Shaggy

[quote name='karlfer' post='1281521' date='Jun 24 2011, 09:05 PM']Off topic, is that a Red Gibbo Explorer? . (No, I can't afford it). I had me a white one for about 15 years, loved it, sold it for £400 to a mate. I think I have evolved into a dickhead![/quote] Yes, original Ferrari red '85 Of my five Gibson basses it's actually the one I've gigged the most - cracking basses

[quote name='Beedster' post='1259952' date='Jun 7 2011, 05:19 PM']The red bass thing is the result of myself and a few mates trying to put together a Southern Boogie thing down here to play pubs, nothing too serious (or too good), and it got me thinking that I'd like a fretted bass that's a bit more Rock 'n' Roll than anything I've got at present. C[/quote] You need to buy this off me mate......... Seriously though, that Gretsch is absolutely lush.

Bought a pair of P / J Bartolini pickups off Rob; smooth deal, great communication - cheers!

[quote name='Beedster' post='1261085' date='Jun 8 2011, 12:45 PM']Thought I'd close this. Having not spent much longer tahn around a month with the Stingray HH, and then having tried a Jazz and a heavily pimped Squier Jag P/J (lovely bass by the way), I'm now pretty much decided on my old Ric 4003 FL, which was recently repatriated from Wales courtesy of Greg (Shaggy), who did a great job or sourcing original Ric PUPs for it. I have to admit that, in relation to this thread, it would have been way down my initial list, but I and the band love it, and it just works for the music we're doing Funny how things work out isn't it.[/quote] God damn, you're making me want it back! Actually even for a Ric it's a pretty special bass. How's the maple-board fretless P working out? I'm loving the '65 P; funny how the three P basses that finally sold me on Fenders you've also owned at some point.......

That pic should be in every illustrated dictionary, next to "Rock n' roll"................. Class

.........or get a Precision

The "black sheep" of my basses (or rather red............)

[i]* SIGHS *[/i] Why did I let you go, my proud beauty? 99% sure it's nitro on alder

Any bass combined with the following stage attire........... (With apologies to "Jeff")

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' post='1215637' date='Apr 30 2011, 11:33 AM']Just ask a concert violin soloist how much he is prepared to pay for a 100 years old Stradivarius (we are talking £70-80 thousand average, by the way) and then you get an idea as to why to a professional orchestra violinist spending that money is essential to their job.[/quote] To be pedantic , Stradivarius was making violins (& guitars & cellos) in the late 17th > early 18th Century, so they're now around 300+ years old, and they go for £Millions. Acoustic instruments definitely need to be "played in" - the vibrations help the wood become more resonant. I read somewhere that a violin "peaks" at around 100 years old, and after around 200 years starts to gradually deteriorate as the wood becomes more brittle and oxidised. So all those Stradivarii will soon be no better than modern Chinese cheapos. Me, I like basses, motorbikes and cars made from the late '50's to early '80's, mainly as they're low tech, over-engineered, and quirky - sometimes in a good way, sometimes bad.

Ah, thought you were after a vintage Gibbo. You'd find an LP Money on European ebay fairly easily I'd have thought (as you have), they don't go for that much Yeah, we get clobbered for 20% VAT from the US, it's not as cheap an option as it once was but for Gibsons and Ricks is often still cheapest..

I stumbled across that one a couple of years ago, and recognised a few of the basses that were FS then! I'd love that black bicentennial T'bird though....... I've no experience of dealing with him but the guy obviously knows his his stuff and the photography is excellent; he shares my interest in the older models (bottom of page - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=76091&st=40"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=76091&st=40[/url] and top of next one). Prices are top dollar but that's what you'd expect from a specialist on-line store, see also Gruhn's which is the gold standard for Gibsons and totally kosher - [url="http://www.gruhn.com/"]http://www.gruhn.com/[/url] Best advice is to swot up on sites like that and these; [url="http://www.vintageguitars.org.uk/index.php"]http://www.vintageguitars.org.uk/index.php[/url] [url="http://www.flyguitars.com/"]http://www.flyguitars.com/[/url] [url="http://vintage-guitars.blogspot.com/2006/02/gibson-bass-guitars.html"]http://vintage-guitars.blogspot.com/2006/0...ss-guitars.html[/url] and then buy on US ebay - where I've got most of mine; you get hit with shipping, customs & VAT but they're way cheaper in the first place