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I was in NY about 3 years ago, walked past BB kings club on 42nd and saw they were playing that night, got me a ticket for the 10 o'clock show Cool as f***, seeing TOP at BB Kings in NY City Tony

It went to me, then off to a guy in London via this forum, Damon42 or somthing like that, a MK fan with a few GB's if I remember rightly. I played this for a while, gigged it a few times, but was moving more toward an extra strings at the time Not many neck thru spitfires around? Wouldn't mind another GB spitfire, but would prefer something more solid colour than the exquisite stained wood finishes Bernie produces! Someone was selling a white bass for a while (Ian I think?) should have had that when it was available (kicks self hard) anyone know where that is now? Tony

Fender custom classic jazz, I like these A few 64 custom shop basses knocking around as well! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Jazz-Bass-USA-Custom-Shop-Classic_W0QQitemZ150412658508QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item23054b074c#ht_1238wt_1167"]Custom classic[/url]

Not long left on this! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Warwick-Dolphin-Pro-I-5-String-Fretless-Neck-Thru_W0QQitemZ170446212841QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item27af62cee9#ht_500wt_1182"]Dolphin[/url]

@ flyfisher I've tried many sound cards with various input options, ended up with a control surface combined with an audio interface, the Digi 002, running pro tools LE8. I much prefer this set up, plug it in and off ya go, works outside of pro tools in standalone mode too I was a cubase user, and have nothing bad to say about it, but when it came to using a control surface with software, pro tools seemed to have the edge. Pro tools LE systems are built to work with hard ware so they do the job well (not suggesting other DAW software doesn't though) You can pick a used Digi 002 up for between £400 and £500 as the current model is the 003 Tony Hope that helps

JK put together a comp' album called late night tales ( a few artists have done this one) it is said to be made up of some of his influences, that may be a good place to start Tony

Galliano have moved therer sond around a bit. The era around Twyford down was cool! Acid jazz used to do compiliation albums, I've ot a few somewhere, a good rane of sounds from funk, UK acid jazz, latin etc, I bought albums by several artists on the strength of what I heard on those CD's Also try Mr Exe, Count basic, Seven Eleven (with bootsy clone, Dodge), Roy ayres, Groove collective, Quantic soul, there's more, but most seem to appear on compilation albums, if you know where to look, you can find some serious funk. I rely on one of my mates for this particular genre! Freakpower kind of had that sound around the tune in period, check out the album. Mother Earth, great band, saw them live once, check out the poeple tree! Tony

Yeah, I know what you're sayin! The white p/up covers make it happen as well! I checked a few years back, and as far as I know, you can't get your hands on these covers in white, maybe thats changed now? Tony

I have an L2500, but it's fretless, so maybe not the best to compare against a 'ray Will say this though, lots of tone options and a really good B string for a 34" scale bass I have no experience of the tributes, but I'd look out for a second hand US L2500, they can be had for around £600 - £700! Tony

Re: price of a refin! I got a quote from the tech who works in PMT at Salford and it was £200 Another quote from [url="http://paulcuthbertguitars.co.uk/"]http://paulcuthbertguitars.co.uk/[/url] and that was around the £150 mark The guy who is doing mine is less, but then he doesn't do it full time, but good at what he does @waynepunkdude - yes, I agree :-) Tony

Thx for the advice! The thread was intended for colour opinions! I wouldn't refinish a bad bass and wouldn't chuck a high amount of $$ at a bass when I could buy one for less, been doing the bass thing for too long ;-) Torn between powder blu and bttercream style off white, both with a tort' plate! It should go in next week, I'll do the usual beofre and after stuff Tony

Nice colour! It all adds up right, I got a good refinisher contact and the price is right, making it cost effective, so that side of it is fine, I saw some of his work tonight as he has done a fair bit for the guitarist in my band. This guy is good from what I've seen, but he does it more as a passtime as his regular job involves spraying and keeps him way too busy to do this sort of thing full time, apparently he really enjoys doing guitars! The finished price is gonna come in less than the average ebay price and I'll be getting a similar colour to the new EB classic basses! Just gotta make a decision on the colour Tony

Hi Some of you may have seen the MM Sterling with the laquer crack for sale last week, well I ended up buying it! I figured it may be more than a laquer crack as I've seen the exact same thing before (on a Conklin bill dickens bass). The area around the control cavity is prone to cracking due to the large area of wood that is missing. It's an easy fix done by opening up the split and hetting as much Isophalic resin in there as is possible, the clamped up until dry. Ends up stronger than the surrounding woood, I am told! I am going to get the bass refinished once this is done. Thinking about going the same route as the new classic 'rays and sterlings! Bass is currently sunburst with a maple fretboard, so considering sonic blue (or powder blue on the new MM models)in nitro, with a tort plate! I'm very much into retro colours these days (you seen my sea foam green jazz? :-) ) whites are cool, especially off whites, like the buttercream MM did a few years back, What do you guys think? End result will be a cool looking bass at less than the price of a used stock coloured sterling! Tony

@bubinga 5, is that a custom classic CS jazz or another model, specific to 1970? nice bass! My 5 string Sei was a keeper, but ended up going with the need to change back to a 4 string. My sea foam green jazz came along and it's soooo nice, so staying with me for a good while. Took me ages to find it and it is a dream to play, I like the idea of trying some Nordy's though ;-) Tony

I have a Jap P bass tuned down to D G C F, leave it like that all the time, for using on one song we do when the geezer who wrote My Star with Ian Brown plays with us. I rarley play the P for anything else, so have the luxury of leaving it in that tuning, 45-105 strings are used. Tony

re: video Class!

Really pleased with this bass, just had a busy few weeks of gigging and it was a joy to play, last night, at Academy 3 in manchester, which is probably one of the best sounding venues I've played, it sounded great, a few poeple commented on the sound! Helped along of course with my trusty EBS rig (the BIG RIG :-) ) Tony

I will be back in the MM club, sometime next week! A Sterling will arrive, then will take a trip out for a refin in a cool shade of blue, something along the lines of sonic blue, maybe the same powder blue as on the EB classic models. The powder blue seems to work better with the maple necked basses? It will be nitro and will be having a tort pick gaurd as well! Tony

That Sonic blue is amazing, one of my fave colours, along with sea foam green! It must be a Manc' thing! Tony