Spoombung

[quote name='Beedster' post='840577' date='May 18 2010, 10:05 AM']Somewhere in darkest north east England there is a very pretty piece of ash with my name on it. It's shaped, coincidentally enough, like a Precision bass. So, I have a blank Precision body, and although I'll be more than happy to let the builder in question do everything pretty much as Leo did 60 years ago, I'm considering a few minor deviations from the traditional. Anyone got any interesting ideas? Chris[/quote] You're strictly traditional in your tastes, aren't you? You don't seriously want 'new ideas', do you?

Number 3 is head and shoulders above the other two in terms of sound and clarity.

There's no better bass than a Wal and that's a beauty. Congrats

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='838224' date='May 15 2010, 04:17 PM']Well he's gradually coming down... £1100[/quote] Hmmm interesting. Keep the £550 offers going in, guys.

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='838135' date='May 15 2010, 01:52 PM']I've seen that listing before... or at least all of that info and pics etc, possibly on another forum or such! I'll offer him £500 for you. [/quote] Much obliged....

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='837651' date='May 14 2010, 09:35 PM']All the way from Vilnius, Lithuania.[/quote] Yes, I noticed. Should that worry me?

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='837601' date='May 14 2010, 08:44 PM']Half a dozen guys off here making offers of £550 aught to get them to warm to your offer. [/quote] Indeed. Come on, chaps!

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='837502' date='May 14 2010, 07:03 PM']Make them an offer.[/quote] I did. I offered £670. The seller then offered me a bargain £1500. AFRs go for anywhere between 600 and 800 euros/pounds normally.

Ibanez AFR fretless at....jeeeezzz ...£1599! One of my dream basses is up for sale at an [b]enormously inflated price[/b] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130388858907&ssPageName=STRK:MEBOFFX:IT#ht_3251wt_1052"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...#ht_3251wt_1052[/url]

Could be interesting as I don't know anything about GB basses...

Is that for one of your students?

Very interesting. Thanks for posting

[quote name='NJE' post='832879' date='May 10 2010, 10:41 AM']Sandberg made a 2 string bass which I saw in an old issue of BGM or BP. Full size body I think, looked very odd. Also remeber Tony Levin's 3 string Stingray? I have been trying to find a picture of it for ages but I seem to remeber it got caught up in a house fire he had.[/quote]

[quote name='Gwilym' post='832079' date='May 9 2010, 12:11 PM']The Gallery sell them in Camden. That's where I bought mine about 18months ago. Just sold it to another forum member, and it's on the way to Greece as I type. They are really nice basses, and I don't have a bad word to say about them, so well worth trying out if you can. I think the pre-amp is very musical and versatile, I couldn't get a bad tone out of it. Playability was fantastic too. The BN5 fretless I tried at the Gallery was also a very awesome instrument. Main reason I sold mine to to help fund a nice fretless 5, and that could turn out to be an F, if I find one with fret inlays.[/quote] The gallery website says they're "special order" so I suppose there's no opportunity to try one out in the shop anymore.

By the way, I really like the way the design reminds me of a a shakuhachi flute. It almost looks like it was made from bamboo. I love that kind of thing - a new design that has a relationship with a particular culture and the past. Beautiful.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='832819' date='May 10 2010, 09:16 AM']Spoombung - from the [url="http://www.ishibashi.co.jp/u_box/ubox.cgi?T=gazo&word=2&or8=32&key=&equal1=&value5=&select5=down&print=40"]Ishibasi Ubox[/url]. Unfortunately they're not particularly keen on dealing with foreign sales these days except through their eBay store where the selection is far less extensive and also far too mainstream for my tastes. Luckily I had a bit of help.[/quote] Thanks for the info. I've got a few friends in Tokyo that may be able to help me out too...

Oh man, I've wanted an Atlansia (of any kind) for ages - but that is a [i]real[/i] find. Congratulations, I'm jealous. Where did you find it, BTW?

Or 3:

[quote name='BigRedX' post='831311' date='May 8 2010, 11:35 AM']Can I ask why you need the tab? What's wrong with using your ears and working it out from the recording?[/quote] Yeah. Ears are all for hearing!

[quote name='Rumble' post='830993' date='May 7 2010, 08:13 PM']Should you happen to visit any of your friends in Coventry, you might as well pop in given that I live in Cov too! I think I've only ever seen one 4 string F bass and I'm not sure if they're still making them. I actually got mine from another BC'er.[/quote] I'll PM you if I make it up to Cov this year!

Thanks for the description - very interesting. I've never seen one in the UK - did you buy yours through a dealer? Also, I can't see many fbass 4 strings on the web - have they stopped making them? I'd love to pop in for a cuppa and a play but I'm not up in the Midlands that much (although I do have some friends in Coventry)

[quote name='lojo' post='830260' date='May 7 2010, 06:28 AM']What do you guys think the perfect bass is for a 5 piece pop style functions band, music from your nan's favorites, to disco through Kylie to modern x factor winner type pop acts?[/quote] Just get any old bass.