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Oooooooh... sounding good!

Top idea Mr The Greek

Those basses do look fantastic! I'd certainly be interested in giving a fretted model a tinkle and passing on comments at the Bass Bash and, since I'm in N Surrey and therefore close to a number of other Bass Bashers, might also be up for the passaround! Family commitments mean delivery a distance away could be difficult but happy to make localish arrangements or do a central London handover...

It’s one of their “Masterpiece Aged” models. Looks like you’re paying an extra grand or so to have someone ruin a perfectly nice £1-2k bass for you.

Good spot! Early logo Schecter.... Cant find a photo of a slab bodied bound bass but they did guitars in the same style in that period.

A few more faves for me... Colibri - Incognito The Enemy Within - Rush (from the album “Rush does reggae”, LOL!) Whenever I see your smiling face - James Taylor Lee Sklar catches a little pinch of joy and sprinkles if over a pretty simple walking bass line. But his playing stil brings a smile to my face every time I hear it!

I do love this one... And this one too... The fabulous Johnny Gus on bass. Finally there is this cracker too...

There’s a few Elwood’s coming... hopefully one will volunteer.

Exactly... What is rock? Thin Lizzy, Tom Petty, Meshugga, Dire Straits, Iron Maiden, Yes, The Stones, Talking Heads, Nirvana, U2, Coldplay, Dr Feelgood, PJ Harvey... What is pop? Lady Gaga, The Human League, The Carpenters, Black Lace, Carly Simon, The Beatles, Taylor Swift, Dusty Springfield, Pet Shop Boys, The Beach Boys...

Loads of types... from 20-30s swing bands through Wes Montgomery and Dave Brubeck to Joe Pass, Larry Carlton, smooth jazz to souly, funky, acidy jazz... so many great artists and styles to explore.

PM’d too

Apropos of nothing... a while back I discovered that the grandad of one of my little boy’s chums was cello player in ELO. Left before all the big hits though...

Yes, that would round off the selection nicely. I wonder whether I'll be able to spot my own basses?

And bearing in mind that lead vocals, two guitars and a bass were probably all going to be going through that single Watkins Dominator! And the pick-up on at least one of those guitars would be the scavenged mic from an Army surplus field radio or an RAF flying helmet shoved into the f-hole.

Sounds like a cue for a song... "Grandad, Grandad, we'll miss you. That's what we all say to you..."

@NickD looking forward to having a look at your Elwood and seeing how the Freeze works in practice...

He was a pop star/writer before he was known as a film composer. Sadly not on iplayer at at the moment but this programme had a great section on John Barry, his move into cinema and the Bond soundtracks https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03b965y

Updated Raffle List 1. EHX Mini QTron - Walman  2. Set of strings - Silverfoxnik 3. Couple of Bass tuition books - Silverfoxnik 4. Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler with power supply but no box. 5. Behringer BD121 Amp Modeller (boxed)  6. A big bundle of roots, blues, Americana ex-review CDs 7. 8. 9.  10.

Pleasant dree-eee-eee-eee-eams, dreams, dreams, dree-eams...

Maybe it’ll come to you while you’re asleep tonight! 😉 with that price and a bolshy seller like that it’s certainly not Walk Right Back to me this minute!

Erm... “Wake Up Little Susie”? “Cathy’s Clown”?

You guys really need to get a copy of Mo Foster’s iconic book which covers this era of Rock n Roll in the UK, with amazing insights from the key players of the time... available in several editions it was originally called “17 Watts?” But was reissued a while back in an expanded edition as... https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Rock-Guitar-Musicians-Stories/dp/0857160001/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1536430470&sr=8-1&keywords=Mo+Foster

Spotted this while out shopping today... looks like the Anglican Church in the middle of Guildford are even throwing a few Nirvana hits into their services these days!

I clearly haven't got the hang of this... this list is feeble... Pre Basschat: 1982 - Ariapro 2 SB700 1982 - Laney Linebacker 75w combo (sold 1988) Mid/late 80s - Arion pedal tuner (RIP), Boss CS-2 compressor (RIP), Boss LM-2B bass limiter (in attic), Boss BF-2 bass flanger (in attic), Boss CE-2B bass chorus (RIP about a week ago), Boss TU-12 tuner 1988 - Trace Elliott Series 6 1215 200w combo (died 2005 - in garage) 1989 - Squier Jazz (customised with EMGs, Badass and Hipshot D-tuner, later defretted. Sold 1999) 1989 - Boss TU-2 tuner pedal 1992 - Wal Custom Mk 1 1992 - Tony Revell custom built acoustic bass 1999 - SWR Workingman's 10 combo (Sold 2006) 2001 - Wal Pro Series Pro 2E 2002 - Lehle 3@1 pedal, Morley Dual Bass Wah (both in attic) 2005 - Ashdown Mag 300 Evo II 300w head and 4x10 cab (hated it, Sold 2006) 2005 - Buildabass Jazz off eBay for Frankenjazzing 2006 - Markbass LMII, Traveler 2x10, Traveler 1x15 2011 - Polytune tuner 2013 - Tech 21 VT Bass DI, EHX Pulsar Tremelo, T-Rex Fuel Tank power supply, Pedaltrain Pedalboard 2014 - Faith Neptune Titan acoustic bass 2015 JOINED BASSCHAT... 2016 - EHX Bass Soul Food OD 2018 - Little Lehle loop switcher pedal, Eden CaliforniWah, Eden i-90, Palmer PWT12 power supply ...Must try harder!

One Wal from me, ready and willing! Or two, if you fancy... (1985 Mk 1 Custom + 1979 Pro IIE) ...and an Aria SB (700 not 1000) but still an 80s classic.