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Just got back from seeing Brother Strut....Paul Turner on bass....mind blowing

Looks awesome mate. Like building a Deathstar...Deathstar Studio's

I've got it and really enjoyed it. I ended up getting Joni Mitchell's live DVD with Jaco on the back of seeing the footage on the Jaco DVD. Both excellent; in fact I really enjoyed Jaco's playing with Joni Mitchell a lot..very tasteful and inspirational

Very impressed with my new Thomann gig bag...had its first outing last night- great value for money indeed

That's a cracker mate. When I went to see Mark he said the red one is already spoken for, I came away with the black P (Thin Lizzy replica) but now sporting some tasteful tort.....just as well I ended up with the black P otherwise i would of been shot down for adding some Pino vibe to the red Definitely right, the lighter relics are certaintly more realistic:)

Just ordered mine....looks great, thanks for the heads up - plus it gives me a reason to buy a new bass to put in it ...ahem!

I enjoy these: Soul man Jailhouse Rock (Blues brothers version....great fun) I shot the Sheriff...dub it out a bit at the end Dr.Funkenstein for some uber laid back fonk Expansions- Lonnie Liston Smith ...gets the fingers going ...and if you want to push yourself a bit Ayurvedic by Ozric Tentacles

[quote name='Telebass' timestamp='1450885521' post='2936722'] 'Yer tiz... [attachment=207863:DSCF1895.JPG] Given it a tweak to my likings, very pleased. Pickups so hot! Adjusted them down half an inch, which had the unexpected side effect of lessening the dead spot somewhat... Has flats on, silks are purple, not seen them before. Have some Chromes coming, will likely swap them out, but quite nice. [/quote] Lovely bass matey

Nice stuff, great wife. I got a bass case.....empty. Not ungrateful but got a little GAS for an upgrade having seen the OP's little blue number Merry Christmas Funkateers X

[quote name='EliasMooseblaster' timestamp='1450862780' post='2936438'] Just to make it even more baffling/fascinating, we still insist on basing the categories on a system which had already been compromised by the Industrial Revolution. My understanding (disclaimer: GCSE History, so I'm happy to be corrected on the details as it was a while ago) is that originally Britain had a Ruling or "Upper" Class, who owned and inherited the land, and a Working Class, who worked on said land ([i]very[/i] broadly speaking). There would have been a small and rather limited group in between the two (guess what they were called) who had managed to drag themselves out of serfdom by whatever good fortune, but who were disliked by the Upper Classes, who saw them as "new money," which was greatly inferior to inheriting your money - contrast that with today's attitudes! The Industrial Revolution is usually cited as the point at which this Middle Class started to grow, and become much more influential. At some point during the 20th Century, it became quite clear that these three strata were inadequate to describe all the different echelons of society, particularly as very wealthy businessmen were emerging from "middle class" backgrounds, but couldn't be described as "upper class" because they had worked for their fortune. What about those who were working in technical, non-manual jobs, but not necessarily with the level of remuneration that would give them the typical comfort associated with being "middle class?" So terms like "upper middle class" and "lower middle class" got bandied about, however informally. "Middle class" now covers such a colossal section of British society that, whichever prefix you tack onto it, it's pretty much meaningless. Very good point, actually - as someone pointed out above, Florence Welch, James Blunt would be laughed out of court if they pretended to be working class (just look at Jamie Oliver), but there does seem to be a requirement that urban/grime/dubstep artists should be "street." [/quote] Indeed, class is socially constructed in the pursuit of dominance...as is labelling one another.

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1450457365' post='2933067'] They are becoming rarer in the for sale section, but keep an eye out for the original US MM SUB. Great basses, which tend to go for around the £350-£400 mark. [/quote] Big +1 for the USA Sub, recently got one and it is obviously a very different bass to the Sterling Subs. I had a nice red stain Sterling Sub and quite liked it....but I love the USA Sub as its a beast of a Stingray