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10 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

It’s Nick Smith, The Bass Doctor (think he’s still active on here).

the ric comment is a running joke as everyone keeps saying “all those basses, and not 1 ric?!” When there’s one next to his bonce.

Ah, apologies. Tough when there’s a running gag you don’t know about. Just like being in my first band. 

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On 30/07/2019 at 10:40, AndyTravis said:

The know this Meme is doing the rounds again, causing Nick a bit of a headache, bless him. 

I think @cetera needs to replicate it to take some of the heat.

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Nah.... Nick has made his bed by posting that pic numerous times on EVERY Facebook bass page...... he can take the flack and lie in it on his own!! lol!

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On 29/07/2019 at 16:35, cetera said:

A few more sales/purchases since Apr 2019 so updated list of current 72 basses (with newbies in BOLD )

(PRE-KRAMER) SPECTOR SB-1 USA 1976 (Walnut/Maple)
(PRE-KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2 USA (Cherry Sunburst)
(KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2 USA (Black)
(KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2 USA (Black)
(KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2 USA (Gloss White)
(KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2 USA (Tobacco Sunburst)
(KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2 USA (Red/Black Lava Crackle) - Ex-Barry Dunaway (Yngwie)
(KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2 USA (Red Stain)
(KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2A (Gloss White)
(KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2A (Black)
(KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2A (Black)
(KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2A (Teal)
SPECTOR NS-2 USA (Custom Holoflash Black & Abalone)
SPECTOR NS-2X USA 'Spectorbird' (Tobacco Sunburst & Abalone)
SPECTOR NS-2 Euro CR (Holoflash Black)
SPECTOR NS-2 Euro CRFM(Dark Purple Stain)
SPECTOR NS-2 Euro CRFM (Plum Stain)
SPECTOR NS-2 Euro CRFM (Forest Green)
SPECTOR NS-2 Euro LX (Gloss White)
SPECTOR NS-2 Euro LX ‘Ian Hill’ (Black)
SPECTOR NS-2 Euro LX 'Rachel Bolan' (Black/Silver Sparkle)
SPECTOR NS-2 Euro LT (Violet Stain)
SPECTOR NS-2 JA-CR Euro RI (Gloss White)
SPECTOR NS-2 JA-CR Euro RI (Black)
SPECTOR Legend 4X (Holoflash Black)
SPECTOR Legend 4X (Black Stain)
STUART SPECTOR DESIGN NS-4 Euro (Red Stain)
DINGWALL D-Bird (Blue/Purple Colourflip)
WAL Mk1 Fretless(Mahogany with Stained Maple facings)
WAL Mk1 “Geddy Lee” (Black with Gold Hardware)
FENDER Precision ‘70’s Jap RI “Phil Lynott” (Black/Mirror)
FENDER Precision ’62 Jap RI (Vintage White/Red Tort)
FENDER FSR Precision PJ Deluxe Active (Sea Foam Metallic) 1 of 150
FENDER FSR Precision 70's RI (Nat Ash)
FRANKENSTEIN Tele neck/P body '"Billy Sheehan - The Wife"
JACKSON "Kip Winger" Sig (Cherry Lacewood)
JACKSON TBX-Pro ‘Jacksonbird’ 1 of 56 made (Black)
JACKSON Ontario ‘Concert Bass’ (White)
HAMER Impact USA (Black & Gold ‘Marble’)
HAMER Impact USA (Red)
HAMER Scarab USA ‘Rick Savage’ (White)
KRAMER Forum I (Flipflop Blue)
KRAMER Forum III (Dark Teal)
KRAMER Ferrington Electro/Acoustic (Black)
ESP The Surveyor 1984 (Blue Stain with Blue fingerboard!)
ESP PPJ-160 ‘Masayoshi Yamashita’ Sig Model (White)
ESP/Zep-II PPJ-160 ‘Masayoshi Yamashita’ Sig Model (Black)
PEAVEY RJ-IV “Randy Jackson” Sig Model (Red Sunburst)
PEAVEY RJ-IV “Randy Jackson” Sig Model (Grey/Silverburst)
PEAVEY “Rudy Sarzo” Sig Model (Dark Natural)
TOKAI ‘Hard Puncher’ P (Black/Mirror)
TOKAI Works TW801? (Black)
FERNANDES MV-65NS “Nikki Sixx’ Non-Reverse Spectorbird (Black)
FERNANDES MV-65NS “Nikki Sixx’ Non-Reverse Spectorbird (Black)
FERNANDES MV-65NS “Nikki Sixx’ Non-Reverse Spectorbird (Black)
FERNANDES TB Ltd Edition ‘Thunderbird’ (Off-White)
FERNANDES PJ-50 Ltd Edition P/J (Red)
YAMAHA BB3000 (Black Sparkle)
HARTKE XK-4 Active (Black/Chrome)
GUILD Pilot (Purple Burst)
GUILD Pilot (Red)
HAGSTROM Super Swede "Rutger Gunnarsson" (Dark Mahogany)
EPIPHONE Thunderbird Vintage Pro (Black)
ITALIA Imola GP "Ricky Phillips" (White)
HOHNER B2A w/D-Tuner (Black)
FELINE/SPECTOR "Gene Simmons SB-1" Copy (Black)
FELINE/KRAMER "Gene Simmons Axe" 1980 Hybrid (Black/Silver)
PUNISHER "Gene Simmons" Ltd. Edition (Signed/#’d) (Black)
AXE "Gene Simmons" Ltd Edt (Signed/#’d) (Black/Silver)
CORT “Gene Simmons Axe-2” (Black/Silver)
CORT “Punisher GS-2” (Black)
STACCATO MG Active (22 of 34 made) (Black/Magnesium Alloy)

