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[quote name='skankdelvar' post='716513' date='Jan 18 2010, 12:58 PM']I can't think of any retailer - guitar or otherwise - where one is guaranteed of satisfaction. But in the field of vintage guitars / basses, the phrase 'Caveat Emptor' is highly applicable.[/quote] +10000 You REALLY need to know your stuff if you plan to buy a vintage instrument, especially if you're looking at Fenders & Gibsons - it's an absolute minefield & as there are large sums of money involved there are some real crooks out there. Add to that the increasing emergence of very good fakes that fool many of the so-called "experts" & it's something I personally would never bother with even if I had the money.

Lemmy - "Stay Clean" from Motorheads "Overkill" album. Chris Squire - "The Fish" from the "Yessongs" triple live album. Rickenbackers, plectrums, distortion & a teenage me blown away & addicted to bass playing for ever. I've long since discovered more "sophisticated" players but the two examples I've given above still do it for me.

I'm not a fan of Motown music but I think it's a fantastic film, essential viewing for anyone with a serious interest in music. I like it so much one of the kids got it on DVD for me for Christmas.

[quote name='aznbass' post='714608' date='Jan 16 2010, 09:31 AM']Also, i would not get an electronic kit, because as other people have said, they are not very quiet, i would instead get a drumkit with mesh heads on them, ive never done that, but ive head its a good silent practice method.[/quote] Same problem as an electronic kit - still lots of noise.

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' post='714339' date='Jan 15 2010, 09:03 PM']Howdy! I was thinking on and off to myself wether it's time to learn another instrument. The drawback is that I live in a 1st flr maisonnette. I like the look of those electronic drums( rubber?) ,but I'm not sure if that'll work.[/quote] Electronic drums still make a lot of noise when you thump them, it's the bass drum pedal that's the main problem. My step daughter has a Yamaha electronic kit & you can still hear her hitting it on the ground floor when she's in the loft.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='710844' date='Jan 13 2010, 03:59 AM']To be fair to Chandlers in Kew, they deliberately and specifically discouraged me from using their PLEK machine. Told me they could do a much better job by hand and the sales person conveyed more than a hint of disgust at the thirty thousand quid he confided that they'd spent on it.[/quote] I, and others I know, have also been told exactly this by Chandlers. Their PLEK machine has accumulated a nice thick layer of dust through lack of use according to a friend of mine who lives near there. Any decent luthier/repairman can give you a set-up as good as a PLEK machine for a lot less money IMO.

If Joe Zon would build me one (which is highly unlikely) I'd have a bass/12 string guitar twin neck Zon Legacy. Failing that: An 8 string Zon Legacy & a twin neck Shergold (bass/12 string guitar) like Mike Rutherford played with Genesis in the 70s.

[quote name='OldGit' post='710077' date='Jan 12 2010, 03:08 PM']Not always ... [attachment=40051:Hohner.jpg][/quote] That wouldn't have happened to a Steinberger.............

[quote name='jude_b' post='708310' date='Jan 10 2010, 10:42 PM']I haven't heard it for years, but, "May the cube be with you", by Thomas Dolby. I really really hope it wasn't a synthesiser.[/quote] I'm pretty sure it was a "real" bass sampled into Dolby's Fairlight & then sequenced. I'm a big fan of Thomas Dolby.

[quote name='clauster' post='708129' date='Jan 10 2010, 08:25 PM']Kiss made me want to be in a band, but I think it was Paul Gardiner of Tubeway Army that made me want to be a bassist.[/quote] Paul Gardiner was a huge influence on me too.

[quote name='geoffbyrne' post='706888' date='Jan 9 2010, 06:47 PM']If you need any proof, Joe Pass is (I believe) a lefty playing righty. (Mind you, it's rumoured he's an absolute %%$*&&* to work with!). G.[/quote] Joe Pass hasn't been a "%%$*&&* to work with" since 1994, when he died................. There are quite a few examples of left handed people who play right handed - Mark Knopfler is one that springs immediately to mind.

I avoid this by steadfastly refusing to play 99% of musical genres.

As far as I know he used a couple of SVTs.

The "One of these days" setting on my Bass POD XT.

I played one of these at the Frankfurt trade fair in about 1984. I owned a Rickenbacker 4001 at the time & I honestly thought the Fernandes was better. Fernandes made a load of copies of well known basses & guitars & they were all superb. They were making a Jaco Pastorious Jazz bass replica years before Fender got round to doing it.

If it's one of the early to mid 80s Fernandes models it's probably better quality than a real Rickenbacker.

Be patient & leave it the f*** alone until it's better or you'll end up with all manner of hand trouble for the rest of your life. It's only a couple of weeks.

[quote name='Rayman' post='703027' date='Jan 6 2010, 04:17 PM']I'd give [i]both[/i] my balls for a Brian Setzer 6120.[/quote] I used to have a metallic purple Brian Setzer Hotrod 6120 - it was f***ing brilliant!

If I was twenty years younger I'd be well up for it! Good luck with finding someone.

"One of the greatest bass guitars ever built"? I don't think so. The magnesium alloy they built them from was very soft, and the string retainers at the headstock apparently had the unfortunate habit of detaching under string tension.

I'm a huge fan of Gretsch guitars (I've owned a 6120 & a Duojet) but the basses are pretty sh*te IMO.

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='700344' date='Jan 4 2010, 12:04 PM']To write just one piece of music I can be proud of. Just one. [/quote] That would probably be mine too, though I can't see it ever happening. Everything I've ever written has been utter sh*t.

For one horrible moment I thought it was going to be another clip of that Japanese bass playing transvestite again......... Nice playing!