Roger2611

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Custom-Hand-Made-Extremely-Rare-Electric-Two-String-Bass-Guitar-/322406502455?hash=item4b10ecd037:g:yLUAAOSw2xRYji8W I was tempted to offer £9.00 for it but seeing as it is collect only from Herne Bay I may give it a miss just in case it is the best offer the seller gets!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1485695996' post='3225837'] Wow. I'd go for it - if I was loaded. Instead, I saved myself at least eight grand and bought a Road Worn. Edit: I see you did as well. [/quote] Yeah, the roadworn is fantastic as a deliberately reliced bass but it is still a reliced bass with a craftsman making it look old not genuine wear caused by years of love and gigging, given the spare cash I would have this one in a heartbeat whereas I am actually thinking of trading the roadworn out and sticking with my 50's classic and getting that nice and worn through years of gigging and love

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1958-Fender-Precision-Bass-all-original-/232221466260?hash=item36117a5e94:g:E6QAAOSw241Yjccj Now that is lovely, I so want this bass, anyone want to purchase a kidney?

Always a shame to see the nasty metal truss rod cover, otherwise a cracking looking bass

Sid Vicious, anyone who can drop their bass off their shoulder swing it over their head and clout a troublesome American over the head without the audience even noticing he had missed a beat has got to be pretty cool in my book

I will throw in "Don't Stop me Now" Queen, bloody tough to do well though! "Sit Down" James, bloody hard to stay awake through! "Sex on Fire" sorry dudes but the crowds love it. "Chelsea Dagger" Flatellis or whatever and as mentioned by others Dakota and Mr Brightside, I always loved playing Killers stuff, great sounding songs

Sold a Bass Collection SB801 (possibly the only one in existence?) for £250 back in 1990 time, but I had only paid £275 for it when I brought it......I assume in these days of Ebay it would likely fetch a few quid more!

I was persuaded to go to Dracula the ballet with Mrs2611, I have to admit I fell asleep during the first act, got elbowed in the ribs, woke up and actually quite enjoyed the remainder of the performance....it's funny how she only remembers me falling asleep...none of the nice meal we had before hand or how enthusiastic I was about the rest of the performance

I use 45-105 Elites on my Precision basses and Fender 45-105 flats on the fretless basses, but I use 40-100 Elites on the Warwick and Stingray, always loved Elites

Stuart Morrow, legendary original bassist for New Model Army....now a builder in the Bradford area as far as I know

Normal ludicrous pricing for Music Outlet, I would be surprised if they ever sell any of the overpriced crap they stick on Ebay!

That's a good result and a quick turn around, it is nice to hear of some good customer service. I am still waiting for Stageclix to respond to a query about storing the unit with the battery charged or discharged, they replied asking which battery I had, I duly responded but never received a reply despite chasing a couple of times, I haven't used it in the best part of a year now and discharged the battery before storing it so if that was the wrong way to store it, it will be knackered by now.....I would recommend the product but not the customer service

A nice bass?

RIP Peter, I always loved the song "where do you go to" all except the scary last line "because I can see inside your head" I always sung that with an evil "hahaha" at the end

[quote name='Dandelion' timestamp='1483873354' post='3210698'] [media]http://youtu.be/zN1QMkqsbiM[/media] [/quote] It's been years since I saw that video, I saw them 4 times on the Love tour, my favourite band of the time!

[quote name='julesb' timestamp='1483817868' post='3210414'] I love the jazz I love. This clip encapsulates what people hate about what they think is jazz. Why does free improv so often mean a totally ridiculous abandonment of taste? [/quote] Is that really jazz in any form? I listened to the first minute, I thought they were just tuning up! I used to work on the BBC Jazz club with my dad many, many years back working with the likes of George Chisolm, Acker Bilk and many other names that I was too young to fully appreciate, I really loved what was seen as traditional jazz bands, my dad was friends with Clio Lane and Johnny Dankworth but I could never take to her music, that to me was improv type jazz which I can't take more than about 30 seconds of!

As a previous contributor said, the Bass Collection jack socket, I can use an angled jack plug with every other bass but, oh no, not the Bass Collection. Bridge saddle screws of the standard Fender basses, the end of the thread sticks in your palm or the useless thing gradually works its way down whilst playing, cocking up the action

Are you sure Pino played bass on this track, I used to work doing sound for a touring band playing all the big night clubs around the UK back in the 80's, all of the band members were session players of good standing, we played in Wales one weekend and I was introduced to a guy called Chris, bassist for Go West, who knew the guitarist in the band, I was chatting to him about Pino (No Parlez was the hit album of the time) and he said he used to share a flat with Pino and they had both taken up fretless at the same sort of time but Pino just blew him away? I have nothing to substantiate the above but it could explain why the song would have that Pino type sound and style?

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1483100880' post='3204698'] Basses that shook the world? I'm biased. . . IMO the first 2 on the list are 51 and 58 P basses, the third is the Jazz, the fourth is the first 5 string bass and the rest come next. [/quote] I would tend to agree, maybe the fifth would be the first fretless in the standard electric bass format?

RIP Rick, I was lucky enough to see them at Knebworth in 1990,a cracking band I can't say RIP to 2016, may you rot in our memories, horrible year

Someone has clearly pinched the back half of it

Is it their prominent association with the metal genre, I have a catalogue somewhere which lists the endorsee's most play in bands with Hell and Death in the title, I am sure there was one guy called Beelzebub Death Bringer who played bass for the Hell Death Monkeys Seriously though, I love the look of their basses but they never seem to wow me when I play them

I can't say I am taken with flats on my fretless basses but as others have said damage to the board can be an issue, I have a maple necked precision copy I think I may just put some rounds on it and see how it goes, when I used to gig all the time with my old Bass Collection SB602 I ended up having the board replaced with Ebony, not cheap even back then but made a huge difference to wear....so why did I bloody sell it and where is it today?

Not my cup of tea musically but the bass work is fantastic, I love those bubbly bass lines and the players never looks like they are working hard to play them!

[quote name='Geddys nose' timestamp='1481719440' post='3194495'] Found myself looking at Rics again when they blatantly don't work for me (Owned about 6 now and all sold on) [/quote] A simple answer that has cured me of any Ric desire, I have long since hankered after one but couldn't justify the price for a bass I was unsure about so I picked up an old CMI copy, it's fantastic it has a big bow at the top of the neck, no matter what I do I can't get the electrics to work properly, it is dead uncomfortable to play when standing up, I am told by many it is a dead accurate copy of many older Ric's...basically it hangs on the wall looking nice but serving as a £400.00 reminder that I don't need a Ric