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[quote name='bassman344' timestamp='1393540437' post='2381810'] This was to clarky72. In hindsight my post read as if I was answering yours. Apologies [/quote] No worries. Thanks.

[quote name='bassman344' timestamp='1393538126' post='2381765'] Black blocks and binding like the bass you traded from me. Mutts nutts [/quote] ????

This....... but i may be slightly biased.

[quote name='canonman' timestamp='1393363439' post='2379446'] I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Simone Butler yet.... she's doing a fine job of replacing Mani in Primal Scream. [/quote] Perhaps that's because she's not underrated.

[quote name='oggiesnr' timestamp='1393371230' post='2379584'] You're paying one hell of a premium buying any instrument in London (they have to pay the overhead somehow). Steve [/quote] +1 I live in London and London shops would be the last place i'd look for a bass guitar. On saying that i have found a couple of good deals but they are very few and far between.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1393351665' post='2379184'] Looks a lot like the Encore I started on. [/quote] +1 Encore KP12 short scale.

Thanks for that it was really interesting.

[quote name='BassBod' timestamp='1392717018' post='2371828'] Jaco wouldn't have been Jaco without the two very new Acoustic 360 stacks [/quote] In an interview in 1984 Jaco said in the studio he went direct.

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1393201395' post='2377391'] Ask Lemmy if they could borrow the original to copy? [/quote]

[quote name='cytania' timestamp='1393190934' post='2377239'] I was amazed to see a Lemmy Rickenbacker in there, all that carving would be hard to replicate, but a quick Google image search showed they'd simply ripped off a common picture of the real thing... [/quote] How else did you think they would do it?

Antoria semi-acoustic http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Antoria-Sound-Master-Bass-late-60s-Early-70s-/271409559205

I would have snapped that up if i lived near there. Another example of a quality bass that no one is going to take much notice of because they aren't fashionable. Fashion rules in the bass world as much as anywhere else which means some great bargains can be found for those who don't mind being unfashionable.

Well done, great job, you must be really pleased.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1393081828' post='2375983'] Two of my all-time favourite players who definitely don't get the kind of credit they deserve. [/quote] Good call. I also think that this whole thread should really be 'bass players that don't get the credit they deserve' rather than 'favourite underrated bassist'. The majority of bassists listed are not underrated at all but many definitely don't get the credit they deserve.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1393082301' post='2376001'] Never hear much about him ? He's never off bleedin' You Tube! He's is always plugging some piece of gear or other, with or without a slightly suspect- looking beard. One day James will wake up and say " Do you know what? I think I've got enough free equipment now. " [/quote]

These were decent basses in their day and an absolute must for anyone now in a Korgis tribute band. I seem to remember that Geoff Gale was a Luthier in Bristol.

+1

[quote name='BurritoBass' timestamp='1392993713' post='2375061'] This has been around for a while and what people haven't picked up on so far is it is the original recording pressed on a 7" single played at 33rpm. [/quote] Some did and some of those also picked up when the Slow Ass Jolene appeared that John Oswald of Plunderphonics fame had done all this 25 years ago.

[quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1392997620' post='2375112'] Nah, the thread is for UNDERrated players [/quote] If only it was. There seems to a lot more RATED bass players in this thread than UNDERrated ones. That was my point if it really needed explaining.

I'm sure that someone's going to say Flea...........It's only a matter of time.

This is my favourite version. Matraca Berg with Dave Pomeroy on Bass from 1990 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ6xzYezalI

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1392977478' post='2374777'] Not sure on the colour but at that price the seller will soon be walking around with only one arm.... [/quote] The last two Marathons on ebay have sold for £480 and £430.

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1392977663' post='2374783'] Its the same bass and seller [/quote] Yes indeed but it's cheaper on ebay.

If you think that is more reasonably priced then this is even more reasonable........ http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SHERGOLD-MARATHON-STEREO-BASS-GUITAR-1980-MADE-IN-ENGLAND-/251456043090?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3a8bf2b852

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1392913988' post='2374133'] This doesn't fit with my 1970s experience at all. In the 1970s Pre-CBS Fenders were both valued and sought after. Specifically I played with a guitarist who had a Pre-CBS Strat but didn't gig with it because of its value. [/quote] In the 70s a friend of mine had a pre-CBS Stratocaster that was really chipped and worn and because of that was only offered a fraction of the price of a new Stratocaster in part exchange in guitar shop. The Stratocaster was then refinished before being put on sale (at a price well below a new one) because no one wanted 'roadworn' (or tatty as they were called then) guitars back then. In my experience it was the 1980s when people started get really excited about the pre-CBS thing.