EssentialTension

[quote name='BigRedX' post='550897' date='Jul 25 2009, 09:49 AM']I'm hankering after a really nice semi-acoustic bass with the following specs: Must be 5-string EB2 style double-cut body shape At least 32" scale (would prefer 34") Neck/body join that allows easy access to at least 17th fret. So far all I can see is the Warwick Starbass II. Unfortunately the only example I've played (4 string bubinga fretless) had the most horrible sharp fingerboard edges, and if I'm going to be paying the sorts of prices that new Warwicks are currently demanding (over £2k) I expect it to be perfect out of the box and not require any further luthier attention to get it right. Plus I'd probably feel compelled to do something about the ugly headstock. I've fired off an email to Chris Eccleshall to see if he would make me a 5-string version of the Peter Hook bass. So what else is out there?[/quote] How about the Washburn AB95 at [url="http://www.musicdeals.nl/product/washburn-ab95wa/"]725euros in the Netherlands[/url]:

[quote name='stewblack' post='550855' date='Jul 25 2009, 08:41 AM']Anyone know who played bass on Scott Walker's 1970 album 'Til The Band Comes In' ? Ta.[/quote] No idea who the bass player was but +1 on Scott Walker.

[quote name='RhysP' post='549494' date='Jul 23 2009, 10:43 PM']You need to LISTEN.[/quote] Correct but unfortunately so does the drummer - in my experience that can be where the problem arises.

My second deal with Lee - I sold him a Fender Jazz for immediate payment. Great communication, all straightforward, top man, and my packing was a good as his when he sold me the WAV4. Everyone was happy.

[quote name='lee650' post='549364' date='Jul 23 2009, 08:28 PM']Ive just had the pleasure of dealing with Dave for the second time!!! Ive just bought his lovely MIA fretless fender jazz, for a very good price i might add arrived exactly when i requested and was expertly packed and sent in a lovely posh hardcase, he even threw in a spare scratchplate (will keep the nice tort one though) a great bloke to deal with and chat too, and will happily deal with again. thankyou Dave your a gentleman!! cheers - lee[/quote] Thanks Lee, I hope it lives up to expectations.

This must have been very depressing and perhaps still is. Good luck with sorting it out.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='546425' date='Jul 21 2009, 01:49 PM']Can I call dibs?[/quote] Hey, I was first mate!!! But actually I have other plans for my £50 so I wave my traditional British right of queue leader.

[quote name='mrcrow' post='546147' date='Jul 21 2009, 10:53 AM']and the shadows [/quote] and The Beatles, and The Jam, and absolutely loads of others.

At £50 I'll have it if you don't want it.

Sorry to hear this story JP.

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='545445' date='Jul 20 2009, 04:35 PM']For 'worst-ever' service experience, I could recount certain events at a tea-shop in Kent.... ...but I won't.[/quote] You're such a tease.

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='545419' date='Jul 20 2009, 04:00 PM']Let's drop it now, OK?[/quote] Please don't.

[quote name='mrcrow' post='545308' date='Jul 20 2009, 02:02 PM']i thought this was a bit of a spoof thread but i can explain[/quote] Sorry, that was my fault.

[quote name='Greene-Mann' post='545258' date='Jul 20 2009, 01:12 PM']Got an old Fender Mustang not too long ago; im not sure if i like it yet or not tbh; This seems to be the right thread to piggyback the question of:- what would be the best strings to put on it so its got a similar tension to a 34 scale with 100's or 105's on it. Roto only make sets with a 95 E string- just doesnt feel right to me.[/quote] I'd have a set of Thomastik Jazz Flats (JF324) on it before you could say E .106 but from the sound of it their low tension is not what you are looking for. If you're after roundwounds I haven't got the slightest idea. Sorry.

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='545249' date='Jul 20 2009, 01:01 PM']I keep thinking it'd be cool to put a japanese mustang neck on a firebird guitar body. Either get a luthier to make one or buy a warmoth firebird body unrouted & route it for bass, possibly setting the neck a bit further back than the stock route to make a perfect mini fenderbird.[/quote] Now you're talking!!

[quote name='onehappybunny' post='545226' date='Jul 20 2009, 12:38 PM']Oh, that Lakland is soooo gorgeous :wub: Any idea when the Lakland shortie will be available? *shuffles off to empty piggie bank* oh no, just found this [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=548803&page=3"]Talkbass Lakland shortie thread[/url] *puts coppers back into piggie bank*[/quote] US model only for the moment, sorry to get your hopes up. Skyline version I guess if they get enough interest but it will still be £1200 or so by the time it's in the UK. I'd like to see a short scale 30" Decade Bass VI.

Here's the shortscale 30" Lakland Decade prototype sitting next to Pino Palladino's 34" Decade: And the [url="http://www.lakland.com/"]Lakland home page[/url] says the short scale is 'coming soon'.

[quote name='mrcrow' post='544785' date='Jul 19 2009, 05:25 PM']you are a brave man..i had dots on all the 'frets'[/quote] That's a very good idea. [quote name='mrcrow' post='544785' date='Jul 19 2009, 05:25 PM']and if i ever get courage enough to use a fretless it will have to be lined[/quote] That's what I thought. It may be what some of the audience think too but at least I'm fooling the rest of the band. Playing fretless has made me listen differently - even with lines but even more so without them.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='544780' date='Jul 19 2009, 05:22 PM']Forgot to mention - I asked Howard The Bass Doc to add a dot on the 1st fret. It's a simple, great little idea I nicked from the Tony Franklin P. What a difference it makes...[/quote] +1 on the first fret dot.

[quote name='spongebob' post='544650' date='Jul 19 2009, 01:02 PM']As soon as I select it, my Markbass speaker seems to be poundng and working overtime, even at practice levels! - but it does sound great![/quote] You need to lower the gain on the amp and increase the master volume. Unless you want the pounding sound you describe.