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Greco Rickenfaker for me, the neck through one which I think was a Matsumoku built one rather than the bolt on model that was also sold under the Greco brand. Probably on the heavy side for many people, but fine for me. Perfectly balanced and superb action, with the Rick clank and growl.

Lord Lucan? Shergar? Godot? Zig and/or Zag? Is Vic there?

I'm after some monkey sp**k for a moped I bought of a guy called Mickey. Any ideas where I can get some? http://viz.co.uk/mickeys-monkey-sp**k-moped/

Not so much skip finds, but junk or charity shop bargains pre eBay: Oberheim DX drum machine (with crudely fitted trigger inputs) Crumar Performer string synth (my first stringer, I've since owned about ten different models) Simms Watts AP 100 valve head

Killing Joke have - several times! Skinny Puppy have made several albums since reformong that rank with their best, and more obscurely a band called 1919 reformed after almost thirty years and put out a brilliant album last year.

Some great ones already mentioned such as The Passions, Furniture and Department S Zodiac Mindwarp still gigs, occasionally with Alex James on bass! My suggestions are: Moonchild - Fields of the Nephilim Me and my Beretta - Angel Corpus Christi Is This The Life - The Cardiacs

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1457808239' post='3002010'] Paljon kiitoksia [/quote] Ei ongelma.

The stand has now gone.

The EB3 copy stuff has now gone.

Onnea FinnDave!

Certainly beats my only other skip find - a 2x12 sealed guitar cab. Unbranded cabinet, but the speakers were 70s vintage Celestions. By the way Finndave, on your plectrum playing issue, I grip my picks between the tip of my thumb and the side of the first joint of my index finger. My remaining fingers are loosely straight rather than clenched. I use narrow "teardrop" shaped picks that I think are primarily intended for steel strung acoustic guitars. I don't find I need to exert much pressure from my thumb and don't get cramp even playing for hours on end.

So I've just moved house and had a load of stuff to take to the council recycling centre. Sitting on top of the skip containing electrical items is a familiar green carpet covered box - a Trace Elliot combo. I remark to one of the staff that it's a shame the former owner didn't have it repaired and sell it on or at least given it away. So he asks me if I want it. I say why not, and he clambers in to get it for me. One electrical inspection later - all of £17 - and it turns out it's not even broken, so I now own a BLX 80! Sounds a bit muffled at low volume, but cranked up it sounds great.

Looks like the Kandarian book of the dead in bass guitar form.

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1457226611' post='2996595'] Two point bridge and solid headstock points to 1972 or early 1973. Enjoy [/quote] That was my conclusion as well. The seller said he thought it may be from 1970, and one online serial number suggested that year as well. However, they were only built with "slot heads" like Mickeyboro's one until about 1971. Gibson used the 800000 range of serial numbers in 1969-70, and then restarted using it around 1973-74. Regardless of when it was made, it's a great instrument and I'm looking forward to trying it cranked up at the next rehearsal

I've been enjoying my bargain basement Avon EB-0 copy so much over the last year or more that I decided to splash out on a Gibson EB. A good example of of the long scale EB-3L model popped up on eBay, so I took a punt. It's an absolute beauty, with a serial number that dates it to somewhere in the very early 1970s (hard to be exact, as Gibson's numbering scheme was a bit random around this time). The sounds from the "mudbucker" neck pickup and Varitone control may be an acquired taste, bit I'm absolutely loving them! Any other users of this unusual bass on here?

I'm very tempted to make an offer on that Bass mirror if the hinged stand can be persuaded to open!

I bought an unbranded Gibson EB3 copy from eBay, only to find it's a long scale EB3L body that someone has attached a short scale neck from another copy onto! As a result it's impossible to intonate, but would make a great project for anyone who can find a suitable neck to fit the pocket on the body. The body is in excellent condition and looks to be a proper bit of mahogany, so most likely from an up market copy rather a cheapie, The hardware is in excellent condition as well. The neck is currently not attached to the body, and I'd prefer to post it that way to make a parcel smaller. It's free for the cost of postage to anyone, or collection from Enfield, North London.

Since my basses have expanded from three to five (so much for the three bass and one in, one out rules), I've had to upgrade to a stand that can hold five basses. That means I have a folding stand for three basses that is taking up space in my tiny house. Free to anyone who pays postage, or collection from Enfield, North London.

Wow, DR103. Peter Hook used one of these for most of Joy Division's existence and then we'll into the 1980s with New Order.

What's happening to your Burman amp? Please tell me you're not going to sell it as I don't think I'd be able to resist.

Was wondering where Mr Delvar was, as I hadn't seen one of his illuminating and authoritative posts for a while. It's also little known that the notoriously miserly owner of a certain litigious maker of guitars insists on using recycled IKEA furniture to make bass bodies, hence the "tail lift" problem from the poor quality wood.

If EHX are still making their valves in a former Soviet radio factory in Russia, then the valves will be OK but nothing special. Always amuses me when people describe their Soviet music gear like Polivoks synths being made in military radio factories as though that's a good thing. The design was rudimentary, the QA non-existant. In the case of the EHX valve factory, it's mostly derelict!

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1455124890' post='2976209'] Ah, I think thats my fault. Pretty sure Mr Geek accidentally included that when he was quoting something else I'd written. I said it, in the context that none of us are in a position to judge Adam Clayton's actual level of technical ability because we've never heard him play outside of U2. For all we know he may be able to give Victor Wooten a run for his money but never demonstrates that side of his playing because its innapropriate for the band that he's in. Hope that clears that up. [/quote] [quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1455141561' post='2976482'] Apologies - if you examine my original post and the post it quoted you'll see I actually messed up the quote tags and I didn't say that, it was the person I was quoting I actually thought "did I really say that ??" Till I read it carefully - I was trying to shorten the quote and made a Horlicks of it [/quote] Ah yes, in the context of the original comment it's much more appropriate. Which reminds me, quoting doesn't seem to work at all on the Android version of Firefox - I have to do it manually, which is even more error prone :-(

Interpol. Someone described them to me as being heavily influenced by Joy Division and the darker edged indie guitar stuff of the 80s such as The Chameleons and The Sound. I discovered that "being influenced by" should have been qualified by "but can't write a song for sh*t" when I bought their back catalogue on CD :-(

6/10, although apart from the Motorhead one that was by guesswork. Worth doing the quiz just to know that I wouldn't like to meet Lamb of God down a back alley on a dark night.