RhysP

[quote name='phil.i.stein' timestamp='1325882472' post='1489466'] why is that man not playing anymore ? [/quote] Far more interested in taking drugs than playing bass apparently, which is why Rollins kicked him out in the first place.

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1325867199' post='1489120'] erm... ive just seen the price... we are in total agreement.. you have to understand us jazz bass nuts Rhys, we will think different control knobs are something exciting... [/quote] I played a Jazz clone for nearly 20 years so I can sympathise to some extent.....

I don't know how the bass sound was created on this, but I can get pretty much exactly the same sound out of my EBS BassIQ pedal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHj-JjcAo3k It's a great bass part anyway.

Seriously, it might be worth getting in touch with any local colleges that run fashion/textile courses. There might well be students that would be happy to do something like this as it could count as project work/practical experience for them.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1325847081' post='1488564'] Can someone please explain the point of these clips? [/quote] It's some kind of desperate & pathetic need for recognition & to be told they're a badass bass player by a load of people they've never met & who's critical opinion counts for absolutely f*** all, as far as I can tell.

Maybe the mods could set up a clothing/fashion/haberdashery sub forum for topics like this?

[quote name='sixdegrees' timestamp='1325852124' post='1488696'] This seems like a throwback to the Jap photoflame era of the 90s. [/quote] That's EXACTLY what I thought when I saw them.

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1325816154' post='1488355'] can you tell me where you have ever seen a flame maple jazz with blocks thats not custom shop? it got my pants wet [/quote] That's why I said they're "ever so slightly different" - don't you understand what that means? I don't class a bit of fancy wood veneer & some different inlays as groundbreaking, innovative or a radical new departure in fenders history - it's just window dressing on the same old sh*te.

I only ever had one friend who'd playing I thought was fantastic - He's always been up there with my all-time favourite players. Unfortunately he died from a brain tumour 10 years ago when he was 36. That was when I started to lose interest in playing & it's never really come back. I had a video of a gig we did in Cardiff in 1990 & it was one of my most treasured possessions. My partner accidentally threw it out with a load of old VHS tapes about 18 months ago & I was heartbroken.

[quote name='margusalviste' timestamp='1325796142' post='1488002'] Hey, why don't you like the Noll preamp? [/quote] I like it, I just think the Polyfusion preamps are the best ones I've ever heard.

A sub section just for bass players would be a good idea.

Baritone guitars are tuned the same as a normal guitar but usually either a perfect fourth or perfect fifth lower.

I think it's 16mm, which is weird because it feels & looks wider than that. I certainly wouldn't describe it as "narrow".

A lot of Gretsch hollow body guitars are built with sound posts. The ones that don't have sound posts have trestle bracing and, as you'd expect, there's a lot of discussion about which sounds best....

[quote name='Johngh' timestamp='1325716944' post='1486698'] We bassists like exotic woods, different bridges not to mention graphite necks. [/quote] Not judging by the vast majority of "If it's not a Fender it's not a proper bass" & "If a bass has any amount of figuring in the wood whatsoever it's a coffee table" über conservatives there are on here.

"Damn, she won't shag me because my father is more famous than I am......"

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1325701512' post='1486374'] Could you then please point us in the direction of a good one that is as friendly, interesting and musically diverse as BassChat? [/quote] I could name three that are easily as good (one of them far better actually), but I don't want them being swamped by bloody bass players.

Pretty bog standard spec for a Bogart - 2 Bartolini pickups, Noll three band EQ, composite body, 34" scale carbon fibre neck. It's a superb bass - my other two basses are Zons & the Bogart is definately in the same league as them construction & playability-wise. I don't like the Noll preamp as much as the Polyfusion preamps in the Zons, but the Bogart sounds so good in passive mode I never use it anyway.

Optimistic, to say the least.

WOW! Such innovation! They're ever so slightly different to all the other Fenders available & use "new" features that other manufacturers have had as standard for years. Still, I'm sure there will be long queues of people waiting to spend their wad on them.....both literally & euphemistically.

Me. [IMG]http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k120/RhysP/Bogartfulllength1c.jpg[/IMG] (It's going to be up for sale soon though as I'm selling all my gear)

It's not a Rich, it's an Eko BX7.

If you "only potter" on guitar & don't even know what to teach them on their first lesson then you're doing these kids a disservice IMO.