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I can never hear the words 'envelope' & 'filter' together without thinking of Bootsy I think this was probably the first song of his I heard that made me think 'what the funk was that'! If you don't want to listen to the whole thing then just tune in from around 4 minutes onwards to lots of lovely Mutron doodling from the master. . . Alternatively if you have a spare 10 minutes then the full version of Munchies is worth a listen Apologies if I'm straying away from the pure 'funk & groove' of the OP but it's late and i can't resist some Bootsy at this time of the evening - it's dark & I'm wearing my sunglasses

[quote name='birdy' post='695495' date='Dec 29 2009, 11:35 AM']Nope - I have a lovely pair :-) Steve[/quote] Nice one Steve - I know about the green 'racing stripe' one, what's the other?

and sold at £906. . .

[quote name='sixshooter' post='693428' date='Dec 25 2009, 05:24 PM']The very same one, had it re-fined, on the basis that it had already been stripped and a good re-fin would not reduce the value any further.[/quote] Ah ha, that's what threw me, lol. I remember you saying it had been re-finned at some stage. Pretty cool that it's in the book

Nobody rates the Planet Waves tuner then? I have 2 of them, big bright readout, very easy to use live

Didn't you have a sunburst '59 as well? The one in your avatar?

Damn - I actually got quite close to that RA5 but not quite close enough. . .

Here's my, aged, white 5 string J - as played by the rather wonderful Simon Merrick And some pics:

It's a funky Christmas y'all

[quote name='6stringbassist' post='693179' date='Dec 24 2009, 09:15 PM']There's a DVD of Chaka Khan live featuring Andrew Gouche for sale here, hee hee . [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=71210&pid=693126&st=0&#entry693126"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...mp;#entry693126[/url][/quote] Is it this one? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Chaka-Khan-Live_W0QQitemZ300304057834QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CDsDVDs_DVDs_DVDs_GL?hash=item45eb8445ea"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Chaka-Khan-Live_W0QQ...=item45eb8445ea[/url]

[quote name='Platypus' post='693159' date='Dec 24 2009, 08:26 PM']Yes, Mr Gouche was on the UK tour back in February. I was at the London Shepard's Bush gig - it was in the middle of the last big freeze up and it was touch and go whether it would go ahead, due to the travel restrictions. Great gig and great bass from Andrew. Molan was there too: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=39078&hl=gouche"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...8&hl=gouche[/url][/quote] I thought it was a great gig although Gouche was a bit buried in the mix & he kept turning away from the audience - looked like he was teaching a new drummer the fills, lol. My favourite Chaka / Gouche moment is on the '08 "All the Hits - Live" album on Ain't Nobody. Some of Gouche's playing on this is just phenomenal

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='692779' date='Dec 24 2009, 08:42 AM']I hope you're going to buy some more 4 string stock Barrie... all this 5 string malarkey is no good for me mate! [/quote] The jury is still 'out' on that particular decision

[quote name='Platypus' post='692658' date='Dec 23 2009, 10:57 PM']I was thinking of the AC on Talkbass as the other one that got away, shame it couldn't be shipped - they don't come around very often. Will post again once I've had a bit of time with the p bass. Perfect timing really, everybody in the house will toys to play with on Christmas day![/quote] I had an offer more or less accepted on that one but it was dependent on the local US buyer falling through - unfortunately he confirmed I'm vaguely close to no less than 2 other fairly high end US basses as well at the moment! If they come off then watch out for a few of my current 'stock' coming up for sale soon, lol.

[quote name='Platypus' post='692610' date='Dec 23 2009, 09:37 PM']I make that two basses you missed out on in 24 hours, Barrie [/quote] Hey Paul, I'm always bidding on stuff - I'm pretty good at setting my max price these days & not getting carried away with last minute bidding, lol. You must let us know how you get on with it

I'd suggest you set up a Survey Monkey - it's free and lets people answer anonimously. I think it collates all the responses & stuff for you as well [url="http://www.surveymonkey.com/"]http://www.surveymonkey.com/[/url]

I have BP on a 2 year sub from the States & I think it cost me about $50 which isn't bad for 24 issues. In fact they have an offer at the moment - take out one sub and get another for free I much prefer BP to BGM. I really kept trying with BGM but the quality of writing was so frequently poor that it just frustrated me so much that I couldn't take it any more. Haven't bought one for about 3-4 months now

Or some Culture? Ok - so this probably wouldn't work but I love Gregory as well Listen through to the dub section at the end: Talking of dub, my favourite reggae drum sounds are here. . . One of my other favourite 12"ers. This cost me £4.25 from Daddy Kool when I moved to London in '78. Pretty much all of my student grant found it's way into Mr Kool's coffers, lol. Africa is a land of love, we don't have to wear no boxing glove. . . Anyway, I'll get me coat now

I forgot this by Marcia Aitken - I just luuuuuve this song! I was in JA a couple of years ago and just about every band we saw played this & it filled the floor every time Obviously this riddim has been used a hell of a lot - I guess for the UK it's most remembered for Althea & Donna's Uptown Top Ranking. This is the long version with someone toasting at the end (I'm guessing Trinity?). I always wondered what a pair of "earthman shoes" was and how they looked with some "diamond socks", lol Of course - with the advent of the interweb I've just looked them up:

I saw Chuck Brown in the UK the first time he came over & it was a great show. Must dig out my old double live album & fire the turntable up [i] "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that Go Go Swing"[/i]

[quote name='Rasta' post='692201' date='Dec 23 2009, 11:30 AM']jus can't stick Ali C's voice-good crowd pleasers though.[/quote] Me too - it makes me feel positively ill every time I hear that horrible whine of his! I'm very much a 70's roots / dub / lovers man so a lot of the stuff I like is going to be quite obscure - how about Junior Murvin, Police & Thieves? Helps that you can use the Clash version as a start point as well - in fact, check any of the Clash reggae songs for simple 'white boy' arrangements.

[quote name='Platypus' post='691983' date='Dec 23 2009, 12:21 AM']I won it at £771 will be interesting to see how it turns out.....[/quote] Nice one I got a batch of additional pics from the seller and it looked nice. I was only ever looking at it as an investment though (I generally find late '70's P's too heavy and/or chunky in neck profile). I actually thought £800 was a 'safe' investment price as I was budgeting maybe £200 to be sure of getting it up and running properly. However it may literally be a case of fitting some strings and you're away

[quote name='Platypus' post='691983' date='Dec 23 2009, 12:21 AM']I won it at £771 will be interesting to see how it turns out.....[/quote] Nice one I got a batch of additional pics from the seller and it looked nice. I was only ever looking at it as an investment though (I generally find late '70's P's too heavy and/or chunky in neck profile). I actually thought £800 was a 'safe' investment price as I was budgeting maybe £200 to be sure of getting it up and running properly. However it may literally be a case of fitting some strings and you're away