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    [quote name='spacey' timestamp='1418833643' post='2633866'] The counterfeit ones getting sold will only increase the value of the genuine vintage ones, a real one, is a real one and as the prices of fakes escalates the genuine instruments will rise in comparison. [/quote] Or the availability of good copies reduces the number of people looking to buy the real thing, and reduced demand = lower prices for the real thing. I know a few guys - some on here - who've sold their old '60s/70's instruments and are still getting the same feel/vibe/tone and admiring glances playing a faker/snide/relic/whatever which cost a whole lot less, is a whole lot more reliable, induces zero damage/theft anxiety at gigs, and is, despite what people may think, often equally easy to sell on as the real thing if you don't get on with it or need the cash.
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    Well I'm now tempted to keep this and sell my Yamaha SLB-100. I wonder just how different they'd sound....
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    SOLD
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    [quote name='Marc S' timestamp='1416317476' post='2608947'] Shame you aren't finishing this project Beedster I was interested when you posted the thread... Sadly, I just don't have time But I do like the idea of this GLWTS Someone please buy this - I want to see it finished! lol [/quote] Cheers Marc, if it's still around next summer I might just try to find the time to do it. And probably then sell it
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    Have a listen to how Bruce Foxton not only plagiarised Macca but did so in a really innovative and creative way in songs that were very un-Beatles. Jaco on the other hand plagiarised his own work in song after song but never sounded the same doing so. As Einstein said, the secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources
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    Link to Kev's bass Phil http://basschat.co.uk/topic/195926-new-pics-1979-fender-precision-frettless-rare-maple-board-final-price-drop/
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    Hi Phil Buy a bass with said neck and sell the other bits is probably the cheapest bet, I don't think even Warmoth offer it as an option. Fender and Ibanez offered them back in the day (and there is a quite rare recent Fender MIJ RI), but they never really caught on amongst bassists in comparison with rosewood, ebony etc. My old bass is for sale, albeit in a new colour scheme, by kevinjazzbass on this forum. I had the neck refinished by Martin Simms and it is absolutely stunning, as good if not better than new. I know Kev is keen to move it on so I'd suggest that might be your best starting point? The maple FL necks do pop up FS on USA eBay occasionally but you have to keep in mind that they tend to be preloved in every sense of the phrase, and removing string wear from the finish of a maple board is a very different prospect - and a very different price range - to the same work on a rosewood or ebony board. I don't know exactly what it is, but there is a magic to a maple fretless neck C
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    [quote name='Memory' timestamp='1417469026' post='2620752'] Hello Chris, Yes, it's [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]factory fretless. [/font][/color]You can check the serial number, if you want. String spacing is [color=#000000][font=Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif][size=3]11/16". [/size][/font][/color]Neck Width is 1-3/4" (44.5 mm) at nut 2-13/16" (71.4 mm) at last fret. Strings aren't precariously close to the edge of the board. I can make a picture, if you want. I had this problem with other bass guitars (five string Fenders typically), but not here. Bass is fine. Everything works great. [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]The bass has minor signs of using, as I wrote in description. [/font][/color]A few minor scratches on the head and one little on the body on the top side. I think that's normal. It is a 10 year old bass guitar. We can discuss in private communication, if you want. Cheers Some links about 5 string bongo and MM string spacing: [url="http://www.music-man.com/faq/music-man-basses/what-is-the-string-spacing-on-the-music-man-basses.html"]http://www.music-man...man-basses.html[/url] [url="http://www.music-man.com/instruments/basses/bongo-5.html"]http://www.music-man...es/bongo-5.html[/url] [/quote] Many thanks Memory. Whilst I'm extremely tempted, I've done as much reading on the model as I can and have come to the conclusion that I really do need to play one before buying! It goes without saying that there ain't a whole lot of fretless Bongo 5s in bass shops here! I'll give it some thought and see if I can find someone on here who's got one and is close enough to let me have a play. Chris
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    I'm guessing that as the OP hasn't posted for three months it's all a little academic anyway
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    I've been looking at this a lot! I'm looking for a 5-string fretless and that really would be just the ticket, I really liked my old Bongo V. I assume it's factory Fretless? Can you let me have string spacings, nut width etc? Any issues with string precariously close to the edge of the board which was s problem with some B5s? Any other issues? Chris
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    [quote name='KevB' timestamp='1417426129' post='2620089'] No more the end than it was when Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey, Neil Diamond, Dolly Parton etc filled that Sunday lunchtime slot which is when I understand LR will be on. From the info currently available he is not headlining. [/quote] Fair point, although to me there's a certain quality to even those names that is lacking with LR although I have admit I'm struggling to define the quality in question!
