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funkgod

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  1. Another way would be to do another listing with the same picture and heading with the information telling people its a con, i did this when i found out that the HK actor pa system i was going to bid on was owned by someone else selling on gumtree.
  2. I reported as well and i cant belive its still there ! £20,100.00 Feel the wrath of basschat you bum.
  3. [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1376920952' post='2180864'] And a rare shot of me actually using it at a gig: [/quote] Wow, dont let prince see that, i could see him bee lining for it. and your pvc/leather pants
  4. [quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1376905618' post='2180493'] It gets worse,I just tried to put a million pound bid on it for you to make sure he can't get a sale, it won't let me bid as it says the Sellers account is related to mine! Trust me it ain't me [/quote] Good thinking the great thing about this is, if we bid it up to £1,000,000,00 he will then get the ebay fees on that , ( not that it would be paid but ebay would pay attention then !) its just a pity its not at the end of ebays collection month which would mean they would try and take it out of an account before the winner could pay,
  5. Agreed, the pickups and pre-amp would no doubt be hard to copy. even the control knobs are unique to wal, i dont think that was the point here im thinking it was ordered just for the look and shape, as a wal copy (body and neck) its pritty dam good, and a nice top prob not exact but still nice. Al bet it even plays and sound good in its own right.
  6. [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1376825033' post='2179456'] Why is buying from the US "a bit of a lottery"? I've bought nearly all my rare instruments either from the US or Japan. It's pretty much the only way to guarantee getting what you want. If you limit yourself to waiting for something to turn up that's already been imported into your country then yes you are going to be in for a long wait. [/quote] You are right of course, and i have basses i have imported, the ones i have imported look newish and so more a safe bet, most of the L2kE's i have seen in the usa look WELL used, moded and tatty, with few exceptions, I have been stung before hence i see it as a bit of a lottery, If i find one in the uk i really want i will always go and collect it myself. and look it over, when that luxury is taken away then chance comes into play. But as you say, sometimes its the only way, Niceguyhomer, that bass looks great and so fresh. never seen one of them before now.
  7. I say wal copy but if thats what someone has ordered then fair enough. Im not trying to take anything away from Dolmen here, in fact credit and respect to Pat. Dolmen/ pat have made stunning basses and guitars. This included, and if i had the spare cash i would love one of his 6 string fretless. Adverts ie get some very nice stuff on there, its just a pain contacting the owner without going public. [url="http://www.adverts.ie/electric-basses/dolmen-custom-4-string-bass/3269518"]http://www.adverts.i...ng-bass/3269518[/url] [url="http://www.dolmencustom.com/"]http://www.dolmencustom.com/[/url]
  8. [quote name='kevin_lindsay' timestamp='1376810376' post='2179257'] I was going to bid on that, untilni noticed that the seller had listed another one using the exact same details and photos - seemed a bit odd to me[/quote] Seems gen, he has been back to me the buyer has paid and its being collected tomorow, [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1376810940' post='2179261'] I think nowadays if you are prepared to spend the time looking in the right places and be patient, pretty much anything will eventually turn up for sale. I believe that almost nothing is rare that it will never turn up. [/quote] But its the painfull waitin game i hate, i have a wanted ad on here into its 4th year i renew it now and again, and also i do look around the uk, even got andy baxter keeping an eye out, i have only ever seen 2 for sale in the uk, i know there is an early natural one in Ireland, i missed it by days when it went up for sale on "adverts ie" [url="http://www.adverts.ie/"]http://www.adverts.ie/[/url] about 2 years ago, seems the only choise is to get one in from the usa, which means its abit of a lottery , one will turn up. "eventually"
  9. Thats it now martin, watch your bridges burn, no return mate,
  10. [quote name='cybertect' timestamp='1376785154' post='2179196'] You just missed one for sale in Middlesborough yesterday [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ibanez-Musician-MC940-924-fretless-bass-MIJ-1980-/161083736641?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item258156c241"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item258156c241[/url] [/quote] Well thats just F*&£!n amazin in it ?? EDIT..just sent the owner a message, thanks
  11. [quote name='doudoubass' timestamp='1372684258' post='2128478'] my Leo era G&L family: [url="http://s670.photobucket.com/user/doudoubass/media/a41a0221-cf8f-4caa-9fe5-574f586f10b6_zps44661b16.jpg.html"][/url] '81 maple-ebony L1000, '81 hog-ebony L2000e FL, and '83 passive maple-rosewood EL Toro. [/quote] Hi again, very nice basses you have, has the EL TORO ex the same body as the L series ?? would an L series neck fit into the neck pocket of an EL Toro?
