silverfoxnik

[quote name='Sean' post='111240' date='Dec 31 2007, 12:17 AM']Not the best photos but you get the idea?[/quote] Very nice! Be interesting to hear your Lakky 4 next to my 5?

[quote name='Marky L' post='110889' date='Dec 30 2007, 11:37 AM']I was in a SC yesterday and they had some Italia guitars on the wall. I was immediately drawn to the shiny sparkles. Lots of lovely retro feel details and nice creamy coloured plastic. Anyway, further along was what struck me first as being a most foul bass, but then within seconds I saw the beauty hidden in the beast! Italia Modulo Tipo 3 in a rich blue sparkle, with a crazy raised silver beading around the middle edge of the body. I was unable to plug it in, but my first impression on picking it up was how back breakingly heavy it was. It felt OK to play though, but it's just the fantastic styling of these things. [url="http://www.arbiter.co.uk/italia/electric_bass_guitars/modulo_tipo_3_bass_guitar.htm"]<a href="http://www.arbiter.co.uk/italia/electric_b...bass_guitar.htm" target="_blank">http://www.arbiter.co.uk/italia/electric_b...bass_guitar.htm[/url]</a> Has anyone had any real experiance of these guitars? Are they just fancy looking tat,or is there some actual real guitar hidden under those tarty come hither and abuse me looks?!?! And anyone that puts this in the description "[b]Sparkle top on flawlessly applied Mother-of-Toilet-Seat Pearloid[/b].".. that's genius! M[/quote] Very cool! Wonder if anyone knows what they sound like?

[quote name='WalMan' post='110963' date='Dec 30 2007, 02:19 PM']It's not Bernie so far as I am aware. The shop is in an attic over a clothes shop and has been there for a while now. Seems to carry a lot of second hand stuff. I always have a look in on the way past because I tend to park at that end of town and walk down through North Lanes. When you can get in the College car park is £3 all day on Saturdays so a lot cheaper than the normal NCP rip off parking[/quote] Mmm.. Sounds worth a visit, but as I'm GAS free at the moment, better not

[quote name='WalMan' post='110802' date='Dec 30 2007, 02:15 AM']Just having my post Christmas wander round Brighton this afternoon, call into GAK, take the MP3 player back to Richer (and the replacement is still not sorted I think it may be the PC), try to find something to do for 5 or 6 hours while the missus sits round her friends house and polishes off a bottle of wine & a fair bit if Grand Marnier - [i]ANYWAY[/i] had a quick look in the guitar place over the top of the clothes shop at the north end of Sydney Street and they have a couple of EBS combos (Gorm 15 & Neo Drome 12) three heads and some cabs as well as 3 Ken Smith Jazz basses (a fretless and two fretted as I recall) Sorry all a bit vague as I cannot remember the name of the shop or exactly what they have as I am presently trying to surpress GAS but if that's the sort of thing you are looking for and you are down south it may be worth a look. The basses were around the £950 mark I think.[/quote] Bernie Goodfellow sells the Ken Smith Design basses and EBS gear so maybe Bernie has a new shopfront? Bass_ferret will probably know the answer to this one Al...

Sandberg do a nice P-bass clone too... [url="http://www.sandberg-guitars.de/"]http://www.sandberg-guitars.de/[/url]

[quote name='nig' post='108030' date='Dec 22 2007, 10:37 AM']Hi Nik, well its a normal band thing, myself and the drummer wanted to not travel so far,( 2 to 3 hrs each way for 70 quid, less fuel and beers ) learn new songs , stop playing to 1 man and his dog, get better gigs but do less, the guitarist just wants to play blues till he dies and he had a yoko ono syndrome missus who came to every gig, so me and the drummer got the bullet, such is life. And Happy Christmas and a Great New Year to you Nik and all at Basschat....take care and 'dont let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy' ;-)[/quote] Hi Nig, Sorry to hear that but I can totally see your point of view! The yoko ono syndrome story reminds me of Janine in Spinal Tap! Scary.. Hope you had a good Xmas! Nik

Lovely bit of wood and, IMHO, the classic SR4 look!

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='109842' date='Dec 27 2007, 01:08 PM']which is why I also have this: [/quote] Very nice! I remember it from the South East Bash in August... Uber light IIRC?

[quote name='Hamster' post='109831' date='Dec 27 2007, 12:19 PM']I can't believe I'm the first one to come up with HMWYRS by Sir Norman Watt-Roy. Hamster[/quote] +1 Fabulous!

