Old Horse Murphy

I bought this bass off Me and My Bass (Chris) last week and it arrived safely on Thursday. To be honest, I wasn't sure I was going to like the active electronics as I have found them too harsh to my ears compared to passives. However, after plugging it in, I was very pleasantly surprised and decided to gig with it on Friday night. It sounds amazing and to my eye looks pretty cool too. I certainly didn't buy it for the relic job (it was too good a price to miss out on) but I am impressed exactly how subtle it is. I'm also told it looks great from the audience too!! A guy on Friday actually said that it looked like it had been my main go-to bass for the last 10 years or so. The neck is probably similar in dimensions to my old Lakland Duck Dunn, but string spacing can be adjusted to either Jazz or P Bass spacing depending on preference. It's incredibly light too (lighter than my 2008 Fender P Bass) and a joy to play.

Good gig last night at The Woodman in Wimbledon Park. Started at 6pm for the after work drinkers and was due to finish at 9 but ended up playing until 10ish as the Pub didn't empty out as early as the Guvnor thought it would (it's a proper after work pub). Highlight of the night was at about 8pm the floor in front of us filled with toddlers dancing while the parents watched on! This was closely followed by the whole pub emptying shortly afterwards when a fight broke out at one of the Pool Tables. We of course carried on playing a la The Commitments. I gigged my new Sandberg PM4 for the first time and took the P Bass as a back up in case I didn't get on with it. Needless to say the P bass didn't get a look in- wow!! What a bass! Got fed and paid extra by the Landlord for playing longer than planned. A true Gent and a proper Guvnor. The Song that went down best on St George's Day? Whiskey In The Jar of course

We've been booked to play at The Woodsman in Wimbledon tonight as part of their St George's Day Celebration (despite the band consisting of a Murphy, Molloy, Ellis and Sheehan ) It's a 6pm kickoff as according to the Landlord it's an after-work/tube commuter pub and by 9.30pm on a Friday it's not that full. I think maybe he's hired us to see if we can clear the pub earlier so he can have a quiet night! Has anyone played this venue before? We're in the main bar rather than the stage, but this is a new gig to me so any feedback would be much appreciated.

I've just taken delivery of a Sandberg PM4 from Chris and it couldn't have been an easier more pleasant transaction. The bass is superb (pics to follow) and Chris is a fantastic guy to deal with. Thanks Chris

[quote name='Jigster' post='808504' date='Apr 16 2010, 03:27 PM']does the SR5 have that same nasal quality of the 4?[/quote] It can do if you dial it in, but it doesn't seem as trebly as the Ray 4 to my ears. The bass EQ really adds some decent beef too

Bought a Rickenbacker Chris Squire from there once

I posted a Wanted Ad for a Radial Bigshot not expecting any joy, but Neil replied in record time and a deal was stuck in record time. The pedal arrived today in bomb proof packing. Very reasonably priced and great servce- highly recommended. Thanks Neil

If it helps Michael, I'm more than happy to look after your basses

Thank you all- that's my weekend sorted Before and after pics to follow

This has probably been asked a million times but I can't find anything by serching the forum. What's the best thing to clean a dirty maple Musicman Stingray neck? I've read wonderful things about Murphy's Oil Soap but can't find anywhere to buy it in the UK (and I should know!) Any help would be much appreciated

Terry just bought my US Fender P Bass off of me. It was a totally hassle-free transaction and I couldn't recommend him highly enough. I hope Mr Burnel approves of your purchase Terry and goos luck with the band

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