WHUFC BASS

Bought a US Jazz bass off me a while back. No problems at all with the transaction.. nice one.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1088384' date='Jan 13 2011, 06:08 PM'][/quote] Ha ha... check out the gig bag made from your old man's pyjamas

[quote name='discreet' post='855025' date='Jun 2 2010, 03:08 PM']I would have thought drying in the oven would solve any rust issues, but I haven't tried it yet, tbh.[/quote] I used to use a hair-dryer on mine.

[quote name='daz' post='1087084' date='Jan 12 2011, 07:23 PM']Thats a good idea, hope he has a sensible reserve on it. Let us all know when its up for auction. Can you ask him if he went to the Electric Ballrom gig i mentioned and if he remembers it? (The Ramones / The Boys / Ten Pole Tudor)[/quote] As mentioned, the gig where he got the actual bass was The Roundhouse in Camden. I do know that he went to the Electric Ballroom a fair bit in the late 70s - early 80s. Here was there when the notorious riot took place at The Cockney Rejects gig.

Spoke to the singer today. He's taking it down to Sotheby's who have said that it should sell for quite a sum. As mentioned, there's a fair bit of history involved with that bass.

That's the same bass as far as I know. Its funny you should say this, the gig that our singer got the bass was at the Roundhouse in Camden as far as I can remember - just up the road from the Electric Ballroom. He had to really fight for the bass, throwing punches all over the place as everyone was grabbing it. All the strings were ripped off it in the process. He had another set-to on the way out when someone challenged him for the bass. He was quite handy in his younger days which was just as well otherwise he wouldn't have got this out of the building.

[quote name='dan2112' post='1082724' date='Jan 8 2011, 11:12 PM']Be interesting to see the program it will be featured in![/quote] Apparently Konnie Huq is presenting it. Not sure what channel its on but its one of the Sky channels from what he told me.

[quote name='arthurhenry' post='1081485' date='Jan 7 2011, 08:20 PM']"As a bass player, you can't play when the drummer hits the snare, you have to stop." ???[/quote] Hmmm....I wonder if Lemmy knows this ?

Here's some footage of it being played. He's actually selling the bass and its going to be on telly on some programme about antiques or something. They offered him £3,000 for it and he told them to shove it.

The singer in my band is an old git and went to see the Ramones back in the day. Anyway, at the concert, Dee Dee handed the bass down into the audience and our singer had to fight tooth and nail to get it but got it in the end. Anyway, he used to be in a band years ago and their bass player used to use it. He's still got it and brought it round the other day. Its a 78 Precision in white (although is discoloured now) with a red scratchplate. Originally it had a silicone sealing around the plate and pickups to stop moisture getting in (that was Dee Dee's mod) but the jack socket end was cracked so he replaced it with an identical one, made by the same people who supplied Dee Dee's one. It's a pig to play with high action and doesn't sound that great to be honest. Typical precision sound but the output isn't all that great. Everything's original apart from one tuner and the strap pins. If you look here, you can see it in action. a few days later, this bass was safely sitting in my mates house. Here's some pics of it.

Cubase is gash. Get Logic. Much better.

Brilliantly played mate, superb execution.

I wouldn't pay too much heed to these polls. They are largely irrelevant and attempt to measure the immeasurable. Its a bit like having a poll on which fruit is the best tasting.

Rainbow - Long Live Rock and Roll

I used to own two Riverhead Unicorn basses. A black one and a electric pink one, both of which were given to me. They were OK basses, very light and portable but lacked real bottom end I though.

I found that with the K5 that I had. Its a nice playable bass but the output and sound just didn't do it for me.