andy67

I'm trying not too!

I tend not to look at the mantle piece when the bass is being poked!!

Found this dude while browsing youtube: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkPmM9kNoUI&NR=1"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkPmM9kNoUI&NR=1[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVcypP3Ohb4&feature=rec-HM-fresh+div"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVcypP3Ohb4...ec-HM-fresh+div[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtimtnobOR0&feature=channel"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtimtnobOR0...feature=channel[/url] pretty cool player. andy

link: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ampeg-V4-valve-amp-plus-4x12-matching-cab-1972_W0QQitemZ200368790805QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL?hash=item2ea6e91d15&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ampeg-V4-valve-amp-p...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url]

wish I could! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ibanez-Blazer-bass-guitar-fretless-xray-spex-bass_W0QQitemZ180385017605QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item29ffc8ef05&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1688|293%3A1|294%3A50"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ibanez-Blazer-bass-g...93%3A1|294%3A50[/url] andy

maybe a little deduction but...early 90's svt 3pro had a white logo and face panel, late 90's to 2000 seam to have a blue plate and now seem to be silver logo! anyway that's my experience with the 3pro. andy

[quote name='The Bass Doc' post='540684' date='Jul 14 2009, 08:46 PM']Do we know where this bass resides? I've got a strange feeling I may have had something to do with it's creation many moons ago.[/quote] Spooky! do tell more....

I'm betting that's an Ibanez roadster/blazer single pup body, not the pbass type this type: [url="http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.classicandcoolguitars.co.uk/images/roadsterbass/roadster3.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.classicandcoolguitars.co.uk/sold_basses/roadster_bass.htm&usg=__DuPUTSeJyqydH_3YPfAvP7jm0wg=&h=550&w=413&sz=101&hl=en&start=40&um=1&tbnid=Gy8NShdDs5azsM:&tbnh=133&tbnw=100&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dibanez%2Broadster%2Bbass%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D36%26um%3D1"]http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=h...t%3D36%26um%3D1[/url] with a little horn reshape and as far as I recall...fender necks fitted perfectly to them. andy

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='538146' date='Jul 11 2009, 08:34 PM']What a good idea and I hope your dissy goes well. I'm about to start mine. Any help would be appreciated. The title: A history of feminism in social work Seriously Survey done[/quote] I am absolutely 100% certain my other half will help you with this no problem!!! andy

My MIA had it and so did my previous mim frankenstien as well as my new classic 50's - personally believe it is for a toggle switch if adding another pup!

one thing I will add...boutique equipment gets sold here with great regularity and at a hell of a loss!

[quote name='urb' post='535650' date='Jul 8 2009, 01:15 PM']Well it's that old chestnut of supply and demand that also affects the price... hence the big hoo ha over Fodera basses and the fact that the waiting list is three years and up and even the most basic design of their basses - i.e. a Wooten Monarch with a bolt on neck and very plain looks, will set you back £4K. You can obviously get basses made to a very high standard all over the place now, so it boils down to whether you perceive all the time and money involved in owning one is worth it - I know some people who do and that's absolutely fine. I also know that Dave Swift (Jools Holland's bassist) has been waiting about 4 years for his Anthony Jackson Fodera and he's a big name player... I'll also add that - to restate my original point - that after years of trying dozens of different types of bass, looking around at all the different manufacturers and luthiers and playing a great off the peg Warwick Thumb for 18 years I had a VERY good idea of what I wanted from my custom basses - I feel like I've now achieved that. Paying - in my view - a reasonable price for this is like paying for anything of quality in life, be it a coffee, sandwich, car, TV, computer, whatever - these are instruments that are built to last a lifetime, that actually improve with age and the thousands of hours of hugely enjoyable music making they allow is priceless. I think that's more than 'excusable' Mike[/quote] yep! I agree with that! But then again I wouldn't necessarily class a custom made instrument boutique? Definitely would like a custom made bass to my spec! checking all things out Shuker would be the way to go for me. My thoughts were Fender and Fodera as in the players being Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten respectively. It would seem to me that some companies, of whom have a brand name, appear to just put a price on a bass.. whereas some are real about their pricing policy! Take for example a Shuker against a Fodera in terms of quality, production, manufacture and the love there can be little difference in end product except pricing. Andy

[quote name='urb' post='535583' date='Jul 8 2009, 12:17 PM']In short better quality materials equal better sound... just like fresh top grade ingredients make a tastier meal - and the skill to combine various woods/elements via a top end design and hand tooling skills of the highest order - it all depends on how much YOU value this person's skill. I reached a point after playing for 24 years that I really wanted to play basses that feel 100% right for ME, not some off the shelf plank that is designed for a mass market - that may well be made to a very high standard but isn't built the way I want it. I'm very lucky to own three basses who've been made with extreme skill, love and attention to detail and the resulting playing experience is just one of the best, most enjoyable things in life.[/quote] Totally see that, but why the huge difference? materials aside the cost of 4 - 10 times the difference is just not excusable in my view. andy ps Dood, yours is the only boutique bass that has ever appealed to me - I'll away and talk to the priest!