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[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hayman-40-40-Bass-Guitar-Rare-/251327654598?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3a844baac6#ht_862wt_1330"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hayman-40-40-Bass-Guitar-Rare-/251327654598?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3a844baac6#ht_862wt_1330[/url]

Nice looking tool..interesting history to it too...I'd never seen or heard of Hayman before?

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I had a Hayman 40/40 for a while. Weighed around 14stone without the strap and the neck was as wide as a Tudor oak floorboard. Weak sound, weedy tone. Nicely made, mind. Look cool as anything.

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[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1377717593' post='2190873']
I had a Hayman 40/40 for a while. Weighed around 14stone without the strap and the neck was as wide as a Tudor oak floorboard. Weak sound, weedy tone. Nicely made, mind. Look cool as anything.

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so is this a recommendation???

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[quote name='ash' timestamp='1377762699' post='2191360']
If you listen to The Young Marble Giants you can hear a Hayman 40/40 as this was the only bass used on the early stuff there's even a track named in homage to the instrument.
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I could have sworn he was using an SD Curlee when I saw them live in 1980.

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[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1377720011' post='2190921']
so is this a recommendation???
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More like random memories and observations. I moved it on some while back and have no inclination to get another.
But, if you like cool-looking, heavy, wide-necked and well-made basses with a weedy tone then I guess it is a recommendation! :)

One issue with mine and I think the model in general is that a good deal of the bridge is made from Perspex which became brittle with age. I managed to track down a NOS one but I believe there are none left now.

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[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1377763465' post='2191371']


I could have sworn he was using an SD Curlee when I saw them live in 1980.
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There's an article and picture about Philip Moxham here - looks like he'd chopped the top horn off the 40/40 to get rid of some of the weight! He uses other basses these days but all the early eps are on the Hayman -

http://www.youngmarblegiants.com/livebbc.html

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[quote name='ash' timestamp='1377791705' post='2191925']
There's an article and picture about Philip Moxham here - looks like he'd chopped the top horn off the 40/40 to get rid of some of the weight! He uses other basses these days but all the early eps are on the Hayman -

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And quite right you are.

I think it was all the missing wood that made it look like the SD Curlee...

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