Rich

[quote name='Mike' post='265247' date='Aug 19 2008, 09:35 AM'][i]The Bass Cellar is at the heart of London's busy West End on Denmark Street, Tin Pan Alley to those in the know. Any bassist who fancies a trip down the street will be greeted with a more eclectic mix of kit than even the most worldly player will be used to. [b]Any small amount of time spent mooching around The Bass Cellar will endear you to us straight away with well-humoured staff[/b] [/i][/quote]What a cracker. That's the best laugh I've had in days.

[quote name='Toasted' post='264714' date='Aug 18 2008, 04:46 PM']+1.

Also, I think Rich who works there and used to work in the Bass Centre Manchester is a c***.[/quote]
Not me, I hasten to add. Although no doubt some people probably do think of me that way...

I will never set foot in the Cellar again after the way I was treated last time I was daft enough to go in. Again, crashing ignorance from the guy behind the counter, who barely said two words to me and didn't take his eyes off his newspaper once.
Personally I wouldn't piss on that shop if it was on fire.

The OP has a point, sort-of anyway... but what narks me even more is when people come here purely to look at/contribute to the For Sale sections rather than getting involved elsewhere... not even an introduction...
[size=1]naming no names but casting more than just a glance in the direction of the OP... [/size]

Ick. Nasty.

And another PM for you. Any chance of a reply..?

Marillion, 'Clutching At Straws'. Their finest hour IMHO.

[quote name='TheRev' post='259149' date='Aug 10 2008, 10:33 AM']The Welsh bloke's right though[/quote]Nooooooo... don't tell him that, or we'll never hear the last of it... :lol:

So basically, all this is boiling down to the same old chestnut yet again: [b]Everybody Has A Different Opinion On What Makes A 'Good' Player[/b]. One more time round Piccadilly Circus please, driver.

[quote name='Mr Fudge' post='258594' date='Aug 8 2008, 11:12 PM']Lynott was born at Hallam Hospital in West Brom. And all the "Oirish he claimed to put in everybody" [/quote]
He had one Irish parent and moved to Dublin when he was a kid. Making him at least 3/4 Irish I reckon
Anyway, he would have been as cool as f**k whether he'd been from Ireland, Iceland, Lebanon, Luxembourg or Papua New flippin Guinea.

[quote name='Hamster' post='38724' date='Jul 30 2007, 12:44 AM']In any list of 'Cool' bass players, you have to put Phil Lynott near the top.

Gay Byrne (TV chat show host), "Phil, what's it like to be black and Irish?" - Phil, "It's like being a pint of Guinness."

Hamster[/quote]
Yup, a big +1 for Phil Lynott. "I'd like to thank you all for coming tonight... especially those who came more than once...". Classic.

Those prices are going to kill them stone dead. They'll be gone in months if they don't have a drastic downward re-think.

You mean how [b]is[/b] the music shop, singular. That'd be the one that relies on the school market of descant recorders and 3/4 size classical guitars in order to survive. Last time I went in, the most exotic electric instrument they had was an entry-level Yamaha Pacifica. The folks who run it are nice people, but it ain't our kind of shop.

The thing that first turned me on to Alain Caron was his sense of melody. For me, he is the master of the tuneful fretless bass solo. I love his playing, and if it was just pointless shredding I wouldn't. Yes he can play blisteringly fast at times, but it's always perfectly in tune and melodic. MHO of course.

I bet you are, chief. Lovely bass it is too.

If someone would care to start a Sei thread, I can contribute to that one too... I used to have a nice Flamboyant 5...
[quote name='Dr.Dave' post='257486' date='Aug 7 2008, 06:52 PM']Status series 3000. Spalted beech top and refinish done by Jon Shuker.[/quote]Oh yes. I loved this bass first time I clapped eyes on it. Doc, could you PM me and give me an idea how much the refin and new top cost? I'm thinking of having a similar job done on a bass of mine.

OK, here's my '90ish S1 deluxe 5 string, with homemade ramp. A bit beaten up and dinged, but a very lovely bass.


The quilt top is a mile deep under the lights.

[quote name='OldGit' post='256719' date='Aug 6 2008, 09:01 PM']Oh stop whingeing you Bristol people![/quote]Oh bog off, Taff

[quote name='Dr.Dave' post='256665' date='Aug 6 2008, 07:41 PM']Congratulations to Rich for modelling 'accessory of the decade' - attached to his stand AND being in the Wal thread too , bloody show off [/quote]Thanks Doc If anyone wants to start a Status thread, I'll muscle my way into that one too

New PM for ya.

'Bel Assis', Mo Foster

Here's my custom J5... since the pics were taken, she's now wearing nice ebony control knobs courtesy of a splendid chap in the US.

Here's PB1533, resting on my terrible lawn...

I bring the Shuke to play and the Status just in case, plus I take my tool/spares box -- I refer to it as my 'oh-sh1t box' -- containing (deep breath) screwdrivers, spanners, a million allenkeys, pliers, snips & scissors, nail-clippers, wire-strippers, strings, PP3s, fuses, gas-iron, solder, insulating & double-sided tapes, torch, cable, wire, pots, resistors, switches, heatshrink insulation, jack plugs & sockets, rapid araldite, superglue, multimeter, switch cleaner...

Yes.

+1 on the pickups & polepieces. To stop the distortion on mine, I ended up lowering the pickups almost all the way down into the surrounds. The bass' output is huge.
The pot spindles are quite delicate, they snap into the top of the pot via two little clip/prong things which can very easily break off. As some of mine did, some time ago. They're all OK at the moment, but god help me if they break again. My bass is currently wearing non-original control knobs and I'd love to get some originals for it.
My bass is PB1533, & I bought it for £330 in 1986.