Marky L

One lovely and totaly awesome Shuker JJB bass is now in my hands and I'd like to say what a total pleasure it has been dealing with Clarky. It's great to have total faith in some one when you are carrying out a remote transaction, he has been helpfull throughout and I can 100% recommend Clarky for a straight up honest deal. Top class geezer! I have a small amount of guilt for hassling him about selling his JJB.. but that guilt is very quickly fading as I just can't put the damn thing down, and it's all mine now!!! Thanks again and I promise I'll look after it like one of my own limbs! Mark

When are you going to tell her??

[quote name='Beedster' post='700641' date='Jan 4 2010, 04:55 PM']Gotta laugh Seriously though, there's a lot of late '70s P necks on USA ebay. Although it's always a bit of a risk buying a used neck, many come from perfectly good instruments that have been bought cheap and split for profit. This is big business in the US, but the good news is that prices for necks and bodies seem to have come down recently. I've bought three necks from the USA and only had problems with one, and even then I received a partial refund from the seller to pay for the fix. Still think you should get the original fixed.... Chris[/quote] Yup, I have been having a look on the evilbay and thinking about one of those. Actually I find it quite sad that all these great instruments are being bopught and broken up to sell as parts, presumably at a better profit than as a whole. Seriously though, I would get the current one fixed. Is there anyone you could recommend? Mark

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='700832' date='Jan 4 2010, 07:22 PM']Jerry does a great solo on Polk Salad Annie... The Live at Madison Square Garden version is great. Elvis' band of the time was crap-hot.. the only thing that lets it down is that Ronnie Tutt always seems to be in a hell of a hurry to get to the end of the tunes...[/quote] Yeah, that's the one my friend had just texted me with. But if there is one of That's The Way It Is, that's got to be worth a shot.

[quote name='tredders' post='700601' date='Jan 4 2010, 04:28 PM']Never Never Never! It's my fave bass ever. Now, the 62 I could be persuaded to sell [/quote] Ah well.. no harm in asking! .... or how about just the neck...

[quote name='Beedster' post='700618' date='Jan 4 2010, 04:40 PM']Do you know which album it's on Mark, I feel a bit of an ebay purchase coming on [/quote] Alas no. I have it as an mp3 that I obtained some years back. It's lurking on a back up CD... somewhere. I'll ask my incredibly unreliable friend who is a big later years Elvis fan. Don' hold your breath though!

[quote name='Beedster' post='700561' date='Jan 4 2010, 03:45 PM']There's a live version of Suspicious Minds which I reckon has some of the best bass playing ever on it, real tight and the line just builds and builds. Pretty good bass line anyway, but Elvis takes the song out at a hell of a pace which makes the musicianship even more impressive C[/quote] Yeah, I know that one and I totally agree, it's vastly superior to the standard recorded version, it absolutely kicks

[quote name='tredders' post='700501' date='Jan 4 2010, 02:45 PM']I can recommend Live in Vegas.... just bought it on iTunes. Decent compilation and amazingly tight band [/quote] Will do!! Hey, nosing at your sig... not interested in selling your black/maple P are you?

Sweet, thanks. I need to dig out some live Elvis stuff methinks!

Was watching the Elvis in Vegas prog on TV last night and was reminded how damn hot his bass player was. Well in fact the whole band, but it was the bassist and drummer that just drove those songs along. Was he session player?

That does look to be a cracking deal. Well I guess it's as they say in the ad, they're an exclusive build. I'd be interested to hear if you get a response from Ashdown on it. Would make a primary or backup head.

I have always tried to edge my sound towards something like - "A box of spanners being chucked down a drainpipe" Uhmm and dare I mention- Wooly *runs and hides

Yup It was me looking at a Blackstar before and it went too rich for me in the end. The one he has is lovely, but stupidly overpriced. Even taking into account no duty to pay, it's significanly pricier than the US one I had to walk awya from. I have emailed him a link to the US one just sold, and the guide price from 2010 Vintage Guitar book (thanks Si!). So we'll see what he comes back with. He rates it as "Near Mint".. but it has some obvious cracking/crazing to the paint, would that still keep it at NM status?

[quote name='Platypus' post='691983' date='Dec 23 2009, 12:21 AM']I won it at £771 will be interesting to see how it turns out.....[/quote] Oh yeah, please let us know how it turns out, very interested. Hope you have got yourself a good bass there

I can't see anyone putting a 78 P on ebay starting at around £150.00 unless they had no idea about the bass. I am certainly aware of starting stuff low to get lots of bidders in, I do that with stuff I sell, but something like that I would certainly have a higher starting price. And why no strings? I guess that's not going to be good for the neck in the long run.

I can't believe the seller is as naive as they make out. Do you think this is dodgy? 78 P in Oly White. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1978-FENDER-PRECISION-BASS-MADE-USA_W0QQitemZ330387494622QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item4ceca116de"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1978-FENDER-PRECISIO...=item4ceca116de[/url] Well if anyone is near Willsden Green it's got to be worth pushing them for a view of it.

[quote name='phatbass787' post='685921' date='Dec 15 2009, 11:51 PM']They do... [url="http://shop.absolute-guitars.co.uk/ashdown-classic-neo-115-compact-cab-1010-p.asp"]http://shop.absolute-guitars.co.uk/ashdown...-cab-1010-p.asp[/url] Good price too.[/quote] Oh! Nice touch, cheers for that. It'a always good to see retail outlets with more up to date info than the actual manufacturers site!

I was looking earlier and noticed that, pity cos the whole thing is too damn big otherwise that would be my target gear.

Well, I did bid for it, but it went beyond my budget. For once I was very strict on my limit, having to factor in shipping, VAT and duty. The price it went for would have pushed me too far. I am gutted though, this is going to me my jinxed target for a many years I think. Missed two now.. lets hope it's third time lucky!! Also know I am aware of the forward shipping companies, that does open up my market further. And thanks to all the help and kind offers too. This forum does reafirm that bassists really are the best and nicest bunch of musos around . Excuse me now, I'm just shuffling of to a dark corner for a quiet sob.... Mark

Cheers, I think I might have a snoop around. I like the idea of a 2x10 and a 1x15 or maybe 2x 2x10. Only need one for rehersals, both for gigs. I am squeezed for storage space, room in my car and a knackered old back too!

I just can't get my head around this valve volume/output thing. My small brain does not calculate 30W of valve being the same as 500W of SS. OK I get how if you drive tubes hard then you get crunch.. but how does 30=500? Help!

Sweet. I have the a growing urge to move to something like that cabwise. So do you feel you are getting more balls from the new set up over your old (was that the 4x10?). Tell me a bit more about the non eq option you are going with? what do you have stuff set to? Might have a go at something similar and see

Hey!! Thanks for the mail forwarding sites, I had totally forgotten about these, this opens things up a bit! Anybody have any good or bad experiences to report on using these sort of facilities? Ta M.

Thanks all. Yeah, my only hope of sneaking it by customs would be to bring it back personally I guess.. "yes Mr Customs & Excise Man, it's been with a friend who has been touring with it and did some repair work for me too.." Stupid $/£ exchange rate too, it all adds up, but sometimes all sense just goes out the window!! Anyway, TBH I don't think he is going to change his mind ref shipping, so I'll just pine away..