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[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1215725' date='Apr 30 2011, 12:30 PM']I know mine usually have wee marks.......[/quote] By "Wee" I'm hoping you mean "Small". If not there are special pads you can buy in any branch of Boots.

[quote name='icastle' post='1215693' date='Apr 30 2011, 12:14 PM']The thing I find wierd about this whole 'roadworn' image thing is that I can't think of another consumer retail chain where people buy knackered looking merchandise... [/quote] People buy brand new jeans with holes & rips in them. They're f***ing stupid as well.

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' post='1215637' date='Apr 30 2011, 11:33 AM']Just ask a concert violin soloist how much he is prepared to pay for a 100 years old Stradivarius (we are talking £70-80 thousand average, by the way) and then you get an idea as to why to a professional orchestra violinist spending that money is essential to their job.[/quote] This is down to the prestige of owning a Stradivari instrument rather than any tangible superiority. There have been many blind tests carried out where so-called experts have been completely unable to correctly identify a Stradivari when play alongside other violins, both old & new. There's just as much horseshit & snobbery in the world of vintage classical instruments as there is with vintage electric guitars & basses

I wondered where you were in this thread Lorne. I've said it before & I'll say it again - those 8 string Bich's are AWESOME!!!

[quote name='Spoombung' post='1213962' date='Apr 28 2011, 04:51 PM']No gas but curious about these: [/quote] I'd buy it quick if I were you, it's already starting to melt.

Absolutely zero interest in anything except a 5 string fretted Zon Legacy, which will have to be secondhand as I could never afford a new one.

[quote name='iconic' post='1212884' date='Apr 27 2011, 05:20 PM']your old band wasn't Perfect Vision by any chance?[/quote] No it wasn't.

My old band supported them donkeys years ago - he was one of the first people I ever saw using a six string bass (Warwick Thumb as I recall). Good player.

Use Brasso. Put a bit on a soft cloth, rub it on the the bridge & the gold plate will come straight off.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1210873' date='Apr 25 2011, 01:56 PM'][/quote] OOH! Lovely!!

[quote name='thebrig' post='1210629' date='Apr 25 2011, 09:01 AM']What is it with me? I have nine very nice basses, and yet as soon as I log onto this site, I head straight to the "Basses For Sale" section. How can I overcome this addiction?[/quote] Get a really sh*tty job that pays f***-all? Works for me.

He'd still pass as fashionable in Wales. And let's be honest; no matter how terrible he looks the bass is 1000 times worse.

Lots of Tom Petty stuff to choose from too.

[quote name='Sawtooth' post='1209488' date='Apr 23 2011, 08:18 PM']What? Give up playing music? Or take up another instrument?[/quote] Both.

Do something else.

Drink lots of of red wine. Vomit on hardware. Leave overnight. Chrome will be completely f***ed in the morning - believe me, I've done it.

Did you gig them? I only change strings about twice a year when not gigging, but two hours on a sweaty stage used to completely kill my strings.

[quote name='Doddy' post='1207359' date='Apr 21 2011, 06:29 PM']Not quite. It occupies the same frequency range but in every other way it's a 'bass'.[/quote] Surely it's the frequency range that determines if an instrument is in the bass register or not, rather than scale length or number of strings? So a baritone guitar would have a lower range than a piccolo bass but would be classed as a guitar & a piccolo bass would be a bass even though it's in a higher register? I have no idea why & to be honest I'm not sure I really care.

[quote name='Doddy' post='1206990' date='Apr 21 2011, 12:32 PM']It's basically a bass tuned on octave higher.[/quote] A guitar in other words.....

I have to say, nothing has ever made me want to put the work in & learn to read music & swot up on some theory more than some of the attitudes displayed over the last twelve pages.

[quote name='steverickwood' post='1205663' date='Apr 20 2011, 11:50 AM']Also, if not already mentioned, I think Colin Moulding of XTC used one.[/quote] He did indeed, along with an old Epiphone Newport.

By "Sophisticated" I'm assuming that Bilbo means harmonically and/or rhythmically complex. A large number of musicians don't play complex music, they play 12 bar blues & fairly simplistic rock or pop music, which is pretty much just two or three different riffs strung together in predictable sequences. (Apologies Bilbo if my assumption is wrong).

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1205203' date='Apr 19 2011, 08:58 PM']But the world can always use another honest man [/quote] Seriously, your "work ethic" comment got me thinking earlier; I know lots of musicians, and a lot of them are really good players. The two people I know that I really admire for their drive & the sheer amount of work they do as musicians are both excellent sight readers & possess an incredible amount of theoretical knowledge.