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='109440' date='Dec 26 2007, 12:31 PM']I'm looking at getting a jazz/jazz shape quivalent (e.g Fender/Lakland etc... figure that everybody should have one in their arsenal) Thanks! oh... and hope everybody enjoyed their Christmas day![/quote] +1 Everyone should have at least one jazz in the collection!..Visually, there's something so classic about the Jazz bass look for me, even more so than the Precision.. Well, here's my bunch: Fender Roscoe Beck V Lakland DJ5 and my cheap as chips copy which plays great for an £89 bass! Christmas was good thanks - hope yours was too! Nik

This whole thread is crazy! I feel like i'm on the deck waiting for Cptn.Kirk to say 'ahead Warp factor 9, Mr Zulu'!! Some very nice gear tho'.. What are the physio/osteopath bills like per month guys?

:wacko: I wonder if he's adopted that same re-design approach with any of his other extremities

[quote name='clauster' post='108809' date='Dec 24 2007, 09:42 AM']Cheers guys, tis good to the tuner works. Nik, thanks for the heads up about the DI. I've downloaded the manual so I'll have a read to see if its adjustable. I'd rather bit hot than too low tho so not too worried. Or is TOO hot? Hamster, thanks for the heads up on yours, but the DI and USB are two of the things that draw me to the 2.1. I'm sure you'll find a taker - there's a lot of FX in that box for £20![/quote] Happy Xmas! Not sure if it's TOO hot as we tried it in haste at a gig and gave up and took a jack out of the FX send in the end.. Let me know if you sus it out, thanks?

[quote name='Hanson' post='109290' date='Dec 25 2007, 05:50 PM']Want you back - Jackson Five[/quote] +1 Great song & great bassline (whoever played it...)

[quote name='Breakfast' post='109149' date='Dec 24 2007, 10:53 PM']That Freak Power song.[/quote] That'll be 'Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out' I (I think..) How about: 'Two Tribes' - Frankie Goes To Holywood 'Come Together' - Beatles 'Sound and Vision' - David Bowie 'Love is the Drug' - Roxy Music Not quite the whole song but the bass line in 'Alright Now' is so brilliant when it's in the higher register, it kind of makes the song for me.. Happy Xmas!

[quote name='David Nimrod' post='108973' date='Dec 24 2007, 04:20 PM']Me too, much to my wifes irritation [/quote] +1 I like to think of it as a form of payback

[quote name='ShergoldSnickers' post='108840' date='Dec 24 2007, 11:04 AM']Cheers, silver. Have a good one yourself. Here's to quirky basses! [/quote] +1 to that!

[quote name='clauster' post='108464' date='Dec 23 2007, 10:46 AM']Bought a copy yesterday, first time I'd seen BGM in WHSmith. Great mag. Burning Organ are locallish to me so I'll keep my eyes open and pop along to a gig. Nice to see a review of DHA's pedal too.[/quote] Thanks.. be good to see you there some time.. make sure you come and say hello if you do make it! Cheers Nik

[quote name='Alun' post='108744' date='Dec 23 2007, 11:25 PM']Haven't tried the DI yet, but the tuner is superb. Very stable and accurate. Cheers, Alun[/quote] The only time I've tried the DI out, it was very 'hot' and I couldn't find a way to lower the output so now I just use the DI out on my GK amp instead. I'll have a look at the manual and see if there's anything about how to do it.. Totally agree about the Tuner; it's very good!

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='108597' date='Dec 23 2007, 04:22 PM']Very slick, very black and very R&R [/quote] Perfectly put! That looks cool as F***!

[quote name='WalMan' post='108553' date='Dec 23 2007, 02:11 PM']You could always have a look at my subscription copy when we have that pint Nik. I shall be ready to prostrate myself in full Waynes World "We're not worthy" mode [/quote] Hi Al, You free on the 27th for a swift half to clear away the Xmas lethargy and all that...? Nik

[quote name='ShergoldSnickers' post='108565' date='Dec 23 2007, 02:42 PM']They do look similar but a good Wal is just so much better in terms of sound, flexibility and construction. Then there is the small matter of re-sale value! With a fair bit of tinkering it is possible to get some great sounds and playability from a Marathon. It would be interesting to compare at a Basschat bash sometime.[/quote] Hopefully, there's going to be a Basschat gathering in 2008, so maybe we can make that happen? They're both quirky 70s British basses, which personally, I've always liked.. See you then and have a good Xmas in the meantime!

[quote name='stingrayfan' post='108506' date='Dec 23 2007, 12:00 PM']I'm hearing Hondo and Kay are in a bidding war for the [i]Nik'sBurningOrgan[/i] signature bass... Like Nik does, you'll be able to swap it for something different every three months. [/quote] I think the current bid is 0.0001p and decreasing! The band always wind me up about how many basses I've had since May '06, but seriously, the RBV has put paid to that! Mind you, what's that old saying about glasshouses and throwing stones, Matt?