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[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1356556771' post='1911216'] My dear Mum and Dad got me a Hofner Violin bass - gobsmacked to say the least. Always wanted one in tribute to Macca but could never really justify it to myself, not being able to imagine hen I'd put it to use. Well, it's a wonderful little bass, and it goes 'plonk'! Good old Dad (the mastermind of the operation) got a hardcase, 'proper' Hofner flats and authentic Hofner knobs to replave the bog standard black ones that come as stock. I'm genuinelly chuffed. The Mrs got me the Goblin box set (prog bass overload) and the Led Zep Celebration Day Blu-Ray (very little bass sadly). [/quote] What an awesome family you have, top notch pressies.

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1356359828' post='1909483'] Out of his studio albums 'The Space in Between' is my favourite. 'Mystery to Me' is cool,and 'It Only Happens Once' is more electronic/experimental. For live albums I'd get 'Live at the 55 Bar',which was his only live album released on CD. [/quote] and my favourite track is 'Mana' from the 55 bar. I'm a big fan of Janek, and jazz generally. To me it's just music. I don't give a bollocks what people want to call it in terms of a genre, to me it's just music. I'm a rock player, but to me all good music is fabulous, whatever you want to call it. Go and sample some of Janeks' music. Open your ears and enjoy, and don't let anyone unload their blinkered opinions onto you, just make your own mind up.

Mother in laws' xmas party for me and I was driving..... Not had a drop of anything for days. Tonight's the night though.....in fact, I think I'll start now.

I don't like a low action. I clank the strings like a horse galloping on tarmac, so my basses are normally 3-4mm at the 12th. I like a bit of daylight between the string and the fretboard.

Geddy's just the cat's pyjamas isn't he?

Cool thanks for that, just got, kettle's on, sorted. Beats Dickinsons Real Deal everytime.

Oh didn't I say? I want another Stingray.

[quote name='Hutton' timestamp='1355332016' post='1897085'] Well there you are. You see the problem is that we all come to this from our different experiences. I played a MIM 50s RI Precision and thought that it played horrible and sounded not a patch on my other precisions. [/quote] Each to their own

In answer to the OP. No. However many of the points raised above give very good reasons as to why the bass is priced up there. If it was MY bass, and I was selling it on here, I'd ask around a grand at the very most, while expecting to accept an offer of around £900. It's not worth any more than that in my opinion. "Old" (subjective) basses are overpriced, just because they're getting on a bit automatically makes them more valuable. I've had a couple of 70s Fenders that have been rubbish. My MIM 50s RI Precision batters them all on all counts, and at a fraction of the cost.

I've bought, sold and traded [i]countless[/i] basses over the years, Overwaters, Musicmans, Laklands, Sadowskys, etc etc etc...........and I came to the conclusion that I wasn't necessarily addicted to basses, but rather I was addicted to the [i]process[/i] of finding and acquiring new basses. The buzz of having some money to buy a new bass is more exciting than actually owning the bass itself. GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) is evil, and I've been hooked on it for years. For now at least, I've quelled it by going back to where I started with just two basses, a Precision and a Jazz. They're basic workhorses, they do everything I want them to, they sound great, play great, look great, and anything else is just an imitation isn't it? At the end of the day. My advice, is [i]buy a bass you like[/i], and [i]keep it forever[/i], because selling it and buying another one is [i]utterly[/i] pointless. Believe me, I know.

I've got the Flanger pedal, love it to bits, but only on manual settings. I've never gotten my head around the Tone Prints. I downloaded Mak Kings' Sweet m***er from my Galaxy S3 onto the pedal, and although it all appeared to happen as it should, I couldn't hear any difference. So I've stuck with the pedal with my own settings on it.