of garlic! Oh well! i suppose it'll stop the cats from pissing on it if nowt else. Here's some pics: