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[quote name='TheGreek' post='1216436' date='May 1 2011, 11:33 AM']They come highly recommended by Victor Wooten...[/quote] I've seen Wooten describing how useful he finds them - Billy Sheehan as well

I'm over in the States at the moment in an area where the Fender P pretty much rules the roost - Nashville & Memphis, the centre of all things country, home of the blues, where rock 'n' roll began, the source of soul (insert favourite marketing slogan here. . .). However I managed to track down a few pretty crazy basses in Memphis & got to try them out First up was this outrageous Lowenherz - never seen one of these anywhere before! [url="http://www.martinmusicguitar.com/products/bassguitars/products.php?pcid=48281&pid=56731"]http://www.martinmusicguitar.com/products/...1&pid=56731[/url] This bass was described by my, ever sufferin', wife as "so ugly" that she refused to take a picture of me playing it, lol. I found it really hard to play with any sort of fluency as that middle pickup really got in the way. The guy in the shop had no idea what all those flick switches did either, lol. Then I tried a pair of Ritter 5 strings [url="http://www.martinmusicguitar.com/products/bassguitars/products.php?pcid=48281&pid=56031"]http://www.martinmusicguitar.com/products/...1&pid=56031[/url] [url="http://www.martinmusicguitar.com/products/bassguitars/products.php?pcid=48281&pid=56009"]http://www.martinmusicguitar.com/products/...1&pid=56009[/url] These were a whole different world, sounded great and seriously nice to play. The latter of the two was particularly nice and it felt like I could whizz around the fretboard playing stuff on it Oh, I also had a quick blast on this whilst the sales guy was dragging all the 'exotica' out of the storeroom (they don't even display these basses & rely on internet sales for them - all three were owned by the same crazy Chilean guy apparently!). [url="http://www.martinmusicguitar.com/products/bassguitars/products.php?pcid=10068&pid=45538"]http://www.martinmusicguitar.com/products/...8&pid=45538[/url] Felt really nice. . .

Just realised I've run out of 9v batteries. Anyone got any recommendations on which ones are best? Don't want rechargeable ones though.

[quote name='Klusee' post='1203992' date='Apr 18 2011, 07:30 PM']Just sold Celinder J to Barrie - nice smooth deal. As a foreigner I have to tell Barrie was very understanding and willing to make every single step of a deal as smooth as possible for which my thanks are going Barrie's way. Barrie is a great guy to deal with, I can only reccomend! It was my pleasure doing bussines with him, many thanks! Ondrej[/quote] And I even managed to pay Ondrej in Czeck Koruna - a first for me, lol. Only incurred £7 money transfer fees as well!

[quote name='Beedster' post='1203978' date='Apr 18 2011, 07:24 PM']Mmm, if you're right it's worrying stuff, and makes you wonder how many cherished vintage basses might have been knocked up in China or Eastern Europe. Or the UK [/quote] I must admit I've been quietly amazed at the number of these vintage basses that pop up all the time on EBay. . .

Just completed an absolutely perfect deal with Ondrej I bought a Celinder J from him and everything went incredibly smoothly - payment was simple to arrange to his bank in Czech Rebuplic and the bass arrived perfectly packed and amazingly quickly. I've had stuff posted from within the UK that has taken longer to arrive! The bass was in exactly the condition he described and arrived with a nice set of strings and all set up & ready to play straight out of the case Great communications throughout the whole process as well - can't recommend him enough if you want to buy or sell anything bass related.

Surely by putting a 'fake' date stamp on the neck this is deliberate 'passing off' with intent to deceive a future purchaser? I don't have a problem with anyone trying to replicate the exact profile, sound, feel etc. etc but putting a date stamp on that is obviously, and deliberately, misleading feels totally wrong to me

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1201163' date='Apr 15 2011, 09:02 PM']Mr Maceo.. great live version.. this is smokin... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgkhThEMRr8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgkhThEMRr8[/url][/quote] That whole album is great - one of my favourites

Craig Charles' Trunk of Funk show got me into these guys - I haven't found a whole album I really like but definitely some great individual tracks out there

She's using a Ritter Cora apparently: From Jens Ritter himself: “Last July Superstar Mary J Blige felt in love with my CORA 5-String Bass. She immediately custom ordered one and I delivered it to her recently. Now she’s an official new JENS RITTER INSTRUMENTS Player! STANDARD CUSTOMER – No Endorser! The additional cool news is: She started to take Bass Lessons because of the Cora!” I hear the Cora is the most 'jazz-like' of Jens' basses - I really like the look of these, would love to try one out!

Excellent news - of al the basses I've bought and sold over the past couple of years the only one I really miss is my Roscoe SKB4. Should never have let that one go Gard is a great guy to deal with - so helpful and friendly

[quote name='chris_b' post='1200455' date='Apr 15 2011, 11:17 AM']All (both ?) JJ's Precision basses were stolen.[/quote] Wasn't one recovered about a year or so ago? Bass Player Mag ran an article on it - way over the top editorial about you could [i]feel Jamerson't presence in the room[/i] sort of stuff

New Bootsy album coming soon: You can hear Bobby Womack singing on the new single on the album's home page - Don't Take My Funk Away: [url="http://www.bootsyalbum.com/"]http://www.bootsyalbum.com/[/url]

[quote name='Beedster' post='1198528' date='Apr 13 2011, 06:50 PM']OK, I know it's a personal decision, but the latter case is what the feedback thread's for Barrie?[/quote] Yeah I know - I just didn't want to get into a protracted row about it. With hindsight I should have said something as it might have warned others off. I have to own up that a few months later the seller approached me to buy something I owned but hadn't actually put up for sale - I said he could have it for about £200 more than I paid for it (more than twice the price I'd paid) and he took it so I thought I'd kinda got my 'retribution' that way. Not anything I'm particularly proud of though. . .

[quote name='chuck_stones' post='1198565' date='Apr 13 2011, 07:11 PM']Never say never Molan!! I bet you'd nail it if you tried.[/quote] I remember trying it out when the original single was released - I still have it on 12" Interestingly I've just been listening to a view version on YouTube and there's quite a few speed variances kicking around. I've heard this before on YT but never noticed it as obviously as this!