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[quote name='purpleblob' post='1227138' date='May 11 2011, 09:19 AM']Admittedly played on a piccolo bass, Stanley Clarke's school days solo is one of the all time greats.....[/quote] So great that he's played it with only slight variations on every bloody album he's released since.

I've got Gotohs on one of my Zons & Schallers on the other - to be honest I don't think there's much to choose between them quality-wise.

[quote name='chris_b' post='1227346' date='May 11 2011, 11:46 AM']I only use 1 or 2 sets of DR strings in a year (for the last 10 years or so) and I've never had a problem.[/quote] I've gone through far more than that in a week just trying to find a set that weren't f***ed. (That's mail order as well as from a local shop so it wasn't just a case of one place having a faulty batch. One very well know online string retailer told me they send more sets of DR strings back because of faults than any other brand).

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='1200304' date='Apr 15 2011, 09:34 AM']To be fair, it was CS-built.[/quote] Fender Custom Shop = screwed together by an American rather than a Mexican.......

[quote name='StevieD_FenderP2009' post='1227202' date='May 11 2011, 09:58 AM']Thanks very much dude, ive heard nothing but good things about DR strings so I'm going to give them a go.[/quote] So you haven't read the posts about their quality control being sh*t & getting dud strings again & again? I stopped using them (on bass & acoustic guitar) for this reason & my local shop stopped stocking them because they were fed up with the failure rate. I use Labella's now ("Slappers" & "Deep talkin' bass") - half the price & never had any problems at all. They last a long time too.

[quote name='Bankai' post='1227249' date='May 11 2011, 10:35 AM']Also greatest moment; literally the moment he hands me his bass, I plant the headstock straight into the wall. Great start...[/quote] Did you ask for a discount due the the headstock damage?

Awesome.

Bollocks, I've only just seen this - I would have come & seen you if I'd known before. Sorry about that!

I REALLY don't need another four string but if nobody bids on this & there's no reserve.........

You should have got that kid to move out of the way before you started to spray it.

[quote name='tommorichards' post='1225608' date='May 9 2011, 09:46 PM']Well. With new, you know there are no problems that could have arisen from previous owners messing with it (i.e, a fekked trussrod, broken stuff).[/quote] The most trouble I ever had with an instrument was one that I bought new. Within a couple of months the pickups had died & the finish started to peel off the body. It was covered by a warranty but it was a real pain getting the company (GIBSON!!) to honour it. The nightmare I went through with that guitar put me off buying new forever.

I think this is pretty lovely: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rare-Emex-Londaxe-Bass-guitar-jet-black-/140545648043?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item20b92c65ab"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rare-Emex-Londaxe-Ba...=item20b92c65ab[/url] Anyone seen these before?

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='1224881' date='May 9 2011, 11:04 AM']Alembic Series 1 graphite. [/quote] Oooh, that's NICE!

[quote name='BottomE' post='1224919' date='May 9 2011, 11:30 AM']Gigs and an audience - its all pointless otherwise.[/quote] For you maybe - personally that is the least important part for me. I want to be involved in writing, playing & hopefully recording music that I will find fulfilling & be proud to be a part of; what anybody else thinks of it I really couldn't care.

Uninspired & uninspiring pretty much sums me up at this stage.

[quote name='ahpook' post='1224571' date='May 8 2011, 09:52 PM']wasn't he in levitation too ?[/quote] Yes - all three members of Darkstar were in Levitation.

[quote name='Doddy' post='1224125' date='May 8 2011, 02:17 PM']The problem with a lot of fretless players is they put too much vibrato onto the notes and slide in and out of everything.[/quote] I was going to say this as well - [b]don't overdo the slides & vibrato!![/b] Get your intonation sorted out first - many fretless players use big vibrato & lots of slides to try & disguise their dodgy intonation (me included!).

"Think for yourself" - The Beatles.

[quote name='steve-soar' post='1217053' date='May 1 2011, 11:32 PM'] don't have nightmares kids.[/quote] I thought that was a picture of Everything But The Girl.

Anything apart from Fenders, Rickenbackers & Stingrays - same as always really.

Great stuff - Kings X & Filter are two of my favourite bands. Your singer is f***ing superb!

I've played one once & it wasn't a bad bass for the money, the bottom line though is that it's definitely a budget instrument. I wouldn't say it was on a par with Japanese Fenders I've played which have all been excellent quality-wise. I think you'd notice quite a big drop in quality if you're moving from that Maverick 5 string you're selling to one of these. I'd certainly try it before you buy it if possible £400 seems a bit steep to me - I've seen them go for £250 - £300.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='1218091' date='May 2 2011, 09:40 PM']IIRC there were only two Veleno basses made so finding one to play will be a bit tricky...[/quote] That's right - Kasims Ankh bass & this one: [quote name='BigRedX' post='1218091' date='May 2 2011, 09:40 PM']I was also considering 50 W&W basses to play before you died - inspired by the recent BGM article. Anyone interested?[/quote] ME! It's got to be better than the tedious pile of firewood in the BGM article.

My Trace Elliot stack died on me once during a gig. I was still coming out of the PA as I was DI'd so I just asked the soundman to give me some more bass through my monitors.