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Cheers! Where's a good place to get them?

Not sure yet. Just one that doesn't look like marbled beef. Now to dig out some Matt Freeman.

Wow, I move house and leave this thread for a while and come back to more responses! Thanks guys. @MuseMatt - Muse fan perchance? Anyway, thankyou for your post. She was 90 and had been ill on and off for many years, but kept on going right through to the end and was sharp as a tack. It was just her time, and she got to say goodbye properly and talk to her daughters at the end, which was all you could ask for really... ANYHOW... Money, burn, hole, pocket and all that. Firstly, apologies for people I've not gotten back to after expressing interest. You all seem like great peeps and cheers for your patience. But I decided that really, I had to play some basses for myself and decide that way. So I disappeared off to Camden this rainy morn and sat myself squarely in the Bass Gallery for an hour and a half or so and tried as many different sub-500 quid basses until I felt comfortable that one was "the one". The fellow there (short hair, tats, nice bloke) was kind enough to let me try a lot and embaress myself with my lack of skillz and set me through Ibanez, Washburn, Warwick, Fender and Yamaha and so on and so forth until I settled for... A 300 squid Fender Squier Jazz bass. [url="http://www.squierguitars.com/products/search.php?partno=0303075505"]http://www.squierguitars.com/products/sear...rtno=0303075505[/url] He told me straight-up that for my price range that it was the best sound I could get, and frankly - he was right. I must've gone through ten basses and this was the only one that made an impression. I'm sure I could do better second-hand on here, but the important thing is how a bass feels (not looks, I'm telling you that scratch plate is GOING) and it felt right. On playing it a little more the action could be lowered further, but the neck is nice and small and I get around the frets without difficulty with my gammy little finger. It also sounds warm, and has a nice range of tones that I didn't find on the others. Plus it has a Tina Weymouth look about it (I know, it's nothing like her bass) for some reason, which made me smile. It's possibly furthest away from what I imagined myself buying, but there you go - sometimes you suprise yourself, I guess!

Only one person I know goes by the name geilerbass and has a GI Joe figure in their avatar. There's slim pickings for what I'm looking at right now in the sale section, I'll keep an eye out. I'll also head out to Camden in a couple of weeks to the bass center and see what's available... shame the one around Brick Lane disappeared though. @Zach - I'll look into it, Spectors seem to be more respected than I thought!

I bet it is, it's nice also that its been played by some real talent in the past. I don't think I could do it justice!

Cheers Doctor! 61 basses? Er, spare one perchance?

Oh bum! Forgot to mention, I'm related to Pino Palladino. Not met him since I was three, though.

/slaps forehead I looked at the Sei bass thread. /weakens

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='499401' date='May 27 2009, 10:37 PM']There's a very nice Bass Collection in the for sale section, at that price you'd have money left over for another too If you wanted to stretch your budget then this is what i'd have a look at: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=47434"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=47434[/url] If i were you i'd just keep looking at the for sale section on here, it's always full of bargains at every price range and it's nice and safe[/quote] Yes, I was ogling that earlier. I'd love to stretch it but I have to get some graphics software with the money I was bequeathed - hence balancing something that's an investment, something that's a "want". Heh, I guess buying a rare bass would be something of an investment though. Dammit, now I'm talking myself into spending more... I was warned that would happen when visiting the sales section!

[quote name='bythesea' post='499400' date='May 27 2009, 10:36 PM']Good luck with your search - there is a lot out there and lots of useful stuff here. And from Wikipedia Nicolas Godin plays a red Fender Mustang (though he may well play other basses as well). He's mentioned at the bottom of the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Mustang_Bass"]list[/url] of players.[/quote] Many thanks! That does look familiar. I saw them play a couple of years ago in Kentish Town, it has a really earthy tone to it which really lends itself to their sound. They sound much more progressive rock live than they do on CD, it has to be said.

I get the feeling he lurks more than posts.