Shaggy

http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/EB3.php and http://www.vintageguitarandbass.com/gibson/bass/EB3.php

[quote name='convair' timestamp='1331876900' post='1580211'] [list=1] [*]This is My '65 Rick 4005 very nice neck on this one, I also had a very nice 4003 but sold her off to pay bills well to be honest I ebayed her to pay for tickets to see the Stones in a 1400 seat club [*][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/convair/4005.jpg[/IMG] [*][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/convair/4005c.jpg[/IMG] [*][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/convair/4005-b-.jpg[/IMG] [/list] [/quote] God damn, that is a thing of beauty :-O That and a Gibbo RD Artist CMT are the only two basses I have any remaing GAS for, both now mega rare and stratospherically pricey...... Just fabulous!

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1331152695' post='1568647'] Yep, sold my my 4003 FL to Greg and then bought it back, best decision I ever made (bass-wise anyway). [/quote] what can I say.....I bought her the best chrome bling money can buy, lavished plush-lined cases on her, waxed her with my own hands.....and still she went back to you oh well On topic; I'm so bad at selling basses that when I do I'm pretty sure about it. Do quite regret the '71 P/J fretless Precision that then went through the hands of Beedster and Clarky....have her back in a shot

[quote name='shizznit' timestamp='1331197072' post='1569098'] I have played many gigs in the Merthyr area because 5 members of the band are from that neck of the woods and we get a lot of gigs from word of mouth. Always had a lot of fun up there and never had any trouble with the punters. Stay in town...stay away from Gurnos! [/quote] +1 to that - pretty sure I haven't had the pleasure of this particular venue, but we play a lot of gigs in the Valleys including the Merthyr area and they're invariably great, the punters drink hard and party harder. Fights are common (wedding do's often the worst!), but never aimed at the band in my experience. Gurnos Estate is infamous, yet another legacy of fantastic '60's social planning.....

All tasty, but loving that custom Warmoth T'bird - rawk-tastic!!!

Bought a 15" driver from Martin; easy smooth deal, sorted courier and everything, great guy to talk to - some entertaining corrspondence about ducks..... :-)

Honestly thought from thread title that this was about sunglasses... Best ones I know of are from WD music, not cheap but it's the proper vintage spec 5-ply nitrocellulose, Howard bass Doc gets his blank sheet from there I think; Brown: http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/product/Jazz_Bass_Vintage_-_Tortoise_Shell_JB-305 Red: http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/product/Jazz_Bass_Vintage_-_Tortoise_Shell_Red_JB-305R (that's the Vintage template - "Standard" on there too)

Just bought a badass off Steve; top bloke to deal with, hugely entertaining correspondant, AND unfairly talented photographer. Thanks mate, and look me up when you're down Llanelli next - we'll share a drop of Felinfoel Double Dragon together and "talent scout" for models....

Not all were firewood - although my memory is that they were - see my thread: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/166437-satellite-back-in-orbit/ At least the bass in the OP is reasonably solid wood - my first bass (Kalamazoo KB) may have been US made but had an MDF body made by a toilet-seat manufacturer, and my second (Columbus Jazz copy) was of a particularly nasty grade of plywood....

[quote name='dan2112' timestamp='1328123630' post='1522255'] Yeah I got it...and sold it this morning. Really fancy a gibson bass of some sort. PReferably a grabber [/quote] That Grabber that Rob's selling you've got your eye on is an absolute cracker, and he's a great guy to deal with. If I could only have one Gibson though......would have to be a thunderbird...

[quote name='Rumple' timestamp='1328084487' post='1521400'] Just noticed that my one has has through body stringing and yours doesn't, I wonder if that was something Satalite added or took away at some point during production or mine has been modified at some point. [/quote] That's interesting - definitely a question for Bassassin!!! Funnily enough the ebay bridge I got for it is a thru-body stringing only unit, and looking at it again I reckon the string height won't be the issue I thought it would be. Think that could be the next mod....

[quote name='dan2112' timestamp='1328060995' post='1521334'] Daaaam Greg, that looks fantastic!! did you manage to get the sheered screw out? [/quote] No - it's not really a problem, and I'm planning on changing the bridge at some point so may not even use that screw-hole Thanks again for the deal - did you find that MusicMan you were after?

Thanks fellas, I can see why some BC-ers get hooked on basses like these! She was great on the gig too, felt quite nostalgic somehow [quote name='fumps' timestamp='1328021063' post='1520402'] nice looking Bass i am of the rare breed that likes Basses without a sctratch plate just think it looks more sleak & clean [/quote] Being one of those even rarer breed who like Gibson basses I tend to agree with that, however; the styling of any Fender bass or guitar is defined by its scratchplate, the MM Stingray even more so, and the Ric 4001 / 3 one is naff but ....somehow totally right

[quote name='Rumple' timestamp='1327839244' post='1517385'] Found this picture of it [attachment=98436:PICT0002.JPG] [/quote] That's one of the coolest bass / amp combinations I've seen in a while....

