12stringbassist

Oh, that's nice.

Oh that's NIIIIICE. Looking at the earlier pics, I'm quite surprised that the only two I am keen on are the Black P bass w/maple neck and the sunburst Pbass that is missed mourned by its previous owner. They look great. If I had a black P with a maple neck, I'd be happy with a dark tort plate, but would be tempted to go mirror or black at some point.

I have a day job that pays the bills. Gigging for me is about the mental exercise and enjoyment of playing and a little bit of socialising. I happily admit I do expect to be paid enough for an evening's work in a pub and the travel to get there, but at the same time, I have cheerfully given up occasional afternoons or evenings to do things for free for Help The Heroes and such. The playing is sometimes enough for me. Rehearsing should be to get new songs in, or to tidy existing ones up. Not a paid-for evening's socialising. I would not gig regularly for nothing, as I believe that is what people who are out there to be discovered often have to do. I'm not out there to be discovered any longer. Good luck to those who are prepared to invest their time to get ahead, though. Horses for courses.

Active: Warwick Steamer Chrome Tone. Passive: Possibly my Ric 4003 FG...

It's solid, but seems to be chambered. The finish is a bit more green than the first photo suggests. Very thin from front to rear.

New to me today- very pleased with this - classy and a bargain, too. Colour on photo boosted, as it's more green than orig photo suggested.

So if Ric make a bass with a finish defect, they can withdraw the guarantee? John Hall is a genius. I bet he starts chasing the poster of that topic to give him some serious abuse for buying a Ric with a crap finish and then having the affrontery to tell people.

I'd honestly be driven nuts if this happened to me. I don't think you really have any option other than to politely ask about what happened. It can go one of a few ways: It was done without your mate knowing: So you can just say, that even though you like it, you don't want to take the credit for someone else's work. Your mate had it re-done: Say fair enough, you weren't totally happy with what you did anyway and the new part is fine, but you don't want to take the credit for someone else's work. From there, just remember to keep cool as your friendship is more important than the tracks. Or you can go straight to handbags at twenty paces.

My Bison reissue. Sounds more like a Rickenb***er than a Rickenb***er.

I played this little beaut in Accrington last week. I don't take it out as often as I should, but always really enjoy it when I do.

Touch wood.

Last weekend...

I'll chuck this one in the pot.... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSFC0790asE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSFC0790asE[/url]

I have far too many and will part with some when I stop playing. There are some I will always keep and one that will be buried with me.

I knew Dolphin had gone, but I was in Liverpool on a training course today and thought i'd have a look in Dawsons. Nope. Closed down. Where is there left in Liverpool, apart from the obvious Cash gen and Crack Converters, to buy gear these days?

It's alright Ma, it's only witchcraft (This is the season) by Fairport Convention. I'm more used to the Slade version.

I used to have the single pickup version of that - the Pro 1e. Lovely bass. I think the price quoted above is about right. On T**k Bass, people woffle about Wal's quite a bit, so it's worth checking out who's looking for one.

[b] From [url="http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/gear/bass/bass6066.html"]http://www.thewho.ne...s/bass6066.html[/url][/b] [b] 1966 Fender Precision Bass (slab) in White Blonde, with maple neck (three of this model)[/b] 1966 Fender Precision slab bass, from side.[list] [*]John owned (and trashed) three of 20 total made by Fender, which were made specifically for the UK market. [*]Slab (squared off) body, split pickup, maple neck, black scratch plate. [*]Finish is called “White Blonde” by Fender, and “See-Through Blonde” or “See-Through White” colloquially. John describes it as, “...what looked like blue veins coming through the white paintwork.” [*][b] From January 2009 Vintage Guitar article: “The Four-String White Whale: Fender/Arbiter’s 1966 Slab-Body Precision Bass”[/b] In the world of the Fender bass, few instruments have engendered more lore or legend than the 1966 slab-body Precision. Long rumored, occasionally sighted, and often misunderstood, this is the great white whale of Fender bass collecting! While at first glance having the appearance of a standard ’66 Precision, the instrument has the crucial difference of the uncontoured Telecaster-style ash body; its neck is built with a laid-on maple fingerboard, a seldom-seen custom-order feature at a time when Fender no longed offered maple necks as a stock appointment. While never cataloged or formally advertised, at least two very small batches of this instrument were to have been made in ’66... The U.K.-market-only Arbiter-ordered basses have these very specific features; maple-capped neck, blond finished ash body, and black/white laminate pickguard. Otherwise, fittings and hardware were the standard ’66 style. Why this particular combination of features was chosen, and by who exactly, has never been fully explained. Whether the English company dictated the specifications or responded to an existing Fender prototype is unknown. [*]John: “There is something different about the sound of these Precisions…I’ve tracked it down to the pickups and tone circuit — the sound is much raunchier and gutsy and has a hint of distortion when the volume is flat out.” [*]At least one featured an additional tone or pickup control and toggle switch. [*][b] From April 1995 Bassist interview[/b] “The slab Precisions were like white, squared-off Telecasters, with a split pickup, a maple neck, black scratch plate and what looked like blue veins coming through the white paintwork. I don’t know what they used on them but those basses had a sound of their own, really raunchy with more of a growl than a regular Precision.” [*]Parts would later be used to comprise [url="http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/gear/bass/bass6768.html#frankenstein"]Frankenstein[/url]. [b] From January 2009 Vintage Guitar article: “The Four-String White Whale: Fender/Arbiter’s 1966 Slab-Body Precision Bass”[/b] Entwistle took some surviving parts from this martyr and [i]another[/i] destroyed Telecaster Bass and mounted the maple-capped neck and pickups on an older sunburst Precision body with a white pickguard. This creation, dubbed “Frankenstein,” became his main studio and stage bass through Tommy and Who’s Next, appearing most famously on Live at Leeds and the Rolling Stones’ Rock ’n’ Roll Circus film. Both in its original and rebuilt form, this bass was played many of the most influential Who recordings of all time, and has been listened to intently by countless bassists over the last 40 years! [/list]

I'd buy one in a heartbeat. Nearly did in the 70's.

I used to be in a band years ago, where the singer / guitarist's wife sat at the front gazing up adoringly at him during all our gigs. As she was sat in the middle at the front all the time with a dazed, soppy expression on her face, it was thought to be a great idea that she should be given something to do and so she was put in charge of my mixing desk. You can imagine the rest of the band's dismay when we noticed that all she was interested in was the one particular fader. It was her husband's vocal mic. The others remained resolutely down. That was a contributory factor to a number of us leaving that band. We couldn't talk to the singer / guitarist about it. He wasn't interested in hearing what we had to say as it involved the angel on his shoulder... A mate used a great word I hadn't heard before to sum him up. Crude but apt - [i]c***struck[/i]. Exactly.

Sorry it didn't go well. If someone can't make eye contact with you, then that's the first sign of a personality disorder. Adding in the beurocracy of scoring you on paper for your performances? Well, we all assess potential players one way or another when auditioning, just making a mental note of either that was good, or that wasn't. I've never seen anyone go to the length of putting people off like that and also recording auditions. I'd certainly ask them for a copy if they've still got it, just to give them something to do. They sound like a set of tossers. I always ask a band what happened to their old bassist. It's always good to see how they answer. If they get insulting behind his back, then you can probably expect the same behind yours and the band is a little club you may not wish to join.

I think he'll be trying to find out addresses and phone numbers and talking gibberish at people.