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    [quote name='silddx' post='1093905' date='Jan 18 2011, 03:02 PM']About £1700 I believe. Very nice basses by all accounts, all the American Vintage RIs.[/quote] They do one in a creamy-white colour that I could put up with definitely.
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    [quote name='wingnutkj' post='1093898' date='Jan 18 2011, 02:51 PM']I'm assuming it's from the American Vintage Reissue series.[/quote] Yes - that would make sense. Those are proper money without the Lemmy provinance.
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    How old is the actual bass....? I see it says "vintage" in the paper work but it looks oddly newish. Sorry - not questioning the price but I'm assuming there is something very special about this that I'm missing.
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    [quote name='gareth1982' post='1092689' date='Jan 17 2011, 04:24 PM']Yep, that's the one. I must admit that it's rather heavy with it having a mahogany body, but the neck is comfy to play (not as chunky as my 5 string warwick for example, but a touch thicker than my stringay5. Sounds wise, with the 2 EMG humbuckers it's at home playing rocky stuff, but can be toned down as required. Having said that, I do find it a touch too 'rocky' for the soul band I play in and it subsequently doesn't get used, hence why I'm looking to move it on. I had it strung with roundwounds, but it was just cutting through everything and dominating, so it's now got some flats on it which has tamed it a little bit! Also, with the powerful pickups and mahogany body, like a Les Paul should, it sustains for ages should you want it to! Cheers[/quote] It's a nice bass but I'm going to pass. While I play both 4 and 5 string I'm really leaning towards a 4 string something-or-other. I'm not completely eschewing a 5 but it would need to tick all the boxes (excuse management speak) and then some Thanks anyway..... !!
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    [quote name='gareth1982' post='1092665' date='Jan 17 2011, 04:05 PM']Any interest in a swap for my mint condition 1997 Gibson Les Paul 5 STRING bass (black, EMG humbuckers?) Cheers[/quote] Not something I'd particularly thought about. What are they like and do you have any pictures? I don't think I've even seen one, never mind played one. EDIT: Oh hang on - this [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=100097"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=100097[/url] ??
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    I'm going to keep bumping this until I get bored
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    [quote name='roonjuice' post='1091176' date='Jan 16 2011, 10:57 AM']Hmmm. I'm Defo interested, but it could have to be cash I'm afraid. Does she have a case?[/quote] Original, period black ABS case with red interior and "Fender" molded into it in huge letters. Metalwork slightly dulled but otherwise perfect. I can't ask you to make me an offer without setting a price as that would be against the rules, wouldn't it . Anyway, you sure you want that Bongo in your gear list
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    A Sabbath day bump. Anything of quality with frets considered
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    possibly, but you're soldering and de-soldering technique will need to be good. Sounds like a bad plan to me.
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    It's almost nothing to do with equipment. There will always be any number of players better than you that play an old 4-string Squire. And - even more subtle - never ask another player how he came up with a particular bassline. Apparently it will always be seen as an insult...
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    Some clue as to the value would be handy So would a vague idea of what you are looking for - even what you are *not* looking for
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    It's fabulous... the power cable doesn't even take much thinking about. You spend thousands on your power cable and then plug it into the wall. Via a 4 quid MK socket (if you're lucky), yards of cheap and nasty T&E, a rickety old fuse box and then God knows what between you and a big, rusty, 1940s transformer at the end of the street. Don't even get me started about speaker cables...
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    They're for real. They got hauled over the coals recently by the advertising standards people for talking crap See [url="http://asa.org.uk/ASA-action/Adjudications/2011/1/Russ-Andrews-Accessories-Ltd/TF_ADJ_49597.aspx"]http://asa.org.uk/ASA-action/Adjudications..._ADJ_49597.aspx[/url]
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    [quote name='Stylon Pilson' post='1087985' date='Jan 13 2011, 01:54 PM']Bog off, w***pile. S.P.[/quote] Errrrr? You talkin' to me?
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    [quote name='icastle' post='1087974' date='Jan 13 2011, 01:50 PM']This site has to be a p*ss take... [url="http://www.russandrews.com/product.asp?lookup=1&region=UK&currency=GBP&pf_id=1019&customer_id=PAA1310011411438DGPMMGPSHMFMWOUL"]http://www.russandrews.com/product.asp?loo...GPMMGPSHMFMWOUL[/url][/quote] I can't get over the concept of "retro-fitting" a 13A fuse. Ha ha ha. You probably shouldn't be using a fuse that big in your poncey stereo anyway.
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    We all know, and (worse) so do the sellers, it won't make the slightest difference over a 4 quid example from Maplins.
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    This seems to have been covered time and time again. It would make an interesting research project - why so many musicians are utter scumbags. I've had it more than once - being treated like dirt by some complete idiot.
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    For those of you with more money than sense, you should rush out immediately and purchase... [url="http://www.russandrews.com/product.asp?lookup=1&region=UK&currency=GBP&pf_id=1558&customer_id=PAA1237014111701KYWGGSXPYLGKRJPJ"]http://www.russandrews.com/product.asp?loo...YWGGSXPYLGKRJPJ[/url] I have never heard such blatant BS.
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    As you are quoting Euros and you have a nice tiled floor I assume you are not in the UK?
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    ....another pathetic bump
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    I don't get on with them at all. I find them very rough on my fingers although they do sound ok. I'm an Ernie Ball man myself.
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    Not very hopeful bump
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    [quote name='tom1946' post='1083527' date='Jan 9 2011, 08:08 PM']There is no law to prevent the seller from divulging his sale price. It's a free country oh hang on, it USED to be a free country [/quote] There isn't but which is worse, a seller trying to make a few quid or someone - who, frankly, has no longer got anything to do with it - deliberately undermining the sale? I can't see how it makes any difference to anybody if he asked 500 quid or 1,500 quid. It's worth whatever somebody is willing to pay for it and I don't think anybody involved in all this ranting had any intention of buying the thing anyway. However, it's none of my business either. This is why we don't say "that's too expensive" to sellers - it's all just been a variation on that theme. A bit sad.
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    [quote name='Conan' post='1083290' date='Jan 9 2011, 04:53 PM']Possibly in some cases. Again it depends on the gig. If you are a pro or semi-pro then I would agree, but for those of us with full-time day jobs that play in a band for recreational purposes I think the law of diminishing returns holds. Why spend three hours getting one bass line note perfect if you can do a "good enough" job (so that nobody will notice the difference) in half an hour? Unless you are a perfectionist of course... [/quote] Not exactly what I meant (although reading back I don't think I expressed myself very well). I more mean the business of claiming that you can bluff a song in 10 minutes and then wasting half a studio session listening to the track twenty times. Whatever you plan to do with the line you need to learn the original well enough not to make a complete arse of it before you can "do your own thing"
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    I think it's actually a personal thing and depends on the way you work. I have no clue about improvisation - the only way I can learn a song is to copy it note for note. I actually enjoy getting it spot on and trying to figure out what the original player was thinking. I have played with many people who just turn up and bluff it. Good for them - I wish I could do it. However, I have also played with people who turn up and bluff it and can't quite manage it. In many cases protesting that you don't need to play a part note-for-note is more of an excuse for being too lazy to do your "home work".
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