Love this thread!
I offer Welsh prog-rockets Quicksand (only album Home is Where I Belong reissued a few years ago by Esoteric Recordings).
Come to think of it these are all esoteric recordings!
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Great band. Super version of this Bonnie Rait tune.
http://youtu.be/2OIAURQLnMI
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Hate to be picky but John Prine wrote it. Good song.
[quote name='BassApprentice' timestamp='1486569517' post='3232878']
Side note. What are peoples experience with steel strings on U basses? Is it worth just sticking with the rubber(y) ones?
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Have seen/heard these demoed. Sound then becomes electric bass-like, making size your only advantage. No double bass sound remains, so would not do it myself..
[quote name='Wooks79' timestamp='1486459906' post='3231878']
How much better would you say a countryman is compared to a HB?
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Fit and finish far superior, plus the body is rather smaller which adds to portability.
Sound, probably not a whole lot in it. Also (irrelevant I know) HB was fretless and I prefer fretted.
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I've no idea what these sell for normally, hopefully Steve will be along shortly to provide more detail, but at £150 this has got to be a steal. Anybody who played one of the semi acoustics at last years LBGS will vouch for how good the build quality on Chowney Basses.
Check this one out:
https://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-instrument/chowny-rickstinger-prototype-bass-guitar/1208175190
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[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1483011612' post='3204062']' completely devalues the system IMO of course
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