Noisyjon

[quote name='presoulnation' post='312919' date='Oct 23 2008, 12:47 PM']Duuuuude! That looks amazing![/quote] It sounds pretty damn good too! Also I think it was your 5 stringer I saw being worked on. Is it the one with the (to be) backlit Shuker logo?

oooh - what the age & spec of that lovely looking white P bass you have there?

[quote name='Rusty Shackleford' post='311920' date='Oct 22 2008, 11:38 AM']and then the replaced you with Ian H Watkins. you must be gutted.[/quote] WTF?

[quote name='Prosebass' post='311901' date='Oct 22 2008, 11:09 AM']Sensible words indeed...+1 I would accept a "tour agreement" but "band agreements" aren't very rock n roll[/quote] I hear you. Surely it just depends on what the situation with the band, doesn't it? Look at what Shockwave said. A hell of a lot that goes with bands ain't rock n roll. As Cantdosleepy said if it's a regular gigging band a bit of formality and firming up between those concerned won't hurt will it?

I think this is a good case to show that having a written 'Band Agreement' in place to cover such eventualities is worth it's weight in gold. The exact same happened to me. I just put my notice in as per the agreement (2 months if I remember correctly) and there was no arguing because we all agreed the terms up front in the beginning.

[quote name='eude' post='311071' date='Oct 21 2008, 09:52 AM']Nice one dude, well chuffed for you. Don't suppose you saw an all black jazz bass with a mahogany/wenge neck down there when you popped in? Ain't heard anything from Jon for a while, but I promised I wouldn't badger him this time, made a real pest of myself when he was building my single-cut... Cheers, Eude[/quote] HI Eude, I did see a black jazz body hanging up...no neck attached though. There wasn't many instruments complete but there are necks and bodies everywhere! Watched Rob start to shape the heel of a 5 string neck through bass which was good. Jon.

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='310784' date='Oct 20 2008, 08:58 PM']Lovely! what made you decide to add the scratch plate? Looks good both ways though.[/quote] Hi MacDaddy, I just wanted the classic Jazz look, no more - no less! Cheers, Jon.

Cheers Eude! It sounds immense! In all seriousness it is bright and punchy as you would expect a swamp asn 'n' Maple Jazz to be. Those SD Classic Stacks are the nuts!!!

So, It's been a while and there was a fair amount of time when there was no word from Mr. Shuker (workshop move, etc) I spoke with him a few times via e-mail but not much more. Then not long ago I received these: [attachment=14998:FullFront.jpg] [attachment=14990:BodyFront.jpg] [attachment=14991:Bridge_Pups.jpg] [attachment=14992:HeadstockFront.jpg] This REALLY got me going I couldn't wait to collect her... So today I did! Got to have a good chat with Jon and have a look at his workshop and try out some of his other wonderful instruments. I've not long been back but here's a few tasters for you Folks, Enjoy: [attachment=14993:BodyFrontFlash.jpg] [attachment=14994:BodyFrontOnlyFlash.jpg] [attachment=14995:BodyHwareNoFlash.jpg] [attachment=14996:FullBackNoFlash.jpg] [attachment=14997:Headstoc...ontFlash.jpg] For the eagle eyed among you - Apparently the E string was too short ( ) to go through the body so is through the bridge, until it needs replacing. It's been a long wait, but it's here at last. Will get more pictures and a review on here within time, Cheers, Jon.

I really like the bass sound, playing & general production on the 1995 album Slash's Snakepit - It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere. It's Mike Inez from Alice In Chains on it and I rather like it!

Sometimes the simple rule of thumb in the equipment hire market is 1 per cent of the purchase cost per hire. i.e. £2,000 rig = £20 per day. Any good?

I reckon they done it just to wind us all up!!!

I like, and recommend, the Sadowsky pedal type preamp if that suits?

+1 for the black guard from me too... [attachment=14492:BassBlac...dOnly_1_.jpg]

[quote name='urban Bassman' post='301425' date='Oct 7 2008, 03:13 PM']OK, I hot footed it down to the studio and grabbed these few pics of the P Bass, just for you! I always wanted a bass that was born in the same year as me - hence the 1961. Quite hard to find these days, so I was surprised when I found this one at The Bass Gallery in London. I was even more surprised when my fabulous wife bought it for me It's basically all original apart from the Volume and Tone Knobs - one was missing and the other was pretty well shot, so I got a couple of replacements (I still have the remaining original one of course!) The other non-original part is the thumb rest, it was missing. I found a good quality replica, fortunately the original screws were still in the pickguard so it all ties in nicely. Other than that it has real mojo and sounds PHAT. Enjoy. [attachment=14475:P_Bass_Longshot.jpg][attachment=14476:P_Bass_Body.jpg][attachment=14477:P_Bass_Hea d.jpg][/quote] WOW That is beautiful. Thanks for putting the pictures up for us all here. I'm very jealous!!!

Welcome to Basschat. I'd love to see that old P of yours, don't tease us! Cheers, Jon.

Flippin 'eck that's a backline and a half (literally!) Good work fella and have fun disrupting the front rows' bowels

[quote name='BassManKev' post='299288' date='Oct 4 2008, 12:24 PM']cheers for the info though, nice to see they didnt go out on bad terms[/quote] Indeed and I'm glad such an awesome playing and sounding bass lives on.

[quote name='markytbass' post='298348' date='Oct 3 2008, 09:49 AM']What about Norman Watt-Roy...?[/quote] Definitely. Also how about John "Segs" Jennings from The Ruts. Some awesome bass playing there.

Homebase sell it, it's the Duct tape brand IIRC.

£2900 & rising...