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[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1457988828' post='3003763'] I didn't see the other one. [/quote] Clearly Discreet needs to go to Specsavers

The optician.

I know what you mean. I was a child of the same period. At the age of about 17 I bought my first bass for £40. That was a LOAD of money to me. Possessing an amp was FAR out of my league. The prospect of parents chipping in with present money was never going to happen. It was a short-scale Eros, single pup "instrument". I actually sold it on Ebay and got way more than I expected. In some ways I wish I'd kept it and routed it for a split-coil pup; just for a laugh and the experience of doing it. When I hear of folk like Clapton saying these days, "I had it tough, Mum and Dad bought me a wreck of a guitar..." I can't believe how lucky they were. "Tough", my foot. Now age 56, knowing I now play, my Mum said to me she'd wished she'd helped me back then. But I know my parents weren't unique in their scepticism. Kids today don't know they're born. (Did I REALLY say that??)

[quote name='ColinH' timestamp='1454001766' post='2965275'] An update... Soon after re-posting, on the General Discussion zone, I was contacted by a guy who said he had the bass, in W. Yorkshire, and was willing to sell. Pictures he's sent confirm it's The One, and I'm arranging to do the deal when I'm next up North, in a few weeks. 'Ey kid, not a bad forum, this. [/quote] Amazing result! Even better if the guy's happy to take full market value and not trouble you for the "enhanced" package. Good luck. Hope it all goes well. BTW, when you get it..... Welcome to Basschat!!

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1457969066' post='3003478'] Woolies Special. Cost about £25.00 in the mid-70s. Unfortunately only worth the same today. [/quote] We'll see what happens. I'll let you know. It's been up 24hrs and has watchers. (FWTW) Ironically, £25 is exactly what I paid.

[quote name='DaytonaRik' timestamp='1457708380' post='3001189'] Exactly this. There is no affiliation with Thin Lizzy as far as I'm aware - Black Star Riders continue to tour with the occasional official Thin Lizzy gigs for good measure. We are taking it as a HUGE compliment as we already know of punters who have elected to come and watch us for free in/around derby in lieu of forking out nearly £20 to watch Limehouse play locally the next night. [/quote] Looks to me like this is their revenge for this happening. If it were me I'd like to know exactly what they said to the landlord at the cancelled venue. Are they simply insisting on a cancel or are they saying something else?

That's a good book. What I'm trying to do here is provide scores for tunes that a bass player can play and the tune/melody work in its own right. Thanks all the same for your input. Others will find the book valuable. I have.

[quote name='SubsonicSimpleton' timestamp='1457872612' post='3002502'] Holy sh*t, you've stumbled across an ultra rare vintage pre-CBS Fender SG prototype manufactered at the legendary Matsumoko factory- get thee to gumtree/ebay immediately, or convert it to a short scale three string bass for sausage fingered gentlemen. [/quote] Cripes SS, you're right there. Where's me tenon saw? Come to that.... anyone got a blow lamp or a chain-saw I can borrow to make improvements? Joking aside, it's up on evilbay now. All good revenue to the bass fund.

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1457864370' post='3002376'] There's a shop in Abingdon called Remade Guitars that takes old duffers like this and makes them playable, often by removing the useless bridges and trems and replacing them with parts that actually work, intonate etc. Great for low-fi garage sounds and usually lightweight and small. [/quote] That would be sensible. There's no intonation adjustment on this. If I were to keep it, that would drive me mad.

Don't you think you'd catch y' cardy on this one? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Heavily-Relicd-Telecaster-Surf-Green-Tele-Humbucker-/322036366044?hash=item4afadcfadc:g:alAAAOSwzgRW1cKP

Guitars really aren't my thing. I totally can't play the cheese-wires, but this morning I found a guitar in a Sue Ryder shop in the town and gave in to the temptation to try my hand at a quick restoration. Well it looked SO unloved and it looked straight forward. The ticket said the "input socket" needed replacing. Not only was the socket broken, but it was disconnected and useless. The Truss Rod was stuck, but a squirt of WD40 in the hole, got it freed up. All cleaned, polished up and re-strung with new D'Addario Nickels and here's the result. It does still have one small problem; some of the pickguard screw holes are bunged up with broken off screws. So I'm thinking I might try moving the whole pickguard a few millimeters to one side and re-drill all the holes. Other than that I now have a guitar I can't play to save my life... but I thought it might bring back memories to someone here.

Not sure about the grey PG, but for 140 you can get it and change the PG. The photographer does a top job there too. As I frequently say: the great thing about basses is they are so cheap. Yet the worst thing about basses is they are so cheap.

I'm sure that's no mistake. Huh.... children, behave!

[quote name='yorick' timestamp='1457716839' post='3001320'] Very nice but £200 for express delivery????? [/quote] Well, the seller does say "Shipping will be at cost plus nominal expenses for packaging." So this must the actual cost of UPS shipment. I never realised they were so expensive. I must have been filling the form out wrong when I've used them.

Duraglit or Brasso every time. But then I'm polishing my own frets. If I was a luthier I'd have an interest in gently wearing down my customers' frets, so I get to do a refret as soon as I can possibly get away with it. Sorry, does that sound cynical?

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1457478890' post='2999034'] If you'll permit the correction of an obvious spelling error here..? This should be '... a food electronic tuna ...' (although I think you'll find that it's [i]eels [/i]that are electric, not tuna...). [/quote] Thanks Dad. So much appreciated. Now corrected.

[quote name='highwayman' timestamp='1457474956' post='2998994'] Thank you both, lesson moved early to Thurs now; going to make sure that we spend the first part on tuning! [/quote] Sounds good. I've had a tuning a on my phone. It wasn't much good for bass. I think the deep tones were out it's range. If i may I'd suggest you loosen off the strings on your bass until you get it checked out properly. I'm sure you'll find it worth investing in a good electronic tuner. I use a Korg one that doubles as a metronome. In the meantime, you can pick up some good info at studybass.com and scottsbasslessons.com Good luck

Haha, I just snuk another vote in! Didn't change the result though. The choice was hard! Really enjoyed everyone's work. Looking forward to next one. Now over to the composition challenge. ...

I loved my BigOne. It had me convinced I need a 15" to get those lows. I then bought my One10 and that theory went straight out of the window. Loving the One10 massively. It looks far better in my lounge at home too.

I've been involved in running one of these on SBL Academy. So I'd be happy to help get it started. In the past I've done it online using Google Hangouts. Hangouts has some advantages over Skype for the group conferencing. How you need to do it is: 1 - Everyone make sure you have a computer, web-cam and mic. 2 - Agree a time and date we can all get online. 3 - Everyone join Google+, of you don't belong already. 4 - All link on Google+ to someone who'll send the invites out. If you'd like me to kick it off, please link to me : [color=#A4A4A4][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=2] [/size][/font][/color][url=""]https://plus.google.com/+RichardBower88/[/url] My work demands can be a bit heavy, so my getting online at the right time can be difficult. But, as I've said, I'd be happy to help you with the setting up and, if I can make it I'll hang out as much as I can.