Rich

Luthiers? Oh we're spoiled for choice in the UK... Shuker, Sei, Overwater, RIM, ACG, Manson are the first ones that spring to mind. Then there are other smaller makers like Tom Waghorn.
Whereabouts in the UK are you?

Celinder is another option.
Although yes, if it was my money I'd be looking for something custom built to a vast specification.
For 3k, the world is your lobster. I'm really quite jealous actually




EDIT: OK, very jealous

Surely [i]all[/i] our kit, not just the quote boutique gear unquote, is just hobbyist stuff until we start earning an actual living with it?

Dave_bass talking to davebass... this could get confusing, like the Python Bruces

I tend to agree however, the first tech definitely deserves some recompense for his shielding work at least.

To be honest, i don't really care if anyone notices my gear (although thanks to the Shuker's gorgeous coffeetableness and beautiful tone, they often do). I know it's there, and that's all that matters.

[quote name='bassjamm' post='1321900' date='Jul 31 2011, 02:08 AM']Hello all...

Just wondered what peoples thoughts might be on the thought of fretting a GWB35? [b]I'm a fan of them, their feel and tone, and really like the sound of the GWB2, the fretted version [/b]but they're raaaaaaaaaarrrrrreeeee!

You'd be looking at about £100 I guess minimum to have the work done, so, potentially having invested £400-450 into the instrument.

What say you folks?

Jam[/quote]
Answered your own question there, I reckon Go for it. But yes, keep a fretless one too.

Not so keen on medleys, but segues are brilliant. We do them a lot. Our current ones include [i]Hard To Handle > Crazy In Love > I Wish[/i] and [i]I Want You Back > ABC[/i] and [i]Reach Out (I'll Be There) > Lady Marmalade > Ain't Too Proud > Night Boat To Cairo[/i] (sounds absurd I know, but it works). The biggest one we ever did was [i]Black Eyed Boy > Two Tribes > War > 25 Miles > Papa Was A Rolling Stone > Move On Up[/i] complete with audience karaoke in Papa Was. Tipped the scales at nearly 20 minutes..!

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Precision-jazz-Bass-pickup-cover-plate-fits-most-bassM9-/140363801053?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item20ae55a1dd"]Here you go[/url].

+1 from me for Gary Willis, John Giblin, Manring (utter genius) and, yes, Alain Caron. I saw him with Mike Stern a couple of years back and he was [i]astonishing[/i].

[quote name='paul_5' post='1321431' date='Jul 30 2011, 04:22 PM']Amen to that. In February of this year I saw a music shop worker 'demoing' an entry level bass to a complete newbie. She was in with her parents and they were obviously a bit intimidated (by the biggest guitar wall in Europe) and all this guy wanted to do was show off how fast he could [s]masturbate[/s] play. Didn't even show her what the controls did or what to do with the amp.

I did that after he'd gone for a cigarette and a lie down.

Tool.[/quote]
Back when I still bothered trying out basses in music shops, whenever this happened and the shop worker gave me his best Wooten/Kinger/Sheehan impression before giving me the bass, I'd play 4 notes and say "nah, don't like it" and hand it back to him.

[quote name='Chris2112' post='1321335' date='Jul 30 2011, 02:38 PM']Look at that LAG going on here for £550![/quote]
Agreed. It's an absurd bargain.

Slapping's crap.
No it's not.
Yes it is.
No it's not.
Yes it is.
No it's not.
Yes it is. It's so 1980s.
So what? It's great.
No it's not.
Yes it is.
No it's not.
Yes it is.
No it's not.
Yes it is.
[i]Ad nauseum[/i].
There y'go, thread over.

Thanks Tony... unfortunately tort is out as i really [i]really[/i] don't like it

RF52, I hear you about the maple neck. That'd be my 1st choice too, unfortunately my Jazz neck isn't. If it works out, i'll probably get a maple neck at a later date. I had wondered about an anodised plate.

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='1312738' date='Jul 22 2011, 01:06 PM']Black. Black as the King of Hell's waistcoat.[/quote]
Pfff. It's a well-known fact that his waistcoat is Burberry.

Ever since playing Si's Shuker P-5 earlier in the year, I've been GASsing for a P bass of some sort. Anyway, as an experiment I've managed to score a cheap P body (manufacturer unknown) from fleaBay and I'm planning to put the neck from my Squier Jazz on it. The body is in a natural finish but the lacquer is quite dark, like a rich honey colour. The question is... which colour scratchplate? My favourite is pearly white but I don't know if it'd work. I don't like tort plates, so that's definitely out.
So, audience... given the choice of [b]3-ply black[/b], [b]3-ply white[/b], [b]pearly white[/b] or [b]pearly black[/b], which would you choose? Or is there something else you'd consider? (brass? sexy but expensive)

Obviously you mean "serious [b]buyers[/b] are welcome to come and try the guitar"

The way I see it is --
Just because you're a} female & cute, and/or b} sharing domestic arrangements with someone well-known, it doesn't automatically mean you'll be successful and it is a bit daft to argue that this is the case.
Likewise, just because you have or had a gig with someone of Beck or Hancock's calibre, it doesn't automatically mean you are [b]great[/b]. There is a whole universe of difference between really good and great.
So -- talented, yes. Very good, yes. But great? No.

The Buzzard has always been my favourite of the more left-field bass shapes... I'd take one of these over a flying V or a BC Rich any day. Wouldn't want the Warwick version though, not after seeing what JAE did to one of their Buzzards...

I agree. And also:

[quote name='Doddy' post='1307180' date='Jul 17 2011, 10:37 PM']I'd say she's a very good player.....she's got a long way to go to be great.[/quote]
This. Her gender makes no difference at all.

[quote name='Chris2112' post='1307112' date='Jul 17 2011, 09:34 PM']Oh rly? I always thought it was a Status. Far too crisp and clean sounding compared to the rest of his Jaydee sounds. Having had various Status basses over the years and played plenty of Jaydees, I've never found them to sound similar at all and would have put a months wages on that being a Status. Probably best I avoided the bookmakers then! [/quote]
I can't speak for the Woolwich and Chippenham gigs on Physical Presence, but he definitely played a JD at the Reading gig. I know this as I was there

The first thing I'd try would be anything with 'Yamaha' on the headstock. Consistently excellent instruments that offer near unbeatable value-for-money, IMHO.

If I went to see some chaps play a bit of music and all they did was to kick me up the bottom, I would jolly well want my money back.

My bass soundcheck is usually You Can Leave Your Hat On. Plenty of sustained low notes, a couple of little flourishes up the dusty end for the full range, and a couple of pops to make sure it's snappy enough or not too harsh.
My mic soundcheck is usually My Old Man's A Dustman
[quote name='leschirons' post='1298623' date='Jul 9 2011, 09:53 PM']I hate band sound checks and refuse to do them. If it's a usual gig, it's all done in the first 15 seconds of the first verse. Me on my own? turn on, play four notes, turn down master, put bass on stand, wonder why drummer is still setting kit up and guitarist is frantically swapping patch leads in all combinations.[/quote]
My band has 13 members... can you imagine the sonic car-crash that would ensue if we refused to do soundchecks?

Still no sign of this then?

My mistake, sorry

1 Steve-Soar
2. the inglourious bass turd
3. Gust0o
4. cocco
5. Jacqueslemac
6. Stompbox
7. gary mac