Ktmman

Looks a bit like a weather map of England minus Wales and Scotland 😀

A while ago there was a PB supposedly owned by Paul Simonon for sale on ebay.
The seller had the usual " i was owed some money and was given the bass as payment " story.
The bass was heavily "relic'd" with chips digs and spray paint..
Me ((name drop time) having been friends of pauls brother for some 40 yrs , showed him the link
and asked if he thought it was authentic .
He said " naaa , my brother never looked after basses that well" ..............lol a classic !

Frets look huge...Did they have jumbo frets then?

Wal-worths !!!

Mind you, I changed from Fender to Muscman a couple of months ago..... I still find myself plucking the G while cranking D tuner

Off to put my headstock markers on !!!!!!

I am so glad there is only one of these in the world....It looks a bit 80s eastern block influenced...

Note the string reminders on the headstock ...If the owner couldn't remember EADG, what chance did he have of learning the fingerboard. .


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If she fixes things ,does the garden with a digger and doesnt nag, shes the perfect woman imho -)))))

Or the square dance ?

Spotted this on gumtree , lol

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Here is a more detailed explanation of the tonto synth .....

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w-sGGEWw5Ls

By the way , me being an old boy i remember this well ..
I wonder how many of the younger generation that hear Stevie wonder songs on the radio like Living in the city , Superstition , realise that that fat synth sound was down to an englishman ...

Try this link

This is essential viewing .. The man is a genius ..
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nGfR3G6si_M

Bigredex im totally depressed...
Yes its true , i paid the grand sum of £10 for the ms20 with " patch cards" at " churches 2 gether " in chislehurst .... Few yrs ago now but certainly was in the last 10 yrs.. I jogged it on to a piano restorer that was in the workshop next to mine ... I will try to look him up and see what happened to it ....

I never kept it as i couldnt see the point as it had no midi socket and i was in to programming drum tracks via sequencing software ... Also the only sounds i managed to get out of it were Dr who sound effects - ..

£1000 eh .... -

Look at the height of the "bride saddle" screws !!
They look maxed out , probably why one is missing, it fell out ..

I bought a 70s korg synth in a charity shop for £10 a few yrs ago .. It looked like the early moog, 2 octaves with an upstanding back with knobs and a load of little holes with plugs you could put in different orders.. It even had orignal cards to put over the holes with patterns of where to put the plugs .. I managed to get a sound out of it but thought it pointless so got my money back by flogging it on......

Just my luck and a few yrs on and all the old analouge stuff becomes sought after ... Saw same one selling for silly money ........

Edit... I just looked it up and it was a korg ms 20

His " better half" is obviously a good judge ...-

Art student + halfords spray cans =

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The neck has had a " made in japan" and serial number decal removed (badly i might add) . That is the exact position mij's and cij's have them.. Dont think JV's had them.. The only thing JV about it is the J and V on the neckplate !

Why is it on italian ebay if its in hiroshima? Odd innit?

I have only been on the bass for a few years and no way do i consider myself a 'bass player' but i have been behind the drums since I was 12 and I am 54 now..
I studied as a teenager and have played many styles including orchestral percussion, big band , rock, funk etc but have always concentrated on what i was bought up with ..Jazz ..
I am currently with a gigging quartet doing bebop etc.....

Here is my peach of a bebop kit..

Pearl Masters custom maple (with cast hoops) 18"x14" bass, 12"x10" tom and 14"x14" fl tom.
The snare in this photo is a premier maple modern classic 14"x5.5"..
The cymbals are zildjian ..19" armand "beautiful baby" ride with 3 rivets,,,18" flat ride (1970s) with 4 rivets...18" crash ride and 13"
new beat hi hats...
Premier 6000 series hardware ,DW 5000 bass pedal....
Tama "first chair" throne (seat to non drumists-))

Just recently I have bought a K custom dark 20" ride, 18" crash and 13" hi hats...which cost a small fortune.......

I also have a Pearl masters custom maple snare 14"x5" with cast hoops and a 1967 RM "supersensitive "chrome over brass 14"x5" snare with cast hoops..

I use a Roland td9kv for home practice..

The bass is a 1996 Fender MIJ.(now gone).. .

Odd because the JV he is also selling is well documented...

Belongs to Aqua's bass player .. Used on the 'I'm a barbie girl' tour 😉

If katie price was a bass player... Lol

1989 Fenix jazz bass on gumtree today

£300 !

And you will live happily ever after -

Sold for £65...

My brother has one he puts his Upright through , great little amp .

Someone got a good bargain ..