NB; Bassassin had same model a few years ago: http://www.vintaxe.com/boards/viewtopic.php?p=6720&sid=d42fb51a320fdd8d0691acc55177d681 (bottom of page) - nicer grain than mine too. Wonder what happened to it?

Strung her up (D’Addario pro-steels), bit of tweaking of the bridge – no need to touch the truss-rod, and fired her up! Result? Very very impressed; feels exactly like what it is – a heavy Precision bass, and therefore like slipping on an old comfortable pair of shoes. Soundwise it certainly has the depth and punch of a Precision, but with that body/neck construction, tonewoods, brass nut and heavy bridge it has that big, open, “ringing” tone I’ve only previously heard on my ’76 Alembic Series 1, almost like a grand piano but with that underlying tiger-like growl. Can’t wait to sort the circuit and get that J p/up hooked up too. Taking for first gig tonight, think this’ll be a keeper for a good while.

After a bit of humming and ha-ing – option 3 seemed to offer best results for not too much effort, and zero additional cost apart from sorting a twin p/up circuit. Been a few years since I’d done any routing; with typical impatience did freehand rather than using a jig, reasonably pleased with results. Filled and stained the screwholes on the front (for thumbrest, p/up and bridge covers), and T-cut the finsh which made a huge improvement – the back of the neck is glass-smooth. Fitted p/ups, the P circuit (so only the P p/up operational at the moment, but J p/up otherwise fully installed), and knobs (again from parts drawer). I’d bought a chunky ‘80’s brass bridge off ebay for authenticity; unfortunately the fingerboard sits quite low over the body so the brass bridge was too high. I already had a “high mass” type chrome one that was an improvement on the existing perfectly serviceable BBOT one; even that had to have the saddles adjusted almost as low as they’d go. Note mish-mash of bridge fixing screws in pics; will get some decent ones in!

Just a quickie “knee trembler” of a project this one; Despite having a silly number of fairly nice vintage basses, I’ve recently been converted to just how good a decent budget bass can be, and what a relief it is not having to worry about it when gigging – especially dodgy venues with all the band gear stuffed into a VW van! Last year or so I’ve been gigging with a Squier MB (P / J) bass, a really nice little bass, especially after upgrading the p/ups with Bartolinis. Anyway – only three weeks ago or so our own Dan 2112 advertised a 1980’s Satellite “Precison” neck-thru bass project on BC – complete bass minus p/ups and electrics, in good nick bar a few odd screw holes here and there. Caught my eye as (1) I can’t resist ogling an out-and-out ‘80’s bass – my era!!! (2) it reminded me very much of the only bass I ever bought new – an Ibanez Musician (like Sting’s) bought from Hessey’s of Liverpool in 1980, and (3) unusually for that type of bass it had a maple fingerboard, which I’ve always had a soft spot for. All for a mere £50! Resolutely decided not to go for it initially, then pulled the trigger almost too late, but in the end had the bass off Dan (an absolute gent by the way) who only lives just up the M4 from me in Ker-diff. Nice one the Blues this week incidentally….! Well, I remember Satellites as being fairly nasty, at the lower end of budget Japcrap at the time (early ‘80’s); but this had to be one of their better efforts – since researched their neck-thru guitars and basses and they were clearly a cut above the rest of the range; not up the standard of my old Ibby Musician, but not at all far short. Very nice maple neck-thru with walnut or rosewood stringers and that instantly familiar neck profile (I also own a ’65 Fender P), brass nut, and stained ash body wings. No lightweight – as I certainly remember the Ibby - which doesn’t bother me too much as most of my basses are heavy old girls. So – potential options: 1. Leave as is is, fit a DiMarzio p/up with crème covers for Full Monty ‘80’s-tastic look. Already got a P-bass circuit and decent bridge in my parts drawer (that’s parts, not pants ok…..) 2. Leave as is, fit the Bart P p/up from out of the Squier – probably my favourite “hi-fi” passive P p/up. (with P circuit and decent bridge as above) 3. Route for an additional “J” p/up, fit both the Bart P & J p/ups. In terms of tonal versatility, definitely preferred to above. Normally I’d baulk at modding a vintage bass so radically, but at the end of the day it’s £50 Japcrap and I’m sorting a bass specifically to gig. 4. As (3) but fully strip the bass to remove the dark lacquer on body wings, refin in clear natural so it would be more similar to an Aria SB. Undoubtedly would look better (I’m not a fan of dark woods), but a major faff and the existing poly finish is in excellent nick.

Sounds like a hell of a good gig whatever it is, personally I'd play a Daisy Rock Bronco if I had to and it meant that much to me.... T'birds demand to be played through a valve amp (as an aside: Gibbo RD Artists even more so); on the rare occasions my '65 IV gets an outing its through an Ampeg SVP-pro / SVT300 rig (effectively an SVT2-pro, with a bit more tonal flexibility) and Eden 410XLT. Untouchable. Much amp advice here, but somebody mentioned the Mike Lull p/ups: http://www.mikelull.com/t%20bass%20parts.htm - probably the single best mod you could do to get that classic sound, albeit an expensive one. Keep us informed......