Mykesbass

[quote name='BRANCINI' timestamp='1337940599' post='1667626'] Questions already been asked, but where do they all go. Think how many basses have been produced in the last say 50 years by Fender alone, awhere are they ? why are (say) 70s Precisions so rare ? OK I can understand music shops saying theyre not worth much when taking them as part exchange etc, but I cant see that many actually ending up in skips. Must be millions in lovely old tweed hardcases sat lofts and under beds, with ageing owners like me thinking......Someday ! [/quote] But if we knew the answer to this then nobody could list their appaling 70's Fender as "rare"

Popped in to Bass Gear today - had three meetings in Oxford and the middle one blew me out so I had a couple of hours to kill. Vic obviously has taken on board everything that has been said on here about Phil, before he even asked if there was anything I wanted to buy he made me a cuppa! Had a good chat and then tried a couple of heads, very keen on one (possibly the cheapest in the shop) and will return with my bass to try it in a couple of months. Really refreshing to see no pressure whatsoever, no worries that I wasn't here to buy on the spot. Oh, and as I play five string fretless, the bass I was given to try the amp was a £4,000 F Bass! Top shop, and two absolute gentlemen. Will be back when the money is in the bank!

[quote name='Buzzy' timestamp='1336900866' post='1652396'] Duck signed my ticket after we had a chat about Fender necks (P v J) and how he missed playing with Al Jackson. [/quote] Had a really busy weekend so only just seen this really sad news. Buzzy, I met him with Cropper and Booker T (and Taj Mahal) at the end of the night one year at Bishopstock. Al Jackson Was the main topic of conversation for all of them an how it wasn't the same without him.

[quote name='Matt_UK' timestamp='1335814599' post='1636543'] (I know! Funk and snooker!) [/quote] Sorry Matt, can't answer your question but Snooker and Funk - Steve Davis is one of the UK's best know Jazz-Funk fans - was much derided for it back in the day!!

Love Flamenco, ever since seeing Paco De Lucia with Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin at the Albert Hall. This is really odd - Flamenco/Rock/Leonard Cohen hybrid but I love it: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOUL80lm0dw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOUL80lm0dw[/url]

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1335771785' post='1635567'] Thanks for everyone's advice. The gay bit isn't important; the killer for me is that I just don't see any musical worth in any version of this song. Of course teeth will be gritted. It's only 3 mins of toe curling pain. I'm a professional; I can deal with this! [/quote] You don't see any musical worth in it but the Gloria Jones version is a great dance song - I know a full dance floor is always a massive buzz to me.

OK, promise to post some better pics tomorrow but picked this up today on my way home from Hexham (to Sussex and the roads/weather were appalling, hence no time for a nice photo session). 5 String old school P Bass style with amarello fingerboard - should be a lot tougher than maple and been dyed to give vintage look. Body colour is somewhere between cream ant butterscotch blond - a bit like a thin mushroom soup - sounds terrible but looks great, and a Nordstrand pick-up. Sounds huge - gigging it on Saturday, will post a full review afterwards. I am one very happy man!!

Picked mine up today - on route from Hexham to Sussex so knackered - will post with picks tomorrow

I'm a big fan of pressure wound Roto's - a nice flats/rounds compromise that really works for me. p.s. pedant alert - "which strings"

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1334393662' post='1615495'] I'm still waiting for my Fender custom shop pickups to be delivered after waiting almost a month. The shop has to order them from Fender and, supposedly, they are taking their time to deliver, although I suspect that cash flow problems may be the issue. [/quote] Hmm, wouldn't judge the shop too quickly - when I had a shop (a Fender dealer) it took me 4 months to get some US Jaguar saddles for a customer. Good job he had been in direct contact with Fender as to start with he thought it was me messing him around.

Can see this coming up as a plot line for Silent Witness!

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1333913975' post='1608228'] Anything with the word 'CAT' in it does it for me... [/quote] IIRC 29 makes it even worse!

Jon Anderson - poisened dwarf

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1333464044' post='1602060'] I think the new 10 year plan has just been approved and the emphasis is on using brown field sites. I think Kent has a target of 3000 homes, so that makes the Sussex total very high. [/quote] The figures for Mid Sussex alone is now 10,600, down from 17,000 - that's just Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath and East Grinstead plus the surrounding countryside and villages!

[quote name='BurritoBass' timestamp='1333316217' post='1600078'] Yes! Love his solo stuff. Not such a big fan of what his daughter has said about him since his death [/quote] Some very odd stuff in that family - if you ever get to find an affordable copy of his out of print autobiography - that'll make your toes curl!

[quote name='BurritoBass' timestamp='1333309608' post='1599919'] For me it's this [/quote] Beat me to it - have you heard this version - recorded just before his death with all the melancholy of the lyrics coming through: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDcaydHVliM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDcaydHVliM[/url]

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1333299303' post='1599714'] How do they get change of use..??? [/quote] I guess it is down to the council being under pressure to supply new homes - I know mid sussex has quite a high target (set by governmnet) something like 9,000 new homes over the next few years. Not sure how the Hailsham pub got permission but it was one of teh Greene King cull.

Kings Head in Burgess Hill, West Sussex had its last band night last night and is closing to become a block of flats Never played there but went as a punter a couple of times. Real shame as they had music every Friday and Saturday and nowhere else has full bands - a couple of others do acoustic/duos etc. Will be playing the last gig at the Terminus in Hailsham in a couple of weeks before that closes to become a furniture showroom!!

Shouldn't be a problem - B Stock should usually only be cosmetic or stock used at a show or gone out and been returned under the distance selling regs, not faulty. As they have said, full warranty.

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1332763928' post='1592657'] Can't wait for that! This has got me trying to think of songs about hideous industrial accidents. The only one I can come up with is 'Big Bad John' ...I suppose there are several others about mining disasters as well. But they might all be a bit too PC for this thread. [/quote] "John Henry" - silly bugg3r blew his heart out trying to compete with a steam driven machine laying railway tracks.

[quote name='allighatt0r' timestamp='1332368946' post='1587504'] Link doesn't seem to be working for me? It just says "The content is unavailable". [/quote] Sorry, didn't give Facebook settings a thought![attachment=103175:535074_10150605939156205_718426204_9571768_246792715_n.jpg]

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1332443822' post='1588558'] To be fair, the only thing that suggests it is a bass is the stock picture. Everything else SCREAMS guitar! [/quote] Yes, but that is the most extraordinary Union Jack finish I've ever seen

Mate of mine is putting this on, thought it may be of interest for anyone in the area. [url="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150605939156205&set=a.67190976204.85489.718426204&type=1&theater"]http://www.facebook....&type=1[/url]

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1332160466' post='1583998'] He's a bodger so why should we think his set ups are any better? [/quote] Nooooo! He's a botcher. Bodgers are skilled, creative individuals - or were you sticking up for him!

Flame finishes - hate 'em especially blue, green or purple!