I also have 10 'guitards'....

To be printed off and stuck on the wall in our kitchen...or maybe on the wardrobe door next to her shoe collection

 

I've got 4 ('kin amateur eh!)

Mike Lull M4V

Bass Collection PBass

Tanglewood Odyssey Acoustic Bass

Maruszczyk Jake 4p 55 basement

and 2 guitars

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18 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

It’s Nick Smith, The Bass Doctor (think he’s still active on here).

the ric comment is a running joke as everyone keeps saying “all those basses, and not 1 ric?!” When there’s one next to his bonce.

@doctor_of_the_bass - great guy and player - check out his videos with his SimS/Enfield on YT....I'll take this opportunity to thank him again for his support with the Herts Bashes.

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On 29/07/2019 at 16:35, cetera said:

A few more sales/purchases since Apr 2019 so updated list of current 72 basses (with newbies in BOLD )

(PRE-KRAMER) SPECTOR SB-1 USA 1976 (Walnut/Maple)
(PRE-KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2 USA (Cherry Sunburst)
(KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2 USA (Black)
(KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2 USA (Black)
(KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2 USA (Gloss White)
(KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2 USA (Tobacco Sunburst)
(KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2 USA (Red/Black Lava Crackle) - Ex-Barry Dunaway (Yngwie)
(KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2 USA (Red Stain)
(KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2A (Gloss White)
(KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2A (Black)
(KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2A (Black)
(KRAMER) SPECTOR NS-2A (Teal)
SPECTOR NS-2 USA (Custom Holoflash Black & Abalone)
SPECTOR NS-2X USA 'Spectorbird' (Tobacco Sunburst & Abalone)
SPECTOR NS-2 Euro CR (Holoflash Black)
SPECTOR NS-2 Euro CRFM(Dark Purple Stain)
SPECTOR NS-2 Euro CRFM (Plum Stain)
SPECTOR NS-2 Euro CRFM (Forest Green)
SPECTOR NS-2 Euro LX (Gloss White)
SPECTOR NS-2 Euro LX ‘Ian Hill’ (Black)
SPECTOR NS-2 Euro LX 'Rachel Bolan' (Black/Silver Sparkle)
SPECTOR NS-2 Euro LT (Violet Stain)
SPECTOR NS-2 JA-CR Euro RI (Gloss White)
SPECTOR NS-2 JA-CR Euro RI (Black)
SPECTOR Legend 4X (Holoflash Black)
SPECTOR Legend 4X (Black Stain)
STUART SPECTOR DESIGN NS-4 Euro (Red Stain)
DINGWALL D-Bird (Blue/Purple Colourflip)
WAL Mk1 Fretless(Mahogany with Stained Maple facings)
WAL Mk1 “Geddy Lee” (Black with Gold Hardware)
FENDER Precision ‘70’s Jap RI “Phil Lynott” (Black/Mirror)
FENDER Precision ’62 Jap RI (Vintage White/Red Tort)
FENDER FSR Precision PJ Deluxe Active (Sea Foam Metallic) 1 of 150
