sshorepunk

SZ was doing the p-bass thing last time I saw him, sounded good and just looked right in the MR band, this new bass looks odd for what he's doing now, not that its all about looks? TM's bass is what I would expect! He should be in the UK this year again at some point T

Digitech bass synth wah, great octave effect and some other stuff on tap should the need arise, cheap as... on e-bay T

I had a similar problem once with a stingray, 7th fret on the G-string, seemed to lack the sustain of other notes and as a result, it screwed the effectiveness of the EBS octave effect! I never fixed it, my current stingray seems to do the same, not to the effect, just sounds similar, maybe its the way I set em up? T

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' post='372369' date='Jan 6 2009, 07:59 PM']Did the graphic make much difference? [/quote] Just about enough to get by! T

Chris I have absolutley nothing of use to you to add to this discussion, but I did own a Tele' bass back in errrrrr, 1980, maybe 1979! It was my second bass, the first being a "no name" P. bass copy, the Tele; was my first propa bass, I was still at school and saved every single penny I got my hands on, I was earning a bit from playing as I could read, plus the money I got from selling the P. bass. Mine was a 1972, natural finish with the big chrome p/up, it only had one sound, deep bass! I bought a Boss 7-band graphic to give it some more zing as I was playing a wide variety of stuff at the time Mine came from a guy called Diccon Hubbard, bass player with the Salford Jets (who you looking at), he used to come in the off licence my dad owned, so I got to know him that way. Bumped into him many years later at the Bass centre in manchester, "Your the guy who bought the Tele bass off me" he said! It cost me £150 back then, then I had the joy of teling all my mates I had a Fender bass Many fond memories attached to that bass, did a hell of a lot of playing with it considering my age, also lost it a few times after a few sniffs of the bar maids apron! I know there is a photo of me playing it somehwre on face book, off to find it! Good luck with the build chris, considered it myself but realised it would be more down to sentimant than practicality! Tony ([i]off work, sick and feeling sentimental about his old basses[/i])

Jazz or stingray, possibley the best two bass combo out there, both slap like 10 slapping things in a slapping room full of slappers on a good day for slapping things! With a £500 budget you should get a decent Jazz with maybe a few $$ to chuck a cheap, S/H active circuit in! Saw a ray go on e-bay a few weeks back for around £480 on e-bay, pick up only in London, teal green! Bargains do come up! T

Been a while since I looked at their site, me and Flanker breifly discussed these basses last week! [url="http://www.allevacoppolo.com/index.html"]Alleve Coppolo[/url] Looks like they are now doing their pre amp seperate, in pedal form too! T

[quote name='MB1' post='363094' date='Dec 24 2008, 09:08 PM']MB1. George Anderson Jr....Shakatak....Easier Said Than Done!....Sorry!...I'll Get me coat! [/quote] On any other wednesday! You gone yet T

Paul Jackson, Funk On A Stick What a player this guy is Gonna get another beer T

Good reading this thread, looking forward to hearing more Good luck! Tony

Stanley Clarke sig' wh pedal to be released at next months NAMM show More info on EBS website [url="http://www.ebs.bass.se/"]http://www.ebs.bass.se/[/url] Tony

Hey Chris, thanks for starting some feedback for me and thanks to Martin and Steve for the comments I'm feeling all warm this morning! I need the rest to chip in, done a few deals over the years Tony

Cheers Chris, thanks for waiting, I know you had a tight schedule! Pleasure doing business!! Tony

2 deals with Steve, always a pleasure! Next week we need a bit longer to grab a coffee and catch up! From The Jam were on form BTW!

I photograph a lot of metal bands, and yes, a lot play warwicks and they do sound good. Arecent metal gig I shot with 4 bands, saw two of the bands bassist' on Warwick. The headliners are endorsed by Warwick / Framus and the bassis was suing a 5 string stage 1 in black with a HUGE MOP inlay running down the neck (lots of $$) Warwicks marketting has changed over the years also, check out the old bassist mags for pics of Stuart Zender and the guy who played the 6 string Stremaer (forgot his name) The ads featured mainly funk players for a good while! Then it changed, a gradual transition over to metal and several metal endorsments! A good friend of mine used to run Warwick UK and we've had the conversation over this exact chnage in marketting! Warwick wanted to broaden there appeal, there's a lot of metal bands out there and some $$ to be made, so marketting will always be aimed at the most profitable target audience, that approack ain't justy restricted to Warwick! T

A couple of tubes of epoxy filler and a new finish, jobs a good un! T