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[quote name='OldGit' post='504822' date='Jun 3 2009, 04:34 PM']"Any inspection is welcome and i also prefer collection." Don't normally get that from rip-off people though ..[/quote] Yeah, that bit confused me too! I reckoned he was going to go for payment in advance of collection. EBay obviously discovered it was dodgy though - not even a decent attempt at a rip-off. . .

Alembic Stanley Clarke listed by someone with zero feedback: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270398749657"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=270398749657[/url] Listing says: [i]This Alembic Stanley Clarke Signature Model Bass was made in 2004 and is in Dead Mint condition except for three miniscule (barely perceptible) impressions in the finish (two on the top and one on the back). Seriously a 9.75 out of 10 condition.[/i] I aksed a question and the person answered: [i]I'm terible sorry but i didn't received anything from you. Please resend your e-mail. Sorry for my late reply, i am extremly busy.[/i] Looks like this was not the same person who wrote the listing. . .

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='504247' date='Jun 2 2009, 09:44 PM']Gaaaaaaaaahhhh...[/quote] But at least you're nice & safe CK: [i]New Zealand is now officially your best bet for a risk-free destination, according to the new Global Peace Index (GPI), an annual ranking of the world's nations on the basis of how peaceful they are. Despite the much-vaunted progress on security, Iraq remained bottom of the list, below Afghanistan, Somalia and Israel, which found itself listed as more dangerous than Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At the top, the usual Nordic suspects clustered below New Zealand: Denmark, Norway and Iceland came second, third and fourth, followed by Austria and then Sweden. Britain was 35th: better than last year, and one position higher than Italy, but still below most of Europe and countries as diverse as Botswana, South Korea, Malaysia and Qatar.[/i]

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='504227' date='Jun 2 2009, 09:25 PM']I would really liked to have attended this Minus 2 outside when I woke up this morning.[/quote] Only 27-28 degrees in London today. . .

Still looking good for me Happy to bring any of the basses or kit listed in my sig (including the 5 EBS pedals I'm now up to, lol).

Sounds like a really fun way to spend a week You must let us know how it goes!

I haven't played a Legend but I did have one of the very cheap Korean ones for a while & it wasn't particularly nice

Here's my Sei J5 (used to be Gwil's)

If you fancy a Spector then you'll easily get a Euro NT for a grand. There was a lovely one here that sold recently for £700. I have a pair of US Spectors that I really like & the Euros push them pretty close for quality (at about half the price!). Watch out for the narrower string spacing though if you're after a 5 string. personally I like it a lot but some people find it not as comfortable. Rebops are definitely worth a try and ought to be cheaper than an NT, in fact you'd get a brand new Rebop 4 for leas than £1,000 if you search around. If you're not in a hurry then I reckon you'd get a Modulus Flea for a grand. The latest incarnation is called the Funk Unlimited & they are about £1,400 new so I'm sure an older Flea would drop below your asking price. I had one of these for a while, definitely a very cool rock / funk bass (it'll do other stuff as well but just seems to 'feel' right to me in a rock funk scenario given its heritage, lol).

Although you say you're not after a Fender J or P copy have you tried a US made Fender J or P? You'll just about get a used one for your money with the huge advantage that if you really hate it you'd be able to sell it on very easily. If you're after a Warwick 5'er this looks rather nice [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=48249&hl=warwick"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...&hl=warwick[/url] (well, I like the look of it as I'm a big fan of blue basses!). £450 posted to your door, lol

Perfect - what more could you ask from BC eh? Unless of course you are Carol Kaye

Wow Craig, that's amazing that you play with Paul G. I saw him a couple of years back playing at a charity gig with Vai, Satriani, Lukather, Dweezil Zappa, & a host of others & I thought he had the best tone of the night. Not a bad couple of bass players as well - Billy Sheehan & Dave LaRue! Must be great going on tour with a genuine living legend

Sounds brilliant, you'll get such a buzz from working with someone like him

I'd agree that Time Peace is a great starting out point for Terry C. Probably my favourite of his albums. I'm pretty sure DAve Barnard plays bass on this one as well. He's worked with a few interesting people over recent years like Massive Attack & Zero 7 and some of his newer stuff reflects their themes & sounds. I've only heard a few tracks from the new album, Hidden Conversations, but they sounded like they had quite a Massive Attack influence on them. He sang on a recent Massive Attack song as well: Personally I'm not about the way his voice has been treated a little on this, I think there's a nother version where he sounds better but, as ever with MA, there are a few mixes kicking around I think!

I've been a big Terry Callier fan for years and have seen him many times, both here in the UK (where he usually sells out) and back at his native city of Chicago where he can't fill a small bar! Saw him at the Union Chapel tonight with his usual band including the wonderful Jim Mullen on guitar, Gary Plumley on sax & flute, Bosco D'Oliveira on percussion and the, very understated, Dave Barnard on bass. After a lesson with Jakesbass this week one of the things he told me to work on was economy of effort and Dave B really has this down to a fine art. Everything he played just worked perfectly all evening & he had a wonderful tone from his early Warwick Streamer. Almost double bass-like sound (maybe flatwounds) that really held the whole band together. Here's some Terry from a few years back that features a great tenor solo from Gary Plumley & some nice bass from Dave Barnard - still on that Warwick, the only bass I've ever seen him with! Although this is only the sound, without vision, it's one of my favourite Terry songs played live at the Jazz Cafe (with me in the audience!) that really shows off what a great live band they are. Perfect tasteful bass throughout & a cracking little Jim Mullen solo at about 4:45: And here's some of that crazy Jim Mullen technique on camera

I think you should assume you will have to pay both the full import duty & VAT on anything imported these days. A lot of the old loopholes have been plugged and getting stuff sent as a gift will still incur the full price. Depends what you're after really, some US made 'boutique' basses are still quite a bit cheaper in the US than over here but the difference on a lot of stuff is marginal - unless the £ recovers more against the $ of course

[quote name='jakesbass' post='489404' date='May 15 2009, 11:29 PM']Can't believe I haven't added mine to this thread. [attachment=25317:resized_20.jpg] [attachment=25318:resized_21.jpg][/quote] I had the pleasure of seeing this baby yesterday - realy, really nice bass. Everything I thought an Alembic should be really

I did post some of this previously as part of some questions about Maceo Parker but thought I'd re-post a few words about 'Skeet' Curtis who I was privileged to see on Tuesday evening. He's just a great groove based funky bass man, early pioneer of 5 string Alembics with Parliament & Funkadelic & obviously still having a great time playing live with Maceo Parker. I loved how effortlessly he held it all together through Maceo's extended funky jazz songs & even kept an impossible groove going whilst Maceo held his jacket across 'Skeet's' face so he couldn't see anything he was playing Well worth checking the man out. . . Here's a great groove of his from a Maceo gig in '03. I have no idea how he keeps this up for 9 minutes! You only get to see him briefly at about 8:45 Here's him live with Dr Funkenstein himself (you have to bear in mind that Funkadelic Live is a pretty stretched out experience so these 'go on a bit' lol). A different side of him on his trusty Alembic from '78 (I think last time I saw him live was from this tour in '79) And this is a lot more how he looks these days:

[quote name='Born 2B Mild' post='500340' date='May 28 2009, 10:17 PM']Jake, come to Harrogate for a weekend and get free B&B at my place!!![/quote] I don't think 'free' is enough - I'd glady pay to watch Jake improvising over the top of some funky soul songs