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[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1489774340' post='3259798'] I'd pay 90 for Hendrix [/quote] That would be a f***ing stupid thing to do, he's been dead for ages.

Flartchy.

Station to Station to Lodger for me.

[quote name='visog' timestamp='1489647445' post='3258558'] I so agree about Geddy's Wal sound... on the other hand, I agree with the poster who said when they played one themselves it sounded incredible. I think maybe a different producer could have got more balls out of Geddy's Wal.. [/quote] I thought his Wal sounded like sh*te live too. Having said that I've never liked Geddy's jazz bass sound much either.

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1489509814' post='3257546'] From Rush.com's "rig rundown" section, 1989: The colour-coding apparently helped him when he was breaking in a new ARP synthesiser and bass pedal arrangement. [/quote]

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1489419818' post='3256752'] For the record, the tone Geddy got from his Wal represents my least favourite chapter of Rush's history.... [/quote] Geddy's Wal tone is one of the worst bass sounds I'ver ever heard. Bloody awful, sounds like rubber bands stretched over a shoe box.

[quote name='Sean' timestamp='1489429499' post='3256852'] Teles are more expensive because there's more wood. Manufacturers generally don't slice big chunks of the wood away like on a Strat, all those comfort contours mean less wood. I got wise to all this and ended up with a Richie Kotzen Telecaster with comfort contours and it was an absolute bargain, mainly because it has less wood. It's still a Tele but less wood means cheap, right? Check them out. It's like a loophole in the whole "Teles are dearer than Strats" rule. [/quote] Really? The Richie Kotzen signature model is one of the most expensive non custom shop Telecasters available, about £1,800 last time I looked.

"Pink Moon" - Nick Drake.

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1489316971' post='3255925'] The only time I saw Bowie live was at Slane Castle on the Glass Spider tour in 1987. [/quote] I hope he was better than he was in Cardiff on the same tour. One of the worst gigs I've ever been to.

Oh dear.

[quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1489137347' post='3254590'] As someone who plays at acoustic nights and open mics with my "original" songs on a regular basis I can indeed say that house cajon players, bass players etc are incredibly off-putting when they're trying to accompany you on a song they've never heard before. [/quote] This. Nothing more annoying than somebody trying to force bass & drums onto a song that was never intended to have them.

[quote name='Mickeyboro' timestamp='1489010988' post='3253790'] Ed Sheeran is the new Nick Heyward, then! [/quote] Yeah, I can't stand Nick Heyward either.

I definitely find playing guitar & singing easier than playing bass & singing. I've been singing as long as I've been playing. I've done lead & backing vocals while playing bass for a long time. My introduction to singing & playing bass live was a bit of a baptism of fire. My old band had their (and my) first ever gig playing at a festival in West Sussex, playing just before China Crisis who were the headline act. A couple of days before the gig our vocalist/rhythm guitarist quit. We were so angry at him doing this to us that we decided we'd do the gig regardless. I ended up taking over lead vocal duties without a rehearsal &, fuelled by a combination of bloodymindedness & adrenalin, got through the gig without any problems.

I wondered what Uncle Fester was doing now.

What did they finish it with, a muck spreader?

I'm another one who hates the feel of those anodised scratchplates. Loved my Japanese 57RI Precision, great bass.

[quote name='scalpy' timestamp='1488741727' post='3251461'] One of my all time favourites! [/quote] Me too.

[quote name='gazzatriumph' timestamp='1488731111' post='3251358'] Agree, although I'm biased as I have one [/quote] They're great basses. Played quite a few but never actually owned one.

[quote name='Painy' timestamp='1488721267' post='3251246'] It's a Laurus. Federico Malaman can be seen playing one in a lot of his videos. [URL=http://s38.photobucket.com/user/Richard_Pain/media/stuff/Screenshot_20170305-133143_1_zpsemxclabf.jpg.html][IMG]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e113/Richard_Pain/stuff/Screenshot_20170305-133143_1_zpsemxclabf.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/quote] That's an abomination.

[quote name='julesb' timestamp='1488721931' post='3251254'] Might have been the cobra [/quote] The later models had a compressor with a red button, but the 80s ones didn't as far as I can remember.

[quote name='julesb' timestamp='1488719358' post='3251231'] If I remember rightly the red button on these was a 'compressor' which actually acted like an extreme limiter. [/quote] The red button was a bass boost, no compressor on these.

You're better off just using a normal bass, acoustic basses are a waste of time.

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1488628973' post='3250577'] I think the Kramer headstock is absolutely fantastic, it's distinctive, well-proportioned, compact and shiny! What's not to like? [/quote] I've always loved the Kramer headstock too, one of my favourites.

£18 is f*** all for a set of bass strings.