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Haven't tried one, but apparently they're Samick (Korean) bodies with Schaller hardware assembled in the US for a brief time in the early '80's. Price is probably about right if in decent nick, and it'd be a Precision clone with a bit of rarity value.

Those guys were the business - "Slade Alive" is one of my all time fave live albums

Had some Trace Elliot logos from Ade - great guy to deal with, thanks fella!

I actually I have one, which I have yet to move onto from more conventional 8-course lute and has been sitting accusingly untouched in the music room / man cave for a few years now. Technically it would be more accurately called an arch-lute than a theorbo - the upper strings are basically a normal fretted lute, with the accompanying "basso continuo" played on the lower unfretted strings. The long extension is actually quite light, so doesn't have the horrendous neck dive you'd expect. I'm away from home at the mo, will take a pic when I get back. I'd assumed this thread was about some of the early double-necked electrics (like the Moserite pictured) which often had divergent rather than parallel necks

As posts above show - Mick is definately one of the good guys on BC . I posted a wanted thread for Trace Elliot cab logos this evening expecting absolutely zilch response, and blimey he PM's me straight away saying he has one and happy to send it as an Xmas prezzie for gratis. Many thanks Mick! Will return the favour if I can, and I refrain from making any pun on the classical phrase "Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes" (work it out...)

Oly White and tort is as good as it gets on a P bass. Lovely rosewood board too.... Enjoy it

most super and wizard bas is gibson as any fule kno.......... A 'Ray is probably the only "iconic" bass I've never owned, but I used a 1980 MM Sabre as main gigging bass for many years. It did pretty much everything I'd want from an active bass, despite a weak-ish G and the 2 band EQ had the most extreme range I've encountered on any bass, so you had to be careful with it. I stupidly sold it in the endless quest for the BSB (Better, Sexier Bass). Recently needing that sound again for a funk /disco band I've gone for a MiG Warwick LX Streamer Jazzman, that objectively outshines my old Sabre in every area - but somehow I just don't have that connection with it I had with the Sabre.....

Looks like the real deal and a stonkingly good score; I'm jealous! - a 4005 is about the only bass I still have GAS for, but with the stratospheric prices there's no chance....... The occasional '70's Shaftesbury copy crops up, but this looks light years better

I'd agree with that - when I was at Liverpool Uni, OMD were kind of the "house band" in the student union just as they were breaking through, and I loved the early stuff, especially "Messages". They were always pop, but I found the later material bland in the extreme Great times - Echo & the Bunnymen, Teardrop Explodes, and Wah Heat! played there too as local bands just hitting it big, though one of my favourites were Original Mirrors who never did

Is that the 3035 Marshall Silver Jubliee model? That's been my back-up amp for a few years now - rather underpowered for its claimed 300W, but a really nice core tone and it says something that they're still going strong at 30 years old. Don't flog it too cheap, as they're pretty rare and have their admirers (I think the bassist from Nomeansno used one?) Hell of a power upgrade to the 1.5 kW Crown!

I thought there had to be some strategy in the apparent craziness. Though not so many years ago he listed a fretless Wal neck with BIN of a mere £350 - albeit with truss rod nut missing so truss rod could have been FUBAR. Sadly, I dithered too long....... Damn, really sorry to hear that tauzero, right before Christmas too

Lol ok, I was a bit strong there...... I got into them just about the time of "Obscure Alternatives", which was rarely off my turntable, but I still often listen to "Quiet Life" and "Polaroids" (plus a compilation with some of their rarer work) - they were unfairly categorised as an inferior Roxy Music at the time. Not so keen on the later Chinese-y stuff. You were very lucky to see them live - Mick Karn must have still been using the Travis Bean then

Jeez, I wish I'd seen that listing - I'm just starting on banjo, a long time ambition Phil's instruments are works of art - I think his missus does the amazing inlay work. Gratuitous pic of my Davidson F5 mandolin attached

Happy to concede that your first sentence is correct, which is why my quoted comment was qualified by an '"if" This thread very unsurprisingly shows that it's all down to opinion, and so entirely subjective. Personally, I prefer the later and more successful lineups of Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, and Fleetwood Mac. Japan were utterly dire before "Quiet Life". I loved The Skids (saw them live), but personally found Big Country rather uninspired and uninspiring. However I respect that your opinion is different.

I'd sneak in original line up Roxy Music with Brian Eno - yes they hit the big time with that line up, but were even bigger later on playing (what was for me) pretty dull AOR without Eno's originality and quirkiness

Definately the mk 1 version before Sting's ego joined the band...... also I think original lineup of Dr Feelgood with Wilko fits the criteria, as they had more commercial success just after he left but most of what had made the band great had gone

I think the OP meant only in terms of band line-up changes? In which case if the The Skids were the mark 1 Big Country, I'd include them main ones that occur to me are; mark 1 Ultravox with John Foxx on vocals / songwriting, and mark 1 Magazine with John McGeogh on guitar (they didn't last too long after he left anyway)

Wal definitely do NOT supply their bespoke parts to any other manufacturer or private buyer A couple of years ago I had the '82 Wal MK 1 Custom from Beedster that had been previously butchered by someone who had fitted Jazz pickups and a generic active circuit fully restored to original spec by Wal. Which they did, being the great guys they are, but took some persuading and only agreed as it was evidently a genuine old Wal bass

If you're a decent harp player you'll always be demand.....

You can only fit so much into a week, which is why I've so far deliberately avoided taking up fishing or golf my "age out" plan is to learn the banjo and annoy the missus

Interesting one. Having gigged from the age of 16, at 55 I'd found myself inadvertently sucked into a Dad-rock band a couple of years back, - the really strange thing to me is that for the first time the weekly practice was the main focus of the band rather than the gigging (though there was the occasional gig) - it was a social thing, . Pleasant enough and lovely guys and gals, but playing live has always been the motivation to me and I've never looked down on playing covers in the Dog & Duck - an audience is an audience, and the crowds in the valleys pubs here are the best I've played to anywhere. Looking though this thread, I think there must be a fair bit of regional variation in finding bands and how busy bands are - on JMB or whatever it's not hard to find a band here n S Wales if you're a bass player, although it's almost all the inevitable classic rock / blues or well known covers - I've done both, and in many venues that what the punters like and fully expect to hear. At 57 I'm now in a gigging disco and funk band which is something I've wanted to do from the very start - drummer is 50-ish and guitarist and female singer are late '20's / early '30's - I realise this is probably my "swan-song" of being in a young gigging band, so making the most of every minute.