AttitudeCastle

All three of my basses (My first, squire P. Needs a little repair work and has done since it was bought new!, Yamaha Attitude and Ibanez BTB 676) were bought unseen. Living in the hills where i do the selection of instruments is very very limited and i've been mostly lucky as has my brother!

[quote name='andy67' post='1109854' date='Jan 31 2011, 06:57 PM']Yep! Heard him in an interview declare it as rose blue and couldn't understand why people would think it is pink!! All said with a straight face.... andy[/quote] Haha! Its called rose blue because of the undertone, of light metallic blue. Yamaha Paint jobs are fabulous. The LTD II (R.I.P) Lava red has a stunning gold undertone of paint simply gorgeous!

[quote name='Soloshchenko' post='1109783' date='Jan 31 2011, 06:07 PM']I built a Warmoth tele thinline. Nicest guitar I own. The build quality is unquestionable, as nice as I've seen on anything. As a Fender man my ultimate dream bass is a Warmoth Jazz rather than a Fender custom shop or vintage one. That's how highly I rate them.[/quote] Wow thats praise! Whats the proccess like?

[quote name='umcoo' post='1109780' date='Jan 31 2011, 06:04 PM']Good luck if you decide to go for it. Planning and sorting everything before hand is half the fun (well, for sad bastards like me!)[/quote] Haha same! Spent hours of fun (been of sick since friday! back tomorrow ) exploring options! Thanks guys!

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='1109332' date='Jan 31 2011, 12:36 PM']In the vid Billy says the Fender P is the greatest bass ever made. So no point buying his Yamaha then?[/quote] He also said he changed everything minus the body wood and some wires haha!

[quote name='yorick' post='1109435' date='Jan 31 2011, 01:38 PM']Musicman Basses[/quote] Spanner -> Works

[quote name='Muzz' post='1109238' date='Jan 31 2011, 11:32 AM']That's the main reason I'd never even consider one - it's SO specific that you'd need to be in a tribute band (or be the ultimate fanboy) to play one. Much as I admire Billy, I don't want to play just like him (I hate the mudbucker, anyway) or sound like him (although a smidge of his talent would be good to take elsewhere) or even look like him. I have an 80s BB, and back in the day was pleased to see he played one (pre-Attitude), but I never took a drill, sander, soldering iron (or, Gawd help us, a tin of metallic pink paint) to mine to make it EXACTLY like his. I'm sure it's a great instrument, and having played one of the new £2.5k BB2024s, I can say they're as good as anything in the £2k market quality-wise, but it's far too specific for me.[/quote] I feel a little insulted, i own an Attitude and it was my main rock bass (and still is my main 4 string). I'm a fan of Mr Big and have been since i was about 7 (not that long ago, only 8/9 years) but i don't play in a tribute band, or spend all my time playing covers in my bed room. It has a solid 'grindy' growl-ish tone which i absolutely love. I'm not a fan of the mud bucker, i tend to combo both P'ups as the combined sound is a different thing to the sound of the pickups run side by side, I'm not a HUGE fanboy, though i'm a big fan of his music. (I will say i have a feeeeeeeew fan boyish traits, and i get togetehr with a steve vai tribute act on occasion, but he is my favourite guitarist) Oh and its not entirely mettalic pink... Its called Rose Blue Though he is THE most imitated bassist i can think of, i mean there are people on teh web who dress like him, got his tatoos, run the exact same rig have all his basses and only play billy sheehan music/mr big/talas covers all their life. I saw "Raw Like Sushi" (Mr Big cover band) and the guys had no orginal music to speak of despite having been together for years! Now THATS fan boyisms (I know fanboyisms well, my brother wishes he was matt bellamay pretty much! haha!) AC

It worksout under £2000 if you buy one straight from yamaha Japan and have it shipped over, shipping from Japan to UK isn't as much as i would have expected. BIT of an overkill price wise =| and R.I.P SEAFOAM GREEN AND LAVA RED </3 haha!

