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Shaggy

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  1. Like a virgin - Madonna (NB: link is song title, not artist.....)
  2. Desperado - Eagles
  3. You spin me round - Dead or Alive
  4. Fool if you think it's over - Chris Rea / Elkie Brooks
  5. Hanging around - Stranglers
  6. They call me the breeze - JJ Cale
  7. Hurry up Harry - Sham 69 edit: that's the non-ABBA version OK Billybass.......
  8. Running on empty - Jackson Brown
  9. The Wanderer - Dion
  10. 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
  11. A witch's promise - Jethro Tull
  12. Video killed the radio star - Buggles
  13. Chopper Blue? As I recall they were almost always red or yellow....... Lovely bass; looking for an old SR4 but this so nice
  14. Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy
  15. From People get Ready (the Impressions) Shiny happy people - REM
  16. 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!
  17. Hotel California - Eagles
  18. Hold on, I'm comin' - Sam & Dave
  19. Who are you? - The Who
  20. Piano man - Billy Joel
  21. 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.......
  22. 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?
  23. Absolutely stunning pair of 'bics, three - makes my old S1 look quite shabby by comparison......
  24. 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!
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