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[quote name='3below' timestamp='1499294977' post='3330645'] Greg, the reason for selling at the time was a mandolin. Glad that you are enjoying having it back. Now if I can only find the 58 EB2 I p/xd for a precision in 1977........ [/quote] Ah! It probably was - my mandolin GAS has known no bounds recently, traded a Wal for one recently! Hope you're getting on with the Jazz bass Francis. I feel your pain with the EB-2 - they were generally regarded as old tosh back in the '70's, but I've always liked 'em

Very foolishly sold my Steve Smith custom "EB-2" semi to Francis (3below) of this forum around 4 - 5 years ago for reasons I can't even remember - the only sale I genuinely regretted in 100's of deals over the years. Total gent that he is, Francis agreed to trade it back to me last month, so happy bunny here Couple of pics 2nd post down: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/243502-semi-hollows/page__st__60__p__2533666__hl__steve%20smith%20semi__fromsearch__1#entry2533666 As far as I know, a complete one-off from the late '80's. Steve Smith was a luthier for Goodfellow in their early days, then set up on his own in Southend doing repairs and custom builds (here's another: scroll down page for pics: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Steve-Smith-lined-fretless-headless-6-string-Heart-Heartwood-Goodfellow-/280959868104?_trksid=p4340.m1986&_trkparms=aid%3D555001%26algo%3DPW.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D29%26meid%3D1960185178530633263%26pid%3D100013%26prg%3D1013%26rk%3D3%26 ) - highly respected by the players he did work for but sadly no longer with us This (with TI flats) and a '77 Ovation Magnum 1 fretless (with s/s rounds) is all I'm using these days

Met up with Francis in sunny Swansea today (it actually was, for a change.....), for a deal typical for me these days in that it involved a trade to get back gear I've previously owned. One day I'll learn.... Great guy, great communications, and he did all the running around in diverting off his route. Thanks fella!

PM'd re Gibson bit....

Looks like Gary's been as busy as Del-boy recently! Met up with him at a sunny M4 Cardiff West services on Tuesday for a trade involving me acquiring a rather nice fretless P neck from him. Total gent, a real pleasure to communicate and deal with - hope to meet up again soon! :-)

Fabulous - very Bernard Edwards (except for lack of frets....) Really miss my old Custom Shop NT Eagle; unique basses, and definitely at the top boutique end of the market when this one was made

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1492109596' post='3278085'] Broken headstocks are the fault of the user or clumsy person who last touched the instrument, not the manufacturer. If it stays off the floor, it's fine. It's designed to give optimal break angle over the nut without using string trees, not withstand impact with the ground, and I for one have no issue with that. [/quote] Apparently the reason that Alembic put "points" on the bodies of their basses, so owners would have to use stands rather than leaning the bass against an amp etc, with ensuing risk of bass toppling over I do get annoyed by adverts for Gibson guitars and basses including "the usual headstock / neck break repair" as if it really was usual - of the stupidly many basses I've owned (currently including 8 vintage Gibsons: 5 basses and 3 guitars) the only one ever to have a headstock crack was a Fender

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1491680824' post='3274800'] What's the Moog circuitry all about - this is new to me? [/quote] See: http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/RDartist.php

Pretty unusual for a neck break on these as body & neck are tough as old boots - 3 ply maple neck with a big volute - it's the mahogany necked Gibson basses without volutes that were fragile, T'birds in particular. Problems are more usual with the highly complex Moog circuitry, which was often simply swapped out Andy Baxter listing a couple around the £2K mark, so I'd agree with above - £1.5K max I've got a Fireburst one (same as this) and the bound CMT model - fabulous basses if you can live with the weight

Hanging around (Stranglers) - best 2 notes of bass ever...... Surprised no-ones mentioned "Walk on the wild side" (not my favourite)

[quote name='No lust in Jazz' timestamp='1487413878' post='3239577'] The whole thread saw we 90% though an electrical guitar order form earlier in the week. This didn't help.. http://youtu.be/K6G_hugwG0E [/quote] Just pure magic. Rob Dean's RD Artist guit*r is pretty cool too....... [quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1487418816' post='3239640'] You know, his were custom build short scales. [/quote] Didn't know that, but makes sense - in all other respects the TB is about as polar opposite to the basses he was playing in the '60's as a 4 string bass can be. I'm assuming the "disco" bassline on "Miss you" was the TB

A certain Mr Wyman also a player of these of course....

[quote name='Bridgehouse' timestamp='1487085689' post='3236889'] I appear to have developed GAS for a TB2000. Weight aside, are they worth the pursuit, or am I going slightly mad? [/quote] You'd be pretty lucky to find one I think, but they do turn up! Very fond of mine (pics) - sustains forever, harmonics in the tone you just don't get in an all-wood bass, the neck p/up is right up against the neck which I like, and I personally don't find the weight an issue. Also aesthetically it's a piece of pure sculpture in solid koa and polished alloy. The cold neck (also a bit wide for me ) is the main reason don't gig it as much as I should. Very different beast to the Kramer basses (I've also got a 650B)

Bought a P body off Dave - smooth easy deal, a pleasure to communicate with, and he arranged courier the same day I bought it Top fella - happy to deal with anytime