GreeneKing

Great humour in this thread, I'd congratulate you all but you'd never find out

From the experience you relate I think this deserves a name and shame thread here. Sad to see and is there no way you can go back via Paypal again for goods not as described? A pretty sh*tty bit of behaviour it seems. Peter

[quote]Looks like a proper one - shame the divot selling it does not know how to string it.[/quote] I've bought 3 BCs and they've all been strung incorrectly I presently have two very nice SB320s and if anyone is looking for one pm me as I only need one. I'm looking for £190 plus P&P which is what I paid for it before I set it up and fited new strings. Peter

Well they do 3/8" and 1/2" and I assumed that the 1/2" are standard fitment. [url="http://www.hipshotproducts.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=111"]http://www.hipshotproducts.com/cart.php?m=...etail&p=111[/url] They may well be unobtainium though.

Interesting thread as I ordered a Korina rear routed 54 P bass body yesterday with a birdseye maple jazz neck/fingerboard and routed for a P pup in the traditional position. Ordering over the phone was painless and they are very helpful. 4 to 6 weeks til it's ready. Time to decide what goes in/on it. So far I'm inclined towards the new ACG Pre amp with volume and two filter stacks, and a Wizard Thumper PUP. Possibly Hipshot Ultralites but 1/2" ones for standard size holes and what bridge to use is still under consideration. I intend using Danish oil on the body and the gun oil treatment on the neck. I also intend to do a good copper foil shielding job on the cavities. So phone them as ordering on the website isn't really an options as there's too many variables. I'l update.

I tighten mine gently with a cycle 'cone' spanner, perfect for the job if you have one handy. Just nip them up a little more than finger tight so they don't vibrate loose.

I love the Small Clone, very rich and sounds good for Nirvana type chorus.

[quote]Romantic Warrior was an unbelievable album[/quote] Inspired to get it outta the car, thank you

+1 I've just been listening to John Coltrane, 'A Love Supreme' bloody marvelous

Nice one

[quote]If the original poster wasn't implying that part of his love for her wasn't due to her attractiveness, why did he include a picture?[/quote] That's a good and fair point BBC. I still stand by my personal discomfort at some of the stuff expressed in this thread. I just do, err, that's it. Pedro

6 page thread about Tal Wilkenfeld and about 5% of the posts relate to her bass playing. Great respect for her as a bass player. As for her sex, why the flying f*** does that have to take up the other 95% of the posts, this is after all a bass forum and not a boy's club. Personally she looks too much like my daughter for me to find her attractive, but then I'm an old bastard. If you find treating women like a piece of meat fun then that's frankly a bit narrow and sad imo. Pierre

A great review. Villex are imo a very interesting bunch. I believe that there's a lot of mythology surrounding pickups but the reality is that there's only so much that a magnet and some coils of wire can do. What Villex are doing however is something completely different. My own Villex modified Lakland has an active like output in terms of magnitude but is noiseless. This new gear sounds really interesting and deserves greater broadcasting to the bass public. Up with ACG basses I believe they deserve to have a much higher profile in the bass world. Just my thoughts.

[quote]hope the rig kicks ass[/quote] Awaiting details And + a big 1 on Alan's feedback! Peter

[quote]but that sort of playing is just drivel and it doesn't have any place in a musical sense.[/quote] Statement of fact? Or your opinion?

I've got a pair of Japanese Yamaha's (BB5000 and TRB5P) that have some 'mojo' and when they are made as well as that it does lend character imho

Hiya all. I've been around Basschat and it's precursors for quite a while, more recently as Greeneking and before that as Wraithwrider (yes there's a reason for the name change and it's nothing sinister) and although I've never seen the need for feedback before now I do appreciate that it has a place in offering some reassurance to others who may be fuelling or being fuelled by GAS. So if you have any feedback (bass dealing related only please ) I'd ask that you plonk it down here. Cheers Peter

I was chatting to a really nice guy yesterday who is a registered Fender dealer and who has amongst other things a 73 Jazz he loves dearly. He's also been around for a while i.e. even longer than moi. He was relating tales of how he and his band mates sold Jazz's, P's, Strats and Tele's for little money not that long ago. He deals mainly in Japanese instruments nowadays and can't speak too highly of them in comparison to the US counterparts both new and old. We were talking about the huge prices these older instruments fetch and about how that in the later 70's before retooling the worn out routers were producing neck pockets that you could nearly fit two necks into. Then we have the defective poorly machined body that because of Leo Fender's penny scrimping business acumen becomes a 'desireable feature'. Well everyone to their own, and I do find a nicely finished 'burst' Jazz or P with a tort plate as sexy as anyone but when some tired old relic appears and we get the 'omg' comments and the prices to go with it I too think 'omg' but for an entirely different reason. I'm not saying there's owt wrong with this fascination with all things Vintage Fender but is it only me that thinks 'Fenderphiles' are victims of clever marketing?(2nd hand market). Is it just me thinking along these lines or am I an isolated 'heathen' with no taste or appreciation? It should go without saying but I'd add this is my opinion I'm not stating fact or slagging anyone off etc, etc. I actually did buy a Fender , a new Japanese P/J Aerodyne in white and it's just superb btw and I'd only swap it for a 'knackered' 1970's Jazz to sell the Jazz on and buy a (several) 'better' bass(es). Peter