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[quote name='martfitz' post='1205632' date='Apr 20 2011, 10:09 AM']There's just something about the feel and variety of tones I can get from [a Mk1 TRB 4] that I love, I also have a BB1500A which is a little similar and again love it to bits.[/quote] Your 1500A has the same circuit as the early TRB models, so that might go some way to explaining why you enjoy your TRB and BB so much. The range of tones available from the 1500A is amazing - and the level of fine adjustment when using the EQ in combination with the cavity trim pots is bewildering. One of my favourite BB models.

[quote name='iconic' post='1205474' date='Apr 20 2011, 07:09 AM']I always thought Andy played a BB-2000 for studio but all the pics/vids I have seen of him playing are with a Fender P.[/quote] He's not a musician I'd paid much attention to, so couldn't ever have been sure about his equipment choices. But, a year or so ago, another member of the forum, Bobby, contacted me to ask for some advice on Yamaha BB-s. It was while exchanging messages with him that I learned that earlier in Rourke's career his main Yamaha was a BB1200 (finished in Yellow Natural). Later, he also used a BB3000A. Bobby also had some detailed information about Rourke's string choices and tunings, which I'm sure fans of Rourke would find illuminating.

[quote name='Jigster' post='1205176' date='Apr 19 2011, 07:40 PM']didn't andy rourke play a bb3000?[/quote] Where's Bobby when you need an expert ... But, think it was a BB1200 and a BB3000A (which is a very different beast from the BB3000). There may also have been a BB2000, or that may have been Bobby!

[quote name='MB1' post='1203116' date='Apr 18 2011, 12:14 AM']And as if to compete with Peavey, This months Bass Guitar Magazine has a picture of an Aria Bass as used by John Taylor only im told its not an SB? [/quote] He used a couple of RSB models, in addition to SB models.

[quote name='steantval' post='1204301' date='Apr 18 2011, 11:01 PM'][M]e and another bassist were discussing 5 strings tonight and both agreed a bass should have 4 strings, that's what they started with.[/quote] And it really does depend on what you mean by "started with", and whether or not you'd argue the "Fender" electric bass/bass guitar is an interpretation of the double bass or the bass viol. The bass viol, devised in the 15th century, was the original fretted bass instrument, but it had six strings, so was the "Fender" the simpleton’s version of the viol? It's also the case that Fender devised a six-string "bass" in 1962 and a five-string bass in 1964, so by the time the "Fender" reached its teens it already had five and six string siblings. Turning to the OP, I'd wonder if it were partly the result of people not learning to "play" (use) a five-string to its full potential, with the consequence that they end up selling those instruments on. Mid 80s, when purchasing my first five-string, it wasn't unusual to find instruments that were strung with an additional C string, as opposed to B string. Like most people my thinking at that time was that the additional low string would provide the best use, after all, I was playing "bass", but found that the additional low string simply encouraged me to play lines in the middle of the neck. It also encouraged me to fret every note, and not use open strings, taking some of the "colour" out of my playing. Why it took me until the late 90s to realise this, and to switch to using a five-string with a C is beyond me, but using a five-string tuned E-A-D-G-C has forced me to construct lines with extended range, but retaining the techniques I'd use with a standard four-string. So, maybe it's learning to use the tool correctly.

[quote name='machinehead' post='1204287' date='Apr 18 2011, 10:32 PM']I have ... several acoustics the nicest one being an Avalon.[/quote] When in Ireland you have to own an Avalon, or a Lowden; just like when being in Scotland you have to own a Moon (which I do - and lovely it is too).

Guitar in my own bands, bass in other people's. Mostly because I've never been good enough doing the lead vocals and bass thing, but the lead vocals and guitar thing is easy. Also play drums, which I've always thought more beneficial to my bass playing than playing guitar.

Until earlier this year could have ticked 10+ just counting BB1200-s, but having sold two of those can't claim to own 10 or more of any one model these days. Still own in excess of 30 BB-s though.

[quote name='chris_b' post='1200303' date='Apr 15 2011, 08:32 AM']No wonder Fender got lazy and stopped trying when they realised people would spend extra on a standard bass with a plate on it that just said James Jamerson!![/quote] The Bass Centre were also the first people to give the world a Fender-built Jaco signature Jazz Bass, so maybe it's them we should blame for the current trend for reissues badged as signature editions.

