Cat Burrito

As we all love a bit of show & tell, here's my collection of basses;



I'll start left to right with my Fender 50s RI MIJ Precision bass that is 20yrs old. Pretty battle scarred now but this saw active service throughout the 90s. I try to use it less now as it harks back to the days when I didn't look after my gear. It now has a Seymour Duncan SPB-1 pickup in it. It looks more like a 62RI as it also has a CIJ 62RI neck now! Next up is my 51RI MIJ Fender Precision bass with white pickguard and Seymour Duncan Antiquity pickup. In the middle is my Fender Precision USA 2006 bass that I've strung with Rotosound TruBass strings for a double bass vibe. This is great for when I need portability but want a good vibe for roots style playing. I have really only used this for recording. To it's right is my bitsa bass. It's got the neck off my 50s RI with a 70s USA Fender body and a Wizard pickup. This is my main live bass. I stripped it myself, sanded it down and it now smells of lavender due to the wax I use. Finally we have my pride & joy - My 1978 Fender Precision in immaculate condition. I have the original receipt, original strings and have had it properly varified. It's 100% all original. Here's a better picture







Away from the P-basses....

Welcome Mark - I did some work with Andy Lewis about 10yrs ago & used his Danelectro longhorn for recording. I was stoked when I heard he was playing with Weller. Anyhow, enjoy the forum

On tour with SkinTrade back in the early 90s we played Lincoln, travelling up from Bath at 7am. We were drinking Special Brew from then. By the time we came to go on they had to prop me up against the fire exit. I recall Tony crawling around onstage on his hands & knees because he'd dropped a pick! We were awful but sold a lot of merchandise that night because the audience were under the misguided impression we were like the Sex Pistols and the Who rolled into one. We weren't the new messiah, we were very naughty boys!

That was the worst although I fell off stage in Nottingham Dec '94 through drink. I tend to do drunken gigs far less now but certainly had my fair share back in the day.

I picked it up today, nice to see Sami Yaffa in there. A blast from my past!

[quote name='bassatnight' post='612806' date='Sep 30 2009, 10:25 AM']Why is bedders never interviewed in Bass guitar mags!?[/quote]

Funnily enough when I saw this thread I was immediately reminded of a 90s interview in the sadly defunct Bassist magazine with him. The quote that always stood out in my mind was him saying that he had to try and make all his basslines sound a bit funny.

As nobody has put the link here - [url="http://www.rockabillybass.com/"]http://www.rockabillybass.com/[/url] I thought I'd share it. Looks interesting...

I'd not heard of it but will be checking it out now... once things are in order, of course!

Great song! I like the root-fifth thing on this tune.

And it's great to see Wikipedia get something right!

I remember those when they were out originally :blush:

I've never had a rider although I have done a few gigs over the years where food has been laid on.

I found a great site the other day on celebrity riders but can't find the link now... if it does show up, I'll post it. It was very eye opening!

Forgot to do this Saturday morning but I managed a Folk jam on Friday night, a short set on the double bass where it was £8 a ticket and sold out! We did well and it was enjoyable. Still getting my head around the double bass a little but certainly more comfortable with it.

Just to say I bought his 1x15 Ampeg SVT Classic cab - smooth transaction, fairly priced, nice guy to deal with. Thanks Chris

I don't think it hurts. I used to do it a bit. I don't really now. If you do it too much it will become a bit too much of a "oh, here we go again" but depending on the song & the style of music you do, it's not a problem.

I wouldn't say I'm a collector but I've amassed a fair bit over the years;

A framed Waylon Jennings picture in my hall.
A signed tshirt by Jesse Malin (who also signed most of my CDs of his)
Chris Hillman's autograph (my favourite musician / bassist ever)
Rick Buckler signed my fag packet when I used to smoke
Huggy Bear signed a photo for me
A signed copy of Music from the Big Pink signed by Robbie Robertson

I think it depends on the genre people play. I play country / roots / americana type stuff so you can feel your way through most things. If I was in a prog band it'd be different.

I had to take up hobbies and meet real people.... it was awful! Thank God you are all back!

Taking over from Jean Luc Pickguard, I was going to say The Band! Them or the Flying Burrito Brothers.

I love the seafoam one. If I owned one it'd be that... and I'm only typing this as my wife is out!

I've owned 2 Epiphone ones and both were seriously good basses. Tokai make great stuff and I've often wondered about their T-birds. The reality is that I am not really a T-bird kind of bass player (just a fan from the sidelines). If the quality of Epi T-basses is as good in 2009 as it was in 2004 I reckon you can't go wrong with either.

Just make sure you don't bang your bass on the phonebox door getting changed before the gig people!

I had the same with my 20yr old P-bass. The bridge was actually rusty underneath from when I used to play with a pick in my punk days and rest my hand on the bridge. Some sweaty gigs and as a result the bridge was pretty knackered. Copper tape was the answer again. The bass wasn't earthed properly as it needed a clean up.

Remind him of this when he's 40!

I just bought a Resonator Bass which is extremely good fun. Not like a double bass but it loosely fits that sort of look, although tonally very different. I think depending on what style of music you play, it may be worth considering a traditional bass guitar. I play acoustic-y music and if I don't use a double bass a P-bass is fine.

Rarer than hen's teeth to stumble across but here's my resonator bass

Looks great! I love the attention to detail all over. The neckplate is a nice touch. I've got mine done but they are not as detailed as that

[quote name='witterth' post='604288' date='Sep 21 2009, 10:12 AM']sorry.....
who's Matt Garrison?
I take it hes good then[/quote]

You mean to say you've not heard of Matt Garrison? No, me neither!