Ian Savage

IMO neither's 'better', and there's a ton of session guys out there who could play rings around either of them (and who I probably wouldn't want to listen to doing so)...in terms of 'who would I rather listen to', almost certainly Flea. I grew up in the mid-late 90s, when a lot of 'big' bands (Nirvana, Oasis et al) were doing very little exciting bass-wise, but Flea's work on BSSM and One Hot Minute ('Aeroplane' has some lovely bass stuff on it) kind of kept funkiness alive in mainstream rock.

[quote name='JMT3781' post='812908' date='Apr 20 2010, 07:23 PM']Midlands people!
Is there currently any plans for another bass bash around birmingham? i know i just missed the wood and tronics bass bash at bass direct, however i was wondering if there was anything going on a little bit more north?[/quote]

I iz newbie, but I'd be up for something like that!

[quote]If anyone would be up for such an event, i work at a rehearsal room in walsall, and would be able to get rooms for free or at very little cost at certain times..[/quote]

That sounds good - which studio is it then dude? I'm in Walsall myself at the minute, living up by the brewery - I've run one-off jam nights and stuff at the Wheatsheaf before now, who're quite amenable to it.

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Thanks all!

[quote name='BassBunny' post='812927' date='Apr 20 2010, 07:43 PM']If you want to nail the model down and fancy removing the neck, the model series should be stamped in the neck pocket.
Found this out when i removed the neck of my Bass Collection which I thought was an SB325, turns out it's an SB405[/quote]

Cheers Bunny, shall give that a go tonight!

Well, I'm massively downsizing the collection and this is the last 'good' one to go on the block - just bought a Squier Silver Series Jazz which I shouldn't have done but absolutely fell in love with!

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It's a late-90s Japanese-made job (bought new in 1998, IIRC), they weren't in the Bass Collection catalogues over here and according to the shop I bought it in (Bass Centre in Birmingham) it was imported by accident - I've certainly never seen another one like it!

The body's got a few little dinks and the scratchplate's got a few, well, scratches, but overall it's in good condition and sounds superb. The dual P-type pickups and two-band active electronics can give you pretty much any sound you need and for bassists who want to stand out the red sparkle finish and mirror 'plate look brilliant under stage lights.

I did a bit of digging when I bought it and found out it's apparently an SB340 model, but Googling brings up precious little - according to the distributor at the time they were available in Japan in red, silver and purple finishes, but as I say, I've never seen another one!

Not sure of the worth of it (I paid about £450, if I remember rightly), so make me an offer I can't understand!

Don't suppose a Laney B1 head would tickle your fancy for part-ex would it? It's certainly lighter and more compact than the Marshall, not MarkBass-light though...