BetaFunk

[quote name='lowregisterhead' timestamp='1390682482' post='2348345'] [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOX-APACHE1B-SR-4String-Travel-Bass-Guitars-with-BuiltIn-Amplifier-and-Rhythms-/121262433456"]http://www.ebay.co.u...s-/121262433456[/url] Hideous, and yet strangely alluring... [/quote] These have been around for a couple of years now and can't see what's hideous about them at all. Perhaps you can tell us why you find it hideous?

This is one of my favourite Soul Train clips. Don Cornelius was The Man! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFBo5hHMUZM

[quote name='Muzz' timestamp='1390674658' post='2348261'] I wouldn't like to try and carry a tray of drinks across the room in your local then... The Soul Train Line Dance is one of my best pick-me-ups: it's impossible to be morose watching any of them... [/quote] Trays? They wouldn't dare to have trays in our local as they'd soon be used as frisbees. You do have to get your timing right though when negotiating your way from the bar if 'Oops Upside Your Head' comes on the jukebox.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1390644915' post='2347814'] Yes, but you try that sort of dancing down at your local and see where it gets you ... [/quote] That depends on what your local is like. Down my local i doubt if anyone would even notice.

[quote name='BassBod' timestamp='1390647573' post='2347847'] Just hang in there, one will pop up at a good price. [/quote] I love optimism. That's why i keep £500 under my bed for the day that a WAL comes up for that price.

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1390601402' post='2347552'] Gotta laugh, apparently one did pop up for £200 BIN earlier today [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/227954-marathon-bass-on-ebay-l200-bin/page__fromsearch__1"]http://basschat.co.u...__fromsearch__1[/url] With due respect to BetaFunk this was a bit of a freak event. It does however prove that it can happen [/quote] Yes but did it actually sell for that price? The listing says: This listing was ended by the seller because the item is no longer available.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1390645149' post='2347817'] There was a UK version of Soul Train for a while - hosted by none other than Chris Forbes who I went to school with..one of the nicest fellas you'd ever want to meet.. [/quote] I remember that very well. It was great idea and was a good effort but what we all really wanted in the UK was the real Soul Train.

[quote name='visog' timestamp='1390645935' post='2347825'] Oh I see, it's one of those threads where even the mildest criticism is frowned upon.. [/quote] Not frowned upon at all but it just seemed a pointless comment.

If you have £1500-£2000 to spend then i wouldn't concentrate too much time on looking for a late 60s one.

Looks familiar? http://vintagefenderjazz.com/fender-precision-bass-guitar-1966-vintage/

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1390591785' post='2347433'] It was definitely £200 BIN when I saw it, a few mins after listing. [/quote] +1

I'd say you've got a great bass there for the money. I have one of Mark's cheaper Boomslang Jive Bass JV4SFL basses. It's a green fretless that was on show at the Frankfurt Musikmesse in 2013. It's a fantastic bass for the money. I've met Mark and as you say he is passionate about music, basses and what he sells. I couldn't recommend him or his basses highly enough.

I have a MIM Fender Bass VI and it's better made than my 1974 Fender Jazz Bass or any other 1970s Fender i've ever seen.

[quote name='visog' timestamp='1390510111' post='2346307'] Eurm... heard him do better than 'da blues'. [/quote] Jolly good for you. Most enlightening.

[size=3][b] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?app=forums&module=forums&section=findpost&pid=2345816"][/url]BetaFunk, on 23 January 2014 - 12:18 PM, said:[/b][/size][size=3] Musicmaster basses have shot up in price in the last couple of years. Even a tatty one will be £300+ and a decent one anything over £400.[/size] [quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1390500728' post='2346139'] Bass Direct have one up for £650, and I saw another one listed for over £800 by an online seller (not eBay). [/quote] Yes i've seen them with an asking price of nearly £1,000 but i doubt any sell at that price. Most seem to go between £370 to £450 at the moment but i've seen a couple in exceptional condition go for more. They are far too expensive now to buy and modify and still be cheaper than most new Mustangs. The days of the cheap Musicmaster bass is well and truly over.

Two clips of Steve Swallow from 1966 and 2013. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlSg2f58w_I[/media] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=189dpPR1Yvc

I like this clip of the classic PMG line-up because it features a bass solo from probably my favourite bass player Mark Egan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsRG2vVlfrs

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1390486523' post='2345934'] Remember these bright young things (get the hair!!)? [/quote] That's THE classic PMG line-up for me. All of the PMGs have been good but nothing beats the Metheny/Mays/Egan/Gottlieb quartet for me. I saw them with that line-up at the 1978 Bracknell Jazz Festival and still remember PM on stage with that guitar hanging around his back.

[quote name='basshead56' timestamp='1390335744' post='2344258'] Mind you, Paul S. has the right idea - get a cheap old Musicmaster and mod it out - vintage look and feel and still cheaper than either Mustang new (if you get the right one) - you can make your own 'Pawn Shop' model - that's what Fender did!!! [/quote] Musicmaster basses have shot up in price in the last couple of years. Even a tatty one will be £300+ and a decent one anything over £400.

You can always buy a Waterstone TP12 [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_L-UhMugko[/media]

Not weird at all if Shergolds are your thing.

Keep up chaps. Post #41 of this thread........... http://basschat.co.uk/topic/226735-shergold-marathon-more-questions/page__st__30

If you can't afford that you can always have a go at bidding for Julian Cope's double-neck Shergold http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Shergold-Doubleneck-Guitar-6-12-Twin-Neck-original-hard-case-/111260825937?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item19e7a97951

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1390307489' post='2343758'] I'll bet that was a nervous time!! Glad it came through eventually [/quote] Fortunately it was less than £200 but it wasn't a good feeling. Also rather alarmingly the tracking changed during those days from where it said ithe address had been carded because no one was in (i was assured by the buyer that someone was in all day) to saying that the bass was waiting to be picked up from me when it had actually been picked up a few days before. Then out of the blue it was delivered nine days after it was originally picked up! Got to say though that all the other times i've sent things by City Link via Interparcel everything has arrived on time.