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    Reuel's bass travel plan. (Shipping has now been paid for!)

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    Posted · Edited by Shaggy

    I've avoided putting my pennyworth in thus far, so as not to make moral judgements - although I was within a whisker of being scammed for a Wal Mk 1 Custom on ebay a couple of years back and well annoyed about it. But having met and traded with Rob twice, I can say that the integrity and compassion for fellow bassists he's shown here comes as no surprise to me.
    Nice one man! :)

    NB; I'm sure there's material for an episode of "Spooks" here - just need to find a Russian angle somehow.......... :huh:

    Active Bass Batteries

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    [quote name='SteveO' post='328084' date='Nov 13 2008, 07:21 AM']These days I use rechargeables, and stick a full one in every gig. There's no reason why all preamps should have the same current drain though. I guess cheap basses (mines the yamaha 375) have cheap preamps with higher drain?.[/quote]
    Same here. All my actives (apart from the Eagle) are oldies and suck batteries dry in no time compared to modern pre-amps. The new Ni-Mh rechargables hold much more charge than the old Ni-Cd ones and are pretty cheap now - use them in my pedal too

    What the hell is a "pocket", more so a "deep pocket"?

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    I thought this thread was going to be about neck pockets and extra-deep neck pockets! 4 pages later I’m none the wiser, but it did remind me of a joke so old Frank Carson probably used it;

    A hippy ([i]read; bassist[/i]) was ambling along through the fields one day, probably looking for “mushrooms”, when he trips over a leprechaun
    “Ah, yer great hippy eejit” curses the leprechaun, “an’ I suppose ye’ll be wanting yer three wishes now?”
    “Three wishes?” muses the hippy “Like………crazy. OK man, I wanna be uptight, outta sight, and in the groove”
    So………..















    …the leprechaun turned him into a sanitary towel. :)


    Coat. Mine. I'll get.

    What's so good about old bass guitars?

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    [quote name='cris the man' post='323313' date='Nov 6 2008, 11:48 AM']i think you'll find the most logical answer is feel (perhaps tone also).

    some people (for example sting) have used their intruments they have used from the start (his fender telecaster bass) and you see its all 'weathered'.[/quote]
    Could be wrong, but I remember him starting on a mid-70's natural / maple neck Precision fretless, moving onto a Ibanez Artist Musican fretless around '80, and then various others until the '50's P / telecaster relatively recently. I always liked his sound best with the Ibanez - on "Message in a bottle", "Walking on the moon" etc (the reason I got one around the same time)

    What's so good about old bass guitars?

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    I honestly don’t know the answer to this, wish I did! :)

    I’ve owned so many basses in 31 years of playing, always moved on basses I didn’t get on with and kept ones I did – result, got too many basses, most of them old but modded to play and/or sound (to me) better than stock. Though I’ve had and moved on some horrible old basses too
    Being entirely objective, the “best” - in terms of materials, design, and craftsmanship - 4 string I ever owned was a 1980 Ibanez Artist Musician (bought brand new), and the “best” bass of all in every respect a 2004 Listerud Totem 7. But I just didn’t bond with either of them. .

    I guess if I were a pro – which I’m not; or a virtuoso – which I’m certainly not; or did a lot of recording – which I don’t; - my choice of basses would be different. But as a weekend warrior I want a bass I can play live that feels and sounds rock n’ roll and so far I’ve only got that from old basses – if that’s an image thing then it’s self-image not projected image that matters to me.
    Probably makes no sense; see first line of post!

    Dubby Bass

    in Bass Guitars

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    [quote name='BassBod' post='318318' date='Oct 30 2008, 12:55 PM']I knew I'd offend someone......hope you're looking after that old Pbass, and not putting it too close to the Magnum.....


    BB[/quote]
    Why - what sort of mutant offspring would they produce? :)

    NB; The P is still my main squeeze - now got a Badass II back on it, definitely improved sustain.

    Dubby Bass

    in Bass Guitars

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    [quote name='BassBod' post='317830' date='Oct 29 2008, 06:43 PM']The old Ovation Magnums are a good bet...but really ugly. Somebody will correct me, I know....

    BB[/quote]

    Oooh you heartless swine! She’s all offended now…… :)
    Jah Wobble famously gets his dub sound on these, and me and Alison Goldfrapp think they’re bloomin gorgeous!
    Gibson EB's too, but I reckon you can't beat a P with flats and the tone rolled off.

    SOLD!! Fender Vintage Reissue Bass Case in Black Tolex (Mint) SOLD!!

    in Accessories & Other Musically Related Items For Sale

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    These are the Rolls Royce (or more properly; Cadillac Eldorado) of cases and bloomin great – I’ve got two. Agreed, a new one like this you’d almost hate to take gigging, but the one for my Gibson is always gigged as it’s the only case that’ll fit it - and still going strong after 30 years, nicely mojo'd. (+1000 for Hiscox though!)
    Bump for a lovely case at a great price - for a cherished old Fender, there’s absolutely nothing better, and would also make it a far more attractive deal if ultimately selling :)

    Calendar for the new year?

    in General Discussion

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    [quote name='Happy Jack' post='313734' date='Oct 24 2008, 12:55 PM']Here's one I prepared earlier ...

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    I'm proud of the way I've kept my figure.

    :)[/quote]
    Lookin' good there Happy Jack!

    Hmmm, so as not to infringe censorship legislation, some us would need to pose behind Thunderbirds, whilst others would make do with a Chapman stick. Outtoplayjazz would probably need his double bass, whilst at least one I know would be OK with just a plectrum.


    Personally, my “P” would cover it.

    Oh, and two 8x10’s of course :huh:

    Where did the Nu-romantic sound come from?

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    Posted · Edited by Shaggy

    [quote name='dub_junkie' post='313491' date='Oct 24 2008, 02:16 AM']. also saw Siouxsie at the ABC in Glasgow in march of this year.another great gig[/quote]

    She’s still got it hasn’t she? Moments of brilliance on the “MantaRay” album I thought. And gorgeous with it…….. I saw the Banshees play an impromptu gig as “Janet & the Icebergs” at Eric’s in Liverpool, John McGeogh on guitar.

    Not that I was so much into nu-romanticism, and now all we see is the sanitised TOTP2 version with kitschy videos of Culture Club, Marilyn, Spandau Ballet, Adam & the Ants, Bananarama et al, but there seemed to me at the time to be a definite North – South divide in the same way there was with Northern Soul; the Northern scene had a harder, more dance/club focussed, more emotionally charged edge to it compared to the more pop / style-orientated South. If you see the film “Letter to Brezhnev” which was filmed just around the end of that time (1984?) you’ll see what I mean, and it’s a great film anyway.

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