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I found that drinking helped

My first was one I still own - a defretted Aria Pro 2 ZZB - mental Explorer thing that should never been defretted in a million years (previous owner clearly wasnt bother that the sound certainly didnt fit the look of it...) And ive still got it...

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for pic lol

That is mightily 80's looking,

Have a bump from me!

I shall be seeing "Dood" for a pint at lunch which remind me - we always tend to talk about Mr Shuker and his fine work over a beer, so perhaps dropping him (Jon) a line would be an idea?

[quote name='Bassassin' post='267235' date='Aug 21 2008, 05:52 PM']I really like old basses.

Jon.[/quote]

Me too

I love mojo-factor, total sucker for it. Doesnt stop me wants a nice shiny Warwick at some time tho, for my funkier moments.

I remember... you wanted to sell me that SB450! Glad you didnt now then?

I think ive met you very briefly indeed and id had "a number of beers" at a Dragline gig at The Ferryboat (which should indicate just how long ago it was...)

£100 is an utter barg chief, take it!

sure its a real Gibbo?

[quote name='budget bassist' post='265716' date='Aug 19 2008, 05:34 PM']See i saw a lot of things in there that i really liked, a lot of musicmans, a lot of warwicks, it's just a shame that the service there is so poor and that the prices are so ridiculously high.[/quote]

i was lookin for old Fenders / Gibbos that day...

I would like a Warwick one day... oh man... no GAS now... im too poor....

[quote name='fleamail' post='265501' date='Aug 19 2008, 01:47 PM']I was at Vintage and Rare a month ago and I asked them if I could try a fuzz pedal! Not only they let me to choose any bass that I wanted (a 1973 p bass was my choice) they also let me there at my own to play as much as I wanted! I end up almost buying the bass, which I would if it didn't have changed pickups! The guys there and the nice lady where more than helpful and friendly![/quote]

This was exactly the same experience I had in V&R, very nice guys who were happy to let me try anything out. And I hadnt walked in carrying a handful of £20's either...! By the end of my trip id spent a lot of money on a Les Paul bass (See Gear Porn or the "Music Shops in London" thread for more details) - goes to show good customer service gets you a sale.

+1 to Wunjo's as well, very nice guys. Tried out another LP in there and had some other nice looking kit, approachable staff who knew their stuff as well. I felt a bit guilty when I bought V&R's LP instead of theirs, but the one I bought was 4 years older than Wunjo's and in better nick.

Bass Cellar? Didnt even get looked at in there! Mind you they had absolutely nothing to interest me so they were never going to prise any cash out of me.

£300???

Bloody hell id have had that for that price.... and im in Norwich! B*gger.

Gamble - how is your vocally gifted Mr Brown these days? Havent spoken to him aaaaages.

Ive been quoted £35 inc some new Rotosound short scales for my Les Paul Bass (see Gear Porn... mmm). So thats a pretty good quote, really then?

Quick and easy question : how much should a pro setup cost, in your experience?

Cheers guys

That bass kicks ass, I love it

FACT

[quote name='BassBod' post='261594' date='Aug 13 2008, 03:05 PM']A really interesting bass - sort of Gibson tries Alembic, (low impedance pickups) but not really sure why....but Les Paul thinks we should....how does it sound?

BB[/quote]

Its got the "WOOOOF" sound you associate with Gibbo's with all the tones whacked up and both pickups on and in phase, at setting "1". You can get a hell of a lot of tones out of it with a bit of twiddling! Some new strings wouldnt go amiss when I try and find a "clunky" tone, but it'll get some next week at it's scheduled pro-setup.


[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='261785' date='Aug 13 2008, 06:11 PM']That is the coolest bass I've seen in ages. Congrats on a real find! Dare we ask what you paid if it's not too rude [/quote]

Thanks! I like things that are a little out of the ordinary. Dont really want to be exact with how much I paid (im still getting over the shock mysefl! ) but it was a little bit over a grand. Which is about how much I would have had to pay if i'd got one off evilBay from the US and then had to add tax / shipping / insurance blahblahblahetcetcblah so i think I got a decent deal.

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='262061' date='Aug 13 2008, 11:31 PM']+1

I really like the control layout...[/quote]

I liked it too and it was another selling point for me. Although a mate of mine did say it looked like a dashboard control plate from a 1984 Ford Cortina, which wasnt so cool. Ahem.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='263547' date='Aug 16 2008, 11:56 AM']Nice one matey.

Do you have any pics?[/quote]

In the Gear Porn forum old chum...

Ill give you a bump for the loveliness of Gibson basses

Mmmm, pretty Ricky.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='261529' date='Aug 13 2008, 01:24 PM']Nice bass! I played that briefly last time I was in V&R. Might have thought about buying it, had it been the darker (tobacco?) brown. What sort of stuff will you be playing it on?[/quote]

Ill mostly be using it in my newer band doing a rather strange mix of music, it certainly fits the Kings Of Leon and Doors stuff nicely (think the KOL guy uses an EB3 actually?). I've got a one off gig with my old Hendrix / Cream / blues band and the sound will fit that perfectly as well. It really is a lovely bass, took it to rehearsal last night and it played beautifully. A touch of fret buzz at 10th fr D string but nothing a decent set up wont fix.

[quote name='Tee' post='261483' date='Aug 13 2008, 12:32 PM']You wiped off the dust!? That was authentic 1972 Les Paul bass dust!

You could have collected it in a bag and sold it on ebay as vintage bass dust (dating from '72). Apply to any bass for instant mojo! L@@k!![/quote]

LOL

Ive got the cloth I used for it with said dust still attahced - perhaps ill put it on eBay

Yes mate. Strange they didnt like, dust it or anything.... looks a lot better now ive cleaned it up at home than what it did in the shop! And the haggling went very successfully. :-)

Hi chaps / chapettes...

My search for an interesting new (or should I say OLD) bass has now ended after finding this 1972 Gibson LP Bass. Only one real mark of note on it where someone appears to have glued a thumbrest to it many many moons ago - im callin it the "mojo-mark" - lol. other than that its in great nick and after a polish it shines in a very pretty way. Bridge cover is also AWOL but not too bothered about that, fabulous phat tone thumping out of those dual humbuckers makes up for that...!

Oh, and it weighs about as much as a small car

EDIT - the white bits are reflections from the camera, no white marks on that baby at all. And sorry about my lawn, needs some TLC.

Well, mission accomplished for me today. I now have a nice 1972 Gibson Les Paul Bass and was treated very nicely in everywhere. Well, except the Bass Cellar who didnt even speak to me or anything while I was in there browsing, but they didnt treat me in any way to be honest! But hey ho, im happy at the end of the day, got what I wanted in a different shop with a bit of haggling.

I have four - one is my workhorse (Ric 4001), one is for rehearsals and ease of portability (Musicmaster), one is fretless (Aria) and one is always in an odd tuning (Washburn, currently in drop C).

Although I might end owning another one by the end of the day - curse you, GAS!

oh... I called the Gallery and they didnt have any Gibbos sadly. May go there on one of my other trips, if I decide to get GAS for a Warwick and learn to play slap ill def go to the Gallery for one of them!