Meatbag

Greetings all. It was me what purchased the Vigier from Geddy's Nose all those years ago, back when the world was about to end (or so it felt). I purchased a Hiscox case for it, and left it in the loft for another 2 years as things like grandchildren and early retirement got in the way. Earlier this year I finally got around to taking it to JAck's Instruments in Manchester to see what he could do. The upshot is that the Benedettis could not be fixed ( by him at least) so the Seymour Duncans went back in. Likewise the original electronics board was too troublesome for them to fix. I get them to just put a dummy pickup selector swith in to make it look right, and took it back home. I've used it on a track in the studio and I was very impressed with the sound I got by messing with the EQ.....we did a Lizzy track and I got as near as I could likeness to Phil Lynott's PB / Yamaha type sound. I've just purchased a Vigier Passion IV board from Ebay, so when that arrives I'll have a go at getting the bass closer to original again ( Trigger's Broom, eh?) EDIT: I also had them make a rear control cavity cover becasue I managed to break the very fragile original one. And here it is today.....

My Status SmartBass.

I had a well gigged PRS Custom 22 I nicknamed "Fag Ash Lil". Beautiful guitar but the stink of cigarettes could not be removed, no matter what I tried. In the end I gave up and sold it to a bloke that smoked,.

I started collecting instruments around 12 years ago. I was in a secure position, kids grown up and gone etc, so dabbled. I made a few bob buying and selling, lost a few bob as fashions ebb and flow, so just bought stuff that appeals to me. I started as a bassist back in the 1980's and have still got my '84 4003 in Blue which is not going anywhere. I faffed about with guitars for some years though, and have acquired a few including a Flying V, Les Paul Classic, and have recently sold my PRS Tremonti. There's a couple of PRS SE Models in the mix too....a limited Bernie Marsden ( the first run, it's number 5 of only 25 with all the case candy, signed lyric sheet to "Here I go Again", the numbered truss rod cover and an autogrpahed autobiography....I met the man at an open evening at Sound Affects in Ormskirk a few years ago and got to jam with him for an hour...cool!) and a superb Torero which is a shred machine with real EMG's and a proper Floyd Rose. The bass collection grew to include a tobacco sunburst 2015 Music Man Sting Ray 4 with rosewood fingerboard that I traded another Les Paul against, which is the bass I play the most. Also in the collection: Yamaha BX-1 Headless from the 80's 1989 Vigier Passion 2 ( or is t a 4? Can never remember) that requires completing back to near standard A 2005 Status Smartbass with graphite neck ( Body has seen some bar fights! but the neck is awesome) A Warwick German made 2005 Double Buck in Ovangkol (?) And a Korean made Epiphone Thunderbird

I've now retired and may be moving some ofmy gear on.....stay tuned 🙂

That's not good! Where did you see them? I was at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester and thought all things considered it was pretty decent. Th merch was crap though 🙂