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[quote name='jonthebass' post='614507' date='Oct 2 2009, 08:56 AM']I often wonder if it's a case that the not-so-good Custom Shop guitars and basses are exported and the cream of the crop kept in the States?[/quote] That definitely happens with Gibsons so I can't see why it wouldn't with Fender.

The fuzz bass part on "Think for yourself" was one of the first things I ever learnt. I'm not a big fan of the Beatles, but "Rubber Soul" is a great album.

I always have to suppress a giggle whenever somebody on here mentions RIM basses.

Stupidly overpriced IMO. I've never really got the "Masterbuilt" thing with Fender, as they're basically wooden Meccano kits. OK, so you'd (supposedly) be getting better woods than a standard USA Fender, but there's not that much BUILDING goes into a Fender - certainly not in the same league of craftsmanship as an archtop hollowbody instrument or whatever. At the end of the day it's just two lumps of wood screwed together. The neck & body will still be cut by a machine, it's just having a bit more time taken over it in the finish & set-up.

[quote name='TheBlueFalcon' post='612560' date='Sep 29 2009, 10:24 PM']Now that I am looking at basses again, I was wondering what people thought about the 35" scale compared to 34"?[/quote] It's 1 more.......

Why did you buy a five string in the first place? If it's because the sort of music you like & want to play requires the use of one then stick with it.

IMO they are the best bass pickup you can get.

[quote name='KevB' post='610958' date='Sep 28 2009, 04:22 PM']If there's anyone in the know I'd be interested in Deep Purple's 'Made In Japan' album. It's pretty much a classic of its genre and I don't think much of it was fixed in the studio. It took them until a rematser years later to fix the fact that Blackmore was put onto the 'wrong' side of the stereo mix so I doubt they tinkered too much with it at the time. Some of the tracks on that album are for me the definitive versions (Smoke, Strange Kind Of Woman) over the studio versions.[/quote] The main thing that has been revealed about "Made in Japan" is that it wasn't recorded in Japan.

[quote name='Lorne' post='611052' date='Sep 28 2009, 05:37 PM']I'm very interested as to what the electrics on this bass do,as it loks similarly made to a B.C.Rich,Grover Titans,Badass,twin P's,lots of switches etc[/quote] Lorne, The Atilla guitars & basses had a volume & tone knob for each pickup, a coil tap for each pickup & an out-of-phase switch which works when both pickups are selected. It's basically the same set up as a BC rich circuit minus the preamp & the Varitone. My old Odyssey bass (the one at the start of this thread) sounded quite similar to the late 70s rich basses I've played. The build quality was comparable too.

[quote name='v8bass' post='607578' date='Sep 24 2009, 12:13 PM']As im taking pics of all my bits bobs odds n ends Thought i should get a pic of my Voyager up Headless and aluminium allmost fit for Dusty Hill ! Enormous player capable of very low action Meaty tappable schaller double J pickup and phenolic fingerboard and oh chunky profile neck too Had this since the Romans came my way and its only ever been transported in a bin bag ( doh ) Currently strung as a tenor bass but normally with 30 -90 [attachment=33413:PICT0131.JPG] [attachment=33414:PICT0158.JPG] Gary v8 Kramer lover[/quote] Did you buy that from "Livewire" in Cardiff by any chance?

[quote name='FlatEric' post='609807' date='Sep 27 2009, 08:33 AM'] Odyssey Bass Pics. At last I have managed to get some shots. I think this is about 30 years old. One of my favourites! Sound great!! Also shown with a couple of friends! Flat Eric [attachment=33577:Od1.jpg][attachment=33578:Od2.jpg][attachment=33579:OdElite.jpg][/quote] That's a nice one - looks like it's in superb condition. They're great basses.

Buy a polish impregnated jewellers cloth & buff 'em up with that - they'll clean up a treat & with no mess. A more labour intensive method (if your frets are REALLY sh*tty) is to use fine wire wool, but you'll have to mask off the fingerboard between the frets & be careful that no bits of wire wool get into you pickup magnets.

[quote name='OldGit' post='609343' date='Sep 26 2009, 04:19 PM']I think an un-improved live album would be pants. You just can't record atmosphere.[/quote] I completely agree. Would you REALLY want an album to sound like it was recorded at the back of Wembley Arena or the NEC? An unimproved live album would just sound like 99% of bootlegs - absolute sh*te.

[quote name='Bassassin' post='609321' date='Sep 26 2009, 03:50 PM']Or Rush's Exit Stage left, which the band refer to as "live-ish". Jon.[/quote] I'm surprised at that, mainly because the sound quality of that album is bloody awful. Alex Lifeson's guitar is so deeply buried in the mix he may as well not be on there.

Magazine.

[quote name='TransistorBassMan' post='606762' date='Sep 23 2009, 03:53 PM']Paul left Gary's band in 1981 Pino played on Music For Chameleons which is from 1982. Paul died in 1984 In my opinion Paul's best work was Gary's Telekon album from 1980[/quote] Thanks for the correction - I must read the Numan biography again! I been a fan of Pauls playing since hearing the first Tubeway Army album when I was in school. I've got tickets for the upcoming "Pleasure Principle" gigs - such a shame that Paul isn't around to play them.

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='606240' date='Sep 22 2009, 11:01 PM']I always thought that tune was Pino Palladino.[/quote] Paul Gardiner had died of a heroin overdose before "Music for Chameleons" was recorded. It is Pino on that track.

[quote name='jmccabe' post='605893' date='Sep 22 2009, 05:50 PM']I wouldn't put Mick Karn as underrated, I thought everyone thought he was brilliant :-)[/quote] I don't - I've always thought his fretless playing is atrociously out of tune. He gets away with it though because he's all arty & "Avant garde", the ponce. Yet another vote for the awesome Barry Adamson from me, and another player I would like to add to the list is Paul Gardiner from Tubeway Army.

Thomas Dolby wrote & produced that.

I played bass on some stuff that John Peel played on his show in the mid 90's.

He'll regret taking that gig when he finds that she's sold all his Foderas to buy crack. [quote name='BurritoBass' post='604386' date='Sep 21 2009, 11:55 AM']You mean to say you've not heard of Matt Garrison? No, me neither! [/quote] Of course you've heard of him - he used to be the teacher on "Southpark"

[quote name='WalMan' post='604036' date='Sep 20 2009, 10:17 PM']Weighs a ton, probably something to do with the 5 PP3's it has inside it to run 2 x 18v preamps and the lights on the top of the neck.[/quote] Do Alembics not come with the phantom powering module anymore then? 5 batteries is a bit silly.

Going by the title I thought this was going to be a thread about erectile dysfunction.......

[quote name='Balcro' post='604440' date='Sep 21 2009, 12:48 PM']Eeeuck! Is that really a bass in spalted pink dapple? I'm sorry, we obviously don't share the same taste in basses.[/quote] There's no spalting on that bass at all, it's quilted maple. As for the colour I think you'll probably find it's a natural finish & there's a colour cast on the photo.

Just a quickie - does anyone know if a Zon Legacy will fit a Hiscox Liteflite bass case? I've compared the measurements on the Hiscox website & it could be a tight squeeze, but there's no shop in Cardiff that has one in stock so I can try it. I'd basically have to commit to buy one without knowing if it will fit which I don't want to do. They do a larger bass case but that will be much too big. Cheers.