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[quote name='OldGit' post='898407' date='Jul 18 2010, 09:45 PM']Whatever passes for entertaining in the context[/quote] Exactly. I wouldn't want to see Kiss sitting on wooden stools looking all earnest just as much as I wouldn't want to see Martin Carthy pulling rock star shapes & spitting fake blood.

There's no way anybody could be fooled into thinking that was a Fender - the neck pocket is too good.

I'd be very surprised if Lemmy ever had anything to do with it as he's pretty well known for hating Fender basses.

[quote name='phil.mcglassup' post='895009' date='Jul 14 2010, 07:54 PM']What sort of P bass is it? Does it have a specific name?[/quote] Malcolm.

[quote name='thack' post='893043' date='Jul 12 2010, 06:33 PM']Cheers man, i got a meet with him next week.[/quote] My pleasure. Hope you get it sorted out.

I use La Bella slappers on my fretless Zon & they're great.

Price has obviously not been a problem - they've only got one left.

I think this is the guy Oldgit tends to recommend: [url="http://www.edgeguitarservices.co.uk/"]http://www.edgeguitarservices.co.uk/[/url]

[quote name='Rayman' post='890508' date='Jul 9 2010, 03:28 PM']Bernie Dresel, fabulous drummer, had the pleasure of meeting him a couple of times while he was playing for Brian Setzer, along side a superb DB player Mark Winchester.[/quote] Ah! That's where I know the name from - he did the "68 Comeback Special" stuff with Setzer, didn't he?

Blimey, is Nina Hagen still going?

[quote name='bubinga5' post='892051' date='Jul 11 2010, 04:23 PM']Yes they should be spot on setup wise but ive picked up a UV5 before and it was really badly setup...Depends on the shop...[/quote] You can't blame a shop for poorly cut nuts, unfinished frets & the like. These sort of things are far from uncommon on USA Fenders & Gibsons (basses & guitars), which I think is pretty appalling given the money they cost. For the kind of money they cost they BLOODY WELL SHOULD arrive at the shop with a decent set-up. Other firms can do it, why can't Fender? Surely the least you can ask for when paying thousands for a bass is some indication of quality control at source? But no, Fender are very aware that people will still buy their stuff regardless of how shoddy it is just because of the name on the headstock & so they continue to treat the customer with contempt. I've never played a Sadowsky that I thought was worth anywhere near the asking price either. [quote name='bubinga5' post='892051' date='Jul 11 2010, 04:23 PM']Minimum wage Immigrant drone???? This thread seems to be about the shops not the basses[/quote] What I was referring to here is the poorly paid, mainly Mexican workers who Fender employ to assemble their basses & guitars - there is comparatively little skilled luthiery work goes into a Fender, be it a Squier or a "Masterbuilt" model. Unfortunately a Fender "Masterbuilder" gets paid considerably more to screw a couple of bits of wood together than his more lowly counterpart who probably does the job just as well.

[quote name='wesfinn' post='891898' date='Jul 11 2010, 12:20 PM']the thing you have to remember is that everybody is different in how they like theyre bass set up.[/quote] There's a big difference between trying a bass in shop that is perfectly playable but will need a final tweek to get it just right for you, and being handed a bass or guitar that is pretty much unplayable.

[quote name='chris_b' post='891820' date='Jul 11 2010, 10:37 AM']Presumably Sadowsky and Status are high volume manufacturers in comparison to Fender's Custom Shop?[/quote] I would think that There are a damn sight more Fender Custom Shop basses made than Sadowsky or Status basses. The whole Fender Custom Shop thing is just a bloody big con, as is their "Master built" stuff. It's all still cut by the same machines, it's just screwed together by an American "Craftsman" rather than a minimum wage immigrant drone. I've worked in a music shop in the 80s that sold high end basses (Jaydee, Alembic, Pangborne, Manson, Overwater etc.) & these basses would invariably arrive at the shop set up to perfection. The most they might need is a bit of a truss rod tweak if they'd been through some different temperatures en route. For the money they charge a Fender custom shop bass should arrive at the dealer with a great set-up. No excuses.

Guitar or keyboards. I'll also often start with a drum or percussion pattern of some description. Bass is pretty much always the last thing I add.

Is it a "Proper" carbon fibre Steinberger or one of the many licensed knock-offs that are available?

[quote name='silddx' post='890999' date='Jul 10 2010, 01:20 AM']Live, he's astonishing.[/quote] He certainly is. I saw him at Wembley in the late 80s & he was astoundingly good. His stage presence is unbelievable.

It appears to have a tremolo arm.

[quote name='Golchen' post='889797' date='Jul 8 2010, 07:51 PM']Busman's holiday from english owned Welsh cottages?[/quote] That would almost have classed as topical humour........about 20 years ago.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='890134' date='Jul 9 2010, 09:27 AM']Regarding Stephen Delft - I found an article on-line regarding a design for a compensated nut written back in 1992 (and therefore pre-dating the Buzz Feiten system?). He also appears to have moved to New Zealand. I have just about every IM from the "What's Your Union Doing For You?" cover up to some point in the early to mid 80s. I also have most issues of Sounds International from the late 70s and early 80s too (A superior publication IMO). I must dig them out of storage and see if they are as good as I remembered![/quote] They were really good magazines. I've still got a few of them, along with some copies of "Beat Instrumental".

Just to derail slightly - I just cannot understand the mentality of people who post videos of themselves playing bass on Youtube. Whys do people feel the need to do this? Are they so insecure that they desperately need people to tell them how great a bass player they are? Or is it a "15 minutes of fame" thing? Maybe this needs to be a seperate thread.......

Cringingly awful happy clappy bollocks IMO - I don't care how good the bass players are. It makes me want to move to Norway & burn down a church.

[quote name='Doddy' post='889168' date='Jul 8 2010, 01:01 AM']The way players like Janek scat is indeed part of he process and not the performance. It's more about the phrasing on the instrument rather than the actual scatting itself. It's just a way to get melodic ideas that your hands may not naturally play. I've seen Janek play scale exercises and sing along with those.It's just something he does when he plays,and it's different from the way someone like George Benson or Oteil[/quote] I'm obviously missing something here, but why can't a player just "Think" it, rather than having to do it out loud? It seems to me like the musical equivalent of moving your lips whilst reading.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='889328' date='Jul 8 2010, 10:33 AM']Personally I think sound clips are a bit meaningless. All they show is how the current player of the bass sounds with their choice of whatever extra gear they have the bass plugged into. That doesn't mean that I'll ever get the same sound even with exactly the same signal path. The only meaningful sound for me is how the bass sounds with me playing it through my gear in the musical context that I want to use it. Someone else's playing can't show me that ever.[/quote] +1 There are too many variables to make a sound clip be of any real use.