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    [quote name='Old Man Riva' timestamp='1487692214' post='3241881'] On hold... [/quote] The bass is no longer on hold and very much back up for sale..!
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    On hold...
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    Thanks, gents, for the kind words - it's a lovely bass and if I weren't under orders to free up some space then it may not be here (for the older viewers think Mr Barraclough's character in Porridge for a glimpse into the Riva home life!). Beedster, yes I'm confident it's 1.5" at the nut but will confirm when I get back later (I'll measure it myself) - if you fancied a trip to Essex there's a B15 Heritage here for you to try it through!
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    [quote name='Basscabman' timestamp='1487645724' post='3241491'] WOW! Just f***ing WOW! Monthly payments? lol. GLWTS mate, I'm a lottery win and a divorce away from owning that gorgeous bass. [/quote] Thanks mate, much appreciated. I wish you luck on the lottery win and fingers crossed that the other thing you mention doesn't happen..!
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    Hi, Up for sale is my Fender Custom Shop Precision Pro in Olympic White. It's up at £1,950 (not interested in trades). The bass is dated 14th May 2013 on the Certificate of Authenticity. Below is an overview (mostly taken from the factory spec. sheet) which is hopefully of help... Body: Hand Selected Premium Alder Neck: Lightly Tinted Quartersawn Maple,1960 "U" Shape, (Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish) Fingerboard: Rosewood, 10” Radius (254 mm) No. of Frets: 20 Medium Jumbo Scale Length: 34” (864 mm) Width @ Nut: 1.50” (38mm) Hardware: Nickel/Chrome Machine Heads: 1966 Era Paddle Tuning Machines Bridge: Leo Quan Badass® II Pickguard: 4-Ply Tortoise Shell Pickups: 1 Custom Vintage P Bass, 1 Custom Vintage J Bass (Bridge) Pickup Switching: N/A Controls: Volume 1. (P Bass Pickup), Volume 2. (J Bass Pickup), Master Tone Other Features: Pearloid Block Position Inlays, Bound Rosewood Fingerboard, Jazz Bass® Pickup in the ‘70s Position (1/4” Closer to the Bridge), Knurled Chrome Control Knobs, Finger Rest in the Lower ‘60s Position, The finish is classed as 'relic' and the Fender blurb reads "Built as if bought new in its respective year and played a few times a year and then put carefully away. Has a few small dings, checked finish, oxidized hardware and aged plastic parts". The parts don't look that aged (if at all) but the body does feature checking - hopefully the pics give an idea of the finish. It comes with the Custom Shop deluxe black hardshell case and also the Certificate of Authenticity (it doesn't have the strap or cable that are normally found with these basses as these weren't present when I purchased it second-hand). I've weighed the bass using bathroom scales and it shows 9lbs laying flat (and 9.2lbs upright!). The bass itself is as you'd expect from the Custom Shop range - really well made, beautifully sounding and a delight to play. The reason for the sale is that I'm looking to downsize the number of basses that I have and this is the first to go. I'd prefer collection only rather than posting the bass out/courier method. I'm in Loughton (Essex) which, for drivers, is just off J26 on the M25, and for tube users is easily accessible via the central line - 15 mins from Stratford, 30 mins from Liverpool Street and 40 mins from Oxford Circus (there or thereabouts). I hope the above is helpful but if anyone has any questions please do not hesitate to let me know...
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    [quote name='scalpy' timestamp='1487616096' post='3241252'] The 'One' no less [/quote] Indeed...
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    [quote name='tinyd' timestamp='1487540424' post='3240681'] Agree totally, when JB calls Clyde and Bootsy back in, magic stuff! [/quote] That's the one..!
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    Oh bu@#er... The part right at the end of the 'live' version of Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose where he reintroduces the groove is one of my favourite bits of music ever. Live affirmigly groovy. What a shame...
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    Pooka. Female folksy acoustic duo from the early 90s. Drop tunings and eerie melodies/harmonies abound. Record companies hadn't a clue what to do with them.
