Clarky

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='927843' date='Aug 17 2010, 06:40 PM']If you sell this, I shall never talk to you again...[/quote] Perhaps you would like to buy my Alleva-Coppolo and prevent this disastrous non-communication scenario ever rearing its ugly head, WoT?

Thanks for those links. Over 2k seems pushing it, but then I already have experience of over-paying at V&R with my fretless

[attachment=56862:clarky_basses_040.JPG] I'm really not looking to sell this bass. However, if I don't find a taker for my AC Willie Weeks and noone wants my 76P fretless this is something I may have to grudgingly contemplate in order to pay the (Spanish) taxman. Thus wondered what you good folks think this is worth? 1972 Precision in Jamerson stylee, all-original except I replaced some stripped bridge screws with new repro screws from Howard, The Bass Doc (I have the originals still). Weighs 8.5 pounds (IIRC; maybe less). B width (1.625") neck is very easy in the hand. Low action and very resonant. No hard case. Has been seen by Old Horse Murphy, jonthebass and others and was originally sold to me by BC'er Chris Kelly 18 months or so ago Like I say, I am hoping it won't come to this

[quote name='basshead56' post='927777' date='Aug 17 2010, 05:26 PM']original pus included[/quote] I'd clean it first mate! On topic, LEB, that is a damn fine price if the bass is original and not a heavyweight

[quote name='rasher80' post='927575' date='Aug 17 2010, 02:14 PM']Am i the only person who LIKES Peter Hook? [/quote] Nope. I like his work in Joy Division and early New Order a lot (think he started repeating his tricks later on in new Order). The bass line from '24 hours' is an all-time classic to count with some of the Motown great bass lines IMHO - and its difficult to think a bass line could ever fit that song better

[quote name='Shonks' post='927216' date='Aug 17 2010, 09:24 AM']unfortunately the guys on the site deemed it nesaccary to susspend Marcus from the site!! shame we wont be hearing from the master again....fun while it lasted. We bow to the dictatorship!! [/quote] His profile page doesn't say he is suspended???

Thanks again. As an opener I have put up a message in the 'Troubleshooting' section in the Alembic Club ...which will almost certainly be read by the Alembic factory-based mods. Fingers crossed

[quote name='BassBod' post='926821' date='Aug 16 2010, 07:41 PM']Alembic pots are very high quality, and not the type you can easily buy. On my Epic the volume turns more freely than the others, but I don't find it a problem. I'd suggest calling Alembic and ordering a replacement - they are hit and miss on email. It will cost a bit, but should be a push fit rather than soldering. If it isn't noisy or erratic I'd be tempted to live with it a bit longer....[/quote] Thanks BassBod, I will drop them an email. Would prefer a fix rather than spending on a whole new pot if poss, so I will see how much they want

I am 99% certain its our old friend Sean, the Big Beef Chief

The volume pot on my Spoiler turns very freely as there is little friction or 'grab'. Generally this is not a problem as I have the volume on full (ie, pot turned to maximum) and if I need to cut the volume completely, there is a standby (pickup disengage) selector switch. Occasionally though I do knock the pot while playing and it shifts the volume down all too easily, meaning that I have to scrabble quickly to turn the pot to max again. I have no knowledge of the workings of pots so could anyone tell me if there is an easy fix for this or whether I need a replacement knob-shaft (oo err missus, Frankie Howerd time again) or similar? Thanks in advance folks

Same thing happened to me with some LaBella flats I bought from US when they were out of stock in the UK. I ended up paying something like £45 all-in, when the UK price (when in stock) was about £29 and the US price 'seemed' about the same including postage. Yet I bought a Sansamp pedal costing five times as much from the US and that slipped through the net with no import duties/charges - it seems like its pot luck

[quote name='Bilbo' post='926640' date='Aug 16 2010, 04:25 PM']Your list of listening material is a great one. I just struggle to see how, having heard those guys, you can give Moondance any credibility at all [/quote] Didn't once say I like it, Bilbo! Just wondered why it irked you so. Can't stand Van the Man personally ... he is unfortunately a fave of Mrs C so I do get subjected, eg I saw him at Hammersmith Apollo two years ago and he did "swing" versions of all his classics (Brown-Eyed Girl in a jumping jive version anyone? Thought not) Even Mrs C was moved to leave before the end. Dire

[quote name='Bilbo' post='926602' date='Aug 16 2010, 03:57 PM']If this sounds like a jazz walking bass line to you, I suggest you listen to anything with Ray Brown on it before you do anything else.[/quote] I said it was a pop-inflected take on a walking bass line and I stand by that. I didn't say it was "correct". I'm just surprised it gets your goat so much as I assume that it has probably single-handedly got a fair number of pop fans to listen to Jazz. As for your suggestion about listening to other players, despite being best known on BC as a punk bassist, as it happens I have dozens of Jazz albums featuring not just Ray Brown ("We get requests" has been my wake-up CD on my alarm for the last two years), but also other DB greats including Paul Chambers, Scott LaFaro, Oscar Pettiford, Charlie Mingus, Jimmy Blanton etc. And I can see that they "swing"

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[quote name='Bilbo' post='926440' date='Aug 16 2010, 01:47 PM']Planet Rock? So a profoundly academic ethnomusicological analysis of the merits of the piece based on sound empirical evidence, then As Shakespeare would have said: 'The dance of the moon doth suck'[/quote] At the risk of turning you into a purple, vein-busting Hulk-type creature, Bilbo, what is so bad about the bassline of Moondance - sounds like (an admittedly pop-inflected) take on a standard Jazz walking bass line to me???? Would have thought that anything that brought Jazz closer to mainstream consciousness would be appreciated by you, rather than vilified??? Genuinely curious here, not trying to rattle cages

[quote name='paul h' post='926503' date='Aug 16 2010, 02:39 PM']BBC????? Bass Ferret?[/quote] BBC was my guess, based on the deliberately provocative GF slapping comment and the fact that he must have worked his way through the sheep of New Zealand by now!

"prictice setup" - so Marcus Muller's true identity is revealed! And there was me thinking its the BBC up to his old pranks

Can only endorse everything else written about him here. A witty, knoledgeable, helpful and basically vital part of the BC community, he will be missed sorely. Condolences to his family, friends and loved ones. RIP OG

Just waiting for your real identity to be revealed. Have you by any chance recently returned from a trip to New Zealand?