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    OK beaten to it but the link is worth watching.
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    [quote name='WalMan' timestamp='1319635243' post='1416676'] Eeeeeer...how do I embed YouTube vids now? There used to be a pinned item but I cannot see that, nor immediately find it here (I don't really have time to go through the 23 pages & 450+ posts [/quote] Just copy and paste the youtube url here: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxGNZnnwyCg[/media]
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    I like the look of the butterscotch very much but no room for it at the moment.
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    [quote name='Valhalalf' timestamp='1319623942' post='1416443'] I also read somewhere that you could use D'Addario Jazz light flatwounds as the bottom 4 strings would be very similar to the normal cello tension. I'm picking up the cello tonight so will have a look at the string thickness and see where to go from there. But if anyone has any more suggestions fire away, it'd be awesome if we could find a solution for everyone. [/quote] It's going to be fine I'm sure.
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    [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1319621513' post='1416396'] Tank tops? Noooo! [/quote] They are French, it's allowed.
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    Very good.
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    [quote name='foal30' timestamp='1319616166' post='1416314'] Hi MrLloyd, Sadowsky flats are La'Bellas if they are easier to source. [/quote] Do you mean that Sadowsky flats simply are repackaged La Bellas or are they different but La Bella make them for Sadowsky. Do they have the same coloured silks?
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    Still very nice pics.
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    [quote name='bigjohn' timestamp='1319582170' post='1416152'] This is true, but alas the cello is not mine, and if I broke it, I'd end up sad and lonely and in the loft... [/quote] I was in the loft the other day and I fell out of the loft, bruised and grazed but nothing broken - fortunately
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    [quote name='bigjohn' timestamp='1319576888' post='1416097'] And more on turning a cello into a bass. We've got one in the loft. Ms bigjohn's, from when she was at school. I've often thunk about doing it but am scaredy cat I'll break it... [/quote] But at the moment the cello is sad and lonely in your loft. If you broke it, it would have died doing what it was born to do.
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    [quote name='Pow_22' timestamp='1319573084' post='1416051'] Got a bitsa P bass a while back and was told the neck plate was original fender. Thought nowt of it but just put the serial number printed on it into the Guitar Dater Project site and apparently its.... Your guitar was made at the Fullerton Plant (Fender - CBS Era), USA in the Year(s): 1976 [/quote] Are you going to check the neck dates and pot code dates just in case?
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    [quote name='Pete Academy' timestamp='1319570250' post='1415998'] We can all recognise bass sounds from famous players. But has everything been done? Are there any new players out there that still have a recognisable signature sound these days? [/quote] I don't know the answer to your question but then again I can't even recognise bass sounds from famous players because most of the bassists who get mentioned in these threads I've never heard of or even knowingly heard.
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    What I've got now doesn't seem much different to what I remember having in the 1970s.
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    [quote name='Stacker' timestamp='1319568210' post='1415957'] The best example of '60s 'click-bass', but I'd reckon that Love Affair track is a Jazz. Curious - can I ask why you think it's a Rick? [/quote] I would have thought Jazz too.
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    [quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1319556918' post='1415752'] ... The Fralin is a fantastic pup but costs quite a bit more than the others. [/quote] That is its drawback.
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    [quote name='dlloyd' timestamp='1319563447' post='1415866'] Didn't that come later, after Dan Lakin had publically defended said dealer, then had his hand bitten? [/quote] Yes, it was at the tail end of the EBMM stuff and I think you're correct that Dan Lakin had defended said dealer. The end result for the seven of us was good though because we lost nothing because Lakland acted towards us as if they had received our deposits when it certainly appeared that they had not received them.
