The Bass Doc

I realise it may not be of any serious help to the OP but can anyone direct me to the (1970s?) video of the bass player who appeared to have very rubbery legs?

I'm saying original*. Around £300.00 would be nice. *Without prejudice, terms and conditions apply and mobiles will be considerably more.

I did something similar a while ago and can vouch for the 'flip-over' design to be comfortable. Brings to mind Mosrite.

Sounding good there............. Presumably there may be a time when your gigs with other bands will clash and a dep will be required. If it's for Rosie, would that mean the guy would be a hip replacement?

Whoever built that should be locked in a room with a sound system playing 'The Very Best of Peter Skellern' on a continuous loop.

If they either work (when tapped) or don't, it's not likely to be anything to do with magnetism, since that would be a weak signal but permanent. Most likely is a dodgy joint which will involve re-soldering - very carefully. If they work when tapped you're obviously creating the connection which is not engaging properly at times. Like a lot of queries of this nature however it can only be fully analysed by a techie person seeing the bass in front of them. I would help you myself in this case but I reckon I've just missed the last bus to Finland.

The picture shows an active EMG therefore 25K pots are appropriate. Not 250K or 500K.

Can't give specific minutes, but I once played in a band where the drummer would insist on hughly dragged out endings involving several trips around the kit and I was packed up before he decided that was the end of the final song by crashing the cymbals one last time.

[i]Seems[/i] to be rather nice, although a few decent pics would have been appreciated. Congrats Kev.

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1329567314' post='1544305'] BTW, what does that make yours worth Howard? [/quote] Well my tatty sunburst 63P was bought in Denmark Street for £450.00. Mind you petrol was 1/11d a gallon back then. I would expect a modest increase in value at the present time. My 1962 Jazz was £45.00 from a shop in South Shields. I think they were actually giving petrol away then.

Fart oo much. Wasn't the insanely clean 1962 just a tad more than £12K?

Went to school with Bryan Ferret of Roxy Music fame. Also my first band supported his when he was in a line-up called The Gas Board. Gateshead YMCA 1965 IIRC. Yes, I am old.

Oh Dear. I've fallen victim to the couplet of the day. At 8.09 pm:- What a Plonker Howard the Bass Doc pimped up my Roscoe Beck

[quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1328642851' post='1530614'] Don't lose too much sleep, items this good should absolutely be preserved, I'm sure the lucky buyer will have several pre-CBS players basses to take to the Dog n' Duck. I've said this before, if you had a mint 1965 Ferrari 250GT Daytona, you wouldnt use it for the school run, or leave it parked in the Lidl car park, but it was made to be driven!! Horses for courses. [/quote] I really doubt this bass will be gigged whereas a 1965 Ferrari 250GT 'made to be driven' I think would be, though not as we agree for trips to Lidl. BTW if you say 'horses for courses' quite quickly it can be followed up with 'Sure they do. That's how foals are conceived'

One thing slightly saddens me. This bass will almost certainly never see a gig, at least not at the weekly jam down at the Ferret and Scrotum. Not sure Leo would have approved. He did after all design and build things to be played rather than spend their life in some temperature controlled vault only to be gawped at few times a year. But I suppose once an owner pays the price he can do what he wants with it. Still makes me a bit sad though.

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1328123091' post='1522240'] John do you have a model number? [/quote] That'll be the Gotoh 201.

Difficult to be 100% certain unless anyone can scale up the photograph, but I have an original 1962 Jazz and, measuring from the bottom point of the scratchplate, the bridge pickup is hit at around 20mm. You should find your 70s version is further back and the white re-fin looks like it is also. Leaving the neck pocket untouched is quite a tasty thing to have done IMO - it shows the original colour and therefore that it's an 'honest' re-fin.

I would say that does indeed look like 70s spacing. Anything else make you suspicious?

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1327698685' post='1515721'] So these Veblen effects. Anyone tried them? Because I'm after an analogue type delay, see. [color=#ffffff].[/color] [/quote] Apparently the Veblen analogue delay is quite good but a bit expensive for what you get. I think they may be trading on their name to a certain extent.