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Ajoten

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  1. I used to have the Ozark and it was ACE. [url="http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=73643361&albumID=73079&imageID=1054447"]http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?...imageID=1054447[/url] Not me playing it. Played really nicely, short scale but didn't feel it, small for an acoustic bass but obviously a tad heavy... I never played it standing up actually. Went clang in correct reso stylee, less so when DIed and using the lipstick pickup (I have a clip I'll post somewhere later*). I bought it as it was reputedly the loudest acoustic available, in the hope of playing unelectricly with people from time to time, but it still didn't cut it really. I reviewed it [url="http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Electric+Bass/product/Ozark/Resonator+Bass/10/1"]on Harmony Central[/url]. *AAAAAARGH again myspace proves itself unfknusable as I fail to find how to upload songs. If you really want to hear my old reso, I'll e a piece.
  2. Does anyone in or around London/Bucks know of a shop that has one of [url="http://www.fender.com/products//search.php?partno=0131702340"]these[/url] in stock for me to try?
  3. [quote name='Ajoten' post='333036' date='Nov 20 2008, 12:16 PM']Gah, yes quite right. 125 is not a mega-macho E string. Updated the ad accordingly.[/quote] Although I could keep the low B if you were after a 4 string set.
  4. [quote name='bremen' post='332949' date='Nov 20 2008, 10:42 AM']5 strings, presumably?[/quote] Gah, yes quite right. 125 is not a mega-macho E string. Updated the ad accordingly.
  5. Some clown sold me double-ball end strings when I wanted single, although to be fair there's no mention of the doubleballendedness on the packaging. Have been knocking about my bag of bits for a while now, so the pack is battered but the strings (40-60-75-95-125) are unused and still in their paper bags. £16.50 posted.
  6. Sounds like another daft vacuous urban Americanism that relies on the triumph of hope over expectation to convey meaning. Presumably "in the pocket" just means "good", effectively, but that's just too uncool a way of saying it? Or is that my bad (bad [i]what [/i]exactly)? Sounds like pocket playing is only ever going to occur in music that goes on a bit without changing, perhaps music that sets out to be cool first and good later. And Simon Philips isn't going to be Bonzo because er he's Simon Philips. And miraculously he's DEAD GOOD despite not being JB - having technique is not mutually exclusive to being able to groove (or having a foot like a flipper). Check his playing on the very uncool Mike Oldfield's Discovery. On the nose. On the money. On the button.
  7. [quote name='R,5,R,5...' post='321982' date='Nov 4 2008, 05:30 PM']A shop near me in Amersham has a flying V Spongebob ukulele. I don't know if that is something that might interest you.[/quote] Gah! Now if only it had been an In The Night Garden one. Thanks for suggestions though.
  8. Hmm. So Guitar Slinger in Berkhamstead has closed down, Percy Prior/Rainbow Bridge in Wycombe has closed down, Perfect Pitch in Chesham and Rosehill in Beaconsfield sell only budget brands, and Kingfisher Music in Loudwater and Planet Guitars in Flackwell Heath both stock a mere 4 basses of varying qualities. Do I have to travel for a couple of hours to find shops with a reasonable selection of basses? How come people on this forum have Spectors, Stati, Moduli, Ricks, G&Ls? Are you all taking punts on online purchases? Take lots of holidays in the US? Where does one go when one lives in Bucks? I know I could get to London, where I might have more success (as long as I don't mind the extortionate prices and rude staff). And even then Sound Control has closed down and Andy's didn't have any basses last time I looked.
  9. Ajoten

    Dilemma

    Cool, thanks for everyone's input on this. [quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='304440' date='Oct 11 2008, 04:07 PM']Sounds like you need a Warwick Corvette standard passive...) Rich.[/quote] Yes, sadly it's a bit annoying that I don't like the Corvette shape. Over the weekend I remembered that years back another bass I played with the ace fat neck was a Hohner 5 string headless wotsit. I presume the fatness was a design choice rather than headless necessity (Mr Status Owner?)?
  10. Ajoten

    Dilemma

    Daft electronics = anything with more than one tone control. I don't understand all this fancy EQ malarkey, I just want my [b]one [/b]good sound, and if I have 4 or 5 knobs AND 2 switches to twiddle a) how do I know what to twiddle and ii) surely I don't have to write down each setting etc in order to keep a tone after things get twiddled accidentally? So: I want passive Precision tone and style but a Warwick neck. And I'd be wasting lots of wonga on things I'd never use if I went Warwick. I think it's the waste that troubles me most. Feel free to recommend a passive 5 string with the mother of all necks (depth not width).
  11. Ajoten

    Dilemma

    I tried two £1.5k basses the other day. One had the best neck profile I've ever played, the other has the tone and class that I want but a pretty ordinary neck, not much different to my current bass 1/10th the price. In the past the neck has always sold a guitar to me, but the shape and stupidly complicated electronics of this particular model puts me right off in this case. Give me some ideas re how to choose.
  12. Apologies for straying off the black topic, but what brand are these? If it was missing the J pickup the sunburst P5 would be EXACTLY what I want (lookwise anyway).
  13. Not really much of a reply, but there's an ad for a beautiful 6 string on the noticeboard at our rehearsal studios. Which are in the distant, but still vaguely southeast, Welwyn Garden City.
  14. Wor, smashing. I have absolutely no idea what this is worth, so I must add this inane post so I can get instant notification of updates when someone chips in with a price. No doubt there's a way of doing it without posting etc etc.
  15. [quote name='eubassix' post='187420' date='Apr 28 2008, 04:49 PM']Thanks Mick - great to have some 'sounds' on this one, in addition to the photos etc. !![/quote] [url="http://www.myspace.com/ajoten"]More sounds for you. Buy buy buy an Ashbory![/url] (only those tracks mentioning Boing)
  16. I might be missing it, but I can't find a P-bass on the Fender website in all its wooden "natural" glory, a la John Deacon. Do they simply not do one these days? If so, what previous years and models should I be looking for (pref with black scratchplate)? It would have to be very cheap* for me to strip one. *out of interest, does/did Squier ever do one?
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