  12. i am sure once you start getting into 60 and 70s basses there must be a fair few rare ones in the uk, but what about 80 90 2000 ones ?? by the big manufacturers ( mass produced) future classics ? i can think of a few but the one i am going to start the topic off with i feel is one of the rarest in the uk. and according to " doudoubass" only 3 seen in france as well. is a GL L2000E ( series E) i have only ever seen no more than 5 in the uk ( are there any more??) henry thomas still uses one as his main bass now ( has for years) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGbIoii9A-4 I also remember in the 80s my friend had a fantastic ibanez mc924 ebony unlined fretless, he would not sell it, and could i get one, christ i looked everywhere i just gave up in the end and got my MM. but did not sound as good, So what else did you lust after and could not find?
  13. Some songs we play in my funk band, i really like .. I love the mad big band type jazz ending on this version of "some cow funk", by buckshot lefonque the cd version is more straight. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6AAah9WOqk[/media] The simplicity of groove was never more shown better than eddie harris. do ya like trains ??? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTEydh1qZGI[/media]
  14. Henry is a great under rated player. That G&L 2000E He uses [u]is[/u] the bass i always wanted, its a very early 2000E, i did try and get some info from him about a year or two ago by sending him a message via his site, never got a reply so dont think he uses it as its not been updated at all, some live footage of him with paul weller here. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/210689-gl-l2000e-series-e-porn-old-fender-head-only-please/"]http://basschat.co.u...ad-only-please/[/url] or search in the gear porn for... G&L L2000E ( series E) Porn (old fender head only please)
  15. [quote name='Moos3h' timestamp='1375537780' post='2162663'] Could be something to do with them being lifeless planks ;-) Actually, I think they sound dire BUT do work well in certain band contexts where 'cut' is required. [/quote] 101% I had a 70s one had it for 3 weeks, Hated it i named it the "fart machine", i had then (still have it) a £180 mex jazz that blows it away, so used that and got rid of the fart machine. if you play hard as i do with fingers, aka rocco prestia, it was utterly usless. all it did was make the cab sound like the speakers were farting (hence) and the pickup cover was right where i played and just in the way all the time, and so made it difficult to mute with the palm. must be the most unfunkable bass on the planet, again "contexts"
  16. [quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1376287192' post='2171636'] I remember this from a while back: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/200630-rather-good-bass-comparison-video/page__p__1991120__hl__rather%20good%20yet%20comparison__fromsearch__1#entry1991120"]http://basschat.co.u..._1#entry1991120[/url] Love that Bongo tone [/quote] Bugger, sorry i must of missed that, i did not like the bongo at all with the fingers it almost sounded compressed, not open enough. poss an EQ thing?
  17. Check out also henry with paul weller shows how fat and heavy an L2000E can get http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rphe8UanAaY living colour L2000E demo
  18. Some L2000E Clips ( tho are as rare !) Curtis Robertson Jr. on his ( nice bass solo) check out les McCann cd's if you like funk! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94TqHsLBDcM Henry Thomas bass solo. ( the 1 bass i would love to own) the mids are so solid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGbIoii9A-4
  19. Found this intresting. my cash over the counter is for the jazz. but could hear right away why duck dunn used a P. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKEHQdONP90[/media]
  20. [quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1376048931' post='2168996'] For a basic record of a band, almost anything will do a half-decent job in a 'home movie' sense. But for any sort of demo/promo work I reckon you'd need to record the sound separately because most 'affordable' camcorders have pretty limited audio capability and 'auto-level' inputs can result in very poor results, especially if the music has a lot of dynamics. Video-wise, a big quality issue is their performance in low light conditions, although a noisy/grainy picture can sometime look good, again depending on the type of music. As for editing software, I'm a bit out of date these days but the biggest issue when I was more into such things was the emergence of HD video and the complications arising when trying to do really accurate cuts in time to music. it's complicated to explain why but it's all to do with the fact that HD video is so highly compressed that each 'frame' of video doesn't contain all the data for that frame and it relies on knowing some of the previous data, or a 'group of pictures' or GOP. DVDs (mpeg) use GOP compression but HD video need more compression so it uses longer GOPs. If you make a cut in the middle of a GOP the editing software has to do a lot of reprocessing of the video data and can reduce the video quality. Different video editing software handles long GOPs in different ways. Depends how finicky you are. Edit: Some background here: [url="http://broadcastengineering.com/hdtv/editing-long-gop-video"]http://broadcastengi...