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[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1403428399' post='2482497'] 30+ qualifies as older now? Blimey. P [/quote] Only if you're 25

Marc is a top bloke, really, really nice guy

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1403380103' post='2482294'] I much prefer the Carvin over D Lakin basses. I have no objection whatsoever to non-US outsourced gear, but the prices the D Lakin basses are for a bass made in Indonesia, without even a high quality gig bag, is insane. I'd just get a Classic Vibe and upgrade the pickups. [/quote] I could be wrong but my understanding is that the D Lakins available in Europe will come with decent gig bags - don't believe everything you read in TalkBass Also, they are made at a top quality builder in South Korea not Indonesia. I have seen some TalkBass mentions of Indonesia but pretty sure they are Korean. Not much between them as I'm sure there are good and bad builders in each country but in general terms 'made in South Korea' is a pretty good quality mark these days

[quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1403378778' post='2482285'] Carvin was going to be my next guess Be nice to see some that aren't that horrid green [/quote] I didn't say which one Actually it may be more than one. . .

I reckon it's one of these. . . http://youtu.be/DS4Frg2gfzs

I love the look of the 65Amps stuff. We've got a complete rig in the shop and it looks so cool Did the cab come from Marc by any chance? I know he lives in Sandhurst and had one of these.

[quote name='NJE' timestamp='1403368416' post='2482191'] I got the wrong end of the stick too, I thought it was Fender Custom Shop basses and nearly exploded when I saw they were under £1000 I hope not, I was really interested in these but the D Lakin headstock is the ugliest thing I have ever seen. Also there seems to be a lot of moaning about them over TalkBass. [/quote] Sorry about the confusion - I hoped the 'Fender Style' bit would differentiate these from actual Fenders. I do actually have to place the next order for Fender CS soon and am alread planning to use the ideas here to help formulate what we ask for Unfortunately the CS instruments come in between £2K and £3K depending on spec I also saw the TalkBass stuff about D Lakin. One long thread that mostly said "these are Fender clones" with people either saying this was good or bad. Another one that ran to over 18 pages saying that the first bass shipped was badly packed! Whilst I totally agreed that it was indeed not acceptable packing, I did see that Dan Lakin immediately apologised and offered to replace it. Couldn't believe this warranted 18 pages of people saying the same thing over and over again - makes you realise how nice it is here on BC I also saw another review on TB where the owner was really happy. This one ran for a while one page, partly because it's newer but maybe also because there was nothing to moan about and they do like a good moan over on TB!

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1403366015' post='2482168'] If you do stock a sonic blue fender with matching headstock, I'd better stay away from your shop [/quote] You definitely need to keep away - they already have one of these in the shop!

If you're looking for something to practice on then is be tempted to get something with a neck profile as close as possible to your main 4003. Most P style basses are going to feel very different to the Ricky. I'd be tempted to look out for an Ibanez or Yamaha with a skinny neck.

We have had at least one attempt at 'Stairway' but The most commonly played bass line at BassGear has been Omar's 'There's Nothing Like This'. Haven't heard it for a while though

I have to admit that I dislike Queen intensely and they were always one of those bands that if they came on the radio I'd be reaching for the 'change channel' button. However, as others have said, when I had to learn some Queen songs I realised how interesting some of JD's bass lines were, some really nice little fills and lines I would never have noticed had I not been trying to transcribe them

The thing that most amazed me about this setup is that he was using a Warwick! I saw him a couple of years ago at a big Warwick sponsored event and he totally refused to actually play bass and just sang all night because he said there was noting there he could use - the wall behind him held a complete rack of Bootsy artist signature basses!

5's available sometime in the 'fall' Aim is to keep the 4's below £1,000. Blocks and binding will add maybe £125-£150. We have a definite price on the instruments but waiting to he finalised shipping quotes.

[quote name='allighatt0r' timestamp='1403251069' post='2481074'] All of this is great, but how do I get my Emerald Green Jazz? [/quote] We have to order 6 in different colours to kick things off. Currently away on holiday but hope to place the order next week Current colour voting seems to be: Precision Sonic (5) 2SB (4) CAR (3) Jazz CAR (6) LPB (4) Emerald (3) However - I'm compiling this on an iPhone so could have missed a few!

I must admit that I've genuinely never heard of John Jowitt and was amazed to see he'd been voted best bass player by the Classic Rock Society 17 times! Then I checked who the CRS were and it seems they are based in Daventry and JJ is from Birmingham so maybe there's a local connection? He seems to have been in loads of bands though and has some good reviews so I'd imagine any of his basses will be nice. Unlikely to add any value but still good to have - especially if you like him and, even more importantly, if there's some authenticated use on his recorded output

Thumb and Dolphin feel quite different to play - I'd definitely hold out for a Dolphin

I think there's some gigs coming soon as well

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1402746782' post='2476484'] I had to look up the OP bass player as not familiar with him, does a cracking job on that tune. Randy Jo Hobbs, apparently died aged only 45 [/quote] I've got a few albums with him on Johnny Winter Captured Live is a favourite

Looks great, similar idea to the Ritter Simpsons and X-Men basses (but substantially cheaper!).