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Clarky

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  1. I recently got this from molan (it was previously owned by lozbass, a man of impeccable bass taste too! Loz' photos below, if thats OK Loz) and it is quite the most beautiful Jazz I have ever seen or played and in immaculate condition. It was the last one fully hand-made by Vinnie Coppolo and team in his NYC workshop (numbered 48 on the neck plate) before he moved to California and introduced CNC machines etc. Nitro 3TS finish, weighs 9.74 pounds, has a comfortable B width (1.625) width neck (its not a skinny J neck), and a beautiful dark chocolate-y dalbergia negra rosewood board (DN is a rare rosewood, stocks of which are no longer available, so I am told). It plays very slickly with very low action (ask the previous owners or Happy Jack, who played it yesterday) and has a huge range of tones from fully passive Jazz through to various active tones (controls are V/V/T, treble boost, bass boost; the second V control pulls up for passive mode). Comes protected in a Hiscox case. Reason for selling: I have re-appraised what I need in basses (again and am going the traditionalist route) and I really want a year-of-birth (1963) Fender Precision, in Olympic white or 3 colour sunburst, and this sale will hopefully fund that (or at least most of it) I am after £2850 - which is the trade value molan and I agreed - or of course a trade against a '63P in oly white (long shot!). BTW, I will be travelling a lot on business this week and next so may not always be able to answer PMs quickly. Would prefer to hand over in person but will ship (given my travelling I will not always be around to package it up immediately). [attachment=73479:IMG_1414.JPG][attachment=73480:IMG_1417.JPG][attachment=73481:IMG_1412.JPG]
  2. My old Sid! Should shift fast Dan as there was tons of interest when I last sold it
  3. Hi there. great combo but you need to state a price and it would help if you said where the item is located (I assume from the mixed language it's not in the UK! )
  4. Wow, Nick, that looks utterly beautiful! lovely upgrades there
  5. [quote name='lettsguitars' post='1142029' date='Feb 26 2011, 02:41 AM']all fenders stink![/quote] Helpful comment in a for sale thread Good luck with the sale Wes. I love my Fenders and this one looks a cracker
  6. [quote name='wateroftyne' post='1141852' date='Feb 25 2011, 09:44 PM']Well, FWIW... I would pay to see that. Someone buy this damn caps lock key. Once I shift it, I'm buying me a TC head. They're flavour of the month, you know.[/quote] I can offer this TC head. Any good? I'll be in the dustbin if you want to trade [attachment=73228:TOP_CAT_...PRESSION.jpg]
  7. [quote name='wateroftyne' post='1141839' date='Feb 25 2011, 09:37 PM']Ah.. in a band that plays original material, are you? Or jazz?[/quote] voodoo swamp blues says it all, really
  8. I can't believe this is still here. I'll take when I next get paid. 2017
  9. [quote name='Low End Bee' post='1140880' date='Feb 25 2011, 09:48 AM']Exactly. Bit of a silly thread.[/quote] Yep, much like the recent Peter Hook thread (and dozens before it on Mark King, Flea, Victor Wooten, Hadrien Feraud , blah, blah)
  10. Well you can ask him via PM as elsharko is a BC'er and the bass is also for sale on this very forum [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=122952&hl="]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=122952&hl=[/url]
  11. Jaco had different tones at different stages of his career - the sound on Heavy Weather is very rich, in my view (think Havona and Remark You Made), but in his later years (the countless live albums, the albums he made with Brian whats-his-name-drummer and with Bireli Lagrene) it became more staccato and abrasive in my view and not pleasant to listen to
  12. Here's a link [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=90264&hl=gloves"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...4&hl=gloves[/url]
  13. PM silddx (also known as Nigel) - he is BassChat's resident glove-wearer and standard bearer!
  14. Update: we have been switched to first on stage (maybe for soundcheck reasons as there are 10 or so of us in the band), means we are on stage at [b]8.30pm.[/b] PS, thanks for kind comments papillionlrl! PPS, final mix of album finished today so once artwork sorted will be released as a CD
  15. I am down to 4 (have been up to 6) and want to get it down to three - a Precision, a Jazz and a fretless Precision. Have got a nice '71 Precision (actually has a J p/up as well), a Seafoam green Bacchus Jazz (which I banned from selling by the Mrs as she likes the colour!) and a Tony Franklin fretless. Not sure where that leaves my uber-pricey, beautifully made Alleva Coppolo LG4 Jazz, especially given financial circumstances (watch this space)
  16. I can vouch for this as a lovely Jazz and a good example of good QC in a recent Fender I only sold it as I got the hots for a vintage 70s Jazz which I dscovered actually didnt play as nicely, despite costing several times as much. Doh
  17. [quote name='BigRedX' post='1138297' date='Feb 23 2011, 10:50 AM']Thanks for that! Will the album be a physical CD (or vinyl)? Call me old-fashioned but I like to have physical product, download only feels so ephemeral. Also will it include the tracks you currently have available as downloads?[/quote] It should be a CD format although it will include the five tracks you can download, plus (I think) five others
  18. [quote name='dannybuoy' post='1137927' date='Feb 22 2011, 11:28 PM']I might pop down if I can - I didn't know you had a new band. Are you playing DB at all? Not much room for one on that stage! Bit of a funny setup that venue, stand downstairs and I get a good view of your shins, or go upstairs and I can just see your heads! Played my first ever gig there.[/quote] I've played there 5 or 6 times with my punk band and it was a squeeze for us as a trio! As there will be around 10 of us, we will have to have some of the band ( horn section) off stage I guess. I will probably use my Eminence electric upright bass for space reasons, it's first live airing
  19. Thanks Big Red X, the album is in the last mix stage but we have five downloadable tracks on ITunes, the 3-track Speaking of Happiness EP, and two singles (rain on my footsteps and Shoot me Down)
  20. Cheers Chris and thanks for the compliments Roland. I will post an update when I know our onstage time as I suspect it might preclude most out-of-Londoners for travel reasons
  21. And I never knew Kelly Osbourne was a bass player. You learn something new every day. Bet she plays one of those pink Daisy Rock basses
  22. Hey all, next up for Rattlin Bone is the small but friendly 12 Bar Club in Tin Pan Alley. Friday 11th March. Not sure what time we are on (will not be early, I am guessing around 11pm) but here's the flyer. What could be better than a Friday night meal in Covent Garden (or thereabouts) followed by some voodoo swamp blues? Not just any voodoo swamp blues but the No. 1 artist on UK Myspace too! Click below for photos and some of our music [url="http://www.myspace.com/rattlinbone"]http://www.myspace.com/rattlinbone[/url] If you can't make this we are playing the Hootenanny in Brixton on 9th April, a much bigger venue (with about 700 in the audience) Hope to see some of you at one of these gigs, Cheers Clarky [attachment=72993:11_march.jpg]
  23. At the risk of turning this into some pseud-y argument over what is art, surely a good musician is someone who creates music that has the power to move you or stir some form of emotion. Joy Division did that (and still do) and Hooky was instrumental in that sound and the emotions they conveyed. Even the naysayers would (in many cases at least) have to agree that Hooky created some memorable bass lines - just listen to the clip of 24 hours I posted and tell me that is not a wonderful and original bass line that is central to a deeply moving song.
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