Dr.Dave

[quote name='Jobiebass' post='217629' date='Jun 12 2008, 02:23 PM']455!!! thats US Fender money!! personally id contact gfrixiong the winning bidder and flog it him for 450ish and go out and get myself a US Fender Jazz.[/quote] My thoughts exactly.

Neck plate's normal for a Mex. Having the chance to try it is obviously a huge bonus. That's a fair price for a pretty standard Mex P - but this has sensible mods , a hardcase and no postage if you can collect. Offer the dude 200 in notes and watch him bite your fingers off. Correction - Mex P my arse , it's a Jazz isn't it. My mistake - though my comments are unchanged.

I used the thumbrest on my 73 p once - to make 28 quid by selling it on ebay to a US buyer !!!

We had a problem earlier this year after playing a pub that then encouraged the managers to book us in other pubs in the chain which hadn't been having music on but had sorted the licence issues in preperation for it. Result - poor crowds of disinterested people and long faces for us. The money was nice and we took the chance to hone some new material but didn't really get much out of the whole experience in a playing sense. We'd been hoping playing for the chain would create it's own mini circuit for us , and maybe some sponsorship from the chain - for which we'd been prepared to negotiate a slightly reduced fee as the effort of booking and advertising was being done for us. That still sounds a good idea , in theory , to me - it just didn't work out for us.

You might find , when you try it , that the boost control on GK RB series amps does the job , and not at a silly high price. Works for me , though I don't expect it to sound as warm as a valve amp and you shouldn't either.

Abalone - the biz on a black body/rosewood board. So what is it about this ray in partic. that makes you like it as opposed to the others you didn't?

[quote name='stingrayfan' post='214872' date='Jun 8 2008, 01:36 PM']I do a runner when the drummer wants his car unloading. [/quote] It's a known fact that the handles on drum cases can promote carpal tunnel problems in bass players , so you're right to avoid this at all times. And That's true that is , I should know - I'm a Dr. Me - right hand is too heavy , left hand gets too closed and I end up not using the middle 2 fingers half the time. My laziest habit is seeing my FX in the gig box and not bothering to connect them.

It's never ceased to amaze me why Glenn is slated by the Purple faithful as some sort of anti-christ. It's not even as if that band isn't prone to the odd line up change. Maybe it says more about one dimensional thinking in the fan base than it does about Glenns (too short) contributions.

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='213573' date='Jun 5 2008, 11:34 PM']Nice looking things, but I'm thinking that Fender are going to have to invent a modern bass sooner or later, as opposed to relying on the same four model lines forever.[/quote] I'm not so sure. There's an element of 'if it aint broke don't fix it' here. Fender must have seen that anything radical they've done over the years has met with limited success but their classic designs keep on selling and selling. They know they have the name and they know we love their classics. I don't think it's a case of them resting on their laurels , rather it's prudent business thinking.

In about 2 years then , I'll take the first sunburst one off whoever wants to sell theirs on. £275 maybe more if it's got some mojo. Let me know when you want the holding deposit

[quote name='queenofthedepths' post='212994' date='Jun 5 2008, 09:53 AM']Crikey, I'd be annoyed if someone stole my bass with a breadknife![/quote] Damn right - in fact if said tea leaf were to use any of a wide selection of kitchen utensils to aid his foul quest I'd be so upset I wouldn't be able to form sentences properly!

My 73P - if I put the original parts back on would be worth...............about 15 years banged up when I stabbed to death whoever stole it with a breadknife. That makes it the most valuable bass so far I think.

Blue Oyster Cult too Saw them on my 18th birthday. Underated by miles - I'll make one in for that and def. for Mick Fleetwood's band. Anybody could turn up in that.

Had something similar twice. Once I was walking to the bog while our harmonica player was soundchecking - sudden burst of feedback through the PA stopped me in my tracks and sat me on my arse - nothing I could do to stay upright. 2nd time was monitor feedback at a small gig - not partic high volume. Same deal - I fell backwards into the drumkit.

[quote name='chris_b' post='210353' date='Jun 1 2008, 12:45 AM']I've only seen part of it so far. Daltry seems an OK guy but Townsend.... what an arrogant and unpleasant person.[/quote] There's certainly something of the tortured artist about him. He seems to have had so much responsibility for the Who in a writing/direction sense and plenty of critisism when he got it wrong. Hard thing to deal with. I watched it - excellent show. Good too that the filmakers didn't dwell too much deaths of Moon and Entwhistle in that voyeuristic way that filmakers often do. It would make their death more significant than their lives. What a loss they were though , if only they could have curbed it a bit. What did surprise me was the interviewed celebs trashing the Tommy movie. Sure it's OTT camp etc but I think it's superb. Ollie Reed - Moon's 'Uncle Ernie' - great stuff. They singled out Clapton's role for critisism but I thought it was an inspired choice , a swipe at the 'Clapton is God' stuff in the 60's.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='210021' date='May 31 2008, 10:24 AM']Oh really? She's not lined is she?[/quote] Fraid not - at least not the one I have and not sure if MM make them lined.

By way of comparison , you can buy Mighty Mite fretless LBF necks for about 45 brick on Ebay - mostly from US sellers. Funnily enough there's one propped up by the (turned off) radiator right in front of me , and it seems very well made to my eyes.

I've always been of the opinion that if you get paid for playing in front of an audience , you're a professional. Unless you're very,very fortunate indeed that will mean compromising your own musical tastes to some degree. Playing any music will help you improve as a player - if it's music you don't usually go near then even more so. The interest for most of us here is in bass playing , anything that furthers our skills doing that is , by definition , a good thing - Yes? No? If you don't fancy the gig - fine. A mistake though , I feel , for any of us to sit too high on our horses. Lady in Red sold....how many copies?? Brought pleasure to how many people?? A far greater number than I can match in both cases.

It's all here - practise all you can relax prepare your equipment few deep breaths do it enjoy Remember at all times it's YOUR stage. In the words of Billy Connoly to his audience When my light comes on it's my turn , when yours comes on it's your turn - easy.

How about encouraging the seller to advertise the bass on here. If he posts a written ad and contact details he's bang to rights surely esp. if our expertise rips his ad apart and he still claims authenticity.

I think it's the first too Though when I first came across Ibanez I called it i-barn-ez And I called Schaller 'shayler' Mind you - and this is true - for ages when I was a kid I thought Israel had a King called King Born because they made us sing 'born is the king of Israel' at school.

GK MB150e combo. And I did it twice !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bass wise........the Mex Jazz I've just done up. I still have it , I'm not selling it , but I just know I will at some point and then regret it!!!