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  1. Steve Browning
    I am just not a Jazz player and there's no point keeping a bass I simply don't play - however pretty it is. This bass plays every bit as good as it looks, it's a real stunner of a bass from the lawsuit era. Lovely candy apple red with matching headstock. It's never had a scratchplate, it would seem and probably looks all the better for it. It's got all the usual Jazz bass sounds in it and it's in great condition. Weight is a reasonable 9.4lbs on the scales. It still has the original Tokai gig bag. It's down near Portsmouth and I'd rather do some driving to meet up, rather than post it but it's not a case of collection only, though very much preferred. Shout out if you want any more information/pictures. Let's get this gone (please) - £575 for some seriously pretty Japanese build quality.
  2. Steve Browning
    I've done a few weekends. Monica and her Boogaloo promotions predominantly. Done Skeggy too. In all cases, decent money and well looked after.
  3. Steve Browning
    Surely you mean "all the basses you'll ever need - and a Jazz bass" 🙂
  4. Steve Browning
    The Independent also said "Axl Rose flips between a lower register that resembles a clogged lawnmower and a higher one that sounds like Barry Gibb suffering the mother of all wedgies". 🙂
  5. Steve Browning
    Might be worth adding (as it's a popular thing now, it seems) that this wonderful thing will run at 2 ohms (using the top pair of speaker outputs - the wording is on the top of the chassis). Even the cabs are wide-eyed and open mouthed at how good this is!
  6. Steve Browning
    Just back from trying/buying a Squier Precision from Charlie. Lovely guy to meet and chat with. Very knowledgeable and a good. Thanks Charlie.
  7. Steve Browning
    Just a bit of a follow-up on mine. I did say I wouldn't be using it on stage. That has proved to be a lie. It's true the basses can't be stored 'wired up' but I can mute the cable so it's not really any kind of issue, ands I don't really need to use the second (spare) bass anyway. I have a 3 guitar stand for the gigs that need the fretless too, so the Enki will just be for transport. Rhino's Revenge were on after us at Skeggy and Freddie (guitar) had a Scott Dixon that was very dented. Seemed to be perfectly serviceable though. All in all, it's a win for the Enki for me. It's done a good few gigs now and it's top notch protection for the basses.
  8. Steve Browning
    That's proper old school. Really need aircraft seats though.
  9. Steve Browning
    Wimp!! 🙂
  10. Steve Browning
    My noble steed.
  11. Steve Browning
    Hearty congratulations to the new owner. 👏
  12. Steve Browning
    There are times I wish I was remotely cool enough to play a T-bird. Doubly restricted by playing in a band with an ex UFO and Pete Way Band drummer. Rather too big a pair of boots to fill!
  13. Steve Browning
    Violin between the ages of 4 and 6. Piano from 6 to about 13 (with a stint on church organ during that time) and then self-taught on bass. The piano was a brilliant grounding, as it taught me harmony etc.
  14. Steve Browning
    These are remarkable amps. I can't see it being here for long. GLWTS.
  15. Steve Browning
    I have a CAR one and it's a superb instrument. Excellent bass and excellent value.
  16. Steve Browning

    MikeBass

    Steve Browning replied to MB1's topic in Feedback

    Almost 8 years and no deterioration in the quality of service! Bought V-Amp from Mike that arrived quickly and was well packaged. Thanks. Steve
  17. Steve Browning
    Always worth remembering that a mistake is ancient history the moment after it is made. Never beat yourself up about it.
  18. Steve Browning
    You'd think the Ukrainians could have picked off the board of the BoE easily enough, when they invaded.
  19. Steve Browning
    In my case, a machine head broke while I was tuning in the dressing room. Couple of odd electrical things over the years, but that's the main one.
  20. Steve Browning
    Generally, go with the singer (IMHO) if they make a mistake, otherwise plough on and let the miscreant find their way back (or stop playing!!). I wouldn't do the 'pointed look' as it will apparent to them that they've sphered it up and it alerts the audience to the fact. We might say that we played the jazz version when the number has finished.
  21. Steve Browning
    Yes please! PM incoming.
  22. Steve Browning
    Same here. If there is no need for the fretless I take two (main and spare).
  23. Steve Browning
    Blimey, there are my greatest hits. the '53, the '66 slab, the '66 Jazz and my '66 Precision. I don't recall fitting the EMG pickups on it. I had thought they were only on a Squier I had at the time, and used as my spare. Looking at that Jazz, it may not be my old one. That was more cream coloured with a tort scratchplate. Mark with the pony-tail and Dave Garland. Dave was/is a fine engineer/producer and we did a lot of work with Jim Lea of Slade. If I message you my remail address, would you be kind enough to email me the pictures?
  24. Steve Browning
    I remember it well, and the unhappy aftermath. I was a director of the company behind the studio and, as such, gave a guarantee for the rent. After I left, Mark emptied the studio and left me with a £37k CCJ for the outstanding rent! Luckily for me, the landlord was sympathetic and never enforced the debt but the repercussions were severe, they cost me far more than money. Getting back to the band, I seem to recall the guitarist using echo very much in the style of The Edge. The Jazz was a '66, and I've never really got on with them. The sunburst was probably my '66 also, and which I still own. The '51 was, in fact, 53. Oddly, it is featured in Haynes Fender Bass Manual, and even shows the certificate I got from John Entwistle (it was one of his old basses). The pics would be amazing to see!
  25. Steve Browning
    Indeed it does. I am that bass player. They created a job for me there so I could be a full time Pretty Thing (oh, the irony). 145 Wardour Street was the studio and we recorded the track there (as we did the rest of the album that followed). Mark St John was the 'owner' and he also played on the track (he's in the video too). Which band were you?
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