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Great basses (& guitars) for the money. I've never played a duff one. They made a headless model in the 80's which was bloody lovely.

[quote name='NancyJohnson' post='553219' date='Jul 27 2009, 09:12 PM']I had English Garden on vinyl and CD. God knows where it went. Five star album. P[/quote] It is a great album - one of those records only an English band could make. I've never even seen a CD copy of it. (It also features a very young Thomas Dolby, whose music I also absolutely love).

See if you can find the original version by Bruce Woolley & the Camera Club, there's a lot more guitar in it (it's more sort of XTC-ish). It's on the album "English Garden".

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='552923' date='Jul 27 2009, 05:38 PM']For example, a guy I know came into the shop with a Les Paul copy he'd bought privately. He wanted my opinion, as he'd paid £500 (!) for what was essentially a piece of sh@t.[/quote] Buying anything privately if you haven't got much knowledge or experience of musical gear (or anything else for that matter) is asking for trouble. I know a guy in Cardiff that paid serious money for a secondhand Rick 4001 and didn't even know it wasn't supposed to have a bolt on neck; he just saw the Rickenbacker nameplate that had been put on it & bought it.

Pretty much what everyone else has said. If I could get what I want in a local shop, even if it cost a little bit more, then I would. Unfortunately the vast majority of music shops have a pretty poor selection of basses unless you're looking for a budget model or a Fender. All the basses, guitars & keyboards I've bought for years have been online & nearly always secondhand. I've picked up some astonishing bargains & never had any problems whatsoever. I'm in a phase of selling & buying at the moment & it's all being done either on Ebay on Basschat.

Bloody hell. Messy.

Thanks for some great responses. I've read the Milkowksi book and thought, like most people on this thread, that it was quite well written & didn't really show anybody in a bad light. It was frank and unsentimental about Jaco's mental health problems, but I think the majority of people who were likely to read the book wouldn't have found any of this a great surprise. It would be interesting to hear the specific reasons behind Methenys derogatory comments. Out of interest, is the revised version of the Jaco book worth getting if I've only read the first edition?

[quote name='Faithless' post='552185' date='Jul 26 2009, 11:08 PM']I'm maybe talking nonsenses.[/quote] No "maybe" about it.

In the liner notes for the CD reissue of the "Jaco Pastorius" album, Pat Metheny refers to "a horribly inaccurate, botched biography" of Pastorius. I assume he is referring to the Bill Milkowski biography; does anyone know why Metheny is so scathing of the book, or is he referring to another book I am unaware of?

Bass: Another Zon Legacy. Guitar: Couple of different Hamers & a Musicman Luke.

Oh wow! You've got a Vinnie! Cool as f***!

The legendary 18 string Modulus is in that photo. That's a 6 string bass with each string having two octave strings. Allan Woody looks like Bob Carolgees from Tiswas in that photo.

[quote name='bythesea' post='549532' date='Jul 23 2009, 11:08 PM']Would certainly make a good pair [/quote] I know - it's doing my head in. I can't possibly justify that amount of money for a bass........but it's just so gorgeous.

[quote name='Buzz' post='550148' date='Jul 24 2009, 01:20 PM']You could always plump for the previous version of his sig p-bass, in West Ham colours [/quote] That first edition of the Steve Harris bass was really very good. They change hands for twice what they originally cost now.

[quote name='Eight' post='549591' date='Jul 24 2009, 12:13 AM']So they are human after all and can be treated as such!?!?[/quote] I wouldn't go as far as to say that.

When I bought my first Rick 4001 in 1979 I paid £204 for it..........you couldn't get a Rick case for that now. And I remember when this place was all fields......

Bugger off - I saw it first. It was on last week but it didn't sell. I'm desperately selling off everything I own so I can buy it.

You need to LISTEN. It's also by no means guaranteed that you will gel with a particular drummer. I've played with really good drummers that I just haven't had any real link with & less able players where we played stuff that just worked really well. When it does happen it feels f***ing brilliant.

I've posted my Legacy fretless in a thread before, but here it is again: It's rather fantastic. This is the one that's killing me at the moment - made for this years NAMM show with a mango wood top. I've got to change my underpants every time I look at it...... [url="http://www.j-guitar.com/sp/sea/view_detail/s10413600.html"]http://www.j-guitar.com/sp/sea/view_detail/s10413600.html[/url]

It would have to be a SANDberg........... Sorry, that was rubbish.

[quote name='andy.' post='549009' date='Jul 23 2009, 03:15 PM']I have never tried a carbon fibre neck, what are they like?[/quote] They probably are one of those things you need to try. I love them for their stability and evenness of tone & response. Some carbon fibre necked basses can sound very bright, but I've always found Zon basses to have a comparatively warm sound due to the great active circuits they use (made specially for them by Polyfusion). [quote name='bubinga5' post='549071' date='Jul 23 2009, 03:58 PM']Mansons in London is the only place i can think of for Zons..they have a wonderfull collection of them...Big £ though[/quote] London? I think you'll find it's in Exeter. They've got some nice Sonus models, but they never have bugger all if you're looking for a Legacy.