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Cairobill

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  1. I'm only commenting on the thread because I saw the title and the words 'Stu Hamm' flashed in my mind in bright neon and then I saw the content mentioning the man himself. Spooky!
  2. After a while away from the wild world of BBs (my '87 BB3000A has bounced around a couple of players on the forum since I sold it in 2020) I have another one coming my way. A passive one this time. The 8 1/2 lbs BB3000A was one of the finest built basses I've ever owned but the sound was a bit polite. This one has the pickups on the wonk , was born in '82 and will doubtless be a beefier customer...
  3. Aww that's sad news - we did the Clackett Lane shuffle on a few occasions. Like me, he had a revolving collection of J basses and a suspicion that Stingrays really were the key to being a proper grown up.
  4. Yep - after selling all but one of my basses I've been giving serious thought about a 'central' bass. I'm pretty sure it needs to be a J bass and also pretty sure it needs to have 5 strings....and these Atelier Zs look like prime candidates
  5. I had a 4 string Soulmate and it was an absolute stunner. My favourite P design I think
  6. First thing I did was look to see if there was a sixer on the horizon! Interesting
  7. Nope! Available for pick up in Nth London
  8. I came to Japan when Tin Drum came out and only ever listened to that last album at the time....so def Wal. Not sure if Kev was modding his Wal in the late 80s? I do recall a lot of 'sproing'/clatter/zoink and perhaps a tonne of 'pick attack' All pretty Wal-esque to me
  9. There was a very nice fretless 5 string on Facebook which was around 5K which languished for weeks. It eventually got picked up by Bassbros and flipped for about 6K, which is a lot less than the fivers tend to go for. I thought the price drop was interesting - it could be a sign that Wal mania has cooled off somewhat? Something weird happened over Covid. There were Wals in the 4K bracket here and there around 2020 and then everything went completely insane by 2022. We all saw it happen with any decent quality (esp vintage 80s) brand. As far as Wals go, the present lack of interest in coughing up a fortune for an interesting (but clearly flawed in my book) bass is unsurprising given interest rates etc but given they are a finite resource and well-heeled buyers covet them, maybe it will tick up again. Not sure... On a personal note I'm rather ambivalent about fretted Wals but I love the fretless Wals. I started out a Karn head and saw Stump a few times in the late 80s with the brilliant Kev Hopper aka @Spoombung doing his thing. Just wonderful fretless basses.
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    Cairobill

    Going to cool my heels with my red Hofner for a while and have a think. Might well be another J...not sure!
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    Cairobill

    Thanks all! Good to meet more people from the board and looking forward to the next SE bassbash (although I will need to buy a bass before we get there)
  12. I think so. Pickup only from Finsbury Park though! Cheers
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