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[quote name='Stuart Clayton' post='990435' date='Oct 16 2010, 06:12 PM']Awwww..... sniff.... that's sad! ;-)[/quote] Forgot you were a member on here, Stuart. So I'll just say again... great book! If I actually liked the sound of slap bass (and it's taken me a long while to realise that I just don't ), there's no way I'd be parting with it. If you ever do a book on fretless bass, I'll pre-order.

[quote name='mistahbenn' post='989714' date='Oct 15 2010, 10:16 PM']I was merely jesting. I have an 89, I love the older SR5's. Sound so much betterer than the new ones. Best of luck with the sale, she looks lovely![/quote] Thanks, man. It's a lovely, lovely bass. Sounds great in series, parallel or single-coil modes. From fat to funky.

Sold to the gentleman in the hat!

[quote name='mistahbenn' post='988746' date='Oct 15 2010, 02:05 AM']Could you make it into a fretted?[/quote] Fifteen lashes and ten hail-marys for you, lad! Er... TBH, with the poly-coating on the fingerboard, I don't know. It's [i]seriously[/i] hard, like a sheet of glass over the whole board. You might have to either strip that off (if that's possible) or put a whole new fingerboard on. This is not my area of expertise, although from what I've seen around here, a good luthier can do almost anything... at a price.

[quote name='Higgie' post='988066' date='Oct 14 2010, 02:15 PM']If I had the cash I'd be all over this. Seriously looks to be an amazing bass. Wish I could take it off your hands, I really do![/quote] So do I! No, it's a real corker. I'd keep it if I could think of a sensible reason to own three fretless 5-strings.

Dave, if you can't get these shifted quick enough, it might be worth getting in touch with First Avenue in Heaton. These heads are what they (still) use as their in-house bass heads for hire. (And bloody great they are too.) They might be interested in having another one to add to the stockpile for backup purposes. No guarantee of a sale, but it's worth a shot. They probably wouldn't go for the cab, but again it's worth a shot.

[b]***SOLD*** ***SOLD*** ***SOLD***[/b] I got this book around the start of the year. I thought it might be fun and useful to learn how to slap. So, after a brief dalliance and a blinding epiphany that I just don't like slap, it's up for sale. It's a great book (going gently from basics to bonkers in 206 pages), and a really interesting read with all the player biographies and interviews... but just not for me. Minty-fresh condition including both CDs, and just [b]£20 delivered in the UK[/b]. This is the book: [url="http://www.basslinepublishing.com/tuition/ultimate-slap-bass.html"]http://www.basslinepublishing.com/tuition/...-slap-bass.html[/url] And here's the publisher's blurb: [quote]Ultimate Slap Bass covers every aspect of the slap technique from the absolute basics through to advanced techniques such as double thumbing, open string hammer-ons and how to combine slapping with other techniques in a musical way. There are over 200 exercises in the book, which are also featured on two audio CD’s. Also includes a detailed history of the slap technique, as well as biographies of all of the major contributors to the technique. Additionally, there are exclusive interviews with Marcus Miller, Stuart Hamm, Mark King, Ray Riendeau and Vail Johnson. The book contains the following chapters: * Slapping Basics * Adding the 'Pop' * Using Hammer-ons, Pull-offs & Trills * Ghost Notes * Popular Scales and Modes for Slap Bass * Left Hand Slaps & 16th Note Lines * Introducing Tenths * Machine Gun Triplets * Doublestops * Double Popping * Strumming * The Shuffle Feel * Open String Hammer-Ons * Double Thumbing (Part 1) * Double Thumbing (Part 2) * Double Thumbing (Part 3) * Combining Techniques * Biographies[/quote]

Seriously... nobody? Someone tell me what I'm doing wrong. This very instrument sold in a wild frenzy last year.