paul, the

Remeber Lefty's selling this: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1354&hl="]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1354&hl=[/url]

[quote name='s_u_y_*' post='14668' date='Jun 9 2007, 04:00 PM']I've heard of him but not checking him out properly. I'll see if there's any of his stuff on YouTube and Myspace. Thanks! [/quote] np, Muddy is still King as I'm not a BB fan. Wolf's "Bluebird" is the song I always used to want to run home from school for. I was a weird 15 year old, not concentrating on maths because of pining for Chicago blues.

[quote name='Hutton' post='13442' date='Jun 7 2007, 08:30 AM']I agree. It's getting really difficult to find a semi-decent range of basses in local music stores nowadays. There's maybe one or two US Jazzes and precisions with some warwick's thrown for good measure. The rest is usually low end stuff. I've just scored a Jazz Deluxe FMT from ebay. Never seen one before. Hope it's going to be ok.[/quote] I usually have to travel at least 30 miles to find anything beyond a Mexican Fender or a 150 watt combo. And I don't even have a car. [quote name='Hutton' post='14644' date='Jun 9 2007, 03:16 PM']The FMT is here. It's lurvly! [attachment=581:P1010085.JPG][/quote] Oh!, You must be beside yourself. Inlays and finish are Freakin' sweet.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='14587' date='Jun 9 2007, 12:44 PM']In the past when I was in "serious" bands I would say that the music I was creating was what I wanted to listen to but didn't quite exist in the form I really wanted (or if it did I hadn't yet discovered a band doing exactly what I wanted to hear). It was a mix of a whole load of different styles (pop/rock/tecno/dance) picking what I liked from each and trying to find a way of mixing it all together that worked. At the moment I'm playing in what I would call a "fun" band. We do 75% original and 25% covers (but in our own style rather than copies). It's upbeat guitar based pop with blues/rock and some jazzy leanings. I have a lot of fun playing (and it stretches me more as player than pervious bands did) and seeing people up and dancing to the music pretty much from the first song of the gig (something that never happened with the serious bands no matter how dancy the music was) but I'm not entirely sure if I would buy a CD of our music if I wasn't one of the musicians on it.[/quote] You still have a great time playing it though don't you? - especially with the audience responding so well. [quote name='BigRedX' post='14587' date='Jun 9 2007, 12:44 PM']And finally - death by cake?[/quote] [quote name='Russ' post='14591' date='Jun 9 2007, 12:54 PM']I think everyone should strive to be in their own favourite band. Whether it's originals, writing songs you prefer to listen to to anything else, or covers, where you feel your version of a particular song is the best, that's always something to strive for, even if you don't always achieve it. Cake please. [/quote] I most enjoy playing Motown and Soul. But my soul (in a spiritual sense) lies in experimental blues-rock and folk. The question isn't aimed directly at you, but, sometimes I wander if I'm defying nature just because of what's more fun to play on bass. And I wonder which I would perform better? [quote name='Platypus' post='14594' date='Jun 9 2007, 01:04 PM']When I looked at the poll results just now it was 10 - nil in favour of cake over death. Reckon the Goth's must be still in bed...[/quote] Just wait until the cake runs out. [quote name='s_u_y_*' post='14632' date='Jun 9 2007, 02:41 PM']The music I play is very different to the stuff I love to listen to. I like early 90's-rock, like RHCP and Primus. But the band I'm playing is is very blues influenced. But I've really enjoyed my time there and have been exposed to some great bluesmen including Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy and Muddy Waters to name a few. So I don't mind it at all.[/quote] If you like Muddy, you'll like Howlin' Wolf. --- That reminds me, has anyone had there music tastes changed substantially by being in a band? That would be interesting to know. -- paul.

