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I saw these a couple of months ago.I would see them again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUAoAp0t_J4

Whole Lot of Love? Not too sure that is the best ever riff

The colour on it is awful

Never been a Marvin Gaye fan, but i am getting a bit into Northern Soul. This is not what i expected from him. after hearing a lot of his stuff. Pretty awesome. http://youtu.be/5JiTEwnjWZ4

Wow, what a bargain. I guess if it could be oroven he had actually used the very pick when he was with Thin Lizzy, it may be worth £20

It actually looks quite nice in my opinion. I wouldn`t pay more than £30 though

most of my stepsons fishing gear that was nicked was found in Cash Convertors. The store had the video of the scum that stole it, they knew who he was, but the police waited months to confront him. Because they never found any other of his stuff he had nicked in his house,and as the stepson never had photos of the kit, or marked, they were free to sell it. The biggest legalised fences in the country. I would never buy from them.

It has a certain novelty factor. There was a video of a different concert of him doing the same thing a year or so ago that had thousands of likes. I guess he is just cashing in on his new found fame. It is no different to Hendrix playing with his teeth or townshend smashing up his guitar.

Yeah it is right handed. Anyway are they any good?

Are these any good? I think this would probably be a bit strong on the price though. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-1979-MUSIC-MAN-SABRE-STINGRAY-BASS-RARE-TOBACCO-SUNBURST-LOWERED-PRICE-/321480388959?pt=Guitar&hash=item4ad9b9715f

If you see Peter Noone, give him a slap for I`m Henry the Eigth I Am . That was truely awful. I thought There`s a Kind Of Hush was a very listenable song

I couldn`t listen to the jazzy gospel track. I didn`t like it at all. However i did like the Clouds song though.

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1407675446' post='2522828'] Agreed. TBH I was a bit surprised about the 'female bassist' thread as I thought we'd moved beyond that sort of irrelevance. Would a thread about favourite black bassists go down well? Or how about favourite bassists under 5 ft tall? Or favourite cross-dressing Korean bassists? Er, hang on . . . . . [/quote]. I have learned a lot more about female bass players, and it is the first time i have heard of Sharay Reed, so they have been educational

Did the date get written on the heel in pen? I would have thought it would be printed

[quote name='itsmedunc' timestamp='1407640929' post='2522538'] I appreciate what you say but NO... This is an absolutely excellent bass and owners do know. Far superior than mij and cij basses. These basses are the bollox. They embarrassed Fender USA at the time, hence. I will buy every single JV all day long for £100 if you can supply at that price, I will even treble it... Anybody who wants to sell one for this price please let me know. Cheers Dunc [/quote]Maybe. I was thinking of the kid who had it one christmas in 1983, never realy mastered it and out it in the cupboard. He has emigrated, and the mum asks what to do. He says sell it, so she looks up Squire, and puts it in the paper for £100 for example.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1407628273' post='2522515'] I'm a crap player and I'm unattractive so I'm screwed [/quote] That ain`t true that you are a crap player, i saw your video. On the other hand, the second bit is probably true

I will concede that liking a player over another influences which one you would prefer to listen to. It is all subjective. Rush, being one of the most over rated bands in my opinion, for example. There was a poll that put Neil Peart as the best ever drummer. I would say that he isn`t in the same league as Buddy Rich. Is Clapton or Hendrix (who was voted best ever guitarist) better than Al Di Meola? Is Geddy Lee better than James Jamerson. An NME poll puts Kim Deal in the top 40, but Geddy Lee doesn`t feature at all. http://www.nme.com/photos/40-of-the-greatest-bassists-of-all-time-picked-by-nme-readers/345517/1/1#2 At the end of the day, it is more of a popularity thing, as Jeff Berlin, who is very boring, but probably better than 90% of the bassists featured, doesn`t get a mention.

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1407622467' post='2522482'] What is there to get? They want to and they can. Why does anyone do anything? [/quote]I guess they are hoping for a good recording so they can put it on youtube and earn money from advertising from someone elses hard graft. I can`t see many other reasons than that for doing it. At the same time, i do appreciate some good l;ive footage of stuff i like.

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1407622099' post='2522481'] I think it's a bit strange to ask which bassist (or any musician really) you prefer when I suspect the answer is likely to be largely determined by the type of music they play and whether you like it or not. I love Pino's recent stuff with John Mayer (among other things) but I doubt that would mean I'd love to hear him playing rap. In other words, I don't really care how good a player is if they're not playing stuff I like. And why would I? [/quote]I can`t stand Michael Jackson`s stuff, but i sure can appreciate some of the bass lines. I would switch the radio off if he any of his songs were on, but now i just listen to the bass line and shut the rest out. So i can appreciate a good player, even if i hate the type of music. I hate reggae, but can appreciate the musicianship.

[quote name='funky8884' timestamp='1407615334' post='2522396'] Hope they didn't steal your bass ? [/quote]Where have you been Have a look under Death to all thieves thread in the Off Topic

I guess this is the sort of bass you could find in the local paper for £100 or so. Unless you knew otherwise i suppose you would just assume it is a cheap Fender

[quote name='Mr Fretbuzz' timestamp='1407616700' post='2522413'] I was on the BIMM Summer School in Bristol this week as the only bass player and I was lucky enough to have a two hour one to one with Yolanda who helped me learn a song for the afternoon, suggested some learning techniques for 16ths and dead notes and writing out song structures , got her Dimension out to demonstrate, watched me play in a Band in the afternoon , jumped on stage to play with the others and said she liked my attitude to Bass and learning. She even bit off some of her nails so she could demonstrate on her bass. A lovely gracious lady with awesome chops. [/quote]That must have been awesome. I imagine it is always a dream to play with someone famous, so it must have been a dream come true

Nice one. I hope you got to play No Milk Today. I like that song

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1407614569' post='2522388'] I imagine this is what Off Topic is like. [/quote]This is like a training ground compared to Off Topic. This is people being very restrained

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1407605412' post='2522297'] I've been practicing the first part of this lesson...AAARGH!!! much harder than it looks...I'm having major problem NOT rolling my hand/fingers and NOT lifting fingers before you're meant to...so frustrating.. Patience and perseverance...Patience and perseverance... [/quote]Lol yes, i agree. It looks so easy when he does it.