pete.young

"Hey mate, that's a big fiddle - how do you get it under your chin?" "It's tricky. Could I borrow some of yours?" We had a great gig once when a drunk geezer was talking to our sound guy about how attractive our lead singer is. After a while, our guy says "Actually mate, that's my wife!" (which is true). Guy looks him up and down a couple of times and says "f***ing hell, you've done well for yourself!"

Cool. Yamaha serial numbers from that period are notoriously difficult to make any sense out of, I was wondering how he'd definitely established it was a 1977. My BB800 has a lower number, and I bought that used in 1979.

Well, that El Maya neck-through P went for £485 - more than I was expecting to see it go for.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1422608215' post='2674473'] The price of the pink guitar has gone down. It was £17.49, now it's £16.68. [/quote] Probably due to exchange rate fluctuations as the euro goes through the floor!

Sorry for being slow - I think it's because Annoying Twit has been seduced away from this thread and into the realms of Deko :-) I was tempted but no, no punting for me - I already have a nice Precision and a BB800, besides it looks just a bit too much like it's made from chopped-up coffee tables. You probably spotted this Cimar a long time ago too. Think this one is a bit overpriced - is that likely to be the original bridge? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CIMAR-VINTAGE-BASS-60s-70s-GREAT-COND-PLAYS-GREAT-EXPENSIVE-STINGS-FITTED/201256158914?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140122125356%26meid%3D1831c35fa6204e5c9fd03258afd95e25%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D261743365819&rt=nc

El Maya neck-through Precision. Don't think I've ever seen one of these before. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/El-Maya-Japanese-Vintage-1979-Electric-Bass-Guitar-MIJ-Collectable-/261743365819?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cf11ecebb"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item3cf11ecebb[/url] Antoria EB3 copy, seen a few miles: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Antoria-bass-guitar-EB3-Sort-of-Ibanez-Gibson-copy-Lawsuit-era-/181649011554?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2a4b1ff362

Difficult to get that balance of the later years: according to Wikipedia, since Absolute Beginners in 1986, he's had only 2 top 10 hits, Jump They Say and Where Are They Now. Certainly while you are building up a following, you'll need to play things that the non-Bowie fans will be familiar with. That probably means including stuff like Dancing In The Street. How good are your vocalists? I'd love to have a crack at Under Pressure, but we don't have anyone who can sing the Bowie part.

"Hard to find item" Presumably it only glows a little bit then?

Don't see many of these about: a flightcased Burman Pro 4000 and matching Burman 4x12 cab. Think the BIN is slightly optimistic, but who knows. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231440474340?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Just the thought of having to lift the cab makes me break out in a cold sweat!

Any excuse to repost this link to the story of the Burman 4x18, posted by Kiwi, no. 46 in this thread: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/58420-show-us-your-burmans/page__st__30__p__972632__hl__bumper%20brown__fromsearch__1#entry972632

I bought a Vintage VE300 for under 200 quid, mid-sized body, solid spruce top, plays and sounds great once I got it properly set up. Fishman pickup and pre-amp with tuner built in. Well worth trying one if you get the chance.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1421829945' post='2665359'] 90s sgc nanyo bass collection [/quote] This. There's a very nice example in the For Sale forum right now, for not a lot of money.

Front edge of the G-D pickup, or the A-E one? Some Fenders and Yamahas swap them round too. Since the cases are different, it seems more engineering to use the pickup centreline as your measurement.

The Tecamp Puma solution is quite neat - a steel rod is supplied which you stick into a little socket on the back of the amp. It then tilts back so the end of the rod and the edge of the cab are incontact with the floor. There's a picture of the XS112 cab which also has one here. http://www.talkbass.com/threads/tecamp-amplification-club-is-there-such-a-thing-yet.617564/page-21

[quote name='Dave_the_bass' timestamp='1421267649' post='2659246'] The full price B30 is a 24 fret neck. The deco B30 is a 23 fret neck. Comparing the photos seems to suggest that the 23rd and 24th frets are in the same position on both models. [/quote] Both are 24 fret its a typo in the description. Someone already debunked this earlier in the thread.

squier jaguar?

[quote name='KK Jale' timestamp='1420817879' post='2653862'] I'm ex-Newark School of Violin Making ... [/quote] We are not worthy !!! I went to a tutorial and watched the legendary woodwind guy Louis (sp?) make a load of tiny drills out of piano wire. Awesome!

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1420832875' post='2654099'] Im just leaving this here [/quote] I expect it will still be there when you get back :-)

I suspect the furniture making references are to the Musical Instrument course at the London College of Furniture Making, which has been one of the two main places to go to get a degree in this subject for about the last 40 years at least. http://www.thecass.com/courses/undergraduate/bsc-hons-musical-instruments The other place being the Newark school of violin making, which tends to concentrate on violins, woodwind and piano tuning. A friend of mine was a student there. My web search also threw up South Thames http://www.south-thames.ac.uk/courses/musical-instrument-making-and-repair.html If you don't want a 3 year course you can probably find some places offering a diploma so at least you have some kind of qualification that you can reference.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1420566025' post='2650728'] I would never give anyone those documents for a bass sale or purchase unless it was for getting finance or something, what are you even going to do with them if the money is fake, what does a legit Polish driving licence look like? (I dont even know how to spell licence or license!) [/quote] Me neither. The polish for 'Driving Licence' is Prawo Jazdy. This confused the Garda, who had been writing it down as the first name and surname of drivers they stopped. For a time he was Ireland's most wanted man. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7899171.stm