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    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30270368
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    [quote name='walbassist' timestamp='1417355896' post='2619456'] I think Beedster's looking for one of these. [/quote] Cheers walbassist, although I need one without frets! Having said this, I have a fretted TRB6 and in many respects they are the ultimate bass, so as has been said above, the buyer won't be disappointed C
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    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-1971-Fender-Precision-Fretless-3-tone-Sunburst-Electric-Bass-/350874260201?pt=Guitar&hash=item51b1bc52e9
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    [quote name='ratman' timestamp='1417183940' post='2617911'] That's just brilliant, turning a real Ric into a Faker. I love it [/quote] It'll only add to its value [quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1417187201' post='2617979'] ... as my hands like the spacing of a J but not the dimensions of a J neck, a fiver feels just right. [/quote] Exactly my experience.
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    Climate change scientists assert that some of the most compelling evidence yet provided for global warming is that of the apparently coincidental demise of rappers Ice-T and Vanilla Ice in the mid-1990s. This theory is currently extended by a team from Thames Valley University who aim to identify whether the same global conditions were responsible for the failure of Liverpool-based Alt-Indie groovers The Icicle Works at around the same time. A counter argument is however proposed by the anti-global warming lobby which cites the fact that Aussie rockers Icehouse continue to tour and record as categorical evidence of the need for an alternative theory. They argue that their data suggest that crapness - and not rising sea levels - were the legitimate causal mechanism of the rappers' disappearance. Seal, Fish, The Eels, and Noah and the Whale are said to be anxious for issues around rising sea levels to be resolved at the earliest opportunity, as understandably was Sandy Shaw, whilst a spokesman for A Flock of Seagulls indicated that the band are keeping a keen eye on events. Bono has launched a charity appeal whilst Prince wasn't available for comment but has instructed several legal teams to investigate whether nature or God has infringed his intellectual property rights in any way.
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    After playing 5ers quite a lot back in the day I went through a phase of only playing certain vintage brands (Ric/MM/Fender) that didn't do 5ers in the models I wanted to be seen on stage with. Now that I've regained some common sense again I find 4ers really restrictive. I've still got two, both Rics, but both would be better with the extra string. I'm tempted to try and covert one of the Rics, which has both a lovely wide neck and fortuitously one of the long headstocks, to a 5er. Look at for that thread!
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    Taking the stage together at Glasto next year will be a 70's beatnick piano playing jazzer, 50% of 80's synth pop duo Tubeway Army, and 80% of 90's boy band Five, Tom Waits Four Numan
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    Fats Domino blamed what was in retrospect a poorly judged week long course with Weightwatchers for his latter career loss of identity.
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    Hamfist, you are the Mr Kipling of bass
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    [quote name='Stealth' timestamp='1413825534' post='2582437'] Or you can buy my very nearly new rig foe loads less. AND I can but food lol [/quote] Your rig is a bargain Stealth, even I can't justify two of them though
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    [quote name='lovetheblues' timestamp='1416985038' post='2615682'] The V4B is bliss!! It's like the best tone you can get with an Ampeg P500 and then make it 3D. It's amazing - the tone I was searching for :-) Mine is a 1994 model and it rocks! [/quote] +1
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    [quote name='miles'tone' timestamp='1416951744' post='2615517'] Another option is to contact Andy Baxter www.andybaxterbass.com and ask him to find you an original 70's example. He's super-hooked up with guitar traders globally and he could probably find what you're after (year, finish, condition, etc..) I think you might be surprised how much less this option will cost compared to a special order Custom shop build. Better investment longterm too I imagine. Edit: I have no affiliation with him at all. I just drool at his website every once in a while! I personally would love a Y.O.B. '72 fretless P myself. [/quote] Spot on, and a wanted ad on Basschat ain't a bad idea either
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    Small PJB boxes, low output levels and hiss are in my opinion a fact of life. I had a Markbass 1x8 box that was about half the size of the cub but twice as loud and sounded much better with bass to my ear. The only PJB stuff that has worked for me in gig terms has been the larger boxes, but they tend to be both prohibitively heavy and expensive. In fact, I got rid of all my PJB on the basis of weight alone - if I'm going to lug that much weight to a gig it's going to need to be justified by several large tubes and the ability to wobble lower limbs. PJB gear is very very high quality in so many respects. But....
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