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    Biggest Part of Me - Ambrosia Mornin' - Al Jarreau
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    [quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1486597687' post='3233235'] I right-click on a picture within my Dropbox folder and select "Copy Dropbox link". Then I come here and click on the little "image" icon on the editor, which prompts me to enter a link, so I paste the link I copied before, click ok... [/quote] Thanks so much, really appreciate it. Nice bass, btw...
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    Do the sites listed above allow you to copy and paste pics into a thread (if that makes sense?). I'm looking to list a bass for sale and I'm dreading trying to get images into the ad - would like the ad to show the images rather than links (unless someone tells me that's not the correct way to do it!) but know nothing about this type of thing at all...
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    See.oh.oh.ell... https://youtu.be/z_KoWlVkkQc
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    Always thought Paul Gray of the Damned looked cool. Ditto Pete Way of UFO and Norman Watt-Roy both circa late 1970s.
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    [quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1484487297' post='3215792'] [b]Standard CV bridge is chunky with brass saddles[/b], and you'll struggle to replace it with a vintage style as the hole spacing isn't standard on the CV. But £215 is a great deal![/quote] That's the one..!
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    I was in Guitar Guitar Birmingham on Thursday and they had a used CV 60s P-bass in Fiesta Red. It was up for £215. The previous owner had changed the knobs for muliti-coloured Strat-type plastic ones. The bridge looked a bit more chunky than a 60s bridge, but not being au fait with these models that may be standard for the bass? Anyway, for anyone looking for a s/hand one...
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    David Bowie - Aladdin Sane. It helped having the lyrics on the inner sleeve (with the exception of Let's Spend the Night Together). One of the few albums that I still listen to from start to finish these days. Definitely "that" album for me...
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    John Martyn - Small Hours
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    [quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1483797371' post='3210201'] There is also a nice companion piece here called [url="http://www.bowiewonderworld.com/bowienews/news.htm"]The Last Supper[/url]. [/quote] Thanks for that, wasn't aware of it... really good/nice piece.
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    I love this. Chuck Rainey (him again!) on bass... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dyf2naIPD9g
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    [quote name='casapete' timestamp='1482074671' post='3197403'] Mott the Hoople's (David Bowie) song 'All the Young Dudes' mentions T.Rex ( as well as the Beatles and the Stones ) [/quote] Bowie referenced a number artists/well know people in his songs - Andy Warhol, Aleister Crowley, Che Guevara, Benny Goodman, Twiggy, John Lennon to name but a few. Oh, and Mickey Mouse..!
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    Nevermind was released the same week as Screamadelica. Nevermind/Nirvana meant nothing to me, Screamadelica, on the other hand, was a game changer. One man's meat, and all that...
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    The one that does it for me is John Paul Jones and Ramble On. Bags of melody, groovy as you like and supports the song brilliantly. JPJ's playing encapsulates everything I love about bass in rock/pop music: groovy, funky, melodic, interesting and always adding to the song.
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    A black Fender Precision with a maple neck that hung on the wall in Woodroffes music shop in Brum, circa 1977/78. I used to get the train from Cov to Brum just to go and look at it. Woodroffes was a bigger store than Coventry music shops, where the staff in the latter were an elitist nightmare to beginners at the time. Woodroffes, on the other hand, were as friendly and welcoming as they could possibly be...
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    [quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1474664271' post='3139793'] Wahay - some great memorabilia on show here. I have one of those somewhere as well - pretty sure it's incomplete though! I do, however recall 1970 being the first World Cup (of far too many groan.....) with an expectation of England being capable of winning - 1966 was simply a bolt out of the blue. And at least there were some decent excuses back then - as you say Mr JF nobbling G Banks, R Moore etc etc - these days the average world class football star is pictured in Tatler or wherever sunning and cavorting on a foreign beach the day after England get beaten before the knockout stage even starts. [/quote] None of the Nike 'climacool' nonsense back then for the sweaty footballer, just Aertex shirts that looked like giant teabags. Black football boots (except for Alan Ball and possibly one of the Newton brothers) were de rigueur and sensible length shorts were, well, sensible. Happy days... My favourite Beatles album is Revolver.
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