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[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='1111850' date='Feb 2 2011, 12:01 AM']Andrew McKinlay - James Taylor Quartet Dave Swift - Jools Holland Joe Hubbard - 80's session giant Jimmy Sims - Saturdays/Mika Rob Burns - 80's session giant Guy Pratt - Pink Floyd Ed Hetherton - Elliot Minor Janek Gwisdala and Steve Lawson occasionally show up to promote something. I know Randy Hope Taylor, Nick Fyffe, Paul Turner and Lee Sklar have browsed but not joined, I strongly suspect Mark King is aware of the site. Any others haven't made themselves known.[/quote] Really Famous? That's a list of people who nobody apart from other bass players would have ever heard of. I'm not disputing any of their respective talents on the instrument (even the ones I've never heard of) but I very much doubt if even they would regard themselves as "Really Famous".

I find that my memory comes in useful for remembering things.

[quote name='jbn4001' post='1109758' date='Jan 31 2011, 05:42 PM']Love the keys parts being played on guitar.[/quote] I once saw Paul Gilbert play an amazing version of "The lamb lies down on Broadway" - just him & a guitar, playing all the various parts with two handed tapping & singing it at the same time. It was absolutely jaw-dropping awesome. Great video Craig, thanks for posting it.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='1105915' date='Jan 28 2011, 09:42 AM']BTW, graphite neck wiki entry for anyone who is interested:[/quote] No mention of Zon? I'm stunned!

A Rickenbacker 4001 was the bass of my dreams too - until I actually owned a couple! Never again. The only reason I wish I still had them is how much I could get for them now (especially the checkerboard bound one with the horseshoe & toaster pickups). You really need to spend a bit of time with a Rick to see if it agrees with you before splashing the cash for one IMO.

As Colin Edwin doesn't use 5 string basses it would have been drop D tuning. He also uses a Spector 4 string with a low tuning (C I think) but he didn't have this when "In Absentia" was recorded.

Bill Bruford. Gavin Harrison. Danny Carey

Saw it in the cinema last week & it's very good. Dave Grohl's shameless brown-nosing is a bit stomach churning though.

George Murray. Paul Gardiner.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1103144' date='Jan 26 2011, 07:49 AM']Calling EBS_Freak and his tales of carbon neck troubles recently [/quote] I missed this - link please someone?

I want the '52 reissue Telecaster - it's a f***ing KILLER!

Don't waste hours/years of valuable practice time hanging around on internet forums.

Allparts will do it all (the only strings they sell are generic ones though): [url="http://www.allparts.uk.com/"]http://www.allparts.uk.com/[/url]

Mixing gold & chrome hardware will look sh*t. If the price of the gold ones on Ebay is too good to miss, just give them a good going over with some Brasso & a rag - that'll get rid of the gold plating in no time.

Ty Tabor.

[quote name='thatgrantboy' post='1093457' date='Jan 18 2011, 08:34 AM']I think he was making a joke about "a little bass".... Ashbory bass... [/quote] Well spotted that man! Thank f*** somebody got it.

[quote name='yybass' post='1091731' date='Jan 16 2011, 07:41 PM']The reason they were not kept is that they did not have the same tone as the Pre-CBS models.[/quote] Pre CBS Stingrays?

[quote name='joncaulfield72' post='1088312' date='Jan 13 2011, 05:11 PM']I'm from Cardiff and I play a little Bass...[/quote] An Ashbory?

I'd go with Bartolinis - got them in both my graphite necked Zons & they sound superb (well, to me they do). If you want a darker sound maybe active pickups isn't the way to go - a good passive Jazz set might be more suitable.