RhysP

Never actually owned one but always wanted one - lovely basses.

"God Gave Rock & Roll To You" was written by Russ Ballard, who was the singer/guitarist for Argent, not his brother! His guitar with the holes in is a heavily customised Fender Strat with a Tele neck, not an Electra, Royal or whatever.

Good interview - thanks for posting that.

[quote name='iconic' timestamp='1318573804' post='1403808'] Squier vintage modified jazz, tapeworms and rear pup only will get you someway to a early Japan fretless sound, [/quote] Tapeworms?

Are you sure it's that the D string is quieter, and not that the others are louder?

[quote name='Badass' timestamp='1243952303' post='503880'] It was built by Hugh Manson. [/quote] I thought Andy built the electric models around this time & Hugh just did the acoustic stuff? We used to stock Manson guitars in the shop I worked in & the very first guitar I ever sold was a Kestrel.

You might want to put this in the "Bassists Wanted/Available" section.

[quote name='Geddys nose' timestamp='1318516950' post='1403205'] Tuning up my Status and this guy walks over and says ' So you can't afford a Fender then' 'No mate,I'm still saving for one' mutters fack off under my breath! [/quote] I had somebody say that to me about my Jaydee when I first got it.

Leave some cold pizza & cans of strongbow outside your house overnight. Next morning just take your pick from the assembled throng.

A couple of favourites from my time working in a music shop: People who pronounce "Les Paul" as "Lay Paul" like it's French. The person who referred to a Gibson Flying V as a "Flying Five" as he thought the "V" was a Roman numeral, despite the body shape providing irrefutable evidence to the contrary. (I have to say that there are far more words used by musicians that piss me off than mistakes made by non-musos. Things like "Mojo", "Vibe", "Groove" & "In the pocket" really make me cringe).

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1318500963' post='1402847'] 700 guitars a day though. Who says Gibsons/Fenders are not mass produced? [/quote] 700 a day is nothing compared to the amount they were churning out in the mid/late 70's - I've read figures of 2000+. No wonder their quality control went down the sh*tt*r.

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1318489960' post='1402701'] And what's wrong with discipline? [/quote] I didn't say there was anything wrong with f***ing discipline did I?

Great price I'd buy it straight away at that price.

Great drummer, found him a bit creepy though. I can see the value of the excercises, but you'd have to be quite disciplined (not to mention imaginative) not to simply fall back on familiar patterns & phrases when undertaking them.

[quote name='mrdreadful' timestamp='1318348683' post='1400975'] I've never seen a Warwick bass I liked the look of... [/quote] Same here. The Streamer is OK, but the design looks far better on a Spector where it belongs. The Corvette is the ugliest bass shape of all time IMO. Absolutely f***ing disgraceful.

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' timestamp='1318331822' post='1400609'] [/quote] There's something vaguely art deco about that which I find quite appealing. Wouldn't want to play it though.

[quote name='dlloyd' timestamp='1318341120' post='1400822'] [/quote] Oh god, there's two of them - don't let them breed!

[quote name='Chris2112' timestamp='1318325446' post='1400457'] Erm, no actually, because here is the ugliest bass in the world! [/quote] It's the most mind-numbingly boring bass in the world as well. The Magnolia paint of basses. The Bran Flakes of basses.

What the OP is forgetting (or maybe unaware of) is that plenty of bands in the 60's & 70's were using Conn & Peterson Strobe tuners which were far more accurate than todays digital tuners. If Hendrix, The Stones or whoever were out of tune it was because they didn't care, not because the tools to tune to a high degree of accuracy weren't available.

[quote name='Beefyeggo' timestamp='1318153865' post='1398509'] And what will happen when we have guitars that have in-built automatic tuning, with small motors linked to an inbuilt digital tuner? [/quote] We already have them - Gibson make a range of guitars that do exactly that.

Wow - that's rather lovely! Always great to see something that a bit of thought has gone into, rather than just another poxy fender clone.

It's definitely a Hamer - you can tell by the "Boomerang" inlays. I've owned quite a few USA Hamer guitars but never a bass* - IMO they are the best guitars money can buy & are criminally underrated & ignored in this country. *Edited because I always forget I used to have a Hamer 12 string bass - doh!

That's lovely! Always fancied one of these but they're starting to get pretty pricey now.

What about some of the the Rob Wasserman stuff? I know he did the duets & trios albums, but he did some solo ones too.