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Quite like the Tele style, doubt I'd buy one though.

Glad to see it back with you Delbert.

[quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1317224175' post='1388341'] Glenn Cornick (Jethro Tull) was a big influence on me at one time. Another not much talked about name ( at least as far as his bass playing is concerned) is Peter Cetera. His work on the early "Chicago" albums is just amazing. While he is better known as a sax player, Wilton Felder ("Crusaders") doubled on bass on a lot of the early "Crusaders" albums. Anyone needing a lesson on how to hold down a groove, should have a listen. Granted these guys are not contempory players. However in their day they were among the best bassists, and I'm sure could still give the younger guys of today, a run for their money. [/quote] Wilton Felder is also the bassist on Jackson Five [i]I Want You Back[/i].

[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1317218378' post='1388245'] No one ever mentions the bass player from Blondie 'Nigel Harrison' who played on the original 70's hits. A very underated bassist. Not the original bassist though, that was Gary Valentine. [/quote] Off topic, but I really like Clem Burke's drumming too.

[quote name='hairyhaw' timestamp='1317216943' post='1388205'] Ray Shulman - Gentle Giant. [/quote] I rarely listen to that 70s prog rock stuff butRay Shulman is a great player - 'progressive' (whatever that means) and funky at the same time.

[quote name='davebass66' timestamp='1317160500' post='1387617'] If your moving on to flats for the first time try the GHS Brite flats....really great sounding strings, picked up the light gauge recently (45-98) they sound great on my MIJ '62 reissue P.. Ended up using them on the majority of an album session I was on at the weekend, you get the nice warm thump on the E but keep the brightness on the D and G...comes across very well indeed! D [/quote] Are Brite Flats groundwounds?

[quote name='Moog' timestamp='1317158078' post='1387569'] +1 to the above poster saying chromes are a bit brighter than most flats. Also Ernie Ball flats basically = Chromes as I believe D'Addario used to make EB strings and now EB have copied the formula! Could be wrong, but I like them!![/quote] Fender strings are also now made by D'Addario - or so I believe. [quote name='Moog' timestamp='1317158078' post='1387569'] Lots of different flavours out there - experiment! [/quote] I'm all for that but with flats it can be an expensive business.

[quote name='NeilMorrell' timestamp='1317157604' post='1387556'] A few seem of you seem to like Black Nylons. I've got Fender Taperwound on my SR400FL Fretless Black Nylon, Black Silks, Black bass with Black Hardware. Looks great with the PVC Gimp Mask. Looks aside, they sound pretty good too. [/quote] Sort of a stealth bass?

TLA = Three Letter Acronym

Welcome Niels. I was in Copenhagen over the summer too. Very nice city but the beer is too expensive.

There's lots of flatwounds and they all have different qualities. So you're likely to get a list of people's preferences. At the moment, I use La Bella Deep Talkin 760FS on my fretted Precision for a Motown/Stax sound (FS are standard guage and high tension, for a little less tension you can try 760FL light guage). Thomastik Jazz Flats (JF344) are on my fretless precision for a slightly brighter and middier sound - these are much lower tension - and La Bella Deep Talkin 760N Black Nylons are on my Lakland Decade - these are roundwounds with a nylon tape winding on top. I'm less keen on D'Addario Chromes which are fairly tense and initially bright, nor the Roto Jazz flats for the same reason. The GHS Precision flats are I think the same as the Lakland flats which I also like. For a sixties British bass thud try Pyramid Golds.

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' timestamp='1317069723' post='1386450'] Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Safari no difference, there I have made my tests. here things remain slow. [/quote] I've used IE, Firefox, and Chrome and all are very fast.

The only bass I wish I'd kept was my first bass - mid-sixties Hofner Artist 185.

[quote name='lobematt' timestamp='1317046243' post='1385887'] I've never done it so don't take my advice to seriously, but I was trying to find a thread on talkbass to link you to (but I couldn't!) but basically he had a normal bass and recorded a few samples and then using the same electronics gaffa'd onto a plank of wood made a few recordings and asked people to guess which was which. The results came back pretty much 50/50, so based on that I'd say the tone's pretty much 90% electronics so I wouldn't worry about it [/quote] I remember that thread. Very interesting results.

[quote name='Machines' timestamp='1316937382' post='1384449'] Try the default IP.Board theme at the bottom (Change theme). [/quote] I'm preferring the IP.Board theme.

[quote name='gapiro' timestamp='1316972298' post='1385045'] I meant a real fender [/quote] I realise that, I was showing you what a Sunn Mustang was worth.

And here's another that sold last week for £85: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-OLD-1980S-FENDER-SUNN-MUSTANG-BASS-EMG-/110739572252?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item19c897c61c"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-OLD-1980S-FENDER-SUNN-MUSTANG-BASS-EMG-/110739572252?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item19c897c61c[/url]

[quote name='gapiro' timestamp='1316966784' post='1384943'] Yeah i thoguht it was a bit iffy when he said it. I trust the guy normally but just seems a bit odd. It was a sunn Mustang neck indeed jezzaboy. He was after £400 for it at mates rates so dunno. For that I wonder if I can pick up a real deal [/quote] Here's one on ebay: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sunn-Mustang-Bass-Guitar-/260858235006?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cbc5cc87e"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sunn-Mustang-Bass-Guitar-/260858235006?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cbc5cc87e[/url] - £40 with 21 hours to go.

A picture would be helpful. However, when CBS took over Fender they got the factory and all the parts and just carried on making the instruments from the parts so the story you have been told sounds an odd one. If it says Sunn on it then it is a far East manufactured cheapy. Fender bought Sunn in the mid 1980s I think.

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1316964987' post='1384917'] Liking it a lot. Lot of effort by the team so well done. One small query though with regards the For Sale sections. Why not have a button that allows the OP to delete the post when the item is sold. That way it saves important storage space. Just a thought. All the best. Dave [/quote] Because many of us want to see a record of what sold for how much etc - it's a good guide to pricing and to what might sell and how fast.

Make the guitarist use cabs like yours and then just stack your cab on top of his cab. Sorted.

Very nice. Will you be sleeping with it?

Any more pics?

[quote name='Blademan_98' timestamp='1316946430' post='1384569'] Jimi never complained of Eb.......... [/quote] True, but did he flinch at the prospect of D?