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[quote name='paul torch' timestamp='1318756857' post='1405746'] Paul Raven. [/quote] Er...wasn't that Gary Glitter's previous stage name?

[quote name='billyapple' timestamp='1318715698' post='1405582'] Well, yes, very knowledgeable and all that. But it's kinda had all the fun sucked out of what I thought was a positive thread with folk giving credit to some personal faves and unsung hero's. But never mind, thanks for all that Professor Dax. [/quote] I don't see how Daz 'sucked the fun out' when he was praising Matlock.

[quote name='Schnozzalee' timestamp='1318680566' post='1405109'] I've always wanted something like this, but I wouldn't play it lik the girl in the video - they sound great without effects and chords, especially if you go off on one during a song like Mr Bruce. I wouldn't pay more than £1200 for one and then you have to worry about problems like what amp to use and pedals etc afterwards. [/quote] Agreed, the video is a bit of a let down.

[quote name='Mikeg' timestamp='1318673810' post='1404994'] That looks like a long scale guitar to me [/quote] It's a short scale six string bass guitar, like a Fender Bass VI, for doing the tic-tac bass or for those Cure/Placebo type things.

Hmmm ... another one.

You can hear it here: [url="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lakland-Basses/110289655668643"]http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lakland-Basses/110289655668643[/url]

Announced on Facebook: 30" Scale 6 String Bass Decade Body: Mahogany, Alder or Ash 3 P90 PIckups with a 5 way selector "Shorty" J neck slightly altered for 6 string spacing. Maple, Rosewood or Ebony Fingerboard, Ebony Fretless lined or unlined available. Headstock options same as any US Lakland Colors same as any Lakland Price: probably similar to a USA Decade 4 - which probably means £2,000+ in UK (so while I'd be tempted by a Skyline, this is a definite no)

I haven't used one for a long time but when I did it was the EMMA DiscumBOBulator.

The last one on ebay went for about £1300 too, IIRC.

Here we go again.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1318498870' post='1402812'] There's actually a difference between slides and bottlenecks. Bottlenecks are hollow - they were originally make from bottles, while slides are solid like this one: [/quote] Except I would call that a steel.

[quote name='Ghost_Bass' timestamp='1318512291' post='1403131'] Ah! You beat me to it! When i read the OP i thought imediatly in it. I still want one but they don't come up much often and when they do they're not cheap! An alternative is to get a Mariachi bass: [/quote] Which I believe is called a guitarron.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1318454554' post='1402534'] Most people spell it plectrum rather than plektrum, hence plec. I haven't opened the link, is it rude? [/quote] Yes, plectrum is Latin, plektron is Greek. But PLEK is something else.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1318448816' post='1402428'] BTW I say Plec, Is that bad? [/quote] That will be [url="http://www.plek.com/en_US/home/"]PLEK[/url].

[quote name='Ian Savage' timestamp='1318446996' post='1402374'] What about the brass/ceramic/steel ones that've never been near a bottle that I wasn't drinking out of then, eh? EH? Riddle me that... [/quote] They are bottlenecks but they were never bottle necks.

There is the Earthwood:

My old dad used to call anything with strings a banjo, so my bass was a banjo. Slightly more thrilling was his use of trumpet for anything that had to be blown, so my harmonica was a trumpet.

[quote name='squire5' timestamp='1318445036' post='1402318'] Machine Heads instead of tuners.This may sound strange,but I have always thought that perhaps the machine head,ie the part of the guitar where the tuning machines go,and the headstock were one and the same.But how and why are tuners known as machine heads? [/quote] I would often say machine heads, that's what they were always known as at one time.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1318445073' post='1402319'] D'you mean the kick drum? [/quote] Another +1

[quote name='henry norton' timestamp='1318433821' post='1402102'] Does anyone know of any purely acoustic bass guitars? I mean an acoustic bass guitar that doesn't have (or at least doesn't always need) a piezo pickup and onboard amp. I used to play in an acoustic pop trio but played a fretless Precision through a practice amp. It worked ok but I always hankered after a purer sound (as well as only needing to carry one case to smaller clubs). [/quote] There are some purely acoustic ones, for example the old Eko B4 from the 70s, but you won't hear it when playing with others without amplification.

[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1318422851' post='1401909'] What a strange place - on a 3 year old thread - to ask for help! Try the amps & cabs forum - hopefully you'll get more response. Cheerz, Johnr, n [/quote] This is the amps & cabs forum. However, new thread is a better idea.

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1318369706' post='1401389'] Ah...... Could be they have not heard of him, and I suppose if they ain't heard of him - they can't really forget him then..... Garry [/quote] Cogbill has been discussed here. I think plenty of us have heard of him and more.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1318325204' post='1400450'] Definitely in the eye of the beholder. I haven't seen a single bass in this thread that I like the look of. [/quote] Hey BRX, I think we don't like the same basses but I agree with you completely here.