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[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1486930557' post='3235690'] Looks nice, although I'm not wild about the tart's-handbag neck inlay. I'd certainly have a fretted one but without the flowery excess. I love my acoustic bass, Ok so it's not loud enough to compete with an acoustic guitar, but that doesn't bother me. It's fun to just noodle about on. If I buy another fretless bass, it will definitely be one of these. [/quote] Quite like the design of that bass though fretless is sooooo not my thing. However, the sunburst and the matt finish makes it look like someone hoiked it off the assembly line before the last few finishing operations had been done. The design and marketing teams should definitely have a stern talk to themselves and think up some more attractive finishes. So what is my guilty pleasure nominee? I see several folks are forgetting to add their own choices in, without which this thread kinda doesn't work. Well, for no other reason than having a hankering for one I've always fancied the idea of having one of these... No idea what I'd ever actually use it for, whether I'd get on with the 30" scale and a less dour colour would be nice.

There was another version they recorded that didn't have the intro. I think the one in the mixtape was an alternate take. It's a cracking bass intro. Glad the alternate version is available out there.

From the YouTube clip it sounds like the drums Andy bass intro are integral. Here's another... http://youtu.be/RUhAlsgmu3U

http://youtu.be/86NYDQh8WuU

Shazam suggests that it is Confusion - The Two Things In One once the guitar kicks in... http://www.allmusic.com/album/together-forever-the-music-city-sessions-mw0002173637/credits Johnnie Lee Tucker on the bass...

Very very sad. Such a great singer.

No idea, Rob. There can't be many!

[quote name='prowla' timestamp='1486889715' post='3235211'] (This is a bit like the "Why are the adverts on telly louder than the programme?" question.) If you turn up all of the eq, does that count as boosting the signal? :-) Actually, I really did mean the overall volume; my Rickys aren't as loud as my Statii... :-) [/quote] Depends on the profile of the tone controls. You're unlikely to get a straight level boost. You're more likely to get a lumpy louder version of the non boosted sound, esp since most active tone controls will boost across a sort of bell curve profile centred around a particular frequency.

Was having dinner out last night and this came on the restaurant Muzak... different take to be sure. I rather like it! http://youtu.be/UIPL1NwQAY0

Reposting a comment from Rob Burns in the Wal Facebook group... "May want to exchange my prototype Wal 6 string for a Wal 4 or 5 string ebony fretless. Any interest?" Rob was considering this prior to his recent nasty hand injury and we'd been discussing offline prior to his accident so not directly related. The bass in question is a solid ash 6 string that Pete had used as a prototype for the 6 string/Mark III design. He gave it to Rob as a gift... and it's a beaut! Currently de-fretted but Rob has the original frets and is happy to restore to original. His motivation is he's just not using it and would rather it was. On the other hand, he sold both his 4's many moons ago and has realised over the years that was a huge mistake. Facebook link here. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154746347810860&set=gm.10155064814884312&type=3&theater Info about the bass on my Wal blog here. http://walbasshistory.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/wal-players-discuss-their-basses-rob.html If you're seriously interested PM Rob on Facebook. Mods if inappropriate or wrongly placed please do your thing. No personal affiliation with the sale other than having know Rob for years through social media and via my Wal history blog.

Reposting a comment from Rob Burns in the Wal Facebook group... "May want to exchange my prototype Wal 6 string for a Wal 4 or 5 string ebony fretless. Any interest?" Rob was considering this prior to his recent nasty hand injury and we'd been discussing offline prior to his accident so not directly related. The bass in question is a solid ash 6 string that Pete had used as a prototype for the 6 string/Mark III design. He gave it to Rob as a gift... and it's a beaut! Currently de-fretted but Rob has the original frets and is happy to restore to original. His motivation is he's just not using it and would rather it was. On the other hand, he sold both his 4's many moons ago and has realised over the years that was a huge mistake. Facebook link here. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154746347810860&set=gm.10155064814884312&type=3&theater Info about the bass on my Wal blog here. http://walbasshistory.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/wal-players-discuss-their-basses-rob.html If you're seriously interested PM Rob on Facebook.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1486318004' post='3230851'] I think people confuse boosting signal with boosting eq? [/quote] [quote name='prowla' timestamp='1486745452' post='3234334'] My rule is: if it sounds louder, then it is louder! [/quote] Hmmm... I think you might be confusing boosting signal with boosting eq!

[quote name='scalpy' timestamp='1486797610' post='3234576'] I remember seeing this at the time by complete chance, fair play she had some guns. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GmXkEhs00lo [/quote] Gobsmacked. That's some "understudy"!

This seemed appropriate too, just for one particular line... Young people today, eh? http://youtu.be/5J7IrPVLc4U

Looks like Aretha is planning a nice quiet cosy retirement... Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul is retiring to spend time with her family http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38920434 Can't see anyone claiming her throne as the Queen of Soul, not from the current crop of singers...

On the topic of album cover locations there's 23 Heddon Street just off Bond Street where the Ziggy Stardust cover was shot and Berwick St in Soho for What's the Story Morning Glory plus a host of others... http://www.popspotsnyc.com/london/

[quote name='steve-soar' timestamp='1372888828' post='2131365'] [i][url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVL8IZWNh5k"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVL8IZWNh5k[/url][/i] [/quote] Time for a Chris Squire Sig Squier! Actually, to tell the truth, watching the progress of Gelfin's Chris Squire Mouradian replica on the Builds forum I'm sooooo very tempted to suggest to Andy that we do a replica of Chris' lost bass as one of his next Custom builds...

I'm very happy with the TRex Fuel Tank mounted under myPedaltrain.

Didn't know that Paul did a MIM range!

Also always worth checking out online what's going on at The Bedford in Balham.

Not been yer but there's the new big GuitarGuitar in Camden. An area which also has many good music venues, of course (my personal fave being Green Note - but that may be a bit too Americana for the gang).

[quote name='mikel' timestamp='1486678165' post='3233857'] Mercy, The Third Degree. Fields of Gold. Eva Cassidy. [/quote] Big +1 for The Third Degree's cover of Mercy and for Blinded By The Light http://youtu.be/YU12FrWWVqA And I'll throw in a couple more... Thin Lizzy - Rosalie http://youtu.be/ow20ZvF_DdM I Spy For The FBI - The Untouchables http://youtu.be/QHItHKfzW7A

Hey Zom, flagged this in the Facebook Wal bass group. There are already a few guys who want some details! Time to spill the beans!

At the risk of sounding repetitive, OBBM made my up some interconnections for my pedal board and some odd, bespoke connectors with very non standard jack/phono combinations. All top notch last-a-lifetime quality. I would really like to buy more cables from him but there's just one thing stopping me. All my other cables are Cleartones and they resolutely refuse to break. Next ones will be OBBM ones though.

GP deffo needs to look at it. "Severe pain in my joint, highly restricted movement, visible swelling and hard mass developing under the joint, severity has got worse over the last few weeks" should be sufficient to get a same day appointment. Phone them and put it in those terms.