Shaggy

Hell of a find Joe!
Did you move the SVT-2 on then? And how big is your band's PA you need a rig like that?

Lovin' those Rics above....

Here's mine; early '60's Broadway semi and highly modded 1954 Gibson ES-175 (fantastically versatile - middle switch position gives middle & bridge p/ups out of phase - "chimes" even better than my old Ric 360/12), and very nice '77 Gibson Mk 35 electro-acoustic that I got in a trade with BurritoBass last year.

Just got a Mesa Boogie mini-stack: '85 Mark III short head and 1x12 EV 200W Thielle cab - will get some pics up.

If this had the full-width sparklies I'd be selling a couple of my old Gibsons for it......

Bump for a lovely old Ric!

Toilet visit just before you go on!

[quote name='Hamster' post='774784' date='Mar 14 2010, 11:04 PM']Will this do for you - not sure I've put it in the right key? or indeed the right notes in the right order, but I think it's close enough

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Hamster, you're a star - cheers mate What a pro tab!

[quote name='BassJase' post='774796' date='Mar 14 2010, 11:22 PM']I managed to hold off learning any Bon Jovi for 17 years, then had to bloody learn "Livin' On A Perm" or whatever late last year.

I was so completely disappointed with myself.[/quote]

Unfortunately we seem to do a disproportiate amount of cheese - me and the drummer make sure a few gems get in - but on the plus side the BJ basslines are usually quite fun and the punters invariably love 'em "In these arms" the best of the bunch, I reckon.

Band want to try it this week, can't find a tab on the usual sites, and haven't got the time to transcribe as Mrs Shaggy had me chained to the hammer drill all weekend doing long overdue DIY. Any help appreciated!

[quote name='Davetbass' post='771996' date='Mar 11 2010, 07:16 PM']I think this guy had an original mid 60's Jazz for sale a couple of years ago for about £20 000 . It had the same grandiose description (had to open the door to let the pish out!) and attitude. When I emailed him with what I thought was a reasonable offer he called me a "douchebag" and told me that my offer wouldn't buy the air around this bass. Mailed him back informing him that as I'm Scottish I had no idea what a douchebag was so his insult was pointless. Offered some local insults for him to try on back and finished with a $20 dollar offer for the "bass air"!!

Dickhead!![/quote]


[quote name='skankdelvar' post='772346' date='Mar 12 2010, 02:01 AM']The minute I saw the word 'Douchebag', I thought "Aha! Must be the rebarbative Mr tune-o-matic, e-bay's happiest seller".

It would almost be worth destroying an e-bay account just to mail him: "[font="Courier New"]thjt is A squire Mike Durnt yo hav stript i have one lik it u Nzi LOLZ, Com 2 iowa i kick yore ass, Kenny bass god[/font]" and wait for the detonation.[/quote]


Those 2 posts made a dull afternoon bearable!

[quote name='Vibrating G String' post='772388' date='Mar 12 2010, 07:42 AM']What are the best years also changes in what year you ask. In the '80's 1966 through the '70's was utter crap and all the experts knew it. The MIJ basses were also the bottom of the heap. The basses haven't changed but the expert opinions have changed greatly.

I think you have to judge them as individuals and only use the year to find the features & look you prefer. The best "Fenders" I've ever owned were copies made by Tokai and Fernandes. [/quote]
Very true

When I was a spotty 16 year old *[i]coughs[/i]* years ago the local guitar shop had a late '60's Jazz in seafoam green on the wall, £200, the guy behind the counter thought it just "OK". 'course all I wanted then was a new Ibanez....

[quote name='Clarky' post='771741' date='Mar 11 2010, 03:51 PM']I wasn't 100% sure about Magazine bur are you sure about the Bad Seeds? The bass has a lot of slides on the album I mentioned[/quote]

Honestly not sure what was playing in the BS - seen him with Rics, Fenders, and unidentified, but never a fretless! He always gets that slidey "hollow" sound, I'd love to know how on a fretted bass. Seems to have gone back to the old Magnum of late, probably because of the Magazine reunion


[quote name='Happy Jack' post='771816' date='Mar 11 2010, 04:49 PM']YMMV.[/quote]

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I realise of course, that a pit of crocodiles is safer than ebay, so it wasn't much of an endorsement for V&R!