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    [quote name='dlloyd' timestamp='1319543436' post='1415417'] ... This is increasingly reminding me of a situation a few years back. A bass dealer who was highly prolific on bass forums (and hence well-known) was given a dealership just as EBMM were announcing one of their limited edition runs. Dozens of basses were ordered through him the moment the order window was opened, and everyone started the usual waiting game. Fast forward a few months and the limited editions started pouring out... except to the people who had ordered from this guy. Weeks and weeks passed with anger being directed at EBMM until it eventually came out that the dealer hadn't actually paid EBMM for the orders he'd placed. He had gotten into financial difficulties and ultimately couldn't juggle the money long enough ... [/quote] In that case it wasn't only EBMM instruments, it was also some Laklands. Although seven (IIRC) of us had ordered Laklands, our deposits had not been passed on to Lakland nor the order placed. However, we were credited with our deposits by Lakland and supplied with our basses. Lakland then, I believe, chased the dealer concerned for the missing money. That's customer service.
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    [quote name='Lfalex v1.1' timestamp='1319556952' post='1415755'] No, that would be a strap lock on the top horn and a regular button below the bridge. A12 least no one had a bass like that from new! [/quote] .. with Fender, never say never.
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    As has already been said, it really does depend on what sound you're looking for. For the 'original' P bass sound though I'd go for the Lindy Fralin, except that I'd probably just keep the Fender pickup.
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    It's going to look great in the end.
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    [quote name='Gareth Hughes' timestamp='1319551403' post='1415640'] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWLo8xkOxDc&hd=1[/media] [/quote] That was fabulous.
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    [b]For Sale: NS Designs WAV4 EUB with upgrades - £500 - a bargain price!!![/b] I bought this from Lee650 back in March 2009 and here’s the original sale thread: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/43238-ns-design-wav4-eub/page__hl__ns+wav4__fromsearch__1"]http://basschat.co.u...__fromsearch__1[/url] Since then I have fitted [b][url="http://store.hipshotproducts.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=321"]Hipshot Ultralite HB6Y black tuners[/url][/b] ($160 from Hipshot) and [b][url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/pirastro_obligato_kontrabasssaiten.htm"]Obligato strings[/url][/b] (£134 at Thomann) which are only a few months old with very little use. As well as the Hipshot tuners simply being better, the Obligato strings were difficult to use with the original tuners as they were really too thick for the hole in the tuner. I can include the original tuners if you want them. The EUB is in amberburst finish, with beech body and ebony fingerboard, and a piezo pickup with switching for arco or pizzicato - although I found the arco position more effective for pizzicato! This one has the [b]upgr[/b][b]aded stand[/b] found on the more expensive CRM models. Lee told me he thought there was a fault with the original one and Promenade Music, where he bought it, got the distributers to send an upgraded version of the stand. Also included is the original [b]NS soft bag[/b] which carries the EUB and the stand and has pockets for a bow etc. Condition is very good, I can only find one small bump but couldn't get it to show in a photo, and it's on the back and no-one will see it anyway. I’m looking for a cash sale at[size=6] [b]£500 [/b][/size]preferably with a [b]pickup from Brighton or a meet somewhere in the south-east (Clacket Lane M25 services is popular)[/b]. If I can't find a local or meet sale then I might post if I have to at the full cost of the buyer. So, let’s have some pictures. The whole thing: The body: The controls: Body and end of fingerboard: Head and Obligatos: Tuners: Stand: I’m looking for a cash sale at[size=6] [b]£500 [/b][/size]preferably with a [b]pickup from Brighton or a meet somewhere in the south-east (Clacket Lane M25 services is popular)[/b]. If I can't find a local or meet sale then I might post if I have to at the full cost of the buyer.
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    [quote name='dlloyd' timestamp='1316596333' post='1380030'] I've been playing more with a pick lately... Fender jazz, flats, pick... instant West coast 60s sound. Nice... [/quote] I do like that sound too, Joe Osborn in LA or John Paul Jones and others in the UK. It works with a P bass too but then it's Carol Kaye.
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    [quote name='Hutton' timestamp='1319536459' post='1415228'] This thread has probably had it's day. Some us got Fenders with locks some didn't. Really nothing else to say. Thanks for the input everybody. [/quote] So, that's probably typical of Fender.
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    A bassist friend of mine - who, anyway, wouldn't know a straplock if it hit him in the face - has a from new 2004 American Deluxe P5 with no straplocks.
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