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[quote name='risingson' post='1007963' date='Oct 31 2010, 10:40 PM']Good playing... but the bassist in question is minus a P-Bass and a felt pick [/quote] Agreed, except didn't Carol Kaye use hard picks?
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[quote name='skej21' post='1007916' date='Oct 31 2010, 10:02 PM']oe Osborn played bass on this track I think - [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Osborn"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Osborn[/url][/quote] Yes, I'd agree very likely to be Joe Osborn, Fender Jazz bass, La Bella flats, played with a pick.
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Squier Silver Series P-bass in rather nice nick
EssentialTension replied to Happy Jack's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
[quote name='Musky' post='1007043' date='Oct 31 2010, 09:57 AM']Apart from the lack of logo and the knobs (which should be flat topped) it looks like a Silver Series, and appears to say Made in Japan on the headstock (though it's quite hard to see). But I didn't think the Silver Series started up until a bit later - in fact I don't think any japanese squiers were being sold in this country in 1990. So it's a bit of mystery. Perhaps it's an imported domestic model? You're right to doubt the colour of the logo making it a Silver Series - it doesn't. It's just another of those internet myths, just like the story that ones with gold logos are 'Gold Series'.[/quote] That's what I thought too. -
Clarky's first DB gig with Rattlin Bone on 30 October
EssentialTension replied to Clarky's topic in Gigs
Well done, Clarky. How is the hand? -
Squier Silver Series P-bass in rather nice nick
EssentialTension replied to Happy Jack's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1006864' date='Oct 31 2010, 12:23 AM']That's with Badlands guitars - I've dealt with Graham before, nice guy.[/quote] Which is just 10 minutes walk from me. I might go to have a look -
Squier Silver Series P-bass in rather nice nick
EssentialTension replied to Happy Jack's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
[quote name='spinynorman' post='1006857' date='Oct 31 2010, 12:13 AM']£77 and less than 24hrs to go on this one. Not as pretty as the sunbursts (I think) ... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110603706517&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT[/url][/quote] That one isn't actually a Silver Series is it? Check out no 'Silver Series' logo on the headstock. The seller says it's a silver series because Squier is in silver letters. Is that correct? -
[quote name='munkonthehill' post='1006862' date='Oct 31 2010, 12:21 AM']needless to say it will be small output for large retail price tag. We will be seeing these on the for sale section on here in due course if they go on mass production just like the little bastard. Save yourself the bother now and dont buy one.[/quote] Hmmm ... wise words I think.
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At six weeks per song, it would take about three years before you had enough material for a common pub type two 45 minute sets. So the band would definitely split up before any gigs were done, wouldn't it?
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[quote name='daz' post='945138' date='Sep 4 2010, 03:33 AM']Any update yet? Just out of interest i'd like to know if i have an alder or basswood bass? PS: I bought my CV jazz in Spring this year, it had an CGS09***** crafted in china serial number.[/quote] Every time I see one of the CVs in a shop I check were it was made and I haven't yet come across one not crafted in China.
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The only time it ought to take longer than only a little time is when you're not doing a literal 'cover' version but totally rearranging the song. Even then, it shouldn't be anything like six weeks.
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Interesting. How loud are those Little Bastards?
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Finding a Fender Jazz or Precision Bass
EssentialTension replied to skej21's topic in General Discussion
It ought not take too long for one to turn up. -
I popped in GG a while ago. They had rather a nice selection I thought.
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I own one 300 watt combo and one 100 watt combo and have access to Ashdown/Ampeg rigs if needed.
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[quote name='jezzaboy' post='1006237' date='Oct 30 2010, 01:04 PM']This post started out asking how much his bass is worth and did anyone try and swipe it and ends up as a character assasination/defence of the guy and his career. Jez[/quote] The usual story then.
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[quote name='MacDaddy' post='1005285' date='Oct 29 2010, 03:07 PM']Interesting how McCartney opted for the Hofner because it was a cheaper imitation of the Gibson which was a lot more expensive. Gibson stopped making their violin-bass and the rest is history. Does the a-list almost-billionaire superstar and popular culture icon give a rats ass about disparaging comments on a bass forum? As he employs teams of people to cultivate and maintain a specific media image, it's possible he might. But I doubt it. Disappointing how any thread on Macca always seems to degenerate in to the same old argument though.[/quote] It's a strange argument too because if someone doesn't like Macca or his songs or his bass playing then fair enough but it seems to me it's impossible historically to get away from his massive influence. I always suspect that those who don't like McCartney do like people who would rate him and say they were influenced by him.
