Mykesbass

Sorry, going to have to add another. Rainey's playing on this one is sublime!

Just listening to an amazing old Quincy Jones vinyl compilation - this is a super funky ballad, but then hey, what would you expect with Cuck Rainey and Harvey Mason as your rhythm section?

1 hour ago, Frank Blank said:

Lovely to see Burning Spear at Glastonbury. I dread to think how long ago it was I last saw him live, anyway 👏

The track they played on 6 Music sounded great. Couldn't find it on iPlayer 😟

22 hours ago, stewblack said:

I am listening to the album Inner Urge by Joe Henderson.

Doing an album a week as part of my education.

It's pretty cool.

There's a really nice late recording, Joe Henderson Big Band from 1996 that I like.

Point of order, not all COPD is self inflicted.

Duke Ellington "In the 60s". Was my introduction to the great man, and is still a fabulous listen. All the big tunes, great quality recording and the old boys were still very much on their collective game.

Gabe @Microwave420 just bought my G&L Kiloton. Brand new member, joined the site to buy this bass, and was in Indonesia when he contacted me. Naturally I was a tiny bit suspicious, but Gabe's communication was great, and we met up halfway to make the deal. Totally genuine and a nice guy to boot. Sell with confidence if he contacts you 👍

Mel who ran a cassette manufacturer that I used to use was the cellist in ELO.

Could you go full retro with a trapeze tailpiece?

Goodwood Revival ltd edition in tweed anyone 🤔

Here's to great success for Stevie 👍

Yes @Microwave420 it is.

Etsy UK. Looks like plenty of choice, vintage and repro.

Sorry, can any of our drummers on here explain the difficulty as I have never encountered a drummer who has thought this was a problem?

Vitamin Qué?

1 hour ago, Reggaebass said:

As far as I know this would be one of the original versions before it was remixed in around 91 I think, it’s a lot slower and you can hear the basssline , it’s on the album Songs Of Freedom Rarities , is this the one you heard myke?

 

That's much better. Yes, the posthumous hit hardly sounds like a reggae track. Thanks Tony 👍

Is there an original version of Marley's Iron Lion Zion without all the posthumous production and overdubs? Heard it on the radio today and was amazed by how awful I thought it sounded. Would love to hear Bob's original if it exists.

I've got to pull some fence posts and large planks of wood from the canal in Tipton tomorrow - any bids from our budding luthiers?

Thanks - hadn't spotted that!

30 minutes ago, BaggyMan said:

Has the hipshot been removed?

 

You removed it 😎

8 minutes ago, BaggyMan said:

Not really playing 4 stringers these days but I'd be tempted to buy this backif i was.  Excellent bass.

Yes, much as I've tried, my left hand always wants to be on a fiver. 

Had this in a trade two years ago, and fabulous as it is, the poor thing hasn't been played, as no matter how many times I think I need another bass I ALWAYS go back to my Shuker, so this has been noodled on a couple of times and then just remained in a case.

I believe the see through cherry over mahogany was a limited run, and it looks really great. Previous owner, @BaggyMan has meticulously added a vinyl carbon fibre look wrap over the tort pickguard. I think it looks right on this bass but will easily peel off. 

There are a couple of tiny nobbles on the headstock, and a couple of faint surface scratches on the back - the one highlighting this was taken with a macro lens. 

Strung with barely played DR Hi-Beams for extra sparkle - my plan was to have something the complete opposite to my main 5 string, flatwound fretless. 

Collection from Stourbridge, or could meet up in West Midlands. Don't want to courier as I don't have a spare hard case.

Spec from original post:

CONSTRUCTION: bolt-on

SCALE: 34"

PICKUPS: Leo Fender†-designed G&L MFD™ Magnetic Field Design humbucker made in Fullerton, California

 NECK WOOD: Hard-Rock Maple w/ Maple fingerboard

NECK WIDTH AT NUT: 1 1/2"

NECK RADIUS: 12"

 NECK PROFILE: medium C

 FRETS: 21 medium jumbo, nickel

 TUNING KEYS: Traditional open-back, 

 BRIDGE: Leo Fender-designed G&L Saddle-Lock

 ELECTRONICS: 3-way series/split/parallel mini toggle, volume, tone

weight: 3.8Kgs

On 17/04/2025 at 20:09, 2pods said:

If you get one stick a brass nut on it.

Just in case Sting wants to relive his youth with it 

 

 

 

Actually, I've always fancied a white one, as the ones I had were very comfy and sounded good, but I there was only red and black

Only on here could 34 be considered youth 😎

22 hours ago, Beedster said:

Not used them but neither would I without a whole lot more than three reviews 

Not so much just three reviews but they all look like they have been written by a daytime TV funeral insurance advertising copywriter.

1 hour ago, Reggaebass said:

Thought I’d drop this one today as Max Romeo has passed, probably one of my favourites from him 

 

That's a great song to remember him by. Much better tribute than his biggest hit.

Loved them on my fretless 5 string precision but the low B went dead before the rest of the set. Gone for Chromes to get just a little more sparkle that can always be rolled off.

Tension was fine, really didn't find the hard work.