silverfoxnik

All told, about 60-70 gigs.. Some great, some just OK and a couple that were dreadful! Wouldn't miss it for the world though and this years looks even busier

[quote name='Jonny Walker' post='112068' date='Jan 2 2008, 12:21 AM']Cheers Nik, your Wal looks really nice. Havent they stopped making basses?[/quote] Thanks! Yes; sadly, that is the case. Although there's talk that Paul Herman who used to work for Wal for many years and who is himself, an excellent guitar maker, is taking the Wal brand forward. Paul currently works in Twickenham at Charlie Chandlers Guitar Experience I believe..

[quote name='neilb' post='111930' date='Jan 1 2008, 07:33 PM']You ask for views - to me that is about as "porn" as Anne Widdicombe pleasuring herself. Ive always disliked Gibson style basses.[/quote] That's really not a nice visual image But the bass is cool!

Shocking

[quote name='beeg' post='110442' date='Dec 29 2007, 05:08 AM']have played bass for 20 years but not recently in bands want to get back in the saddle. Interested in just about anything interesting.[/quote] Hi, A good friend of mine who's a drummer and lives in Enfield might be interested, so I've emailed him on your behalf. I'll PM you or leave another post here when he gets back to me. Happy New Year! Nik

Even though it's probably a good idea to upgrade them ASAP, have you tried adjusting the height of the pick ups to make them more balanced?

[quote name='Muppet' post='111264' date='Dec 31 2007, 01:25 AM']Ask Nicky Wire - he plays them. Ooops, sorry, he pretends to, probably not the best endorsement come to think of it....[/quote]

[quote name='Hutton' post='111322' date='Dec 31 2007, 09:27 AM']What you describe as 'terrible sound' is pure bliss to the ears of others. Thank goodness there are all sorts of basses/strings etc to enable a wide palette of sounds.[/quote] Gotta admit, I love the sound of it too. And the playing which is really good. How amazing to hear the spill from the rest of the tracks!

[quote name='Alun' post='110969' date='Dec 30 2007, 02:27 PM']Do you know if its louder than another Hartke? The reason I ask is that the fan on my 3500 was always noisy, to the point where it couldn't be used for recording if there was anything miked up in the same room. Cheers, Alun[/quote] I had the same problem with my HA3500 and if I was playing quietly at home practicing, the fan was really off-putting because the noise from it was at a certain pitch that clashed with standard concert tuning! Maybe it just objected to my playing? But seriously, for such an industry standard amp, it's a major design flaw! It was the main reason I got rid of the Hartke and went for a GK 700 RB, which is as quiet as a mouse in comparison.

[quote name='Sean' post='111240' date='Dec 31 2007, 12:17 AM']Not the best photos but you get the idea?[/quote] Very nice! Be interesting to hear your Lakky 4 next to my 5?

[quote name='Marky L' post='110889' date='Dec 30 2007, 11:37 AM']I was in a SC yesterday and they had some Italia guitars on the wall. I was immediately drawn to the shiny sparkles. Lots of lovely retro feel details and nice creamy coloured plastic. Anyway, further along was what struck me first as being a most foul bass, but then within seconds I saw the beauty hidden in the beast! Italia Modulo Tipo 3 in a rich blue sparkle, with a crazy raised silver beading around the middle edge of the body. I was unable to plug it in, but my first impression on picking it up was how back breakingly heavy it was. It felt OK to play though, but it's just the fantastic styling of these things. [url="http://www.arbiter.co.uk/italia/electric_bass_guitars/modulo_tipo_3_bass_guitar.htm"]<a href="http://www.arbiter.co.uk/italia/electric_b...bass_guitar.htm" target="_blank">http://www.arbiter.co.uk/italia/electric_b...bass_guitar.htm[/url]</a> Has anyone had any real experiance of these guitars? Are they just fancy looking tat,or is there some actual real guitar hidden under those tarty come hither and abuse me looks?!?! And anyone that puts this in the description "[b]Sparkle top on flawlessly applied Mother-of-Toilet-Seat Pearloid[/b].".. that's genius! M[/quote] Very cool! Wonder if anyone knows what they sound like?

[quote name='WalMan' post='110963' date='Dec 30 2007, 02:19 PM']It's not Bernie so far as I am aware. The shop is in an attic over a clothes shop and has been there for a while now. Seems to carry a lot of second hand stuff. I always have a look in on the way past because I tend to park at that end of town and walk down through North Lanes. When you can get in the College car park is £3 all day on Saturdays so a lot cheaper than the normal NCP rip off parking[/quote] Mmm.. Sounds worth a visit, but as I'm GAS free at the moment, better not

[quote name='WalMan' post='110802' date='Dec 30 2007, 02:15 AM']Just having my post Christmas wander round Brighton this afternoon, call into GAK, take the MP3 player back to Richer (and the replacement is still not sorted I think it may be the PC), try to find something to do for 5 or 6 hours while the missus sits round her friends house and polishes off a bottle of wine & a fair bit if Grand Marnier - [i]ANYWAY[/i] had a quick look in the guitar place over the top of the clothes shop at the north end of Sydney Street and they have a couple of EBS combos (Gorm 15 & Neo Drome 12) three heads and some cabs as well as 3 Ken Smith Jazz basses (a fretless and two fretted as I recall) Sorry all a bit vague as I cannot remember the name of the shop or exactly what they have as I am presently trying to surpress GAS but if that's the sort of thing you are looking for and you are down south it may be worth a look. The basses were around the £950 mark I think.[/quote] Bernie Goodfellow sells the Ken Smith Design basses and EBS gear so maybe Bernie has a new shopfront? Bass_ferret will probably know the answer to this one Al...

Sandberg do a nice P-bass clone too... [url="http://www.sandberg-guitars.de/"]http://www.sandberg-guitars.de/[/url]

[quote name='nig' post='108030' date='Dec 22 2007, 10:37 AM']Hi Nik, well its a normal band thing, myself and the drummer wanted to not travel so far,( 2 to 3 hrs each way for 70 quid, less fuel and beers ) learn new songs , stop playing to 1 man and his dog, get better gigs but do less, the guitarist just wants to play blues till he dies and he had a yoko ono syndrome missus who came to every gig, so me and the drummer got the bullet, such is life. And Happy Christmas and a Great New Year to you Nik and all at Basschat....take care and 'dont let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy' ;-)[/quote] Hi Nig, Sorry to hear that but I can totally see your point of view! The yoko ono syndrome story reminds me of Janine in Spinal Tap! Scary.. Hope you had a good Xmas! Nik

Lovely bit of wood and, IMHO, the classic SR4 look!

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='109842' date='Dec 27 2007, 01:08 PM']which is why I also have this: [/quote] Very nice! I remember it from the South East Bash in August... Uber light IIRC?

[quote name='Hamster' post='109831' date='Dec 27 2007, 12:19 PM']I can't believe I'm the first one to come up with HMWYRS by Sir Norman Watt-Roy. Hamster[/quote] +1 Fabulous!

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='109440' date='Dec 26 2007, 12:31 PM']I'm looking at getting a jazz/jazz shape quivalent (e.g Fender/Lakland etc... figure that everybody should have one in their arsenal) Thanks! oh... and hope everybody enjoyed their Christmas day![/quote] +1 Everyone should have at least one jazz in the collection!..Visually, there's something so classic about the Jazz bass look for me, even more so than the Precision.. Well, here's my bunch: Fender Roscoe Beck V Lakland DJ5 and my cheap as chips copy which plays great for an £89 bass! Christmas was good thanks - hope yours was too! Nik