EssentialTension

The only bass I wish I'd kept was my first bass - mid-sixties Hofner Artist 185.

[quote name='lobematt' timestamp='1317046243' post='1385887'] I've never done it so don't take my advice to seriously, but I was trying to find a thread on talkbass to link you to (but I couldn't!) but basically he had a normal bass and recorded a few samples and then using the same electronics gaffa'd onto a plank of wood made a few recordings and asked people to guess which was which. The results came back pretty much 50/50, so based on that I'd say the tone's pretty much 90% electronics so I wouldn't worry about it [/quote] I remember that thread. Very interesting results.

[quote name='Machines' timestamp='1316937382' post='1384449'] Try the default IP.Board theme at the bottom (Change theme). [/quote] I'm preferring the IP.Board theme.

[quote name='gapiro' timestamp='1316972298' post='1385045'] I meant a real fender [/quote] I realise that, I was showing you what a Sunn Mustang was worth.

And here's another that sold last week for £85: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-OLD-1980S-FENDER-SUNN-MUSTANG-BASS-EMG-/110739572252?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item19c897c61c"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-OLD-1980S-FENDER-SUNN-MUSTANG-BASS-EMG-/110739572252?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item19c897c61c[/url]

[quote name='gapiro' timestamp='1316966784' post='1384943'] Yeah i thoguht it was a bit iffy when he said it. I trust the guy normally but just seems a bit odd. It was a sunn Mustang neck indeed jezzaboy. He was after £400 for it at mates rates so dunno. For that I wonder if I can pick up a real deal [/quote] Here's one on ebay: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sunn-Mustang-Bass-Guitar-/260858235006?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cbc5cc87e"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sunn-Mustang-Bass-Guitar-/260858235006?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cbc5cc87e[/url] - £40 with 21 hours to go.

A picture would be helpful. However, when CBS took over Fender they got the factory and all the parts and just carried on making the instruments from the parts so the story you have been told sounds an odd one. If it says Sunn on it then it is a far East manufactured cheapy. Fender bought Sunn in the mid 1980s I think.

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1316964987' post='1384917'] Liking it a lot. Lot of effort by the team so well done. One small query though with regards the For Sale sections. Why not have a button that allows the OP to delete the post when the item is sold. That way it saves important storage space. Just a thought. All the best. Dave [/quote] Because many of us want to see a record of what sold for how much etc - it's a good guide to pricing and to what might sell and how fast.

Make the guitarist use cabs like yours and then just stack your cab on top of his cab. Sorted.

Very nice. Will you be sleeping with it?

Any more pics?

[quote name='Blademan_98' timestamp='1316946430' post='1384569'] Jimi never complained of Eb.......... [/quote] True, but did he flinch at the prospect of D?

[quote name='deepbass5' timestamp='1316943473' post='1384511'] I think Dlloyd, covered it quite well. Having come from Trombone and played in Brass Bands and Orchestras for the first 10 years of my musical life. I got used to living in a Mono world. Just playing notes and not having to understand why this or that note, I have played for years without any need to understand Chords and where I fitted into the whole picture. When I took up the bass my musical world suddenly became three dimensional, Music changed from Black and white to colour. There are of course exceptions to this rule, but even now blowers i.e. Trumpet and trombone players are less likely to improvise as Sax players who are naturally drawn to Jazz in the first place. And yes they are usually lazy in that they turn up just in time for them; helping set up n pack away etc. is not on their radar. They will be first in line for food n drink and seem to have a very narrow view on the subtleties of dealing with the clients. So I would add selfish in as well as lazy [/quote] Do you think they choose Bb instruments because they are selfish and lazy or is it that playing Bb instruments makes them selfish and lazy?

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1316891315' post='1384199'] £4/£5 for a set of bass strings!!! Who is your dealer [/quote] I meant to say that but I forgot.

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1316889741' post='1384174'] Does Pete know someone is covering his act??? [/quote] .. and they are really good at it too.

[quote name='fender73' timestamp='1316889773' post='1384175'] Agree, but it depends how long the gear has been in stock - if it's been in for 6 months, been tried lots of times and not sold - is it not reasonable to spend £4/£5 on a set of strings that may last another 6 months to help sell the bass? Maybe i expect too much? [/quote] I accept that a shop may need sometimes to consider restringing a bass sometimes in order to help to sell it but for myself I'd rather try it with the old strings anyway. I never use roundwounds so I virtually never get to try a bass with the kind of strings I want on it (the last time that did happen it was a custom shop Pino Palladino Precision and I couldn't afford it) and for me six months is just about right for the strings to be starting to be broken in a little.

If we're expecting shops to always have fresh strings on basses (or guitars) then even more of them are going to close down because they can't make a profit. It's more reasonable to hope for the bass to be set up but even then one person's good set-up is another person's not good set up. I've never bought a bass without needing to restring it to my liking and set it up to my liking.

[quote name='mentalextra' timestamp='1316371017' post='1377094'] Will I have to stop using my beloved roundwound strings too! [/quote] Some flatwounds are substantially brighter than others - D'Addario Chromes and Roto Jazz, for example - and La Bella Black Nylons are roundwounds with a top layer of flat black nylon. Alo worth trying Thomastik Jazz Flats.

[quote name='Len_derby' timestamp='1316869663' post='1383863'] ... My guitarist is quite happy to play in Eb. He just downtunes a semi... [/quote] That's not quite what I meant.

[quote name='hillbilly deluxe' timestamp='1316868768' post='1383844'] Yup. [/quote] Definitely.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1316868416' post='1383842'] Yep..it is not like a gtr to want to change into horn keys.... [/quote] I love playing with guitarists who don't flinch at the mention of Eb.

[quote name='merello' timestamp='1316858873' post='1383715'] Bit 51P, bit J bass? [/quote] Isn't it just a Precision bass with most of the pickguard missing?

Looks great Wes, another brilliant success.

[quote name='bfirsh' timestamp='1316823757' post='1383517'] All old "about me" sections have been restored. Hooray! [/quote] Well done.

I've got five: one fretted, one fretless, one acoustic, one EUB, and a spare fretted. They all get gigged except the acoustic which is my around the house bass. The spare fretted gets used least.