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='14530' date='Jun 9 2007, 09:56 AM']I've been biting my tongue but here's where I'm going to show my age and get a few backs up! This is not direct a pop directed at you Paul but at something that is becoming increasingly more commonplace (or at least to my eye) in our country today. One line in your response appears to be a damning indictment of today's work ethic and to some degree the 'youth of today' (never thought I'd hear myself say that). Yes I went through a similar experience when I was young and I jacked a well earned job in to go out with my mates but it wasn't because I couldn't cope with 10 hour shifts, 6 days a week... I was more interested in having fun with my mates - booze, birds and bass. Unfortunately I was 200 miles away from my mates and all of the BBB! When I came home I got a job working as a roofing labourer (seasonal work where you didn't work through the winter months so you had to put the hours in when you could to build up your funds for the 'lay-off') and every one of my mates (16-19) had jobs that involved working not less than 9 hours and often shift work and weekends... it was the norm'; you just did it. We still had time to party/gig/socialise/lay about Don't talk to me about children up chimneys and down mines, that isn't what I am talking about. I mean straight forward hard graft for 8-12 hours a day, 5/6 days a week. However, it now appears that to work long unsociable hours is bordering on heresy. I would fight tooth and nail for everyone to have the right to a good work/life balance but to be scared in your late teens and early twenties that working long hours, in a potentially laborious job might make you ill... Is it just me or is it becoming increasingly apparent that putting in an honest days graft is just too much for many people?[/quote] That's fair enough, I'm sure you're completely right. It just seemed a little unnecessary in his situation and that it could be a bit of a shock to the system. At 16 (two years ago) I had a summer job waiting tables, kitchen porting and table clearing. I consider myself a tough cookie, I've beaten up bullies twice my weight when necessary and I have the ability to push myself harder than most. However, on £2.80 an hour when my friends were on 4 or 5 and having a boss that called you names and put you down when you were trying your darnedest all got to me a little. Not to mention the repeating of synthed '90s hits (Spice girls on keyboards, over and over and over...). If I didn't want a bass amp, I wouldn't have done it. And to top it off the amp I bought was a Laney head and cab which sounded hollow and sterile, was a 1/3 of the wattage it was advertised at and broke down after a week (I wasn't at all experienced). But I swapped it for a '70s Kustom charger, which is a piece of deign history. It was a good experience though, had a positive effect on social life and running up and down two flights of stairs holding trays of food was good conditioning for the body and mind. And I wouldn't have traded it for a more stimulating job despite my IQ at the time. If you punt for the factory job, see if you can try it out for a day. I wish you the best of luck with whatever you choose to do. Keep in mind that 300 solid state watts is good enough for small gigs and 1000 watts is good for killing small animals. paul.

Sorry if the poll is confusing. I'm about as coherant as the rear end of an '80s Marshall bass head. What I'm trying to ask is: Is most of what you play/practice/enjoy playing in a band - the same kind of music you like to listen when you're on your own/chillin' out/makin' love/cooking dinner ? If you like to listen to different music in different situations as I do - try to use your favourite genre. Just interested to see a statistic. Cheers, Paul. (I hope the poll works, I apolygise for any spelling or grammar mistakes?) Remember the badly used 'most' - if you play along to your favourite song to listen to once a week, and that's a relatively small amount - that's a no.

[quote name='Brandonh' post='14433' date='Jun 9 2007, 12:08 AM']Well Im in the U.S you guys are just cool lol. And I have checked it up with the people (friends getting me the job and his family works there) that I think im gonna save about 1500$ and get myself a decent bass and then stop.[/quote] That makes quite the difference. You'll be making twice the amount as I did at 16 and buying gear at half the price. I personally think that amount of work at that age is ridiculous - if you're not used to it and it's laborious, it might make you ill. My advice is to do a different, less monotonous sounding job. Work 4 or five days (30-40 hours a week) and get the gear that you [i]need[/i]. You'll still build character, make friends, earn respect and have something nice on your resume. Then give yourself a little treat at the end with a bass or amp upgrade. paul.

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='14323' date='Jun 8 2007, 06:37 PM']Let's keep things in perspective guys (and gals). Remind me why Interparcel is great and PF is cr*p? I've sent or received a few basses and more than one or 2 amps and cabs via PF (senditnow) and not had a single complaint, as have various other through this thread. All courier services are going to have the odd idiots who will get a kick (no pun intended) out of knocking a box or parcel about, but before the whole Royal Mail / Parcel Force / Sendit now company is tarred as being totally unreliable and generally sh*tty, do you know the alternatives are so great? You also have to consider what is the percentage of parcels handled to those damaged? Yes there may be one or two more examples of damaged packages with PF but what percentage of the total volume of parcels sent do they handle. Until someone posts (sic) an alternative, reliable courier who will stand up and be counted as carrying fragile/valuable instruments, then do not declare any one courier better or worse than the rest. No I do not work for PF, nor does anyone I know but it's a bit knee jerk to slate one courier above all others.[/quote] It's all about insurance for me. I also feel like I've had information purposely kept from me and so I no longer respect PF. I know every courier service slips up (figuratively speaking here) and you'll always hear more negative than good - hell, the last bass I sent was with PF and everything ran perfectly. But after what this thread has uncovered, I wont be going back. Admittedly I like to hear plenty more positive impartial Interparcel customer feedback before openly falling in love with them. But for now, they're the best I know of. I also use www.postvan.com for cheap heavy/bulky items as they're the cheapest I've found, insure up to £100 but have size limits. [quote name='OldGit' post='14317' date='Jun 8 2007, 06:18 PM']That shouln't be hard. Make it a condition of payment that it's not sent parcel force because of the limit on the insurance. Negative ebay feedback is pretty powerful stuff.[/quote] I think I'll direct them here as well.

