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OK, back sooner than I thought, but how could I have neglected this, from one of my favourite albums of the last couple of years (also contains rap language and the obligatory scantily clad buxom wenches). http://youtu.be/hRK7PVJFbS8

Contains rap language. http://youtu.be/-hIjgofcuWU http://youtu.be/FWOsbGP5Ox4 I'll let someone else chip in, but I'm sure I'll be back...

http://youtu.be/JhqyZeUlE8U

I quite like the holes. Not to keen on the fire damaged finish though.

[quote name='scalpy' timestamp='1488741727' post='3251461'] One of my all time favourites! [/quote] Yep. One of the only vintage basses I've ever lusted after.

I was quite impressed with my brother-in-law's harley benton acoustic but I don't think you'd be able to hear it acoustically in a live situation with even one unplugged acoustic guitar and certainly not against an accordion.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1488659453' post='3250920'] I've always loved the Kramer headstock too, one of my favourites. [/quote] It's a minimalist classic. Nice basses too, I came within a whisker of buying one in the early 90s.

Dinosaur Jr. http://youtu.be/XelDCDRnboE http://youtu.be/ybExfDHg1i0 And quite possibly the best song I've ever heard. http://youtu.be/pxLpEX2bt8w

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1488487983' post='3249473'] It won loads of awards in the 80s, and stopped the Squiers being made in Japan to compete with it. I didn't have one, I had westones, but I had a friend who had one, and it wasn't bad at all, certainly better than a Gibson SG he had at the same time. [/quote] Fair enough.

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1488486023' post='3249446'] Well, the marlin sidewinder wasn't so bad! [/quote] I've always believed that in every production run there are a few really bad instruments due to everyone on the production line having a really bad day, and a handful of exceptional ones, when everyone had a really good day. You must have had experience with an exceptional Sidewinder, because every Marlin I played in the late 80s/early 90s was horrible.

I had a Hondo strat which I used to gig with in a dodgy indie band until I upgraded to a MiM thinline Tele. I really liked it. Can't speak for the bass stuff though.

I thonk the first time I really noticed the bass was Duff McKagen's line on Sweet Child O Mine. All my mates were trying to do the guitar intro, but I thought it was the bass that made that song.

I'm not too keen on the reliced versions (personal taste) but that is a real beauty.

[quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1488400519' post='3248706'] Where have all the Carlsboro amps gone? They never seemed to go wrong so they must still be around, they sounded OK and were not overly heavy, Westone Thunder 1/1a through a Carlsboro amp seems to be a bit of a classic starter package of the 80's [/quote] I've still got a Carlsbro 4 × 10 from my first 'proper' rig living at my parents house (somehow I've always forgotten to pick the massive, space consuming thing up in the last 20 odd years). I assume it still works, it's built like and weighs as much as small tank.

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1488399553' post='3248687'] I think we've scared him away 😬 [/quote] The legend will return.

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1488394375' post='3248617'] Could have been worse [media]https://youtu.be/j9iVVdn2LN8[/media] Dave [/quote] Looks like he's got an invisible bear of his own.

Ban all keyboardists from entering the forum until we've worked out what's going on with them.

[quote name='jazzyvee' timestamp='1488332368' post='3248046'] Hi George here is my addition to your thread. It's with my Alembic series II 5 stringer playing What is Hip? at a gig at the end of 2015. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLUT2Z_Fi68"]https://www.youtube....h?v=oLUT2Z_Fi68[/url] [/quote] Superb.

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1488349144' post='3248061'] I'm sorry, I have to say. That was quite rude. Have I read it wrong or was it meant to be offensive? [/quote] Pretty sure, given the average age of the BC collective is closer to 60 than 20, that it was said ironically, in jest.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1488318422' post='3247948'] Sorry, guys, I'll take this thread down. If I find another vid I'l try again. Blue [/quote] No need to take it down. All we need to do is raise the money to pay Andrei to release the vid. I've just found £5.23 from a quick search under the sofa cushions, time for the rest of the community to step up.

Two words. Russian Hackers.

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1488312713' post='3247855'] Aw. I can't do FB. Any chance you can get it on YT please Blue? [/quote] +1 I need to see the legendary 'invisible bear' dance.

Axe Bass (the 90s budget model, not the Gene Simmons variety) into a no name 30 watt combo at mates house party. We only knew about 7 songs, you can imagine how terrible we were.

[quote name='Dazed' timestamp='1488222702' post='3246979'] Here's the U.S. prices. Not sure how up to date this is but I guess there'll be shipping and export/import duties built into the prices. Probably cheaper direct from Germany. http://www.basslabusa.com/products/basslab/price.html [/quote] Cheers for that. It 's not completely out of reach then. Something to ponder and dream about... Sorry for the thread hijack Spondon.

[quote name='Dazed' timestamp='1488129554' post='3246110'] I've been looking at Basslab instruments for a while now. http://basslab.de They build using their own recipe "tuneable composite" materials layered over a form which is later removed, leaving a hollow body (and neck!). They use automotive paint and lacquers even on fretless basses, where the fretboard is also often painted. [/quote] Now I've got gas for something I didn't even know existed 2 minutes ago. Edit: I can't find any info on pricing but I'm guessing we're talking Ritter money?