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[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1361778823' post='1990545'] Yup. MK played bass on the track "Easy" from the Riddle album. A slight change of direction maybe, but Nik sang guest vocals on this track too... (Bass played by our very own JD1) [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T64YKHUY1dA[/media] [/quote] Good song. Somebody shoot (or cut one foot off) the drummer.

Very lovely, a cracking tone and nicely played. Well done.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1460384261' post='3025208'] I was wondering about the apparent lack of a G-string. [/quote] (Geordie accent) You wouldn't let it lie, would'ya?

I like my Eastwood Classic 4, if you don't mind shortscale basses.

Thanks for the video Wateroftyne!

I payed a brief visit to Maruszczyk's shop a few weeks back. It's just outside Aachen which is miles away from where I live, but we had a day off, on tour, nearby. I only had a limited amount of time, but made the best of it. The shop is in an old converted tudor-style complex (OK not really Tudor 'cos it's in Germany, but you know what I mean) in a tiny village. The man himself wasn't there unfortunately, but a young assitant was very helpful, offering me tea and biscuits and information if I wanted it. Otherwise, he just left me alone to noodle on as many basses as I felt like. Fun , but also purgatory, if you know what I mean... After 45 minutes I couldn't remember anymore which bass I liked more, or less, or was it the neck-profile, or the sound, or, or, or...that way lies madness. Anyway, the reason that I'm boring you with all this, is because of one thing that really caught my [s]eye[/s] ear. They had a number of basses with a j-p-j configuration (yes, you read right, 3-pick-ups). Aesthetically appalling, I must admit, but what a range of sounds, and fully passive. I was really surprised. Being someone who's not a big fan of active electronics, this seemed a nice way to have a broader range of sonic possibilities within a passive instrument. Fugly, I'll grant you, but some cracking sounds. Oddly, I can't seem to find any of these basses on the Public Peace website.

That looks/sounds like loadsa fun! Thanks for posting.

Motor boating meant something entirely different when I was a teenager 😏

Niiiice....

Had freebies to go and see Duran Duran a couple years ago. I went with some mates who were my age too. I have to admit that, despite myself, football-crowd singing along to Rio, Wild Boys etc. was loads of fun 😊

[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1458774346' post='3010884'] Ah takes me back to my youth!!! But where do you start with these as there are so many. I picked this one because If you went to a club in 77, 78, 79 they would play this monster at least once - monster because you'd need some stamina to dance for that long but people loved it and the bass parts are wicked!! [media]http://youtu.be/EwjZEEsMJaU[/media] [/quote] That is absolutely killer! Thanks for posting

Captain of the Heart - Double

But is it any good for metal?

(It's Got to Be) Perfect - Fairground Attraction Breakout- Swingout Sister

Block inlays and bound necks. Oh, and sanded necks.

Hi There, the Site is legit, I've bought from them before. As for the seller, who knows. I speak fluent German. PM me the text, in English, that you would like to send them. I'll translate it and send to the site ir seller as you wish. I can also help you handle any further correspondence. I'm on the road at present, so may be a little slow in answering messages from you. Still, I'll do my best. Cheers Paul. EDIT: p.s. You'll probably be OK with English though. Most Germans, and particularly in a music context, speak very good English.

[quote name='krispn' timestamp='1457567648' post='2999819'] I wonder if Leo tried the reversed position in early prototypes? [/quote] Rumour has it that he would gave done but Mrs. Fender didn't go in for that sort of thing 😜

The Beatles....oh 😳

Done.

Superb. Brilliant idea and a nice composition.

The delivery has arrived today, and they've sent me a complete new electronic, including the control plate. Big up for Thomann! @dave_bass5 thank you so much for the picture. Maybe the washers are just added to keep all the pots at a nice even height?

Hi there, I love my sire V7, but have had one or two problems recently. I wanted to have a hip-shot D-tuner fitted. This proved a little difficult because a.) there are essentially 3 sizes of hipshots (screw-positioning, diameter of posts etc.) according to what bass you want them fitted on and the V7 doesn't actually match any of them exactly. My guitar doc had to sort of cheat a bit. Not an insurmountable problem, but a pain nonetheless. And, b.) the German distributors, I think it's Warwick, insisted on my guitar bloke buying all three and then going through the returns process of two of them, rather than sending him all three and just billing him for one and allowing him to return the other two. He's [i]the[/i] guitar bloke in Berlin and has a reputation, so he's hardly likely to cheat, but hey-ho. Now I'm off on tour, the volume/tone pot got loose and I can't tighten the nut because the thread is bared. I've no idea how this happened. I just opened the case and there it was. When I took the control plate off to have a look at it, I discovered there were already three washers underneath, which could imply that they already had a problem with the thread in the factory and shoved the washers in to alleviate that. I called Thomann and they're hopefully sending me a replacement pot. In my conversation with the guy, he said that Thomann don't really stock spares. They just get finished instruments from Sire and would probably have to take the parts off of one of the basses they have in stock. A bit impractical, I think. I've jerry rigged it with gaffer tape for now so that the nut can bite into [i]something[/i] and it will hold. Has anyone had a look inside their V7 and are the pots fairly standard issue stuff or are they, like the dimensions of the tuners, a bit non-standard?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1456832278' post='2992601'] Me too. I've had some wildly expensive kit over the years, and though I still own one or two exceptional basses, I'm currently using a Rumble Combo (which is great!) and fettling a Harley Benton P Bass (NBD pending). So there it is. I have spent way too much time window shopping on t'interwebz, but I do also spend a lot of time practising, and lately a lot more time rehearsing and gigging, which is always a good way to avoid GAS. If you don't have the time, you can't do the crime! [/quote] I didn't even know what GAS was till I joined BC. I hadn't bought any new kit for years. Now I find myself constantly craving stuff I don't need. Unlike you, I do very little practice and find it virtually impossible to bend myself to the task. Guilt? Don't get me started...😳

[quote name='EMG456' timestamp='1456060346' post='2984944'] | I will never tire of watching/ listening to that clip. Absolute brilliance! [/quote] I can't see it in Germany 😕. GEMA (German PRS) have blocked it 😡