EssentialTension

How did the front of the headstock get like this ... ... when the rear of the headstock is like this?

The scratchplate seems to have cleaned up nicely.

[quote name='keeponehandloose' timestamp='1362846634' post='2005306'] and Mike Nesmiths mum invented Tipex, making a fortune! [/quote] [pedant alert] Nesmith's mother, Bette Nesmith Graham, invented what became known as Liquid Paper in the early 1950s. Tipp-Ex is a German company dating from 1959 and originally made correction paper not correction liquid. The fortune part is correct. [/pedant alert]

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1362818910' post='2005094'] [url="http://www.addmoremusic.net/Monkees1.html"]http://www.addmoremu...t/Monkees1.html[/url] [/quote] It's Joe Osborn much less often than I had imagined.

[quote name='iconic' timestamp='1362818093' post='2005078'] ... same bass in 3 of these pics? ... [/quote] Guild Jetstar Bass ... a very early one with four-a-side tuners and Hagstrom Bisonic pickup. EDIT: Having examined some other pics of this bass it does not in fact have a Hagstrom Bisonic pickup but the later small Guild single coil:

Larry Taylor was Canned Heat's bassist.

[quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1362765016' post='2004559'] This is exactly why I avoid buying Fenders nowadays. Why use a piece of Maple with an irregular grain pattern for a neck in the first place? Surely its asking for potential grief? Now; time to look out the suit of armour before the howling Fender mob descend upon me. [/quote] I think maybe you are the one descending.

[quote name='iceonaboy' timestamp='1362594419' post='2001908'] ... a review on YouTube with Ed Friedman and he got the exact sound of Steve Harris. I couldn't believe flats could sound like that ... [/quote] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A72TYFcqk4E

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1362646597' post='2002518'] Sounds very interesting - sample please! [/quote] I'm not certain Palladino is using TI Flats here but it's worth a listen anyway - especially the fill at 1.00 [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFgFFNXahcg[/media]

[quote name='Mr Fretbuzz' timestamp='1362769142' post='2004651'] ... the best tone possible for a semi ... [/quote] Thats' a matter of taste to which you'll never get a definitive answer. 1966 Guild Starfire is my answer.

I'd say that if the bass is worth playing then it doesn't need a decal and if you want the decal then buy a Fender.

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1362692544' post='2003584'] Decal or no decal? [i]Yeah, I'll get me coat...[/i] [/quote] Get Noel's coat while you're at it too.

The Duesenberg spec says 30.3" scale length and sustain block.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1362690158' post='2003513'] Whenever I see a semi-hollow bass I just think it's going to neck dive like crazy. I've never put one on a strap though. Am I wrong? [/quote] It's one reason for many hollow bodies being shorter scale and maybe having a solid centre block. I can't say I've ever had a neck dive problem with a hollow body though.

[quote name='mentalextra' timestamp='1362689823' post='2003502'] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtHbxsdExlE[/media] [/quote] I thought that was terrible. He looked like he was ill and also sounded it. This is better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqashW66D7o

The guy in Velvet Revolver (who's name escapes me just at the moment) played one of these on a couple of songs when I took my son to see them about four years ago. I can't quite remember how it sounded.

Very nice, my first amp was a Treble 'n' Bass 50.

Try some Lakland Joe Osborn Flats, available cheaply and quickly from Lakland's website.

[quote name='cocco' timestamp='1362512541' post='2000619'] What's the consensus on flats by the way? ... [/quote] There isn't a consensus really. Flats vary as much as rounds do. I'm using Thomastiks, Laklands, La Bellas, and Pyramids on different basses.

Anything and everything.

[quote name='Donnyboy' timestamp='1362352152' post='1998930'] Is that the same as the drinks corridor ? [/quote] No, it's the same as the back passage.

Well, I was slightly taking the p*** when I started this thread but I bow to those who have taken up the baton.