BarnacleBob
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Seeing this makes me wish i had got my B3 refinished instead of selling it on! Fantastic Basses! BB -
Polite is quite a good way of putting it - I think Overwater refer to it as 'subtle but effective' - My 91 Perception is really light and a great player but as a rule I have everything fully clockwise to get a nice grunt out of it. BB ps never had any trouble getting a reply from Chris personally.
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The rockstands take up more space than u think cos they dont go flush up against a wall - the basses sit angled backwards rather than upright and the longer the neck the more of a gap from stand to wall you will need. I also got caught cos I have a warwick dolphin and it has to sit the opposite way from the other guitars also it doesnt like my Overwater original (explorer shaped) That Hercules one looks ideal if the stability could be established. I bought the Twin hanging Hercules stand and discovered it had a bigger footprint than the three way one due to having to cope with all the weight only being on one side when you took one off. Funny things stands never found the perfect one yet. BB
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Rubbish playing style, I can clearly see his left thumb isn't in line with the centre of the neck! Must do better! Had the Starlicks video he had out in the 80s and played it til it died. Much prefer him too MK or the other slappers. BB If anyone has a dvd copy of said video would be v interested
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£51,000 P bass... cheap delivery!
BarnacleBob replied to warwickhunt's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
My sister is stuck in Las Vegas just now cos of the flight ban and is getting bored. Trouble is she knows nothing about vintage Fender basses! Then again i don't know anything about assassinating foreign dignitaries. BB -
Not exactly Triggers broom but Interested cos its a birth year bass - Damn my blasted decreptitude!! Is £3K way too much?? And how genuine is it overall?? BB [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1962-Fender-Jazz-bass_W0QQitemZ150433369075QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item2306870bf3"]HERE[/url]
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Ha Ha! Good point, this is 2010 isn't it now? Shouldn't skim thru threads after a few bottles of Red Stripe. All the best BB -
Nice bass - I have a fretless in Pommel(?) - but thought the rules were you have to state a price sorry to point this out. BB
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If u are confident enough at stripping the bass down and just sending them the body for refinishing and then reassembling the bass yourself that should save quite a bit. BB
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Simms quoted me the best part of £400 to refinish this - it was more expensive cos it was a translucent tint. I declined and sold it as is.
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Bump for a bass that has long been on my GAS list BB -
SOLD ! Wal fretless walnut/mahogany/ ebony ( unlined )
BarnacleBob replied to lowpainter's topic in Basses For Sale
[quote name='purpleblob' post='807109' date='Apr 15 2010, 01:31 PM']Absolutely beautiful ! Good luck with the sale and have a bump from me.[/quote] +++++1! I want one of these so badly! BB -
Is the neck a J or a P profile or somewhere in-between? BB
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That is v nice indeed! Are you UK based? BB
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I have borderline OCD when it comes to fret-buzz I hate it, anywhere on me board. BB
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I would have seperate sale threads for these - both very nice but aimed at different markets. Anyone looking for a nice P might not click on something with a Wal in the title. No? Anybody? I'll shut up then. BB -
It was only inevitable that this Pete-era Wal thing would happen - I think it was actually discussed in another thread - the same way people like to point out their bass is from the Ian(?) Waller era 'The Golden Age' some would have u believe. Any-hoo as wonderful as this bass may be i think it might be pretty subjective as how it is better than Pauls til someone puts them up against each other. If Paul is using the same woods, techniques and QC etc in previous years then the only variation will come is in the Hand made input and some would say thats what ur paying for ie no two Wals should be identical anyway. As for Arse of the month, i think it could have been worse Also If i had £3.5K I would at least make an offer on this as I really want one, but i want it NOW!!!! BB
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Just realised i am working that Sunday would have liked the DB demo and some tasty stuff to try too. hope its a blast for everyone anyway. BB
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Graemes site is an excellent resource, glad it's back up and running. FYI an Aria ZZB in excellent condition turned up on Gumtree for £90 today! If only I had the room! BB
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does anyone know what guage/type fretwire was used on Aria SBs? BB Edited for crap grammar!
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What do you want from your Fender clones?
BarnacleBob replied to karlthebassist's topic in Bass Guitars
Standard Jazz body size is just a tad too big for my liking - being only a little feller. So i like the reduced size of a lot of the 'clones' - and like Bubinga5 says Fender themselves dont do a lot active/pre-amping and such so u have too look elsewere if u want a wider range of sounds from one instrument. recently found a Fender Jazz that was nearly everything clones are - actives, nice hardware, even an exotic top but it had a really annoying dead spot BB -
seem to regularly see TE 715 combos on gumtree/eBay at great prices - and the cynic in me wonders are they any good or u wouldnt see 'so many' in good condition for sale looking for a 'compact' set up to replace ageing Peavey Databass (15" 450W) combo. I know the trace needs an ext to get the full Monty and it weighs the same as the peavey but at least it has two handles! Unlikely to go out with a band again so dont want to spend too much but would like something that doesnt clutter up my spare room 'studio' but would cut it in agig situation if the notion took me. played trace gear in the 80s and early 90s and really liked it tho it was all huge then! Cheers BB
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[quote name='Pete Academy' post='799483' date='Apr 8 2010, 09:01 AM']John Paul Jones uses them. Been going for donkeys. His dad Charles was a nasty piece of work, though.[/quote] Who? Charles Jones? BB Edit - nice thru neck older one at the Gallery in That London for half that.
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used to own a BTB300QM it was a great bass - build quality was excellent and Eq gave plenty of quality tones and only paid £150 for it. BB
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That is very nice indeed. Much prefer the 2 octave neck. BB