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That looks quite a bit like the CMI p-bass I bought from BCer oldslapper (nice guy ). The tort in particular looks very similar. Sadly I had to change the neck (immovable trussrod) and it's now wearing a Collins J-width neck.

I like Status Hotwire flats.

Placebo effect?

Useful (and gobsmacking!) site for weird Italian/Russian/Australian/whatever guitars of the 60s and 70s... Mainly in Italian, but really, just look at the pictures [url="http://www.fetishguitars.com"]http://www.fetishguitars.com[/url]

One time at a rehearsal room we got next door's guitars coming through the building mains electrical supply... !

My no-name CAR jazz. £80, from BC-er Mr Foxen (IIRC he got it from eBay as a beater/project bass), and still the bass I'm most comfortable on. It's certainly not the most expensive (though nothing I've got cost me more that £400). It doesn't even sound best. It just plays well and feels comfortable.

Good question! This is the one which springs to mind: I sit at my table / and wage war on myself It seems like it's all, it's all for nothing (My first thought was actually "Got to be something by Robyn Hitchcock", but evocative of what ?!)

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1442868249' post='2870177'] Ah Yes, whatever happened to Reggie Perrier and CJ? [/quote] He didn't get where he is today.

[quote name='cameltoe' timestamp='1442875821' post='2870254'] He's obviously typed his serial number in, and it's given him the Japanese E-Series information. [/quote] I might try that with my NHS number...

Zappa.

My aunt used to play one in chapel services in Wales.

Junky laptop speakers. Probably not doing you justice, really.

[quote name='GrammeFriday' timestamp='1442781127' post='2869481'] Peavey Grind 6ers are ace as well, and cheap as chips used. [/quote] There was one up on eBay last week, might still be there. Edit: looks like it's gone. I did find this though... if it's anything like its 4-string cousins, it'll be a monster. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Peavey-Fury-VI-6-string-bass-/321868160052?hash=item4af0d65c34"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4af0d65c34[/url] There are a couple of Grind sixes up for £319.

Quite Westone Quantum-ish in general vibe, then. Nice

Thanks for posting

Good for you for doing it, and for putting it out there. It's way above my standard, for sure. I find it a bit cluttered to listen to, personally, but that may be more to do with choice of genre. Hope this helps

I liked them both. 'Wake Up And Dream': the short section from about 1:45 to 2:00 seems a little shapeless... ? I think maybe I'd drop an instrument out there? 'Live in a sunny day' is the better of the two, to my ear. I like the 'loose', relaxed feel. Again the transition between sections is a bit indistinct in places.

[quote name='colgraff' timestamp='1442643426' post='2868366'] Wow. Someone has a 'roo loose in the top paddy. [/quote] Suddenly, the world is full of Australians... they're everywhere! [b]:[/b]hides behind bush, loads shotgun[b]:[/b] Edit for typo - [i]or was it[/i]?!!

I don't listen to much at home; Radio 3 late at night, and stuff I'm allegedly trying to learn. I don't know why not; when I was 20 I couldn't turn it off. I'm beginning to feel that I've stopped hearing it, and I think that's mostly because I'm trying to play; my ear is different now.

Never heard of basses with this branding, but apparently they were made at Kawai. I wouldn't know. Sadly, the thing has a deeply naff name... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Schaller-Rockoon-Bass-Japan-Vintage-/281803652262?hash=item419cce7ca6

£229 is over the odds, I reckon. £150's as much as I'd expect one to fetch.