Grahambythesea

Was this a factory fretless or a de-fret?

Get back- Beatles

You can have my Peerless Bassmaster for a reasonable price. Best long scale semi hollow out there.

Stingray - sterling variety available as a lefty at a very competitive price.

Purple haze- Jimi Hendrix

Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen

I suppose you could check the serial number?

Down, down - Status Quo

Mother and child reunion - Paul Simon

The wind cries Mary - Jimi Hendrix 

On 17/10/2025 at 14:04, JohnDaBass said:

Hi Graham, am I correct in assuming this is 34ins long scale just like the Epiphone version?

Yes it is, Peerless made the Epiphone for years. However I think the tweaks they have made since make it superior.

Reinventing the wheel, again?

Perhaps an acquired taste?

I thought the term was ARTISTE 🤣

Really nice looking black & white bass. Are there side dots on the neck, if so are they in line with the “fret” position?

Truckin’ - Grateful Dead 

5 hours ago, Bassassin said:

 

That'll be me!

 

Cool little thing - have wanted one since a much younger & poorer version of me saw one in the old Wapping Bass Centre back in 1980-something.

 

 

Its future may hold a refinish - the black's not original anyway, and I always fancied a pink one...

 

I'm also vaguely curious to find out if the wood/build's like this under the paint.

 

 

But I bet it's not.

 

I have read a bit (old MIJ basses/guitars are sort of my thing) about the background of Headway/Riverhead & it's likely the info on the current Headway/Deviser website is a pretty reliable overview.

 

https://www.deviser.co.jp/en/headway/about/history

 

Prog nerd factoid - Fairport Convention/Tull bassist Dave Pegg played one of these, & liked it so much he named a bass instrumental piece after it. And presumbaly it's the bass he's playing here:

 

https://youtu.be/iC_GmZzfq8M?si=lowA6MZInIv5wWKm

 

I saw Ashley Hutchings using one in the Albion Band back in the day.  Is it a bass particularly suited to electric folk, 🤔 or were Peggy & Ashley just mates?

On 30/09/2025 at 17:36, Risk101 said:

Like others, I've used the free OnSong for many years and it works just fine for me. You can download songs from other sources although sometimes some downloads don't allow the ability to transpose. Our church has a shared library of songs on DropBox which you can download into OnSong from.

Just the same at my church, but still the keyboard players and 1 guitarist stick to scrappy paper photocopies.

Fire - the crazy world of Arthur Brown 

Happy to take an offer - £450 anyone?

Flash - Queen

The unravelling Wilburys in Dorchester

oh those happy days of taping off the radio and the tape snapping and getting caught round the spindle. I’ll stick to CDs thank you.

I’m all shook up - Elvis

Hungry for love - Johnny Kidd & the Pirates