[quote name='The Burpster' post='14304' date='Jun 8 2007, 05:38 PM']There is more likelyhood of me being ***gged sensless in a 3 girl fantasy involving Kylie, Gwen Stefani and Chrissie Aguilera orbiting the earth in my own space station with Monkies piloting it remotely from Madagasgar[/quote] Wait your turn!

[quote name='The Burpster' post='13859' date='Jun 7 2007, 09:52 PM']+1 ----- "If thats a '66 you'd all better start kneeling before me as I am.........Pope Bob I "[/quote] You mean you're not I hope he puts the messages on the listing

I hope this thread continues to vent anger about PF, as it is important to do so for anger management and also to repetitively deter potential PF customers that read the thread. --- [b]But thinking constructively[/b] [url="http://www.interparcel.com/"]Interparcel[/url] seem to be a reliable, fully insured (upto £1000) global courier service that aren't ridiculously priced. (I don't know if they use third party companies???) What about for more expensive gear and instruments, any ideas? (Global, fully insured, fair price) And what about us as buyers. How do we persuade sellers on eg. Ebay to not use Parcelforce?

I'm officially Freakin' jealous! I love the goldness/brassyness, would love to get my hands on it. Will you put gold keys on? What's the body made of? Will you give us a total figure whence fin'? n1, green-eyed paul.

I don't think I've seen one that colour. Arrr she's a beaut'.

[quote name='Gwilym' post='13929' date='Jun 7 2007, 11:40 PM']i think the duty limit is around about the £30 mark, but they're not always consistent about it (ie sometimes you'll get away with a higher value. i my experience though, you should be ok with 1 set of strings. I bought 3 sets of DR Hi-Beams once, and did pay import duty & vat on them, declared value was around 65usd.[/quote] Thank you very much. It's hugely appreciated. I think I'll fork out for some Jazz Flats from America.

[quote name='Mickeyboro' post='13765' date='Jun 7 2007, 07:37 PM']Here's one on the bay [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BASS-GUITAR-Fender-Precision-Bass-August-13th-1966_W0QQitemZ280122888772QQihZ018QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BASS-GUITAR-Fender-P...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url] But is it really as old as it's claimed?[/quote] Message to seller: 'If that's a '66 P, you can tickle me nuts and call me Susan.'

[quote name='Mickeyboro' post='13765' date='Jun 7 2007, 07:37 PM']Here's one on the bay [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BASS-GUITAR-Fender-Precision-Bass-August-13th-1966_W0QQitemZ280122888772QQihZ018QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BASS-GUITAR-Fender-P...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url] But is it really as old as it's claimed?[/quote] Ahahahaa

[quote name='elros' post='13665' date='Jun 7 2007, 04:17 PM']This one pretty much sums it up for me: Surine Regency X 6-string Warmoth Jazz/Gecko 4-string Benavente Vortex 6-string fretless Listerud Totem 7-string (now gone, alas)[/quote] Cripes! --- [quote name='mr_russ' post='13762' date='Jun 7 2007, 07:33 PM'] Sei Jazz 5[/quote] CRIPES.

[quote name='neepheid' post='3373' date='May 21 2007, 09:04 AM']It's already been featured in the build diaries, so if you missed it here's a link. [url="http://www.wheeee.org/showallnews.php?n=566"]http://www.wheeee.org/showallnews.php?n=566[/url] All the eye candy is there.[/quote] " When you can pickup a reasonable starter instrument for £200-£300, if cost is your motivation forget it. There's no way you can compete with the Far East! But if you're wanting a labour of love with absolutely zero resale value (unless you become famous ;-) ) then this is the way to go! " I love this comment. Your bass has soul.

[quote name='lukeward2004' post='13699' date='Jun 7 2007, 05:04 PM']Hi mate, Thanks, ive never played at the Grande before but ive been informed that it is an AWESOME venue - im really hopig I get muster up some support and get some good live shots. If you come along Ill bring the P bass with me and let you have a little play It set me back about £1k as I recall - maybe just under. It was from [url="http://www.bravewoodguitars.co.uk"]www.bravewoodguitars.co.uk[/url], and it is sublime [/quote] From the site: *restraining jazz tendencies*

Oooh a flamboyant bassists thread. I hate these threads I love Jaco's big jumpers

[quote name='The Funk' post='12862' date='Jun 6 2007, 09:25 AM']Join the school jazz band.[/quote] +many Even if you don't like jazz (I know you do), join anyway. --- I'm sure there was a wise post on this thread that is now missing

And don't forget, it's the most beautiful bass ever made. (I don't own these basses. Although I should.) They're the best basses for understated funk and motown - and when that's delivered well - mucho respecto.