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[quote name='daz' post='1004804' date='Oct 29 2010, 09:33 AM']Any speaker can act as a mike and vise versa. ps. Id crawl over broken glass to get away from Paul McCartney and his stupid shakey face going wooooooo all the time AGhhh!! Man I l[b]oathe [/b]the Beatles. There ive said it. whos with me?[/quote] And what was it that attracted you to this thread?
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[quote name='Low End Bee' post='1004774' date='Oct 29 2010, 09:08 AM']How else am I going to find out about dole scrounging lesbian gysies eating the Queen's swans?[/quote] Read the Express?
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[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1004148' date='Oct 28 2010, 06:01 PM']... There are also persistent rumours of his "other" 500/1 (you know, the one he kept secret) which he lost his temper with while touring Tito-era Yugoslavia, smashed up on stage, and hurled into the audience ...[/quote] That must have been some time between McCartney's death and the loss of the [i]Hot As Sun[/i] album.
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South East Bass Bash Year 4, Surrey, 27th November 2010
EssentialTension replied to silverfoxnik's topic in Events
Definitely not coming. Never mind, there's always next year. -
[quote name='silddx' post='1004019' date='Oct 28 2010, 04:41 PM']... What on earth do you want the chord names for? ...[/quote] For communication. The song ends... Me to guitarist: 'That final chord you play, the G chord, try playing a G6 it would sound much better I think.' Guitarist: 'Which chord?' Me: 'The final chord, you're playing a G major, try playing G6.' Guitarist: 'What is G6? Me: 'Put the sixth note of the scale into the chord, it's an E note.' Guitarist stares at me. Me: 'You see your ring finger on the high E string? Just take it off the G note at the third fret and let the open E sound.' Guitarist: 'OK' ... 'That sounds great.'
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[quote name='MB1' post='1003959' date='Oct 28 2010, 04:07 PM']MB1. Seem to remember reading somewhere... Hofner presented him with another violin bass (one off) with gold hardware? which as the story goes was stolen?... and to this day has never been found?... [/quote] There was a story about it being found by Music Ground in Leeds some years ago. I can't find a link for it though.
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[quote name='Zach' post='1003500' date='Oct 28 2010, 11:01 AM']sounds like it's time to go get my coat...[/quote] Get mine as well because I'm going to revise my estimate upwards too.
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[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1003461' date='Oct 28 2010, 10:30 AM']A subject much discussed in the days when I used to frequent various Beatles forums and Hofner Hounds. If you put it in the context of other desirable instruments (as you did, above) then you come out with an answer in six figures ... somewhere between £100k and £900k. On principle, I'd guess about £250k. BUT That's not really the context, is it? Some may find this contentious (especially if they're under 40) but Macca's bass is, quite simply, the most valuable single instrument on the planet. Whoah there, boy! Going over the top a bit, aren't we? Nope. The Beatles are the biggest thing ever to happen in popular music, and yes, I do remember Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, and the Bay City Rollers. If you're aged 45-65 then you grew up listening to The Beatles, to bands copying The Beatles, and to bands heavily influenced by The Beatles. They weren't a pop group, they were the environment. If you're aged under 45, then you grew up listening to your parents listening to The Beatles, and all your favourite bands have a massive debt to The Beatles. And all of that applies not just in Britain, or the States, but worldwide. There is NO other band or artist about whom that statement applies. Lennon and Harrison were filmed and recorded playing loads of different guitars. Their early-60's Rickenbackers are probably the most iconic, but it's not particularly clear cut and most people have little idea which guitars were played on which tracks. Macca is indelibly associated with just two basses, the Hofner and the Rickenbacker, both unique, both easily identified, both utterly iconic. If either of them were put up for auction by Macca, you'd be attracting people like Bill Gates, Roman Abramovich, Sheikh Makhtoub, the Sultan of Brunei. The auction would become a big swinging dick contest, and the bass would sell for well over £1m. Just to make a point. I'm richer than they are. It would end up in a bullet-proof glass case mounted on the wall of the main Reception at the Burg al'Arab in Dubai. Just another status symbol. Hey ... you asked me![/quote] ... and thank you, I thought you'd have something to say on this subject.