Bassmonkey

Nice guy. Bought a half rack case and tuner from Dave. Paid Monday evening. Delivered Weds morning. Happy buyer. Thanks Dave. Andy (Bassmonkey)

What about Rancid's Matt Freeman? Agree too with Bow Wow Wow's Leigh Gorman, saw them again last year and he is an excellent player

Sold to me! Woo hoo

Very nice mate. I have one too. It is such a lovely neck. I'm sure you will be a happy bunny

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nice, possibly a startrooper bass?
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I don't know. Been googling but haven't found any reference to it yet. Will look up Startrooper. Any Gibson experts got a view?

Just collected my new baby fresh from sunny California. A 95 Gibson Les Paul bass. Not seen many in this colour. Cream with black hardware. Even came loaded with a new set of Black Beauty's. Couldn't be happier. Plays like a dream, lovely colour and only a couple of really tiny blemishes. When I saw on EBay the seller stated delivery only in USA. I dropped him a note and he was happy to ship. $146 shipping, £136 import taxes. Still about the same price as if I had bought in the UK so happy enough with the cost. Took just 10 days to arrive too. Might need a bigger guitar rack now.........

No Geoff Downes?

I suffer from all these horrors but as I'm also the singer, i get the sheer terror of approaching the opening line and complete blankness as I can't remember the words, that and a backing vocalist who often sings the wrong line over mine - I sometimes tend to over think the songs rather than just let them come. I do know them but then have weird anomalies that I regularly forget. It is bizarre how my brain works. Mind you, we do 33-35 songs per show of around 70 in the repertoire so can be forgiven for the odd f*ck up i guess?

I was there on Saturday night too. I thought they were fantastic. Despite his vocal limitations, Ian Brown is perfect to front the band. The crowd sang through every song and the musicianship was quality. They can groove for England. The bar was extortionate though! Liked the comment about the trip back to the underground, a massive bunch of blokes singing Roses songs while cuddling each other. Ace

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Quote about them on T/B

[color=#000000]The Big Stud retailed for about $350, rather a lot for a plywood bass...it was made by Tokai (Kasuga International) and was also marketed by Martin as the Sigma SBB2-8 and by Gretsch under the Dorado brand.[/color]

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I'm thinking......not far away from us eh Will?

Immediately after...10 mins on my own cooling down in silence somewhere but usually end up fending off some well meaning party crasher. When I get in, its water, water, water and hours of crap TV as the adrenalin recedes. Hence tired mornings after. Not complaining mind....

Now Claypool, as much as I admire your Winona's got a big brown beaver, if you turned up at my house, while I was having tea and asked me for $200,000 for a fish shaped bass guitar, I should say OI CLAYPOOL........ NOOOOOOOOO !!!

I love this post. Read this AM and was curious as to what they were, then noticed the change in title. Ha ha

Reading a thread on here a few weeks ago I realised that Roqsolid were based near to where I live. I found them last week and met Lee. He created me a case for a powered monitor (a rounded wedge shape - not straight), made a template while I waited, let me choose the fabric and bindings then quoted a great price (no shipping costs). Less than a week later, calls to say it's ready. I honestly couldn't be happier. What a guy and a team. Really friendly and helpful. Absolute credit due in a time where many businesses offer second rate and sometimes surly service. Wish I had more cases need! buy with confidence (but then I know loads of you already have) Andy

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Thanks all for the replies, much appreciated. Got it all sorted now (or I hope, anyway).



Small world, I think you've seen my band play a couple of times at the Bankhouse in Pudsey (assuming this is the same Andy from the Cardinals in Leeds I know anyway).
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Yeah that's me. Who is your band? Andy

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Shane's done a couple of bits for me and his work is bang on - down side is he can talk for England and you'll be there until you die but if you don't mind that you can get him on 01924 277930
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Hey Dave - think we played together a few moons back, I was in Fifty-50? think you're a pal of Kev Morrissey's aren't you? small world this bass business. Hi anyway Andy

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I can heartily recommend Ben at Beej guitars.
I've worked with Ben on many tours across Europe and the UK with him in his capacity as Guitar and bass tech and he has a wonderful and comprehensive workshop in Leeds that offers all levels of work from new nuts to new paint jobs.
[url="http://www.beejguitarrepairs.co.uk/Home.html"]http://www.beejguita...co.uk/Home.html[/url]
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Agree - Beej is a top guy. Has done several of mine. He is based at The Old Chapel studio. His number is 07921 068628. Its not just a Monkey thing!!! Ha

Yeah - was about to post this here too but beaten to it. I also asked for headstock pics and does look kosher. Bizarre guitar though. Will keep an eye on it. Lotsa work needed

Completely agree with having it. As stated most small pubs etc don't ask. Many larger venues however do. That means that if you wanna play some events, you will need it. Our experience is that we can charge more for these types of events and therefore the annual lay out of C£110 is well worth it. Even if it's not asked for, it's definitely worth having for the reasons mentioned earlier in this thread. Andy

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I have about 3 and they are always good. i just wish they offered an orange seam to go with my new cab
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I had one made for my Orange SP212 cab in black with Orange piping. Looks ace BUT fits like a bag of sh*te. Guess where from? BLOODY SILVERSTONE. Wish I had gone to Roqsolid, not least cos they're close to where I live too! Ah well - next time....

Yep - I can vividly remember my dad bleating about David Bowie on Top of the pops back in the early 70's - "who's this joker? I'm telling ya, in 6 months he'll have faded away and no one will know him. Not like the bands in the 60s".......er dad.....

Yeah we have em. Costs us £50 per year and are insisted on by larger venues. I have to send the certs when booking in advance although we have never had the equipment checked on the night for stickers.

Kung Foolish

Bought a set of Black Beauties from Kev. Great nick. Good guy. Happy buyer

How's about Black Beauties £18 delivered to Snowy Leeds?
Andy