BetaFunk

This all reminds me of a record shop i found in the mid 1970s where i bought some amazingly rare jazz, blues, psych and soul LPs for mostly £2.00 to £2.50. I made frequent visits over the next couple of years if i was in the area. This was before the 2nd hand record collecting boom had really got going and even specialist shops like Dobell's, Mole Jazz, Garon, Honest Jon's etc were selling stuff at very reasonable prices. When thinning down my record collection over the last ten years i have sold a lot of these mostly for between £75 to £125 and a few for a lot more. I visited the same shop in the mis 90s and although it was still there the rare stuff had all gone. I think that the chap must have realised that he sold off the crown jewels for peanuts all those years ago and now had things like Tina Charles, The Nolans etc LPs priced at £25!!! You can put whatever price you want on something but it doesn't mean to say that you're ever going to get it.

[quote name='Bloodaxe' timestamp='1374618232' post='2151096'] Indeed. £25 for 'Rock Around The Clock'. £2.50 more like. (£25 seems to be the going rate for the 45rpm version) [/quote] ......and not forgetting a Pinky & Perky 78rpm for £80............That's EIGHTY POUNDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have a look at the prices they want for the 78rpm records they have for sale.

[quote name='voxpop' timestamp='1374604919' post='2150848'] Now has 30 watchers. [/quote] 31 now....... and no i'm not one of them.

Queen Led Zeppelin

Who needs a guitarist when you can play a bass like this? The great Roy Babbington @ 22.20 [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnyKYDy6O8Y[/media]

[quote name='Earbrass' timestamp='1374573125' post='2150190'] Soft Machine were guitarless in several of their line-ups in the early seventies - as for example on Soft Machine 6. [/quote] They didn't have a guitarist on the 5 albums before 6 apart from one track where Hugh Hopper plays acoustic guitar on one of the early LPs.

[quote name='Stuart Clayton' timestamp='1374531748' post='2149901'] In retrospect I probably shouldn't have picked it up and had a quick slap on it...! [/quote] Who? Damien or the guitar?

[quote name='antnee' timestamp='1374523734' post='2149748'] Thank you for your honest answer Beta. Technically, it didn't work (needed rewiring) when I got hold of it, the pick ups still hum and it drops sound quite a bit, which I think is the output jack... I will contact the guys at the fan club. May consider selling it as a project (not a plug, just stating!). [/quote] I have a good few Japanese basses of this era and quality varies a lot. Many are short scale and light and once the neck and pickups are sorted can be fun. Good luck with whatever you choose to do with yours.

What a disappointment. There was i thinking that every 'Henry Moore' was sculpted solely by the man himself. I had a vision of 'our 'enry' up a ladder, hammer and chisel in hand bashing out another thing with a hole in it. As i said this has come as a great disappointment to me but then again i thought that every pre CBS Fender was solely hand crafted by Leo.

I think that you answered your own question. It's a Kimberly Jazz Bass copy although they did also market a bass with a Jazzmaster style body. I'm not sure what you mean that you can't jel (gel) with it and although it won't be anywhere near as good as your SUB Ray if it's reasonable condition and set up correctly it should be a playable bass. The Vintage Japanese Guitar Fanclub on Facebook are the best resource i've found for info on this sort of thing. They are very knowledgable and helpful.

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1374354465' post='2148065'] Goes without saying its my opinion. [/quote] Jolly good. I always thought that too many of their toons were a bit too twee for me for them to be a decent rock band.

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1374341553' post='2147849'] PS: In all seriousness, Led Zep are the greatest rock band ever. [/quote] You forgot the IMHO didn't you? To me they don't even get close. IMHO.

Not seen him mentioned on here much: Perhaps some people are put off mentioning their favourite music or musicians because usually it's not long before the BC 'experts' comes along and tells the poster the errors of their ways in no uncertain terms. I think that must put a lot of people off posting. I happen to like Todd Rundgren and have most of his albums. He's made some brilliant music and is a real innovator.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1374270556' post='2147180'] I've never had any interest in AC/DC and I couldn't recognise their latest riff if you paid me. [/quote] Thanks for that. I'll sleep a lot better now.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1374269973' post='2147172'] I'm not worried and it's not a shame. [/quote] Jolly good.

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1374269446' post='2147168'] Too much 'cleverness' in such a small space with only a handful of people really 'getting it' and a load of 'hanger ons' pretending to. [/quote] I'm really grateful that i was one of that handful. I can't say i saw too many 'hangers on' at the the time. Jaco is more famous after his death than he was in life.

I've felt like crying every time i've heard that song.

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1374241512' post='2146804'] I've read stuff on this site which would suggest if Jaco had the first clue about bass playing he wouldn't have used a fender, so I don't rate him at all. [/quote] ......and imagine how good he could have been if he'd have played a Stingray?

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1374241963' post='2146809'] I was around at the time and my experience of Jaco was not as you describe. [/quote] What a shame. Not to worry.

I heard Jaco before i'd ever even picked up a bass or had any desire to do so. I bought the Little Beaver 'I Can Dig It Baby' 45 on it's release in 1974 and had no idea who the bass player was. The next year he cropped up playing acoustic bass guitar on an Ira Sullivan LP (listed as Joco) then on Pat Metheny's 'Bright Size Life' LP both bought by me on their release. It wasn't long after that he joined Weather Report and gained much wider notice. If you weren't around at the time it's probably hard to understand the impact he had and it probably wasn't until the 80s and maybe after his death that his fame seemed to increase. A friend of mine was teaching bass around 1990 and told me once 'everyone wants to learn to play like Jaco'. It was unheard of for anyone who was thought of as a jazz musician to has such wide appeal and impact. His influence on bassists was nothing short of amazing.

[quote name='the boy' timestamp='1374186633' post='2146367'] Nobody can argue with that. If they try they must be stupid. [/quote] I agree but i'm sure that ain't gonna stop 'em!

[quote name='Count Bassy' timestamp='1374192104' post='2146411'] No I wasn't. Ask a cross section of joe public to name a bass player and I'm pretty sure he'd be way down the list after, for example, Paul McCartney, Sting, Phil Linnot, Chris Wolstenholme, and probably after John Entwhistle as well. Most people have never heard of him. [/quote] Please tell that you were joking. Please.

[quote name='BassBus' timestamp='1374174515' post='2146173'] I think a lot of both those players music is equally as good, if not better, than anything Jaco did. But then, that is the subjectivity of this. [/quote] You're missing the point. Jaco led. Others followed.

Flora & Jaco http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeBly1K1ifk