Bassassin

The seemingly intentional exclusion of particular musical genres is the only gripe I have about the show. As I've mentioned before, while there's seldom (pretty much never) anything that's "my" sort of music, I always find a lot to enjoy and it exposes me to a lot of good music I would otherwise not encounter. I even quite like Jools, obsequious little tit that he is. Could do without his rinky-dink piano antics, though. Re: metal - Metallica have been on twice. And... err... that's it.

[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1495884025' post='3307315'] Jools is from the punk era. Sniffy contempt was the absolute minimum reaction to prog rock about that time. [/quote] Jools/Squeeze were about as punk as Boyzone, but that's what I mean. You'd think that 40+ years on, he'd have worked out that 99% of that attitude was just Malcolm McLaren-esque posturing. Other than being a Guild, no idea what bass Sheryl was playing. Ugly as sin & sounded horrible. The bass, I mean...

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1495829818' post='3306981'] Why do you reckon though Jon? [/quote] Aside from perhaps a sort of stuck-in-1979 sniffy contempt for the genre, I genuinely have no idea.

[quote name='throwoff' timestamp='1495794168' post='3306628'] Does the swear checker really get triggered by sw***y? Edit - Blimey! It does! [/quote] It's gonna hate w***el Rotary Engine, then.

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1495620132' post='3305297'] Why he's not had an act like Big Big Train on by now completely mystifies me. [/quote] Because you can count the number of prog artists that have been on Jools on the fingers of one stump.

I remember these from back in the day, really interesting concept and design. Liked it then and I still do.

It's a generic plywood or butcher block copy body - it's absolutely not 1969 because no such thing existed in 1969.

First picked up a bass in '78 - I was 15/16, listening to punk/new wave and the uglier end of heavy rock at the time. But it was going to my first-ever gig, a local pub-rock act called The Warm Jets, that made the real difference. I came out deafened, sweaty and smiling, going - I wanna [b]do[/b] that. Me & my two mates formed a band as we walked home, deciding who would play what - I chose bass because I was a Stranglers fan. Funnily, we all got involved in bands subsequently but never actually played together.

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1495345626' post='3303049'] Thank you. I'm pleased I'm not alone. As the owner of a MIM that sings quite nicely, I found that post offensive. [/quote] Not sure I understand. Is there some scale or frame of reference which defines that an MIM is by definition automatically better than a Sunn/Encore, or whatever this is? Surely you'd have to play the two side-by-side to have an objective viewpoint. "Better" isn't always better. I currently own a mid 80s MIJ Squier Strat (E-serial, 3rd in line after the sacred JVs) and a Korean Fenix Strat copy - the Fenix is a far better instrument. Irony of ironies though - the very best Strat I owned was an Indian Sunn Mustang. Wish I hadn't sold it.

Seems we now have two functioning threads, possibly a good time to lock the original one? If I'm right, it's already been merged with the ancient Ebay Faker spotting thread - so possibly all those dead Ebay links might look a bit ambiguous to new members who don't know BC's Faker/Rick policy.

[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1495226982' post='3302381']Can't recall the brand but it was something like Westfield or Westbury - not Westone but pretty sure it was a longish W word. [/quote] Westfield's a fairly recent brand & Westburys were original designs. I'd have said Westminster but that was a Japanese domestic market brand & never officially imported to the UK. Can't think of any other W----- brand Fakers!

The Indian-made Encores were the same basses as the Indian Sunn Mustangs. And as any fule kno, Sunn is/was owned by Fender. So it might be a [i]bit[/i] Fender-y.

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1495140643' post='3301653'] I can see Mr Hall seeing this as a promotion of things he doesn't like. [/quote] Well, boo-hoo. [quote name='Mattmit' timestamp='1495137475' post='3301631'] I've got a black 'custom' brand one. Really hard to google anything about them but it's Japanese from the 70s I believe. It's got just about everything spot on for a ric except a double truss. [/quote] From my own research "Custom" was a 70s EU importer brand (possibly from the Netherlands) which may have had some distribution in Scotland. I owned a Custom-brand Gibson LP Special copy, which I found at an Edinburgh car boot, I've subsequently seen 4 or 5 Customs come up for sale locally but not elsewhere in the UK. My LP was a Moridaira build but I don't know who made their Fakers. [quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1495145908' post='3301700'] You might want to edit your post to remove the name of the guy who made your pickguards and TRC's - it would be a shame if he got any hassle from RIC over it, and I think they have some sort of trade dress registration on the TRC shape. [/quote] Worth noting Hall does own copyright on the TRC shape, but oddly, not the scratchplate. Don't know why that is, but it's probably not because it's a poor, lazy design which spoils the look of the bass, even though it does.

[url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Ashley_Pangborn_Warlord_4.html"]http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Ashley_Pangborn_Warlord_4.html[/url]

Just been thinking - that's a hell of a death toll of the frontmen of the high-profile bands of that era: Cobain, Layne Staley, Scott Weiland & now Cornell. Eddie Vedder must be crapping himself...

Awful, tragic news. I was a big Soundgarden & Audioslave fan, predominantly because of Cornell. One of the best rock vocalists of the last 30 years. Never got to see either band live, really regretting that.

Got bored & turned off after 2 minutes - does he go on to do anything other than go pockata-pockata-bloopity-pockata-bloop, very quickly? I'm guessing not. Stunt bass, eh?

What's interesting is that he describes it as a "custom" and describes his original receipt from Roka's as "where it was made". The receipt itself says "1x Custom P-J Bass". Wonder if Roka's were putting together their own parts basses with Fender necks at the time? Odd one.

Bitsa. Mid-80s MIJ Jazz Special neck on a body (+ decent hardware) of indeterminate origin. Interesting bass but I'd think the asking price was a bit ambitious. To the tune of £400 or so.

No brand cheapo, from Samick, the factory that made Hondo. I'm guessing the inspection sticker looks like this:

[quote name='oldslapper' timestamp='1494322199' post='3294903'] I quite like the term "None freted" though [/quote] It's nice to see Ebay terminology evolving. I'll miss "frettles", though.

I assume Ms Innie's unconvinced status is based on who she considers to be a "good" bassist. Which so far doesn't include any of the suggestions other than Paul McC. I'd have said Nick Beggs would be a contender but he's probably a useless bassist like all the others.

[quote name='Skybone' timestamp='1494224608' post='3294026'] To be fair, that's what the Les Paul was designed for, [/quote] I admit I wasn't around, but I don't think music involved many big rock chords and screaming solos in 1952.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1494280630' post='3294734'] I might start a thread about picking on gingers now ......... [/quote] I'm a Ginger Tosser. Knock y'self out...

[quote name='Bass_Guardian' timestamp='1494242334' post='3294209'] Still only £32 shame its collection only [/quote] That's what I thought! Went for £97, pretty good score for whoever got it.