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The second bass shows what good ideas this luthier can come up with, rather than just making Fender derivatives / 'copies'. The second bass is a really lovely-looking piece of work, but I wouldn't buy a Fender derivative, myself. I just don't see the point. There are so many other ideas for body shapes out there

I'm looking for a good, classic rock band with some work lined up (though not [i]every[/i] weekend!) Transport, gear, vocals - quick learner. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri8PSe8DKmQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri8PSe8DKmQ[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSjjBBFqbOw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSjjBBFqbOw[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMCRv6rPBlw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMCRv6rPBlw[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On8TrQ-lv08"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On8TrQ-lv08[/url] [url="http://www.crazeeworld.plus.com/kerbcrawlers/pages/gear_ian.htm"]http://www.crazeeworld.plus.com/kerbcrawle...es/gear_ian.htm[/url]

PM sent Ian

My band's folding after 5 nice years, so onto the next thing. Classic rock - gear, transport, vocals, experience. 50 but don't look it. Cheers, Ian

I avoid black basses, as they are harder for the audience to see, as I usually wear black on stage. I made an exception for these two:

I bought a new USA Fender Jazz bass in Boston the year before last. British Airways managed to lose it for a while at Heathrow Terminal 5 (The Dead Zone) and it came up on the next connecting plane after mine to Manchester. They called me over to the customs desk to say it was delayed. I said I'd had that bass for 20 years and it was my best friend, so there would be deaths if they lost it I had a minibus booked to take us home, so they had to courier it to me (much) later that afternoon. No duty.

Sweet.

Here's my 60th anniv USA Fender P bass.

These Corts are good, but hard to find..

Streamer Chrome Tone Custom Shop Thumb NT in one-off gloss walnut finish. HOW MANY frets??

[quote name='Stacker' post='932549' date='Aug 22 2010, 10:20 AM']How old's the Johnny Birch?[/quote] 1976. I'm having it refinished shortly.

My Rics:

Try finding one for an Epi Flying V bass.

[quote name='faceman' post='921929' date='Aug 11 2010, 07:50 PM']Where did you get your Eastwood from? It's pretty much what I want...don't suppose you would like to sell that to a poor student, gv'nor? [/quote] Sorry, It's not for sale. I bought it from a guy from near Derby who advertised it on the net.

Here's my Eastwood Classic 4 in action....

I'll see your two Rics and raise you...

[quote name='munkonthehill' post='895219' date='Jul 14 2010, 11:23 PM']do you gig it much???[/quote] It gets its turn, as I have a lot of basses. I like to use it for money by pink Floyd. it's just got the right tone for it. there are some videos of me playing it in the archive at www.thekerbcrawlers.co.uk [url="http://www.crazeeworld.plus.com/kerbcrawlers/pages/video2.htm"]http://www.crazeeworld.plus.com/kerbcrawle...ages/video2.htm[/url] (Check out the acoustic show videos)

I love mine - the Classic 4 bass on the left.

So the guy has whacked out enough money to make the shop finally part with a known-to-be-stolen bass. HE gets to keep it, when it rightfully belongs to Pastorious' family. .... and he will SELL it back to them? The legal system wasn't really helping the family at all and Trujillo has helped himself. [b]If he was helping the family, they would have the bass.[/b]

Brian Eastwood lives in Stacksteads (on the main road between Rawtenstall and Bacup). Nice to see that he's going to be busy, but I was going to take a Gibson SG (guitar) to him for a refinish. Bugger, it will take ages, now. [url="http://www.brianeastwoodguitars.co.uk/"]http://www.brianeastwoodguitars.co.uk/[/url]

Try an Eastwood Classic 4, if you want something that looks like a GWF bass. Classy. Here's mine (left):

[quote name='Cloff' post='875616' date='Jun 23 2010, 05:27 PM']What's the name and/ or type of the rickenbackeresque bass? Looks quite nice![/quote] It's John Birch SCDR bass made in Birmingham UK in 1976.

[quote name='Clarky' post='875591' date='Jun 23 2010, 05:13 PM']You could use that second bass as a mirror to signal to search planes [/quote] I've watched LOST too. My thoughts exactly.

Apart from the Alembic Spyder, which is a faithful replica of John Entwsitle's bass, I really don't care about signature basses. I wouldn't pay more for a nice looking 50's P bass with Sting's name on it than one without. I like to see what people use, but having their name on the bass wouldn't make me buy it. I would hate to be seen as a wannabe of any other bassist.

It's between these two at the moment: