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[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FENDER-PRECISION-SLAB-BODY-ULTRA-RARE-VINTAGE-BASS-1966-HISTORIC-VINTAGE-/390563339416?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item5aef639c98"]Slab P[/url] Seems a bit cheap for NKRV.

Mick Ronson's on 'Moonage Daydream' on the Ziggy Stardust album.

I guess with Behringer, it's as Bass Tractor basically says - some are ok, asome are sh*te! In my experience, their rack DIs are prone to noise and and my first gig with their Vamp-pro (1st model) was ruined by the amp intermittently cutting out, with the patch being used - or any patch for that matter - having to be recalled by selecting another patch first, a process compounded by the fact that that process had sometimes to be done more than once. I sold it and the foot-controller the next again week.

Some of the dealers on Gbase are on the pipe with their prices! Used to get some good deals up there but not for years!

Holger Czukay had em in Can

Only ever had one fella did the unison sh*t, and that's what it sounded like! Seem to recall that Pastorius got pissed of with Zawinul playing the same line alongside in his latter time with WR. And, does anyone remember the BS flying about in muso mags in the '80s with guys saying that, with the arrival of more versatile keyboards and powerful MIDI sequencing, that the bass guitar was dead??

Usually, what I do if the outer carton is damaged is to politely ask the courier to hang on and then get a camera and photograph it in his presence and mark it as damaged. It used to be that you refused any damaged packages but the idea of circa £1k (for example) worth of bass lying about a warehouse until the issue gets sorted isn't sensible or practical. With that damage, the carton should have visible impact damage in the same place, so photgraph that as well. Plus, if it's without doubt the courier caused it, it's the responsibilty of whoever arranged the freight & insurance. TF it aint the bass that's damaged - that's something to be thankful for.

I've only ever had one: a trans red, birdseye maple necked transitional model with the bullet TRA and the mutes. Baseball-bat neck, couldn't get on with it. That said, I'd like to get my hands on an unlined fretless with an exotic wood body one day.

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1363644900' post='2015355'] You mean lazyitis? [/quote] I think Milty has an illness or condition that may impede him from playing in a band. Sure he'll clarify, though.

Gave up in my late 20s due to apathy and personal issues. Started again around 40 and loved it, playing in an alt. country band. But the old muso patterns of control-freakery, back-stabbing and suspicion slowly crept back in and, after an altercation on night, I left. Would like to gig again but am just a shappy rattling a few tunes out on the geetars n basses at home!

Inspiring! When I hear the words 'Keynote Speaker', I usually sigh inwardly, imagining some boring suit harping on about finance or whatever. But this was enthralling and inspiring.

Waffen at work.... [url="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B63wYL1GAqNGalBEalJtWC15UWM/edit?usp=sharing"]https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B63wYL1GAqNGalBEalJtWC15UWM/edit?usp=sharing[/url]

The seller ain't cheap, eh? Neither are some of his acoustics. Still, it's his choice to set the pricing.....

Thanx for the memories, Clarky. I remember watching this back then and found it such a moving song. And, yeh, the Costello version ain't a patch on this. Didn't even know he'd c-o-wrote it until years later.

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1363539955' post='2013811'] Hey! Don't do that! Looking right through the esteemed J. Hall Esq? The nerve! Learnt you nothing from Ibsen's Wild Duck, lad? "Deprive the average human being of his life-lie, and you rob him of his happiness.” best, bert [/quote] I am not [i]au fait[/i] with Ibsen's work but I like that quote. Reminds me of not a few folk I know!

Sorry if this has been brought up before but this is news to me. That said, haven't followed MK for rather a long time now. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Mark-King-limited-level-42-Blue-Jazz-bass-36-of-42-OHC-EC-/140917547079?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item20cf572047"]MK Jazz[/url]

[i][size=3][size=4]'......I'm working on behalf of your government on a legal matter in the North...' - [/size][/size][/i][size=3][size=4]Love it! An air of mystery to wrap around his cloak of megalomania.[/size][/size][i][size=3] [size=4]'[/size][/size][/i][size=4]Working' for HM Government? Doing what, one wonders?[/size]

[quote name='12stringbassist' timestamp='1363523075' post='2013558'] My comments on the official RIC corporate forum got wiped. He fobs someone else off here [url="http://www.rickenbacker.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4627&start=10"]http://www.rickenbac...t=4627&start=10[/url] Ending it with 'Let's move on' is just a tad condescending. [/quote] Just read that link. What a dog. With my BlueBoy blotching up like nicotine yellow in places, his reasons were:-[list] [*]Smoke-filled home/environment [*]Prolonged exposure to sunlight [*]Exposure to UV light [/list] There was no explanation for the reaction nor any apology for what had happened or that they would look into it. But it was his rudeness that got to me. I'll bet he was one of those kids who had his play-piece nicked offa him at school to make him turn out thus.

That means he had to know your surname and address, no? Wow, what a determined little man.

[quote name='12stringbassist' timestamp='1363481019' post='2013317'] I think he actually rang my house at one point. [/quote] How did he get your number??

To be fair, I shouldn't have used the term 'hack-job' as this example is not indicative of the oddball 'modds' this crowd get ahold of, the most famous being the [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1967-RICKENBACKER-4005-BASS-made-USA-/171004254237?pt=Guitar&hash=item27d0a5d81d"]Rick 4005 disaster[/url]. But look at this: it just screams half-arsed bitsa! Check out also the headless [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1982-GIBSON-MODERNE-USA-PROJECT-/170998631030?pt=Guitar&hash=item27d0500a76"]Gibson Moderne[/url] 'project'! They seem to have an interest in acquiring these guitars that folk have fkd about on to the nth degree. Actually, they have a Gibbo EB1 up there.