Paul S

DTK still not coming to Essex, Gary?

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1399987874' post='2449617'] I have never felt the urge to film myself playing and post it, but the people who do have saved me months of time in working bass lines out. For that I thank you one and all. [/quote] This. Usually even if they are wrong or badly played you can get a handle on something just by watching the playing position. Increasingly my ears are not so good so any help I can get is great.

I'd buy it off him for £60

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1399890925' post='2448605'] The listing was ended because the item is no longer available. Possibly sold elsewhere, or someone made the seller an off-ebay offer. [/quote] Sorry, not clear was it - I meant Lemmywinks' mate's Raven.

£50?! Yikes. What happened to it?

'Too many' is a different number for every individual. If you have lots and you like them, have the space to store them and don't need to money to sell the ones you don't play much then it is purely a matter between you, your partner and your bank balance. I've got loads - far more than I could ever 'need' - but I enjoy playing all the different ones, all the different nuances, playing positions and tones. I'd rather spend an evening tinkering with a new bass, or an old favourite, than go down the pub or watch mindless sh*te on the TV. I might decide at next rehearsal to give X a blast for a change. Or at the next gig, rather than my 'go to'. Eventually I fall out of love with one and I'll move it on but right up until then I'll keep it and play it when the whim takes me. Or I might have GAS for something, buy it, find I don't like it after all and move it on more quickly. I don't see why anyone else needs to get involved .

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1399809180' post='2447832'] I know there are a lot of people who pronounce it "Rickenbarker". Mainly Americans I have to say. But Status is definitely "Stay-tus". [/quote] I pronounce Rickenbacker as 'Overbearing Copyright Bullies' - which I believe is the correct translation from the root word. Status is a latin word and in latin based languages the 'a' is generally short as in 'hat' and a 'u' is short as in 'push'. Which plainly sounds f*&^ing ridiculous, so I always pronounce it Stay-tus with a glotteral stop on the second T because I live in south Essex.

Nearly 11lbs, sadly. I had the matching 'Falcon', too. A brace of black beauties. [attachment=162434:raven1.jpg][attachment=162435:wash1.jpg]

Makes my back twinge just looking at it! I love these, still miss my old one but they are just too heavy. And that is a cracking price.

I'd always default to Westone - not only do they make superlative quality, value-for-money basses but also 6 string. Some models are fitted with MMK45 pickups which have a bit of a cult following. Huge monster humbucking tone on those. Thunder, Spectrum, Pantera or - king of the heap, Prestige (although you'd struggle to find one in the price bracket) Some have active circuitry, some have coil tap - depends upon the model. I have a Thunder 1T, which is passive, has 2 x humbuckers (though not the MMK45), coil tap and tremelo which I reckon sounds as good as my mates Gibson Studio. Cost me £33!! .

I always use the Interparcel/[s]UPS[/s] edit DHL - what is the matter with my brains -option and have never had any issues. And my feedback is a hot topic - I am now on quite chatty terms with the local driver! I would say without exception with every other courier I have ever used or tried to use there has always been a problem or potential problem - late to pick up, no shows, late delivery, damaged, small print exclusions from insurance etc. Particularly fed up with Royal Mail at the moment. I tried to send a parcel to France yesterday with a plant inside. Was asked what was inside, I told them. Sorry, can't send plants to France. I know for a fact that, as we are both EU members, there is free trade and passage of plant material (with a very few exceptions). Every year I drive from Holland to France with a car full of plants: lorries come back and forth through France all day, every day, through France laden with all things horticultural and botanical. So there is some tiny bureaucratic nonsense unique to Royal Mail that prohibits this. I ended up going to the next post office and told them, when asked, it was a toy.

I'd also say not all black nylons are the same. I once had Rotosound Trubass, which were like having giant earthworms on your bass, and currently have Status black nylons, which I really like. Much smaller gauge, very acoustic sounding, feel nice - cheap, too.

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1399455013' post='2444316'] Saw him playimng it last night. Chris is a big lad these days, it looked the most horribly uncomfortable object to play. Bet he's glad it's just for one song. [/quote] Yes, reaching down to the lowest neck (fretless, I think?) he had to reach all the way around the front of that cod-piece, or whatever it is he has tucked down the front of his trousers.

I had one a few years ago, sold it when I had no more use for a fretless. Bought another last year when I did, now sold it again. I find them perfectly ok. But I replaced my last one with a Westone Thunder 1A fretless which, for me, is better in every way. I prefer the bass itself, the way it is built, the unlined rosewood fretboard, the tone. It just feels more comfortable and of better quality. Status black nylon flats and off I go.

My old one had Seymour Duncan pickups fitted in both positions and as the covers both had 'Basslines' written on them I guess that is a straight fit.

Middle front row of the circle at the Cliff's Pavilion for me and Mrs S - booked on the 'priority booking' scheme to get a good seat. Not to be missed! Probably said it before but, for me, it is Mark King's finger style playing that impresses most. Some of the lines he plays are rather complex and he just stands there playing them and singing at the same time.

I could spend a fortune on gear - £250 on a socket, £3000 on a kettle lead, a few grand on a head and more on a cab, a boutique bass fashioned from tone woods .... but at the end of the chain there are always my ears, which are fairly royally shagged.

[quote name='gareth' timestamp='1399063646' post='2440717'] Yes c u at Jeff Beck Paul [/quote] I am in the same seat as the Yes gig, so I probably will if you are too!