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[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1067925' date='Dec 23 2010, 04:41 PM']Guitarists do this because they heard SRV and Hendrix did it. That is pretty much the sole reason.[/quote] There's rarely a good reason - IME.

[quote name='thunderbird13' post='1067903' date='Dec 23 2010, 04:26 PM']I have only tuned my bass EADG but last week I was playing with guys who insisted that I tuned down a half step. I did this but as I'm not used to it I find it confusing as I have to play a fret higher than what I'm used to , so for example a G is 4th fret on the e string rather than the 3rd fret. So is there any point to it other than allowing me to play E flat. It seems a lot of effort just to get to one note, particularly when I can get to it on a 5 string ! Or is there something else which I'm ot getting . Help ![/quote] I don't myself think people should be insisting on how you tune your bass. If the songs require a low Eb for some good reason then there are other ways of achieving it: i.e. D-A-D-G tuning or just use a drop tuner on the E string or as you say a fiver.

I like the silk wraps but I do think some colours don't look good on some coloured basses. For example, red silks look fine on a sunburst bass but bad on translucent burgundy. IMO

Interesting but $919 might look expensive when it gets to the UK. Is the Hellcat VI being phased out?

Tried lots of effects - didn't like them. Occasionally I use a Tech 21 VTBass or an EH Black Finger to shape tone. But that's it.

There's already a thread on this: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=115286&hl="]RIP Captain Beefheart[/url]

Anyone know where I can get some Gretsch style knobs as below but without the logo?

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1018902' date='Nov 10 2010, 03:46 PM']That is a good cd but look for a Wynton Kelly cd called Blues On Purpose. It was recorded around the same time as the Smokin' lp and is really strong. PC does a 10 chorus solo (12-bar blues) that just lifts and lifts and has the audience really whippedu up and he takes it further that any other solo I have heard him play (and I have heard hundreds and hundreds)[/quote] Having managed to access a copy of the Blues on Purpose CD (thanks Rob) I have to say the comment above is absolutely correct. Wow.

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='1059072' date='Dec 14 2010, 10:15 PM']I think this band's problem doesn't stop at the guitarist [/quote] I wanted to slap the singer for a start.

[quote name='Paul S' post='1051474' date='Dec 8 2010, 11:08 AM']I had one for about a year a while back. Not a skinny neck at all on mine, it was a real baseball bat neck - wide AND deep - like the larger Fender precisions. Weighed a tonne and a half, too. Beautifully built thing from quality components, spoilt me for cheaper basses. IMO better quality than a Shergold. Limited sounds at your disposal, though. Biggest problem I encountered with mine was the bridge, which is perspex and, in my case, cracked. Fortunate enough to find a NOS one to replace it with but that was a fluke. All things considered it wasn't for me but they are good quality British built piece of kit and becoming collectable. [attachment=65930:me.jpg][/quote] I had one of these from new in 1974 - cost me £120 if I remember correctly. I'd agree that the neck wasn't skinny and the bass was heavy but after I traded it for a 1976 Fender Precision that was equally heavy I wasn't sure I'd done the best deal.

Sold John some bass books, very straightforward as always.

I voted flats but then I always do. TIJFs on my fretless Precision

[url="http://www.guitardaterproject.org/fender.aspx"]Guitar dater project[/url] says 1978-1981 for that serial number. You'll need to take the neck off and check the pot codes.

1967, at the Marquee, Entwistle plays a slab Precision. See it clearly at 1.27:

[quote]This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by MTV Networks, a division of Viacom International.[/quote]

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='1044894' date='Dec 2 2010, 12:06 PM']Meh.. it was exactly as I knew it. It's greatest crime is that it's tentative... thankfully Charlie's on board to save the day.[/quote] OK, definitely agreed on Charlie.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='1044819' date='Dec 2 2010, 11:05 AM']Great link. Y'know, I love this song, and I think that the groove after the first chorus is one of the greatest moments in modern music.. BUT! Wyman's line is... weak. IMO. I often wonder how much [i]better[/i] it would be if someone like Willie Weeks had played bass on it. Can you imagine?? Flame away... [/quote] I wouldn't call Wyman's line weak but as I said in the OP it was better (and more interesting) than I expected.

[quote name='acidbass' post='1044548' date='Dec 2 2010, 12:51 AM']Excellent video! The tone he gets from the '66 in question is to die for.[/quote] Nice dancing too.

Excellent, I've not seen that one before.