[quote name='iconic' post='1200267' date='Apr 15 2011, 08:03 AM']it 'looks' like a simple 90/91 MIA Vintage Series P bass re-issue of his colour combination of sunburst/tort pickguard/rosewood with dual pup guards, tug bar, ID'd neckplate and a bit of paper saying what it was ... and as both his main basses were stolen it isn't based on anything special?[/quote] Built by the Fender Custom Shop, at a time when CS instrumets were only ever produced in small quantities, or to order, and were the equivalent of what Fender would call master-built today. My reason for buying one was the quality - it was the best built Fender I've owned, completely blowing away an original '72 P'bass and 80s P'bass Special. If it hadn't been new I'd have been convinced it was a 60s instrument - from its feel and sound. As for what it was based on, I'd always understood that James Jamerson Jr was in possession of one of his father's basses.

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='1200137' date='Apr 14 2011, 10:55 PM']But where are they now? Rare, very collectible and so pricey, I guess.[/quote] Well, got £900 (ish) for the one I sold on eBay, in 2005. Around the same time I got £800 (ish) for an '87 G&L El Toro.

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='1200122' date='Apr 14 2011, 10:46 PM']Was it 100? Something to do with the Los Angeles Bass Centre?[/quote] It was also available through the Bass Centre in the UK. And yea, it was a numbered run of 100.

[quote name='martthebass' post='1194853' date='Apr 10 2011, 05:05 PM']Put a '1' in front of it and it'd go some way towards my 'year of birth' bass.............unfortunately Leo didn't make Rays back in the 60s [/quote] He did. He just called it a Precision.

If eBay applies the law of the land as it currently stands then you don't have any cause for complaint. Given that eBay is a law unto itself ...

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1167468' date='Mar 18 2011, 06:21 PM']He also implies that it is a 70's bass (I think it's an '83+) Still there's probably a nice bass in there somewhere.[/quote] Well, as we all know, G&L as a company didn't exist until 1980, and the SB1 didn't appear until '82. Thing is, being in production from '82 to '84, an original SB1 (or SB2 come to that) is a desirable bass. Recently, a black/maple SB1 sold locally for £650 (as it was all original and in excellent condition). He obviously thought doing a home relic job would get him a better price than what these usually go for. Plank.

[quote name='Shaggy' post='1185171' date='Apr 1 2011, 06:37 PM']One example of [McVie's] genius; ... a while back Richard Madely was filling in for Chris Evans ... he put on "Dreams" saying "this for me is the best bassline EVER made" ........... it's just 2 notes, repeated, in a lovely, laid-back groove with the drums. [/quote] McVie commented that, on "Dreams", the best thing for him and Fleetwood to do was keep it simple, as the song needed "air". A perfect illustration that keeping it simple dosen't mean making it boring.

[quote name='Count Bassy' post='1184759' date='Apr 1 2011, 01:23 PM']The orange smelling label remover stuff is also very good for this.[/quote] What I would have suggested - orange rind oil.

[quote name='Telebass' post='1183965' date='Mar 31 2011, 08:31 PM']Yes, he did. However, I'm doing it all with flats on a Precision, and it's close. I've no idea what strings he used. More research needed![/quote] He was using a range of gear - mostly Orange and Acoustic amps, and Fender and Alembic basses - but tracks on Rumours were recorded in a number of ways (some live with mic and amp, some direct, and some utilising a combination of those sources). In addition, a number of tracks were recorded combining a direct signal with a mic'd Pignose (the Pignose being inside a flightcase). At the time he was using Pyramid strings, although at some point he switched to using heavy gauge D'Addario strings.

[b]First Bass Owned:[/b] 70s Columbus Precision bass copy [b]'Go To' Bass:[/b] '84 Yamaha BB2000 [b]'Your' Bass:[/b] '82 Aria Pro II APCS/Alembic SB900

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1183743' date='Mar 31 2011, 06:26 PM']Haha I'm obviously rubbish at japcrap Jon. Everything I point out seems to be on your sh*t-list. [/quote] Yours, perhaps, is a more literal interpretation.