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[quote name='Mickeyboro' post='656789' date='Nov 17 2009, 11:10 AM']Thanks for this. He played with my all time fave guitarist, Micky Jones.[/quote] They did a lot together in the 1980s... shame so little got release (just the Flying Pigs album). Would loved to have seen them live.

I'm pleased to announce the latest interview from www.flyguitars.com, with rock bassist [url="http://www.flyguitars.com/interviews/mickhawksworth.php"]Mick Hawksworth[/url]. I put this in the gear section, because the interview is mostly about Mick's bass gear... [i]Mick Hawksworth has been performing and recording for over 40 years, in a long line up of bands, and as a session player. In the 60s he was noted for his "technically brilliant basslines" after he formed the short-lived [/i][i]Andromeda[/i][i] with Attack frontman John Cann. Their sound was akin to Cream one moment, The Who the next, and perhaps Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd after that.[/i] [i]Over the next decade he played bass in [/i][i]Fuzzy Duck[/i][i], Toefat, Jimmy McCullough Band, Landslide, Charley Horse, Shanghai, Human Orchestra, and [/i][i]Ten Years Later[/i][i] recording with the likes of Alvin Lee, Mickey Jones, Mathew Fisher (ex-Procol Harum), Gilbert O'Sulivan and more besides.[/i] Check out the [url="http://www.flyguitars.com/interviews/mickhawksworth.php"]Mick Hawksworth interview[/url] (and for a chance to win an Andromeda CD, enter my [url="http://forums.vintageguitars.org.uk/showthread.php?t=2360"]Mick Hawksworth competition[/url]) And finally, just as a taster, here's Mick playing his fretless RD artist (through his 1970 Acoustic 360) with his current band Tres Geezers. I went down to see them In February of this year, and filmed this. Watch out for the the bass solo, in the middle. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FemhzzBlM1Q"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FemhzzBlM1Q[/url]

The Epiphone Rumblekat is a good bass, exceptional for the money. I'd certainly try one of those.

Hi, I have a Seymour Duncan p-style pickup with three switches 1 0, 2 N and 3 Can anyone give me a model number? Are they any good? What do the switches do please? Thanks

Nice array. What's the wilson like? Any comparison to other 60s hollowbodies?

It's a nice colour, whatever else you want to say about it

[quote name='gingerfish' post='619130' date='Oct 6 2009, 11:05 PM']Only possible thing I can think of is it might be vintage......really doesn't look it.[/quote] They haven't been around that long....

I guess they've got it wrong. Unfortunately someone who hasn't done their homework may well buy it.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='605798' date='Sep 22 2009, 04:46 PM']I think you'll find that no-one in the UK[/quote] GAK did... a couple days before mine turned up (I pre-ordered in February) I sent them an email and they had one... gone now I guess.

Gibson EB3s came in white in the late seventies... tend to go for significantly more than the walnut/cherries though. I've just got a 1971 EB3L (split headstock) redone in white. Picks to follow hopefully....

[quote name='henry norton' post='600763' date='Sep 16 2009, 09:38 PM']The long scale EBs.... obviously nobody actually played the prototype before it was OK'd for production! If it's any consolation the short scale EBs dont balance that well either[/quote] My Epiphone EB3 does dive, that is true. I can't agree about the Gibsons at all. For the purposes of this thread I just tried: 63 EB0, (shortscale), a 1971 EB3L and an [url="http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/EB4L.php"]EB4L[/url] (same as a '72-79 EB3 in all but electronics). That covers all main body styles. None showed any sign of neck dive. EB3s are my main playing basses, and I never have any problems. I've never played a shortscale EB3 that didn't balance perfectly [u]for me[/u] Ones with bridge covers removed may be that bit lighter one end - maybe that accounts for some of this? (mine all have covers). I don't often use a wide leather strap either.

Firstly, electronic engineer Kirkwood Rough has drawn up circuit schematics for the Gibson Victory Artist and Custom basses. Thanks Kirkwood! [url="http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/Victory_artistschematic.php"]Gibson Victory Artist Bass schematic[/url] [url="http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/Victory_customschematic.php"]Gibson Victory Custom Bass schematic[/url] But did you know there were two versions of the Victory Artist bass circuit? The most widely used (afaik) is marked Rev B, but another (which we are calling Rev A) also exists. Differences are subtle. So, I am hoping you will all help me out - unscrew your scratchplate and tell me your serial number and whether it has the unmarked (Rev A) or the Rev B board. I'm compiling a list [url="http://www.vintageguitars.org.uk/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=2416"]here[/url], but you can post in this thread, and i'll compile it all later. Thanks all, hope the schematics are of use to some of you