Rayman

[quote name='bigthumb' post='1100218' date='Jan 23 2011, 10:17 PM']Ha ha! I remember him![/quote] Me too.

I've never commissioned a custom build myself, but I have owned a couple of second hand ones, an Overwater Progress Deluxe 5 and a Kinal MK-5, both of them were utterly stunning in every way. So why did I sell them? Because I'm an idiot. I guess in my case it's just GAS that get's me every time, and the trouble is, I'm skint, so if I spot a bass I [i]must have[/i], I have to trade one out in order to get it. Frankly the ESP Horizon 5 I'm currently using as my main bass is [i]almost[/i] as good as either of the aforementioned, so I'm pretty happy, but for how long??

Ibanez GWB35 and an ESP Horizon.

[quote name='jonthebass' post='1088274' date='Jan 13 2011, 04:42 PM']What a great video. Love the Guys jamming and looking cool at the end [/quote] I wonder if they could've imagined what those two guitars they're mucking about on would be worth now?

Who's that big dumb git with a can of Irn Bru in his hands?

Very very sad news indeed. Another great musician lost.

[quote name='Machines' post='1064336' date='Dec 20 2010, 10:18 AM']Oh you mean this one ? To be fair I regret selling it - I could do so much more with it now than back then (2006 by the way). [/quote] Bloody hell that's a blast from the past, yeah that's the one. Me with my lovely BB3000S, wish I still had that, and Alan with that stunning Spector, the bass that forced me to get the one I have now. Two nice Marcus Millers there too, I ended up owning the 4 string that Mike is holding for a while, and the 5er that Gary's got was a [i]really beautiful[/i] bass, I still want one of those before I die.

I really like the Soundgear basses. One of the best basses I've had was a K5, lovely bass to play for any genre, very comfortable. For me, ergonomically, I think Ibanez basses are superb, and even the budget models I have tried have been very playable. I can only repeat what I've said in the past, you can play any style of music on any model of bass, period.

A while back, I was determined to go "old school" and stick to an old Precision with flats on it, [i]but[/i], it just didn't work, I missed the low B too much. At home, for fun, I use a 5 string fretless, but within both bands I'm very happy with the Spector Euro 4, there's really no need for a B string from a band point of view.

I remember that holoflash Spector Matt, at that mini bash we had in Manchester some years back, I thought it was a great bass that.

I [i]hated[/i] YES for years. I was a child of the NWBHM in the early 80's, Maiden Priest, Saxon etc etc, meanwhile my brother, who is 3 years older than me, was into YES, and had every record they had made, up 'till Tormato, and played them continuously in his bedroom to my annoyance. I thought it was music for hippies, and refused to even listen to it. A few years later I got into Camel, big time, a band I still adore today, and "A Live Record" is still one of my favourite albums ever. So my prog roots were now starting to grow. Forward wind many years to a couple of years ago, when I found myself buying "Fragile" on ebay for a couple for quid out of curiosity. The first track I [i]ever[/i] really listened to was "Roundabout" and loved it. Next year YES are touring, and a pal of mine who is a big fan has bought me a ticket. So at 45 I'll be going to my first YES gig, and I'm very excited about it, much to the disgust of my inner teenaged self from 30 years ago.

My twopenneth, it looks identical to the one I had, which was a 78 body, 79 neck and 79 pups I seem to remember. I know it [i]does[/i] matter to some people, but does it [i]really[/i] matter? It's a beautiful bass whatever year the parts (manufactured over a two or three year period) were put together.