FENDER FSR Precision 70's RI (Nat Ash)
FRANKENSTEIN Tele neck/P body '"Billy Sheehan - The Wife"
JACKSON "Kip Winger" Sig (Cherry Lacewood)
JACKSON TBX-Pro ‘Jacksonbird’ 1 of 56 made (Black)
JACKSON Ontario ‘Concert Bass’ (White)
HAMER Impact USA (Black & Gold ‘Marble’)
HAMER Impact USA (Red)
HAMER Scarab USA ‘Rick Savage’ (White)
KRAMER Forum I (Flipflop Blue)
KRAMER Forum III (Dark Teal)
KRAMER Ferrington Electro/Acoustic (Black)
ESP The Surveyor 1984 (Blue Stain with Blue fingerboard!)
ESP PPJ-160 ‘Masayoshi Yamashita’ Sig Model (White)
ESP/Zep-II PPJ-160 ‘Masayoshi Yamashita’ Sig Model (Black)
PEAVEY RJ-IV “Randy Jackson” Sig Model (Red Sunburst)
PEAVEY RJ-IV “Randy Jackson” Sig Model (Grey/Silverburst)
PEAVEY “Rudy Sarzo” Sig Model (Dark Natural)
TOKAI ‘Hard Puncher’ P (Black/Mirror)
TOKAI Works TW801? (Black)
FERNANDES MV-65NS “Nikki Sixx’ Non-Reverse Spectorbird (Black)
FERNANDES MV-65NS “Nikki Sixx’ Non-Reverse Spectorbird (Black)
FERNANDES MV-65NS “Nikki Sixx’ Non-Reverse Spectorbird (Black)
FERNANDES TB Ltd Edition ‘Thunderbird’ (Off-White)
FERNANDES PJ-50 Ltd Edition P/J (Red)
YAMAHA BB3000 (Black Sparkle)
HARTKE XK-4 Active (Black/Chrome)
GUILD Pilot (Purple Burst)
GUILD Pilot (Red)
HAGSTROM Super Swede "Rutger Gunnarsson" (Dark Mahogany)
EPIPHONE Thunderbird Vintage Pro (Black)
ITALIA Imola GP "Ricky Phillips" (White)
HOHNER B2A w/D-Tuner (Black)
FELINE/SPECTOR "Gene Simmons SB-1" Copy (Black)
FELINE/KRAMER "Gene Simmons Axe" 1980 Hybrid (Black/Silver)
PUNISHER "Gene Simmons" Ltd. Edition (Signed/#’d) (Black)
AXE "Gene Simmons" Ltd Edt (Signed/#’d) (Black/Silver)
CORT “Gene Simmons Axe-2” (Black/Silver)
CORT “Punisher GS-2” (Black)
STACCATO MG Active (22 of 34 made) (Black/Magnesium Alloy)

I also have 10 'guitards'....

That's an amazing list of instruments, some well known and respected quality in the Spectors and Wals, but also some sleepers like the Guild Pilots, the Peavey Randy Jackson and the Staccato. I mean this with the utmost of respect, but it tends to tell me roughly how old you are, and also what music you liked.

I see a strong 80s influence there, and probably leaning more towards hard rock/glam metal.

Would that be correct?

I'm from the same era, I'm 51, and so many of your basses bring back memories of Guitar Player ads that I would sit and drool over for hours on end. I do think you need an old Steinberger, though, to complete the Geddy set!!! :D

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2 minutes ago, bassaussie said:

That's an amazing list of instruments, some well known and respected quality in the Spectors and Wals, but also some sleepers like the Guild Pilots, the Peavey Randy Jackson and the Staccato. I mean this with the utmost of respect, but it tends to tell me roughly how old you are, and also what music you liked.

