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[quote name='Linus27' post='531463' date='Jul 3 2009, 10:36 AM']Do you have an examples of the photos he took of your band? Also, did you tell him what you want or did he just do his own thing?[/quote] I'm afraid all of our pics were live ones - sorry, forgot to mention that bit!

[quote name='Mickeyboro' post='533033' date='Jul 5 2009, 02:22 PM']I blame McCartney and Andy Fraser! But Fenders still rule.[/quote] Damn - just realised that Free were on early in the programme & I'm sure Andy Fraser would have a Gibson - my whole theory is crumbling already. . .

I watched a large chunk of the BBC "guitar heroes' part 2 earlier today which was mostly '70's people. Although I wasn't watching really closely I noticed about half way through that virtually every single bassist on display had either a Fender J or a P. I think Tetsu had a Tele (obviously still a Fender) although maybe this was just an early P bass and right at the end Bruce Foxton appeared with wis trusty black Ricky 4001. There may have been an odd different bass near the beginning of the show as I 'zapped' a lot of the early stuff. Meanwhile there were all sorts of lead guitars on display, usual Strats, Teles & Les Pauls, but also SG's, Gretsches, Gibson semis &, of course, Ronnie Wood's Zemaitis. It struck me whilst watching this what a great choice of instruments we have today compared to this era. The Fender is still very much the 'working man's' bass & the most common on a lot of stages but the sheer variety of quality instruments out there now is amazing really. Especially when you consider the relative costs of a lot of today's instruments!

Here's the 'Sunbursy' listing [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Sunbursy-Bass-Guitars_W0QQitemZ260440925098QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item3ca37d23aa&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A10|66%3A2|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A2|294%3A50#ebayphotohosting"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Sunbursy-Bas...bayphotohosting[/url] And the great pic of a 'flying' bass (with washing line attachment) . . .

Ok, I'm going to beg to differ on this show! I tried to watch it this morning and just got bored with it. My attention lept drifting & found the fast forward button coming in to play a lot. I'm a huge Stevie fan & listen to him all the time. I also really like the live 1995 "Natural Wonder" album which has a lot of the songs arranged the same as the BBC show. I thought the sound wasn't great on the broadcast & I simply didn't get the buzz of a great live concert. Nate Watts always looks like Mr Cool on bass but the only person I thought really stood out was the young drummer Stanley Randolph. Great 'gospely' kinda style in places. Felt to me like he added a certain something whilst a lot of the rest of the live arrangements haven't changed for 15 years+. Maybe I was just in the wrong mood today though

I used to own the fretted one of this pair (as well as the Overwater above) One of those I really should have hung on to!

Sadowsky will also email you a PDF stock list with latest prices I think I've thought many times about bringing a bass back but never got round to it because I thought it might be too much hassle. I have two different heads back though, A Euphonic & a Genz-Benz. At the time both were way cheaper in the USA than over here & both fit into nice little custom gig bags & have switchable power supplies

I like all of these! I've got a stack of Acid Jazz albums I picked up free when a friend of mine worked at MoJazz for a while. Must dig he out & see what I have buried away My favourite BNH song was always the full 8 minute version of Dream Come True. I can't find the full version on YouTube (there are a couple of versions but one sounds like it was recorded through a sock & the other has glitches part way through). Here's a live version with the bass quite high in the mix, still not the best sound quality but quite watchable:

We used these people: [url="http://www.mrmstudios.co.uk/"]http://www.mrmstudios.co.uk/[/url] Studio is in Aldershot I think. Very professional & nice guys too. From memory I think we paid £200 for a live gig session & the main photographer must ahve been there for a good 3-4 hours. We got 150+ photos for this, all uploaded to his main site & easily downloadable etc.

Just out of interest I wrote to Allparts in the USA & said that Uk response times were rubbish. They replied in about 15 minutes flat & offered to sort my order by shipping direct from the USA. Haven't checked pricing differential or shipping etc. yet though.

It felt to me that they seemed to think they were doing me some sort of favour by allowing me to buy something from them. Having dealt with the US side of the business I was really surprised. The US guys are great, quick response times, very friendly, eager to help etc.

Final postscript to this - The email I received said that if I returned the parts by post they would be checked & I'd receive replacements. So I duly post them off & waited a couple of days for the replacement parts to arrive. An envelope arrived today with a refund. No explanations, no apologies for the delays & they didn't cover the cost I incurred posting the items back (it wasn't very much but the gesture might have been nice). Unless I'm desperate for something that no-one stocks I won't be using them again. . .

A zillion sound clips of the new 25th anniversary here: [url="http://www.bassemporium.com/newsletters.php"]http://www.bassemporium.com/newsletters.php[/url]

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='527918' date='Jun 29 2009, 05:20 PM']Surely the best way to sell a Warwick is not to include pictures?[/quote] Or to say it's a Spector clone. . .