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[quote name='afterimage' timestamp='1421093097' post='2657105'] I have three fenders a teddy Lee. A thoman fender special p bass and jaxx deluxe all excellt build the Thomann is excellent. 700 pounds for America built fender. Bargain [/quote] Has Teddy got his own signature bass now then?

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1421158084' post='2657766'] I'm sure it is Goucho that is renowned for many session players, playing on it.? Correct,? [/quote] I thought all their albums were, apart from the first couple.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1421002041' post='2656060'] Why? [/quote] I sort of meant that to suggest somebody uses something other than a Fender Bass is tantamount to heresy, as some seem to think that only "proper" bass players use Fender instruments. But I wasn't being serious anyway so it doesn't matter.

Both the long term band I was with in the late 80s/early 90s & the band I was in briefly a few years ago I left because of the keyboard players. Not because of their playing but because they were both total *****.

[quote name='HowieBass' timestamp='1420988025' post='2655839'] But not as much aluminium as a Travis Bean or a Kramer! [/quote] Or a Veleno.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1420998387' post='2656003'] Buy what you like and play what you like. [/quote] Them's dangerous words round these parts....

[quote name='titchfieldrelic' timestamp='1420984287' post='2655768'] The Fender Jazz and Precision (and Strat) have been the inspiration for virtually every guitar manufacturer that exists.. The world of guitars would not be the same without the magic, ingenuity and skill of Leo Fender. It has been so easy for the Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Indonesian and the plethora of other lazy/envious/cheap skate manufacturers everywhere to replicate what are now iconic designs/instuments. If all these other manufacturers are so good, why don't they come up with something different? They don't because they can't. And if they've tried, in most cases they've failed. [/quote] They by & large don't come up with anything different because bass & guitar players are very conservative/narrow minded & won't accept anything new and/or innovative. Fender themselves have a very long list of models that have sunk without trace because people sh*t their pants at the slightest hint of anything new. [quote] Let's see how many of the plagiarisers are here in another 60 years and how many guitars they've sold. [/quote] In 60 years time there will still be lots of companies building versions of Fender designs, and this will largely be because Fender still won't have addressed their godawful quality control issues.

Got all the Steely Dan albums up to & including Gaucho, but Gaucho is the one that never gets played. I like Babylon Sisters & Hey Nineteen, but the rest of it leaves me cold. Countdown to Ecstacy is easily my favourite album of theirs.

[quote name='Dan Dare' timestamp='1420975078' post='2655597'] It's all down to the individual player. I never measure height. Just set it so it feels right and doesn't buzz. [/quote] This. People get far too hung up on numbers.

Toto - Mindfields.

Don't bother with the Klaus Blasquiz book, it's a piece of sh*t.

[quote name='Geddys nose' timestamp='1420889492' post='2654574'] http://youtu.be/xGytDsqkQY8 I always wanted to play this. [/quote] Great song.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1420832875' post='2654099'] Im just leaving this here [url="http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/20130623_172713_zps44232f7c.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] It certainly looks better than the "normal" SR5, and it's good to see a properly finished neck & not this DIY oil finish bollocks.

Great voice.

[quote name='rogerstodge' timestamp='1420833255' post='2654108'] If I'm thinking like this is it time to call it a day?, I get on really well with the rest of the band but i just dread the gigs, setting up, packing away and driving to and from. [/quote] I'd say yes it most certainly is. That's how I ended up feeling about regular gigging (though I didn't even have the luxury of getting on well with the other band members towards the end) so I stopped & have never regretted it for a second. I have done the VERY occasional gig (three in ten years) which has been a bit of fun but it's never made me think "oh I've really missed this".

Nothing at all wrong with you, you just didn't get on with it. I bought one a few years ago as I was offered it for a great price. Thought it was one of the worst basses I'd ever played in my life so sold it a few weeks later. I wouldn't have one again if I was offered it for free.

That looks a LOT like a Marleaux Consat bass. Just had a look at the spec - not bad at all. Kent Armstrong pickups, Wilkinson hardware, it even comes with a set of DR Hi-Beams on.

Wouldn't touch that arrangement with a barge pole personally, but then I've been ripped off a couple of times before so I don't trust anyone anymore. I'd want to make bloody sure that cash was legit before handing anything over.

[quote name='Shedua511' timestamp='1420488654' post='2649984'] I wouldn't be surprised at all if the bass in the video was just a non-functioning prop... [/quote] I was thinking the same. I don't think even our Nige would be able to play with those gloves on.

Started playing bass when I was 14 - I turn 50 later this week. Playing was the most important part of my life for quite a few years, then I stopped gigging because it was more hassle than it was worth. Got involved in some writing & recording projects but even those I found became a chore very quickly, largely because of the sense of commitment I felt was attached to them. I like playing when I feel like playing, if I have to play when I don't want to I find it becomes a monumental pain in the arse. I've done the old "buy some new gear & see if that improves your interest" thing but it never does. I've been trying to persuade myself that in 2015 I will make a conscious effort to get back into playing but I know it's not going to happen because the spark just isn't there for me anymore & hasn't been for a while. The thing that has really brought this home to me is that I'm am shortly going to be coming into quite a large sum of money, easily enough to buy any bass gear I could possibly ever dreamed of owning. Twenty years ago I would have been incredibly excited by the prospect of this but now I'm just not interested enough to buy so much as a new set of strings, let alone my dream rig. The fact that I no longer enjoy something that was a massive part of my life does bother me; all my friends are musicians & music is still pretty much all I talk about when I'm with them. I just have no desire whatsoever to do it anymore. I think what I need to do in 2015, rather than make yet another attempt to rekindle a fire that went out long ago, is simply try to come to terms with the fact that the musician part of my life has well & truly come to an end.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1420495848' post='2650093'] I raise you: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfFz3ov7Kn0[/media] [/quote] Not seen that one before, how did I miss that? I know they get slagged off a lot for making all the silly film clips but I just love them.

I hate oil/wax finishes on the neck or body. Total deal breaker for me, wouldn't even consider a bass or guitar with one.

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1415092546' post='2596481'] I've never had a mullet (or a Wal) though. [/quote] I've had both.....

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1420412098' post='2649205'] It's all in the posture, darlings. Stomachs in, shoulders back and down, luvs. :-) [/quote] It also helps if you've got a neck and arms & legs that are longer than R2D2s...