I see a strong 80s influence there, and probably leaning more towards hard rock/glam metal.

Would that be correct?

I'm from the same era, I'm 51, and so many of your basses bring back memories of Guitar Player ads that I would sit and drool over for hours on end. I do think you need an old Steinberger, though, to complete the Geddy set!!! :D

 

You are correct, Sir! Though my musical faves are more mid 70's I grew up with my teenage years through the 80's. :-)

Ah, I have the Hohner B2a to cover that..... lol!

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On 30/07/2019 at 10:40, AndyTravis said:

The know this Meme is doing the rounds again, causing Nick a bit of a headache, bless him. 

I think @cetera needs to replicate it to take some of the heat.

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He's probably got more than that now. I can't see the Overwater Original fretless 5-string I sold him in that photo!

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10 minutes ago, cetera said:

 

You are correct, Sir! Though my musical faves are more mid 70's I grew up with my teenage years through the 80's. 🙂

Ah, I have the Hohner B2a to cover that..... lol!

Yeah, seems we're the same age. What I noticed was the distinct lack of headless instruments and some of the boutique British brands, which means you weren't into the new wave scene. The 80s were a great time for basses, both with the instruments available and the amps as well.

And no, you know full well that a Hohner B2a doesn't cover the Steinberger gap! :D

Your list reminds me of my first encounters with a Steinberger, and also Spector. I'd seen Steinbergers in Guitar Player, and it was nearly a religious moment for me. When I finally go to play one, I nearly cried, it was so good. Anyway, the same store got another interesting bass in, and they said something like "if you liked the Steinberger, you'll love this". It was nice looking, sort of looked like an Ibanez Roadster, and had those weird EMG pickups that Steinberger used. I picked it up, and this thing pretty much plays itself. All the good qualities that a Steinberger had, only in a beautiful package. My first encounter with a Spector! I think younger players don't realise what landmark instruments these basses were. These days, there's so much good quality around, but back then, choices were limited, and to play an instrument like that was an incredible experience.

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I currently have:

Fender US Standard Precision x 3

Fender MIM Player Precision 

Vintage Tony Butler V4 Precision 

Squier Vintage Modified 77 Jazz

More than I need but each has a specific use which is how I justify having them. 

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2 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

I currently have:

Fender US Standard Precision x 3

Fender MIM Player Precision 

Vintage Tony Butler V4 Precision 

Squier Vintage Modified 77 Jazz

More than I need but each has a specific use which is how I justify having them. 

Of your P basses do you have a fav ?

 

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48 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

He's probably got more than that now. I can't see the Overwater Original fretless 5-string I sold him in that photo!

I bought one of the Arias, and I think a few have gone since the enfields started arriving 

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Just now, dmccombe7 said:

Of your P basses do you have a fav ?

 

Yes, my 2015 black/maple. I’ve recorded our last 3 albums on it, did my first European tour with it, and played 2015 - 2018 Rebellion Festivals with it. I now only use it for playing at home/recording as don’t want to risk damaging it due to the sentimental value. My other two US Precisions are of the same 2012 - 2016 Series so am always gigging similar instruments.

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Currently:

2019 Fender Player Precision

2019 Harley Benton modded '75 Jazz

1998/2003 Fender CIJ Geddy Lee Jazz (currently for sale)

 

I'm in the process of putting something special together and hopefully should have all the bits this weekend. I think that this may be worthy of both a new bass day and bass porn

 

 

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3.5 for me.

Vigier Passion Series II 1988 (It’s my graphite slap machine)

Ken Smith BT4 1984 (my Hi-Fi bass)

G&L SB1 1991 (my flatwound P non Hi-Fi bass)

Wingbass 16” (my little synth machine and chill out bass)

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11 hours ago, javi_bassist said:

Well, I have 6 and sometimes I think they are too many...but I never stop thinking of a new model I want :P

Squier Affinity P-Bass (my first bass)

Fender MIJ Classic 60

Fender MP Dimension Bass

Epiphone Jack Casady

Yamaha BB735a

Yamaha BB734a

Fender MIJ Classic 60?

Is there such a thing?

I thought all classic series basses were MIM?

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