Shaggy

These make great improvised barbecues by the way - put charcoal in the "bowl", a grill over the top, tap the ash through the plug hole now and again to keep a draft going through from below. The flat drainage area makes an ideal preparation area (double drainers best as you can have raw one side and cooked on the other!). Totally weatherprrof too so great, for fitting into a brick support and left out all year.

Bought Jon's very lovely Mesa D-180 amp head this morning, picked up in sunny Portcawl (good excuse for day out at the beach - fish n' chips, fair etc), very smooth easy deal, and an impressive collection of bass and guitar gear - thanks Jon! :-)

http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/EB3.php and http://www.vintageguitarandbass.com/gibson/bass/EB3.php

[quote name='convair' timestamp='1331876900' post='1580211'] [list=1] [*]This is My '65 Rick 4005 very nice neck on this one, I also had a very nice 4003 but sold her off to pay bills well to be honest I ebayed her to pay for tickets to see the Stones in a 1400 seat club [*][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/convair/4005.jpg[/IMG] [*][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/convair/4005c.jpg[/IMG] [*][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/convair/4005-b-.jpg[/IMG] [/list] [/quote] God damn, that is a thing of beauty :-O That and a Gibbo RD Artist CMT are the only two basses I have any remaing GAS for, both now mega rare and stratospherically pricey...... Just fabulous!

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1331152695' post='1568647'] Yep, sold my my 4003 FL to Greg and then bought it back, best decision I ever made (bass-wise anyway). [/quote] what can I say.....I bought her the best chrome bling money can buy, lavished plush-lined cases on her, waxed her with my own hands.....and still she went back to you oh well On topic; I'm so bad at selling basses that when I do I'm pretty sure about it. Do quite regret the '71 P/J fretless Precision that then went through the hands of Beedster and Clarky....have her back in a shot

[quote name='shizznit' timestamp='1331197072' post='1569098'] I have played many gigs in the Merthyr area because 5 members of the band are from that neck of the woods and we get a lot of gigs from word of mouth. Always had a lot of fun up there and never had any trouble with the punters. Stay in town...stay away from Gurnos! [/quote] +1 to that - pretty sure I haven't had the pleasure of this particular venue, but we play a lot of gigs in the Valleys including the Merthyr area and they're invariably great, the punters drink hard and party harder. Fights are common (wedding do's often the worst!), but never aimed at the band in my experience. Gurnos Estate is infamous, yet another legacy of fantastic '60's social planning.....

All tasty, but loving that custom Warmoth T'bird - rawk-tastic!!!

Bought a 15" driver from Martin; easy smooth deal, sorted courier and everything, great guy to talk to - some entertaining corrspondence about ducks..... :-)

Honestly thought from thread title that this was about sunglasses... Best ones I know of are from WD music, not cheap but it's the proper vintage spec 5-ply nitrocellulose, Howard bass Doc gets his blank sheet from there I think; Brown: http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/product/Jazz_Bass_Vintage_-_Tortoise_Shell_JB-305 Red: http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/product/Jazz_Bass_Vintage_-_Tortoise_Shell_Red_JB-305R (that's the Vintage template - "Standard" on there too)

Just bought a badass off Steve; top bloke to deal with, hugely entertaining correspondant, AND unfairly talented photographer. Thanks mate, and look me up when you're down Llanelli next - we'll share a drop of Felinfoel Double Dragon together and "talent scout" for models....

Not all were firewood - although my memory is that they were - see my thread: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/166437-satellite-back-in-orbit/ At least the bass in the OP is reasonably solid wood - my first bass (Kalamazoo KB) may have been US made but had an MDF body made by a toilet-seat manufacturer, and my second (Columbus Jazz copy) was of a particularly nasty grade of plywood....

[quote name='dan2112' timestamp='1328123630' post='1522255'] Yeah I got it...and sold it this morning. Really fancy a gibson bass of some sort. PReferably a grabber [/quote] That Grabber that Rob's selling you've got your eye on is an absolute cracker, and he's a great guy to deal with. If I could only have one Gibson though......would have to be a thunderbird...

[quote name='Rumple' timestamp='1328084487' post='1521400'] Just noticed that my one has has through body stringing and yours doesn't, I wonder if that was something Satalite added or took away at some point during production or mine has been modified at some point. [/quote] That's interesting - definitely a question for Bassassin!!! Funnily enough the ebay bridge I got for it is a thru-body stringing only unit, and looking at it again I reckon the string height won't be the issue I thought it would be. Think that could be the next mod....

[quote name='dan2112' timestamp='1328060995' post='1521334'] Daaaam Greg, that looks fantastic!! did you manage to get the sheered screw out? [/quote] No - it's not really a problem, and I'm planning on changing the bridge at some point so may not even use that screw-hole Thanks again for the deal - did you find that MusicMan you were after?

Thanks fellas, I can see why some BC-ers get hooked on basses like these! She was great on the gig too, felt quite nostalgic somehow [quote name='fumps' timestamp='1328021063' post='1520402'] nice looking Bass i am of the rare breed that likes Basses without a sctratch plate just think it looks more sleak & clean [/quote] Being one of those even rarer breed who like Gibson basses I tend to agree with that, however; the styling of any Fender bass or guitar is defined by its scratchplate, the MM Stingray even more so, and the Ric 4001 / 3 one is naff but ....somehow totally right

[quote name='Rumple' timestamp='1327839244' post='1517385'] Found this picture of it [attachment=98436:PICT0002.JPG] [/quote] That's one of the coolest bass / amp combinations I've seen in a while....