RhysP

[quote name='gadgie' timestamp='1436618851' post='2819564'] nope not saying that at all..... [/quote] I was just being humorous.... but Cardiff really is sh*t. Anyway - Case has now found a new home via Gumtree.

[quote name='gadgie' timestamp='1436618568' post='2819560'] The problem is it's in Cardiff.... [/quote] Yeah, Cardiff is pretty sh*t.

I've got a tweed case that came with my MIJ Precision that I don't use that's going free if anybody wants to come & get it. It's got a lot of scuffs & marks on the outside (the perfect case for your relic'd bass ) but is structurally sound. All the catches work perfectly, the case locks, & the inside is like new. Collection only from Cardiff please.

[quote name='zero9' timestamp='1436547365' post='2819113'] There is no perceptible difference in 'feel' between a graphite or wooden neck, it's all down to finish. [/quote] This. I've had people play my Zons not knowing they had graphite necks & they had absolutely no idea until told them.

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1436525957' post='2818842'] Besides I wouldn't describe a cello as "twangy". [/quote] I was just thinking the same thing.

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1436456931' post='2818321'] I've heard graphite is much heavier than wood. True or false? [/quote] The Zon Legacy fretless I used to own was easily the lightest bass I've ever come across - unbelievably light.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1436443216' post='2818170'] So often are the unlikeable also talented. Apparently I'm fairly amiable, so what does that tell you? [/quote] At least you're amiable - I'm a total **** & I've got no talent whatsoever.....

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1436382170' post='2817771'] I do love a Gretsch 6120 type. I miss my old Streamliner, but it did go to fund a Stingray. [/quote] I did the opposite - flogged pretty much all my bass stuff & bought this.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1436379435' post='2817738'] Sexy looking! [/quote] It's #3 of a limited run of 12 Gretsch Anniversary models with a gold finish made for a music shop in the US last year. It just happened to come up for sale in Bristol at the same time as I'd sold a pile of gear I wasn't using so I had to have it. I've always loved Gretsch guitars.

Picked myself up this little beauty yesterday: [URL=http://s86.photobucket.com/user/RhysP/media/Gold%20anni%201_zpserhg1wfl.jpg.html][IMG]http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k120/RhysP/Gold%20anni%201_zpserhg1wfl.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

Richard bought my Markbass combo off me this afternoon. Met up in Bristol, couldn't have been an easier or more pleasant transaction - great person to deal with. Many thanks Richard!

I'm covering a Courtney Barnett song on Friday apparently (me on guitar & a female singer).... Haven't even listened to it yet.

Mark King's white Jaydee had them inlaid all over the neck. I used to help out in a music shop in the late 70's/early 80s & we used to order custom Jaydees for people, who sometimes wanted the cherub inlays. They just became known to us a "Flying Pigs", and if we ever called them that when talking to John Diggins he'd go nuts.

What's the inlay at the 12th fret - is it one of the Jaydee Flying Pigs (Cherubs)?

Do you get any buzzing or clicking when you lightly touch the strings? Or a buzz that stops when you touch the strings? If not then it's unlikely to be an earth problem.

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1436093856' post='2814836'] Fair point. Did you have your name on yours? [/quote] No, though it was an option. I don't have much of an ego.....

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1436093202' post='2814823'] Any ideas on Graham foster? A quick Google search reveals one, but he had switched to guitar by the time this would have been made? [/quote] Could be anyone, doesn't have to be a "name" player. When I had my custom Jaydee built in the mid 80's I wasn't even in a band or gigging.

The easiest way to avoid this is to not touch the pole pieces....

[quote name='Bloodaxe' timestamp='1436035648' post='2814532'] Depends on the blue. This is just bluegh IMO. [/quote] I love the colour - what spoils it for me is the horrible natural wood stripe up the centre. It would look so much better if it was blue all over IMO.

If that's the sort of thing somebody is looking for then great. If somebody wants to play & rehearse more than that then it won't be of any interest to them.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1436022209' post='2814415'] So the OP posted yesterday evening and we both said the same thing at the same time..? [/quote] Spooooky......!

That looks like Burgundy Mist to me - easily my favourite Fender custom colour.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1435738295' post='2811873'] Oh, ha ha. 'Fish' was Squire's band nickname, as I'm sure you know. Thhp! [/quote] "Fish" was the only thing that Marillion stole that didn't come from Genesis....