MacDaddy

I would probably go for the worlds most expensive bass. The $250,000 bass guitar, The Ritter Royal Flora Aurum, was built by Jens Ritter, a luthier, or stringed instrument maker, from Germany. This luxurious bass has a body carved from a rare, solid piece of maple while the nut is carved from 10,000-year-old mammoth ivory. The fingerboard is decorated with a floral inlay pattern made of 24-karat gold. There’s even a black diamond set in platinum decorating each leaf. The bridge, tuner buttons and knobs are cast in gold. The knobs hold an additional embellishment: they are both topped with brilliant-cut diamonds (3.3 carats).

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='518713' date='Jun 19 2009, 06:33 PM']A few years ago I was looking for a nice s/h Musicman Stingray 5. After a long time trawling the shops and ebay, I finally gave up. Then one day I happened to go into a local small shop and spotted the perfect one - 1997 vintage sunburst. maple board, played like a dream, absolute mint condition. I got a great deal on it. I couldn't believe it. Then about 12 months later, in a fit of total madness, I sold it to buy an orange Bongo 5, which I kept for 5 minutes. I've regretted this ever since. Why do we do these stupid things? Anyone else done this, or simply bought something because it looked a bit 'different'?[/quote] no, but I was once on a promise that I turned down because I had a rehearsal. I regret that now

was unable to get a lift, so am at work instead. Maybe next year...

I own the combo he used at the Albert Hall

The Bitch on Bass - Rockbitch - played a fretless, and slapped it too! Amazing player.

So great customer service, but poor quality control?

[quote name='cetera' post='514720' date='Jun 15 2009, 08:43 PM']If you pass it on, please give me first dibs [/quote] 2nd dibs if Cetera passes!

[quote name='Eight' post='509749' date='Jun 9 2009, 11:44 PM']Just going to bump this to ask a quick question. If you play with three fingers, do you always run 4,3,2,4,3,2,4,3,2 etc. (or is that 3,2,1 - can never remember whether the thumb is counted on bass) or 4,3,2,3,4,3,2,3.4 etc.? I tend to use a kind of floating thumb technique for muting (in the sense that I'm trying ) Cheers.[/quote] as the OP r-m-i-r-m-i-r-m-i but i'm trying to i-m-r. I also play a lot of i-r as the main fingers.

The Musicians Union has plenty of advice on this, and advice for members including an agreement with airlines for it's members.

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='509916' date='Jun 10 2009, 09:36 AM']No updates [/quote] no, I'll ping Jon an email later.

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='493547' date='May 20 2009, 06:13 PM']If anyone is going from South West London and has a spare seat let me know. I'll share petrol costs.[/quote] nobody?

[quote name='dood' post='507476' date='Jun 7 2009, 12:53 PM']Or possibly Paul Gray as in 'Eddie and the Hotrods', 'UFO' and 'The Damned' - not 100% sure about the damned, but he defintely toured with Captain Sensible's band. Awesome Gibson Thunderbird tone and WHAT A PLAYER![/quote] yep, he was in the Damned between The Hotrods and UFO. He replaced Algy Ward after Machine Gun Etiquette. I think he does a column in BGM.

Was it Eden who on their website had the amp that had been through a house fire? IIRC it was scorched and the nobs had melted away but it still worked fine.

I don't think anyone would be posting on this thread if they didn't care. We all want a great Bass mag.

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='506893' date='Jun 6 2009, 11:56 AM']In an age of modern amps,cabs and bass electronics,why do some players just play with fingers?[/quote] because they can. [quote name='silddx' post='506926' date='Jun 6 2009, 12:51 PM']In an age of DAW and sequencers, why do you bother playing bass at all?[/quote] hasn't harmed Def Leppard. [quote name='Bassassin' post='506941' date='Jun 6 2009, 01:15 PM']It is a bit of an old chestnut, this. The answer is simple. "Bassists" who use plectrums are not true bassists - they are failed guitarist scum and it is the duty of every right-thinking real bassist to seek them out and smash their hands with a hammer, so they do not cheapen & degrade the purity & skill of proper bass playing with this abominable perversion of theirs. Praise The Lord. Easy, really. Jon.[/quote] what he said

[quote name='Buzz' post='482094' date='May 7 2009, 03:46 PM']I don't see how being good with watch repairs is obscene..... [/quote] Tell that to Sylar. No news for a while. Still waiting I knew the 4 week completion date was a tad optimistic

I'd still stick with the P. Verndine White seems to always have had a p pup on all the basses he used, so that would be good enough for me

Well if the choice is from your sig I'd say the P will be ideal.

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='505863' date='Jun 4 2009, 09:45 PM']Could be the old triple switcheroonie - P on Dirnt, T on Jazz, Jazz on P. Happens more often than you'd think - retailer gets bored on a wet Wednesday in Morecambe and decides to change all the necks around for a laugh.[/quote] So don't buy a bass in Morecambe?