Not sure how you all only just found out about this! Its a huge thing in japan, they find it funny and its a fad its kinda confusing though haha!

Hey all I've been looking around the Warmoth Website and i'm rather liking the idea of a Gecko 6 So anyone gone down the route of getting one? Pretty much custom instrument, adding say 25% for import tax and shipping and it all still comes to a good price, roughly £650 So say what you can Cheers in advance

Watched Being Human Aye? Haha! Try a P-bass and a tubey Ashdown style amp with most things turned to 11. Sounds JJ's style right? AC.

I see the The Xtender as a tool not as a substitute for lower strings but thats just me! I would always be a B-G guy because i use the lower notes alot (Though i play a 6 so i have both ) If you want the most flexibility go for the E-C + xtender, Just think about what you would use each for etc You could always get the new double xtender and have the E-C then drop to D THEN B haha, though i don't know if they are out yet or if anyone here has tried one Hope that helps?

[quote name='Finbar' post='1106160' date='Jan 28 2011, 01:22 PM']I've had a GTBD-7 which I struggle to remember how much I paid for, but it was around 600 quid second hand I think? Something like that. Maybe not quite down to entry level price, but the regular GT-7 is every bit as good, and cheaper still. I've also had a second hand US Conklin 7 Sidewinder, which cost me around 800 pounds I seem to remember. For what you get, those prices aren't unreasonable to me. The GT-7 is still THE 7 string to learn on IMO, and there are plenty floating around in the UK second hand. They seem to hold value fairly well too if you buy second hand. As for the Galvestons, I find them to be unacceptably heavy (I'm normally quite forgiving with the weight of a bass - I'm pretty much happy up to about a stone). They're also large in the neck department. Some people might prefer the spacing of a generous 4 string on the neck of a 7, but it becomes much more difficult and tiring to play IME. They also have suffered from poor finishing when I've played them - the fretwork isn't astounding etc. I've heard fairly decent stuff about the Antonio Tsai basses you can pick up off eBay, but not had enough experience to offer a useful opinion to be honest.[/quote] Thanks for the heads up man! BTGAndys GTBD-7 sold for Approx. £850 and Manudepaz's GTBD-7 in spain is selling for £950 incl shipping. Both are natural though :/ haha Only issue i have with the GT-7 is that its active, where as the GTBD is has passive pickups (and an active pre-amp) and is neck through which are two of my favourite things for me

Fancy posting a vid? haha

[quote name='Dread Bass' post='1105667' date='Jan 27 2011, 10:29 PM']PM'd[/quote] Thanks man

[quote name='Dread Bass' post='1104521' date='Jan 26 2011, 10:53 PM']Hi. I have only played a seven once it was a Conklin. It was a nice bass. I would suggest you consider going the custom route it does work out cheaper than you think. The beauty is if you are picky like me you can have it exactly as you like. When iget mine you are more than welcome to give it a blast.[/quote] How much is your AGC looking like so far? I'd love too should th oppertunity arise thanks man! If your ever in the 'deen with the beast i'll take you up on that

[quote name='Finbar' post='1102630' date='Jan 25 2011, 07:41 PM']Conklin GT-7 or GTBD-7. Almost everyone I know who plays/played 7s got into it through these basses. They're great quality, and you can pick them up for very decent prices second hand. Don't buy a Galveston off eBay just because it's cheap, only to be put off by the weight and clunkiness of it.[/quote] Only problem with the Conklins is the price =S They have no european dealer (even though i asked Bill Conklin himself and he said he would like one!) and thus the import tax combined with actual price comes out at like £1300 new, I'd LOVE a Conklin GTBD-7 fully active basses aren't my thing, and it would have to be red haha (I'm so picky =S) Weight isn't a 'huge' issue but clunky? How so? Generally unrefiened design? Thanks guys Wish i could afford to get a new GTBD-7 =(

Yamaha RBX gets my vote!

Thats Truckstop's if i'm right!