-long-gop-video[/url] and some discussion here: [url="http://www.djiguys.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=708"]http://www.djiguys.c...c.php?f=4&t=708[/url] [/quote] wow.... cheers, seems like a classic case of the further you dig into it the more complex it gets. something with a clean sharp pic would be good i can add noise,grane, effects later if needed. I have read that some with a hard disc is prone to glitching because of the vibrations loud music makes ??, sounds abit far fetched to me. Agreed, recording the sound separately seems to make more sence. But read about one with XLR inputs the Panasonic AC-90. and got all excited till i seen the price ! editing software looks alot more to it than i thought found some ideas here.... http://www.videomaker.com/forum/topic/need-a-camera-to-shoot-live-music-events
  21. Reading some of the posts I feel there are some bass chatters here with a good knowledge of camcorders, and so any help here would be great. I know nothing of what cam to use and the whole issue of which one to use, bang for buck, is just a guess to me, there is so much info on the net all protesting this is the best, so thought it best to ask the people who use it for what i want to use it for. I would be using it for 2 reasons 1) to record live footage, this would be under stage lighting led par cans etc, but would want the best sound i can get for my cash, are there any with 2x jack inputs so i can attach 2 L+R good quality mics and get them wide also are there certain mics that work better with camcorders being a more compressed sound. or would it be better to record the live sound on a dedicated digi recorder then add later ? if so which digi recorder ?? Are the ones with the internal hard drives or sd card better ? Which are the best ones in price categories of say up to £300 up to £600 up to £900 i would not want to spend over this really but if combined with (2 ) below then ok 2) to record a band demo film using some live footage with daylight filming as well. Last but not least, easy to use editing software ? Sorry so many questions in one post, gives you an idea of how little i know, Thanks all, if you can help its very much appreciated.
  22. To me L42 will always be boon, phil, mark and mike, i was shocked when the goulds left but after reading loads on it i understood why and you have to hand it them for sticking to there morals when the potential for them was huge, Phil and boon are great song writer's and penned alot of the early songs infact you can still hear these L42 qualities on phil's solo cd watertight. and also boons tin man and love kills overtime. if you read this mark (as im sure you will ) and to boon phil and mike, can we have another cd as the orig line up getting back to what you know you did best... Britfunk. comon its about time, lets have it.
  23. [quote name='ead' timestamp='1375773568' post='2165294'] That's odd, maybe it's just me but I love going to see blues bands play. Don't seem to get enough of them in small clubs and pubs in the NW - unless I'm looking in the wrong places. Maybe you BCers could point me in the right direction? [/quote] Some very good blues venues in the northwest, a very good site dedicated to this is this, http://www.bluesinthenorthwest.com/ if you check out the map it will show you a good selection of the NW blues circuit. [u]REG Mixed names[/u] Blues has changed so much over the last 30 years the boundaries have been stretched by people wanting to hear and play different flavours to a format that was getting very tired and over done, there will always be a die hard "Blues" following who will sneer at anything that does not belong in the idiom. Altho the fundamental is still there Blues has come to mean different things to different people. and its not just a listeners perception of what this is, major Artist are contributing to this in a bid to reach newer age groupes and audiences, I for one am a huge Modern blues fan i love the funky and latin elements in it, i find england ignorant of the changes in blues where as in the usa modern blues is still has a huge following, i play in a modern 9 piece blues band with brass section playing everything from BB king, lloyd jones, lucky peterson right up to tower of power and i know when we play blues/jazz festivals people always same the same thing "what a blast of fresh air" so refreshing to hear a bit of life in the blues, and i can see that, while as said i love the blues and have a very good knowledge of its history and where it is going, i cant stand more than 15 mins watching an old style blues band just playing rehashed 145s badly. we are labeled as a blues/funk band as thats exactly what people get. I think a good post on old blues to modern blues would be very informative. sorry for digressing slightly
  24. mmmmmmmmmm why show it in a case ect then say 1 and 2, if below 1 was true why not show just a pic of the bass, 1) "the pics are the same model as mine" 2) "email me if you want more pics its just pics from a phone it dos'nt do it justice"
  25. Wal Cust Mk 1 G&L L2000E Double Bass Fretless acoustic Bass. 6 string fretted or fretless I have never needed anything else really other than to swap round and substitute for 1 of the above. They cover me for everything i have ever done in the last 30 odd years.
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