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Those old Rich's are f***ing awesome instruments.

I did a bit of repair work on one of these a few weeks ago & it was a really nice bass - neck felt really good & it sounded great.

I like that.

Clive Gregson - "Strange Persuasions"

I've been trying to find some photos of my old 10 string Chapman Stick to put on this thread but I can't find them anywhere.

Kim Wilde watched me play guitar with Todd Rundgren at the Forum in London in 1994.

Is that the case for the defence or the prosecution?

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1327347669' post='1509780'] [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmeirion"]http://en.wikipedia....iki/Portmeirion[/url] cause cool stuff was filme there. [/quote] Yes, but that's not musical is it? "Historically or otherwise" was said in relation to specifically music related stuff.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1327321688' post='1509193'] And the Eisteddfod is in August... [/quote] The Eisteddfod is for serious hardcore Welsh Nationalists only - It's like the Nuremburg Rallies with sheep.

Lots of beautiful places in Wales but there's nothing I would say was a musical "must-see", historically or otherwise.

I used to love looking through the Bells catalogues that my older brother used to get through the post. It was probably spending hours looking at the pictures in those when I was six or seven that planted the seed for me to start playing when I was fourteen.

Just sold my Bogart 5 string to Dave. A great guy & an absolute pleasure to deal with.

[quote name='andytoad' timestamp='1327099914' post='1506586'] Right, Fretless bass...compressor,some light octave, moderate chorus and some twiddley metal things on the fingers. Am I right or way off the mark? [/quote] Funk Fingers are made of wood, not metal. Not used on "Sledgehammer" anyway.

Great interview - thanks for posting it.

[quote name='BottomE' timestamp='1326731292' post='1501173'] The Hamer Cruise bass has a skinny neck whichever way you look at it. [/quote] Which one? The original one or the Jazz clone?

Lovely bit of Birdseye! Don't see it too often these says, which is a shame.

Loving the Zemaitis.

Bar magnets on the bottom - a sure sign of a quality pickup. Not.

Those Bolins are great looking basses.

I've played with a load of fat blokes - does that count?

I've had one since they came out. IMO they're great little things for using with a guitar but are rubbish with bass. The few presets that are specifically for bass are awful & there is little to no tweakability on the guitar settings to make them usable for bass.

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1326447637' post='1497242'] Just out of interest why do people consider skinnier necks to be faster? I struggle on skinnier necks personally.. [/quote] I'm the same. I played a jazz bass profile neck for years but ended up finding it really cramped & uncomfortable. I like really chunky necks now & my playing speed doesn't appear to have been compromised in any way.

I've just finished doing some repair work on a friends Precision Lyte & these do indeed have very skinny fast necks. Very nice bass actually - haven't played a bass with a passive P Bass type pickup for ages & I was very impressed with the sound.

Improving your knowledge of theory can't do you any harm. You might not neccesarily use it in the context you play in at the moment, but it's always useful to have.