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Shaggy

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  1. Fool if you think it's over - Chris Rea / Elkie Brooks
  2. Hanging around - Stranglers
  3. They call me the breeze - JJ Cale
  4. Hurry up Harry - Sham 69 edit: that's the non-ABBA version OK Billybass.......
  5. Running on empty - Jackson Brown
  6. The Wanderer - Dion
  7. What a great and informative post! Just as a supplementary footnote; the neck on the OP's bass was almost certainly made by Steve Smith. He was an incredibly talented luthier who founded Heart / Heartwood guitars, and later worked for Goodfellow in the '80's, where his speciality was neck construction. After he left Goodfellow he took a stack of the necks he'd made with him, and set up a guitar repair /custom build workshop in Southend-on-sea, soon building a solid reputation amongst guitarists and bassists for the fantastic quality of his work. Some of the stashed Goodfellow-spec necks evidently found their way onto his occasional custom builds, including my treasured long scale semi "EB-2" (pictured) which has become my go-to bass for most projects. Sadly, Steve recently passed away (2017?) Really lovely bass in the OP, and a good price - bump and GLWTS
  8. A witch's promise - Jethro Tull
  9. Video killed the radio star - Buggles
  10. Chopper Blue? As I recall they were almost always red or yellow....... Lovely bass; looking for an old SR4 but this so nice
  11. Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy
  12. From People get Ready (the Impressions) Shiny happy people - REM
  13. I think at the start of Kramer production Koa was used for the bodies (as with Travis Beans), but they soon switched to using maple and American black walnut (the 450B being walnut; also it didn't have block shaped markers). I have a 650B and 450B and don't find them unduly heavy. Lovely example in the OP and a good price, GLWTS!
  14. Hotel California - Eagles
  15. Hold on, I'm comin' - Sam & Dave
  16. Who are you? - The Who
  17. Piano man - Billy Joel
  18. Haha yes - usually termed a Viennese or Stauffer style headstock, and a nod towards CF Martin's 19th century German/Austrian origins, but it does rather resemble a wilting phallus.......
  19. Again a bit of a rare bird, but the late '70's Martin EB18 fits the bill, and has the very useful phase switch (my one pictured.....). As said above, most basses in this format tend to use the MM Stingray position with the pickup further towards the bridge. A self-build bitsa might be the way to go?
  20. Absolutely stunning pair of 'bics, three - makes my old S1 look quite shabby by comparison......
  21. Magnum 1 - eccentric "potato" shaped body (inspired by the Deacon and Breadwinner axe-shaped guitars), twin pickups, passive circuit with mono and stereo outputs. Magnum 2,- as above but with 3-band active circuit (6 graphic sliders supposedly keep volume output constant when adjusting EQ), mono output. Magnum 3 - as model 1 but with more traditional double cutaway body. Magnum 4 - as model 2 but with more traditional double cutaway body. Magnum 1 is my favourite (I have a factory fretless one) - love the original body shape, and the active circuit is known for being noisy and hungry with batteries. All fab bases though!
  22. At the boutique end of the scale, there is Gus of course
  23. "Peaches" - Stranglers easy song, plus even though I'd just started on bass I was somehow the only bassist in the school, so got roped into the school rock opera production (which included Peaches) Happy days.........
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