silverfoxnik

[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' post='121418' date='Jan 16 2008, 12:40 PM']Just a bit of feedback for Nik as a Buyer (of sorts)...let me explain. Nik bought a 4u rack case off me in December. Despite Parcelfarce firstly delivering it back to me the next day (a technical error I'm assured) and then losing the case entirely, Nik has been an absolute Gentleman and has the patience of a Saint. Apologies again Nik and thanks for all your understanding and sense of humour!![/quote] "Parcelfarce" Thanks Nick; can definitely say the same on your side too.. Great communications all the way through Parcelfarce's cock-up! Nik

Really good question Hit&Run and some realy good ideas here which I'm going to try out myself in future as I've had this problem on my basses before.. Amazing that such a crucial thing as the way the pick ups sit in the body of the bass, is so badly thought through by a lot of bass manufacturers??

Thanks for the replies folks - I'll give Bernie a call today..

[quote name='clauster' post='120966' date='Jan 15 2008, 05:05 PM']Might just pop along. Can visit some old friends in Worthing on the way. Might even drag them along too.[/quote] Look forward to meeting you then! WalMan's band are great so you'll have a good night....Even though it is Littlehampton

I've not yet met Pete or heard his playing but we've been speaking over the last few days, as he's been on his 'Lakland Mission', which appears to be successfully completed now! We had a really good chat about bass stuff at the weekend and what impressed me most, was just how far Pete is prepared to travel in search of bass 'perfection'! If we had the Basschat equivalent of 'airmiles' - acquired in the pursuit of all things Bass and appeasing the GAS - then I suspect Pete would have enough for a trip to Mars and back by now!

[quote name='Thunderthumbs' post='120873' date='Jan 15 2008, 03:49 PM']How about this one....a bit of good feedback for someone without even buying from or selling to them! I missed out on the Lakland DJ5 Nik was selling by a couple of hours. But hey, that's the way the cookie crumbles. But what a guy Nik is......he phoned me the next day to let me know he saw another Lakland up for sale elsewhere on Basschat, just in case I was interested. That is what I call a "diamond geezer" Cheers Nik......oh, and picking it up tomorrow, so many thanks for the call.[/quote] Cheers Pete! Just 'speading the love' as Owen said when last December when he sent me a replacement B string saddle free of charge for my Roscoe Beck 5 string! That's what this forum is all about IMHO.. Look forward to hearing all about the JO5 very soon. Enjoy! Nik

Hi Folks Just wondering if anyone has one of the EBS pre-amps that Bernie Goodfellow supplies and fits in basses and if so, do you know if the pots can be trimmed in any way to adjust which frequencies are increased/decreased? Hope that makes sense...... Cheers Nik

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='120423' date='Jan 14 2008, 08:57 PM']Give us a bit more notice next time and I'll bring the boys along.[/quote] Cheers John - will do! Hi Clauster - it's The Crown pub in Littlehampton High Street in good ol' West Sussex..

[quote name='Machines' post='119922' date='Jan 14 2008, 07:45 AM']You want some advice ? That bath robe doesn't really go with the bass. I think you should go for something dark blue/black . Other than that yeah good playing.[/quote] +1 Nice chunky sound to the bass too...

Having owned a Spector 5 and an MTD 5 (albeit the cheaper models ) I think they are very difficult to compare to each other - a bit like trying to compare a Fender to a Gibson, for want of a better example. Great in their own right, but a bit like chalk & cheese. With the kind of money you're talking about spending, both would be very high quality basses but you would need to play examples of both of them first to be sure of what you actually prefer. Gwilym's offer of help is really worth taking up if you can. IIRC, the Spectors have narrower string spacing for a start and that makes a huge difference to the feel of a bass..and the MTDs have an asymmetrical neck - again, very different to a Spector.. And that's before you compare anything else like woods, body shape, neck, electronics & pick ups etc, etc.. Good luck with it all - should be a lot of fun!

Yes - my Wal Pro 2e and my Fender Roscoe Beck V and of these two basses, I'd never part with the Wal because they are getting even rarer and rarer to find! However................ the GAS never ends!!

[quote name='stewblack' post='119404' date='Jan 13 2008, 09:43 AM']I cannot let this pass! Twas none other than the mighty Bruce Thomas, novelist, biographer, dog walker and bass player extraordinaire. To some of us he is the greatest.[/quote] Thanks for that! I have to agree, he's a great player and to do that so well in the context of the post-punk era and Costelloe's 3 minute pop classics (that needed to be untarnished by overplaying..) makes him even more 'great' IMHO.

[quote name='WalMan' post='119363' date='Jan 13 2008, 12:48 AM']Well it was actually tonight I made & the Roscoe Beck was sounding niiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!! Good gig Nik. Catch up for that pint soon Al[/quote] Good to see you last night Al, thanks for coming along with Mrs WalMan and sticking around till the end! I am looking forward to reciprocating the favour and seeing one of your Alibi gigs in February! Will be very interested to see exactly what 5 string you'll be playing then? Just checked my gig list so may see you on Jan 26th at The Crown as I'm not gigging that night Nik

Gigging tonight at The Elms again in Worthing if any of the West Sussex Basschat crew are around!

[quote name='cetera' post='114984' date='Jan 6 2008, 09:20 PM']I've got a lovely '76..... beautifully ergonomically designed like my Spectors..... very shapely with a full, tight bottom and just enough top end to attract your attention without dominating the mix. VERY easy on the eye & a pleasure to play.....[/quote] Sounds brilliant... I want one of them - where do you get them from??

[quote name='Sibob' post='15626' date='Jun 11 2007, 01:54 PM']So my current originals list of gigs reads as follows: 1st Feb FSOF @ The Mill - Rayleigh, Essex 2nd Feb FSOF @ The Irish CLub - High Wycombe, Bucks 8th Feb FSOF @ Function Rooms - Weston-Super-Mare 4th May'08 FSOF @ Myfest '07 - North Weald, Essex At weekends, if i'm not playing any of the dates above, then chances are i'm playing covers gigs in the Greater/Central London & Bucks/Berks/Oxon areas. SEE LIST BELOW FOR COVERS DATES Hope to see you all soon Si[/quote] Hi Si, Sadly, your gigs are that bit too far for me to get to but hope they go well for you. How's things going with you? Nik

[quote name='dlloyd' post='119043' date='Jan 12 2008, 11:00 AM']Here's the video of her playing with Jeff Beck at the Crossroads festival. It has the Stevie Wonder tune that's been around a bit on Talk Bass etc, but also Big Block. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gO7FI_ogvA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gO7FI_ogvA[/url][/quote] Cheers - that was good.. What's that bass she's using - is it a Sadowsky?