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    It's been both sad and therapeutic to sell these bitsas, they're all lovely instruments that I put together slowly and after much trial and error (probably more error than trial if truth be told) over a few years. So, sentiment says keep them, but for a very long time I've realised that all I need is a decent P/J with frets and the same without, and having had the former for a fait while now, t looks like I've finally got the latter courtesy of the below (and oddly the neck from this bass belongs to the body of my fretless P/J). Thanks for all the positive comments and enquiries folks, much appreciated. Chris
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    Number 2 on hold pending the usual
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    Number 3 sold
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    Crikey
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    I have so many pieces of old instruments lying around Stew, bridges, bodies, pickguards, PUPs, I really should sell them as I want to start playing and recording basses again as opposed to finding bits of wood and metal that work really well together only to sell them all and start again Re that body above, I bought a set of heavyweight brass hardware from Walshy (I think) - bridge, pickguard and thumbrest - polished them to a shine and put them on that body and they looked amazing, but it weighed in at about 7lbs without PUPs, circuit or neck Having said that, I like building really heavy basses, putting on a set of La Bella Deep Talkers, taking the action to about 12mm at the 12th, and taking it to rehearsal, because both our singer and guitarist fancy themselves as bassists, and trying to nail Sympathy for the Devil on such a bass whilst I'm taking a toilet break tends to dissuade them. As has been said many time, there's four of us in the band and three of them are better bassists than me, I have to get my wins where I can
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    That ain't weather beaten Stew, this is weather beaten, the body that the Russian replaced, but a lovely lump of wood nonetheless
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    Thanks for the above guys. I get that EC was both an innovator and a technician, but I never felt there was much soul in his playing, and I used to play a lot of old 60's blues and Cream covers so spent a lot of time listening (happy to be steered towards anything in the 70s I might have missed). I guess the contrast I'm making is with NY who is no technician, and quite possibly not an innovator, but who for me gets a hell of a lot of emotion out of his instrument, or at least, whatever he does on the instrument brings a lot of emotion to the song/recording overall. A good example being the intro to Alabama (which has always struck me as typical NY but is perhaps one of the session guys), that's got an edginess and even awkwardness that is really hard to replicate (and in my old band, we tried, how we tried). But for me, that line takes me somewhere that I suspect isn't too far form where NY was when he wrote the song, there's a powerful synergy of the emotion in the guitar playing with those in the lyrics
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    Did you miss it Jack? Next time mate
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    As I think Nik the Silver Fox felt as well, watching that video of your band made me long to be gigging again, really powerful yet effortless performance. Love it
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    And now if I don't sell the three bitsas this is replacing, me and the kids won't eat until Christmas, and then it'll be toast only Shameless plug
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    https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/dec/19/beatles-solo-albums-reviewed-1970 Or should I start another thread
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    I imagine the replacement will be the same. I was in an Indian Restaurant in Southampton in the early 80's after a gig. My two onion bhajis were stone cold. I called the waiter over and told him; the ambient volume level in the place dropped to almost anechoic chamber levels, and I heard someone whisper "flip me, he can't be from around here, he's sending the flipping food back". The bhajis that came back to the table about 15 minutes later were, I suspect exactly the same ones that had left 15 minutes earlier at exactly the same temperature as before if not a little cooler. I was going to say something to the waiter but gut instinct said "leave it Beedster, leave it". And no, I most certainly did not eat them. But I did learn that the emotions associated with wanting what you paid for are not always helpful
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    Fair point, the Beatles produced some music that I really don't like, including but not limited to those L&M songs above. But these are perhaps the exceptions rather than the rule? Re GH I'd certainly rate Here Comes the Sun, Taxman & Old Brown Shoe as great songs, but I'd say the ratio good to bad songs GH to L&M was about the same, just the volume that differed, which can give the impression that L&M produced more crap songs But as ever, it's all personal opinion and tastes
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    Need some cash in my PayPal account today, offers............
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    Love the clip, and agree re his musicianship, there's much snobbery around this "He's not one of the great bass players because he's not a bassist". I rank Keith Richards as one of the great bass players, most would disagree
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    I have four basses, all bitsas (Precision, P/J/ FL. Jazz and Jazz FL). All are quality albeit mongrel instruments that I've put together from decent parts. For a while I've wanted to get down to two and have been waiting for the right fretted PJ to come along. Anyway, it has, and oddly enough not only did I know it was the right one the moment I saw it, but I also already own the original body (long story). So, they're are up for grabs. I have got to the point where sentiment loses out to cold hard cash so I will also part out these basses. I will price stuff individually later today. I have posted holding photos for now, these are old and some of the bridges have been changed (I'm a tinkerer). Collection from Canterbury is great, otherwise courier it is. No trades thanks Bass number 1: £450 Warmoth Jazz Body (£200 fully loaded) Musikraft Neck, maple board £250 with tuners) 80's Dimarzio PAF PUPs Kiogon circuit with series/paralell push/pull pot Badass bridge (shown in photo with BBOT) Gotoh vintage tuners A great jazz, solid as a rock, fast and full. Beautifully engineered body by Warmoth, clearly it's been modified at some stage in its life. The neck is one of those that has broken a few hearts, apparently if you're a Jazzer (I'm not) you pick up this bass and think to yourself "why doesn't my Jazz bass neck feel like that?". At this price I defy anyone to show me a better Jazz bass. Bass number 2: £350 Noname body Wizard '64 PUPs Warmoth fretless neck, Macassar (tiger-striped) ebony board Gotoh vintage tuners Badass bridge Kiogon circuit This is NOT a a bass for those of you with delicate backs, it is however a powerful sounding and articulate instrument. It's been the go-to fretless in my studio for a long time. Bass number 3: £350 Noname 3tsb reliced ash body £200 fully loaded Warmoth fretted Precision neck, ebony board (£150 with Schaller tuners) Schaller tuners SD QP PUP Unknown circuit BBOT bridge (shown in photo with Badass) Bit of a mystery body bought from St Petersburg, Russia. Lovely lovely feel and looks, the wear is either a VERY good relic job or authentic, my guess is the latter. There is VERY slight sign of the neck pocket being sanded perhaps to accommodate a larger heel at some point, but if compared with standard heel/pocket fare from Fendre in the 70's it's about as snug as you'll get! I've tried to photo this below. I don't normally use SD PUPS but with this bass and flatwounds it just works. Can supply a full pickguard for the purists out there. Warmoth Precision neck with ebony board, what more is there to say
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    Saying this out of genuine interest, what would you suggest that I do rate him on? I'm in the mood for rediscovery at present?
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    And given a few of them were playing 12's it often sounded like more
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    And me
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    With you on that Walshy
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    Absolutely Nik, absolutely
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    I hope you directed him to bassnotchat.com Ped
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    PS love the Beatles cover, nice one
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    There've been a few threads on here recently relating to what people believe justifies returning a bass. All I can say given the pics here and elsewhere is that the buyers in question should see what we had to put up with in the 70's and 80's, and at far higher price points relatively speaking. Try and return a bass back then - and boy by today's standards there was serious cause - and the shop would likely say "We don't know when we'll see another bass guitar, and when we do, there's a good chance it'll be worse than this one"
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