Cat Burrito

We've been using a live shot taken by a fan as it looks much better than 5 blokes leaning up against a wall, none of whom are as young as they used to be New album out at the end of the year so I suspect we'll be looking for a wall in the next few months...

I've bought from that EBay seller before and he is great. Bass looks good and it's a great thread. Personally I prefer the tort but that white works well too. Big fan of SD pups. [quote name='silentbob' post='768736' date='Mar 9 2010, 12:49 AM']Guess i'm going to be in the minority here, but i think it looks awful. Always disliked red on red, but red on pink is just wrong.[/quote] I have red on sunset orange so best we don't go there

Interesting one this, bordering on mildly annoying. I own a 3/4 upright which is chinese. Very happy with it but the bridge was a bit weak so I ordered a new one. I got a 3/4 size one and then realised the inside of my bass is marked as 4/4. It really isn't but that's what it says. Anyhow the new bridge is too small & mine is obviously a 3/4 bass with a 4/4 bridge. Is this common or was mine a factory cock-up?

I rarely use mine. I can't quite bring myself to sell it but it doesn't solve the problem of space. It's going to be bulky if it's an upright bass I'm afraid. I just stand mine in the corner

Pretty much nailed by Doddy here really. Some bands / tabs will list stuff as C, F & G when the tuning is tuned down half a step so you'll be playing B, E and F# when playing along with the recording. If you are then playing it with other musicians just check to see if they are playing those shapes in regular tunings or as per the record

I've used it two or three times and it's excellent. On the last occasion they stopped taking the payments for a couple of months without contacting me so it took longer to pay off (it just delayed the repayment) which I thought was a little poor (I hate bad comms) but generally you can't fault 0%. It's available through a lot of online traders too like Soundslive so worth a punt if your local shop isn't partaking

How do we know that he's not just a very little man?

If you have decent cables already & a decent bass / amp then it really is false economy to skimp on patch cables.

I've also used [url="http://www.bassguitarthumbrests.com/"]http://www.bassguitarthumbrests.com/[/url] and he's great. Really fast turnaround too

Soundslive are excellent

Just got back from a Lenny Kravitz style soul session where I got to play around a fair bit. Quite different from what I normally play

Somebody got a good deal

I fell offstage very drunkenly at The Old Angel in Nottingham back in December 1994. It was before the first song & quite possibly got the biggest cheer of the night. I seem to remember I was adjusting my backing vocal stand. What a fool!

I have thumb rests on my precisions or it's the pickup. I will sometimes use picks too

I got an amp stand but it was one extra thing to pack / leave behind. I usually find something at the venue

The P's are a light basswood though

Personally I don't have a problem with basswood. It's been used by CIJ Fenders and with a good set up / good pickups then you can have a good bass. After all the VM series has a great reputation on these pages and hasn't suffered for a basswood body.

I think such things are worth as much as people want to pay for them - sorry not too helpful. I own an Antoria 1971 Jazz bass that I paid £250 for they occasionally go for a lot less. My view is that the Gherson obviously has a sentimental value which can impact on value but I'd guess a figure of anything under £200 and you are doing well. Who knows it may stay around that figure in the current listing? Fingers crossed for you

That would explain it then

A few years ago I was regularly asked to play mandolin in a folk band which surprised me by being screamingly good fun. Away from gigs I'm also set to play bass on a soul track in a recording studio on Sunday. Very different for me

I'm completely lost too. I own a Mapleglo 4003 from 2009 that looks the spit of the image in the link & I got it at that price.

There's a couple that I know of. A bit like country bands, loads about but they tend to play a different circuit. Different audiences I guess

[quote name='Clarky' post='772229' date='Mar 11 2010, 10:44 PM']The rule with good years for Fenders is there are no rules! Every year produced good and 'not so good'. However it is generally thought that the first half of the 70s produced more desirable basses. From mi-70s onwards the choice of wood changed and the basses became heavier, in some cases absolute monstes (weighing as much as 12 pounds). The less popular three bolt neck was introduces for Jazzes around that time too, along with horrid plastic knobs. I have a 72 P and its light and a joy to play. I got lucky findinga fretless P from 76 that is also lovely, if slightly heavier. Wateroftyne, The Bass Doc and Beedster will be able to tell you a lot more than I have.[/quote] Well said. As a point of interest 1976 is a transistional year for Fenders with the serial number moved & what with it being America's Bicentennial year I do wonder if they'll be worth more in a few years time. I hear a lot of good things about 1978 (mine is!) despite the worry with later years. Ultimately you have to take each bass on its own merits though.

My dobro bass was an EBay / Paypal job from Houston, TX & I had a couple of parts shipped over too. You are going to get stung for customs charges. I don't know about the legalities but I know some people have gone over with an empty case & come back with a full case. I wouldn't personally but it gives you an idea of the lengths people go to in order to duck out of custom charges.

I think being mostly happy is good enough. I think the emphasis should be on 100% with the playing not the instrument - and that is never going to happen!