steve-soar

[quote name='ervert' post='67923' date='Sep 30 2007, 10:53 PM']Thanks! Yes, too long ... 8 years already! Used to live few years in Amsterdam before. That was a laugh! Cheers, ervert[/quote]I lived in Amsterdam for a week and that was lots of fun.

[quote name='Drop D Bass' post='74415' date='Oct 15 2007, 08:22 AM']Just thought I'd drop by and say Hello. I've been playing bass for nearly 25 years on and off and have recently got together with a few like-minded friends to re-live our youth before we get too much older. Like a lot of people on here, I've probably owned more basses than I care to remember (and have probably lost a small fortune in letting them slip through my fingers!) Anyway, nice to meet you all Bill[/quote]Hi Bill look forward to hearing from you. Your story is very similar to mine, two old farts who should know better.

[quote name='TheBrokenDoor' post='74118' date='Oct 14 2007, 12:57 PM']Thanks Paul. That record was done with Jon Withnall at Parr St studios, and was a great laugh. The producer was ace, the engineer was ace, and the band leader is/was my best mate!!! All the kit and bass was done together in a very large, beautiful, wooden room... I could wax lyrical about how it was easily in the top three sessions I have done (and I've had some real fun sessions!!!) Dan[/quote]Hi Dan. I know what you mean about beautiful rooms and tons of Cornish stone, Parr is an amazing place. Your music reminds me of Prefab Sprout, Velvets, and the next big thing to come out of Liverpool. By this I mean, all your sounds are in place, pick your producer carefully and stay true to your art.

Black Cherry tort, mmmmmmmm. Looks sensational.

That's peacock feathers stroking the woman you love, as opposed to DA-DV.

There is no such thing as a bargain. What goes around, comes around.

Chris Squire dosen't sound like that at all. Listen to Roundabout and what your're hearing on the track is a double tracked guitar overlayed. On all of his bass sounds is a good bit of classic Neve mixing desk as well as a large portion of FX.

Love the inscription on the truss rod cover, "made in Taiwan" can we see some photos of the bass front and back you arty so and so you .

Started on badminton racquet first.

Back in 1986 I really wanted a Status Series 2 bass but back then Rob Green didn't build them in left hand. At the same time a local builder by the name of Keith Bennoin had opened his workshop in the centre of Birkenhead. Intrigued by all the unusual (well to my young eyes) guitars he had in the shop, I went in and over a few visits told him what I wanted. He wasn't familiar with Status and as no plans for the bass where available he calculated its size and shape from photos and a reference of its only known dimension, its scale length. I paid him £25 each Friday afternoon after being paid from work and witnessed each week the bass evolving. Hand measurements were taken to make the neck perfect and other tricks and finally after almost a year. my KGB Headless 4 string was ready. Equiped with EMG pickups, Kent Armstrong active tone controls and ABM hardware, it has been a flawless performer, on the road and in the studio, many producers have said it's the best bass they had ever recorded. So there you have my experience of KGB Music guitars. Oh by the way I went on later to train with Keith for 4 years as a repairer and custom builder and can tell you it was one of the most rewarding experience of my life. Cheers Keith thanks for all your knoweledge and wisdom.

[quote name='Alpha-Dave' post='52558' date='Aug 29 2007, 11:32 PM']Mmm, shiny. Very nice work, but needs more strings. [/quote] Dave said that because his own ACG has 5 strings. No big argument ment.