[quote name='Clarky' post='771589' date='Mar 11 2010, 01:42 PM']You of all people Steve should recall that Barry Adamson used a fretless in Magazine and in his Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds recordings (eg, the superb 'Your funeral, my trial') [/quote]

Sounds like it, but it was actually fretted (Ovation Magnum). One of my top three all-time fave bass tones.

On topic; that's a peach of a P. V&R come in for some bad press but they're not so bad (I bought a '65 T'bird there last year) and sure is safer tham ebay for vintage gear.

If you can find one, a s/h Yamaha BBT-500H. All-digital, so it's not much bigger & heavier than a big lap-top but runs 500W into 2 ohm, decent EQ, compression, amp modelling (does hi-fi modern or Ampeg grit very well indeed), usual DI etc - mines been 100% reliable in 5 yrs and carries around in my leads box.

[quote name='Beedster' post='767280' date='Mar 7 2010, 08:38 PM']I've had this a month now and I can say with 100% confidence that everything that's been said about it is spot on, a truly great bass. Took me a while to get it set up, but now I have, it is definitely the best fretless I've played, and I've owned a few nice ones. Greg, thanks for your patiance on this mate, hope you're enjoying the Ric. Wallbassist/BassBod, many thanks for your help, you were both bang on!

Having taken it apart and had a good nose about, it's also a '71...

Chris[/quote]

Chris – glad you’re happy mate, it was easily the best fretless I owned too - certainly the lightest (which if it’s a ’71 makes sense, as Fender were still in ‘60’s mode) - but I’m playing mainly fretted these days, plus I’ve had a fretless Ovation Magnum for many years that for all its faults just feels right – a “comfortable old sweater” of a bass.

Haven’t played the Ric as much as it deserves; I plan on putting the Ric bridge and strings back on once I source some Ric p/ups, and change in one fell swoop. It’s a thing of beauty though, and apologies to Mrs Beedster for replacing it with yet another garish tatty old Fender……..


[quote name='BassBod' post='767454' date='Mar 7 2010, 11:48 PM']The neck also originally had a "J Torres" stamp on the heel.[/quote]

Wonder what he's doing now?

Used to have a Framus Grand Star archtop guit*r - that had a "parallel fingerboard" too (no taper). Odd. Nicely made instruments, but probaly unfashionable even when they were new.

Already put this one in the "Gibson porn" thread; but here's my '69 EB-2DC and '58 EB-2.

I used to regularly pick up Police radio messages on my first bass / amp rig. Very disconcerting.

VT-40, 18 years old and still going strong, best "compact" head I've used.

Are the Epi pickups chrome or nickel?

Listeruds are fantastically well-made basses; I had Elros's wenge / maple Totem 7-string a few years back and really miss it
Does it have the output jack on a "Strat" mount on the rear cover too? neat idea
Bump for a stunning bass

Been looking for a nice but cheap Les Paul.......

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gibson-Les-Paul-25-50-one-of-100-Flame-Tops-1978-NEW-OS_W0QQitemZ230425796171QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item35a6729e4b"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gibson-Les-Paul-25-5...=item35a6729e4b[/url]


..........I don't think this is the one

I'm sure there was a thread recently on these. They're cracking basses, I had one new in '79 (as did a certain Mr Sting). Body wings are stained ash, and they had tuned rods in the neck to eliminate dead spots.
I think the last one on here went around the £300 mark so for a scruffy one that'd be your baseline, but good ones can go for £800 on the 'bay.
Pics are always good!

Thanks guys, some cracking Gibbos on here ( I r[i]eally[/i] want EvilLordJuju's CMT RD Artist! And his non-reverse 'bird :wub: )
Retroman, re the EB-2 mud; the bridge p/up definitely helps add some bite but I was surprised how articulate it is even on neck p/up only - DR roundwounds and some high mids boost on the amp helps!

.......lastly '69 EB-2DC. Very different beast to the '58, a total blues- machine with the deep switch on. Again, no mud; deep, rich and growly, lovely fast neck

.......'58 EB2 - shabby but all-original. No mud here (bakelite pup is single coil), a lovely very acoustic sound - awesome to play a bass from the dawn of rock n' roll
"Banjo" Kluson tuners interesting but crap.

........'85 Explorer: yes it's the most radical, the most flawed, but actually a simple, robust and honest bass that's very nearly as ergonomic to play as the T'bird, and sounds nearly as good too. Lookin' for a ZZ Top tribute band...

......'77 RD Artist. Huge heavy bar-room brawler of a bass