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Forgot to say Bub5, When I pick up my '78 you're more than welcome to try it out or borrow it for a bit

I paid about £1,450 for my '78 (imported from the USA). It has non-original pickups (fitted with Jason Lollars which I really like) and a re-fin in a nitro blue metallic. The finish looks great from a distance of 2-3 feet or more but up close you can see some flaws in the wood through the nitro. Neck pocket isn't great but it plays well & sounds very nice. I think all the pots and other hardware are original and came with original case. It's currently at the Gallery where Martin has stoned the frets & giving it a decent set up. Really looking forward to getting it back Anyway - just giving the details as an idea of relative prices. Mine was pretty fair price in the US but obviously shipping & duties have added a bit to the price. I was happy to pay this much because I loved the colour, lol. It had also been previously owned by a TB guy who seems to really know his stuff and he claimed it was a good player. To be honest I'm quite surprised that recognised dealer is selling as low as £1,199. I don't think I've seen a genuine late '70's at that sort of price in a dealer for a long time. I may just be an old sceptic but it sounds to me like they know it needs some work and/or there are more non-original parts than just the vol & tone controls?

I'm certainly here every day. Damn BlackBerry sometimes struggles with pages that have a lot of images on though & that slows me down a lot

I believe we currently have the Lion King's resident bass player here on the forum too. . .

I played in a classic soul band for a few years and really enjoyed it. I then moved and joined another band which also plays disco. I learnt the requisite songs for the audition (Disco Inferno & Hot Stuff I think) & was offered the gig. I then sat down & listened to the full disco part of the set and really thought I'd never want to play it as I simply didn't like many of the songs. The band convinced me to join and, lo & behold, I dicovered that the dynamics & challenge of playing disco were actually really good fun Boogie Oogie Oogie is now my favourite of the songs we do & I recently fought to kep it on the set list!

I once 'duetted' on bass with Pino, lol. I was trying out an amp at the Bass Centre in Wapping and, God knows why, I was playing the part from Wherever I Lay My Hat (Paul Young version). Next thing I knew I could hear someone soloing over the top of the stuff I was playing. First thought was that whoever it was had been 'showing off' a bit but his playing was seriously nice & sooo much better than mine. I stuck my head up over the wall of amps & cabs to see Pino sitting on the other side. We smiled at each other & nodded and I quickly ducked out of sight

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='790019' date='Mar 29 2010, 10:01 PM']This is a good one; Jerry Preston with a BC Rich Wave bass in Maceo Parker's band.. See [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABLwmYI09Lw"]Here[/url][/quote] This pops up just about every time someone gets a topic going about great funk playing - and none the worse for it either! I love the tone he gets from the BC Rich - I've seen Maceo a few times and he always plays this. However the bass nver sounds quite like this version. . .

How was it on the gig then WoT?

I went for the AE's but often pull the tweeters out as I found them a bit too bright for my ears. Stage positioning with those rear ports can be an issue (although some people like the fact that they tend to accentuate the bass more). I stick mine on an Auralex Gramma pad & have never had any problems. In the end it was the weight that swung it for me, the extra heft of the HT's meant the AE's were much easier for me to lug around. Haven't had any issues with the finish but mine did come with fitted covers

Wow, just channel flipping & Cheryl Lynn pops up on an M&S advert! I have this on 12" somewhere along with Encore: Gotta love the male dancers on this vid, lol

My current favourite slice of funk - Down to the Bone, The Brighter Side Julian Crampton (who else!) on bass. . .

As someone who's owned quite a few high & lower end basses all I can say is that you really can tell the difference as you move up the scale. Of course there will be some expensive basses that don't hit the mark, or simply don't suit the player but others just get better & better. My current favourite is a Celinder and I think this sums this maxim up perfectly. At the end of the day it's simply a J bass 'copy' but it's just soooo much better than any other J derivative 4 string I've ever played. Nothing flashy, no expensive custom wood top, no great bank of tone controls and switching options etc. but just a fabulous bass to play. I recently 'tested' it fairly extensively over a period of a few days against a very good £700 value bass and another worth around £1,100 & it just killed them both in so many ways. Both of them were really very nice basses in their own way and if I could only afford the £700 one I would be more than happy with it, same goes for the £1,100 (these are used values by the way, probably £950 & £1,800 new). New it would cost about £3.5K - is it 'worth' more than a £700 bass and/or is it 5 times better, absolutely not. Would I choose it ahead of the £700 bass - every time. . .

I'm all for Fender improving and expanding their range but one thing I've never quite understood is the "if only Fender made a bass that was like/as good as a Sadowsky". If Sadowsky make a bass which is as good as a Sadowsky why not just buy a Sadowsky instead of wanting Fender to build a 'copy'? Not taking a pop at anyone here I promise, just not quite seeing the point of wanting a Fender to make something that is like one of the 'super-jazz' basses out there (unless they drastically undercut them on price and match them on genuine quality & keep resale value").

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