Stag

Anything by AC-DC or Guns N Roses Smoke On The Water Enter Sandman (at least once per week)

Thats a lovely shiny piece of kit. I really wonder why ive never owned a P-Bass...

Hmmm.... welll... I went and tried it... ...and bought it! My GAS for an MM has been solved. It really is a very very easy thing to play. The neck is in pretty fine nick for such an old instrument, tuning doesnt appear to be a problem although as you said the E string is a bit "off" but nothing that cant be fixed with a new string and a proper set up. rather impressively the case that came with it had the original Fender neck tag with the bass testing dates on it, and the original owners manual! I've had a quick shufty on the Fender site and the serial number dates it to 1976. As for the body again as said above its been sanded down BUT whoever did it did a fine job on it. I also wasnt aware of body or arm contours on the body of the guitar but the manual proudly states "Offset waist - easier to play when sitting (patented)" so perhaps it was supposed to be there? Either way, its in need of a respray and im canvassing a few people in the area to see what they would do it for. Got him down to £200 and to be honest on parts alone its worth that so im very happy with it! Tone pot is facked but thats a minor job. Even if it needs a new pot and just a bit of soldering that aint too hard. Ill post a before / after pic soon, will get it refinned probably next month with a bit of luck. Cheers all for your help! Stag :-)

how much do they normally go for? I would think they are pretty cheap....

yep he was still there last time I was in there! Bought my Epiphone SG guit*r off him from there not too long ago actually....

To be honest I think they are quite nice little basses, mine has never let me down :-)

What's this shop in Beccles called? My girlfriend's parents live there so we tend to go there quite a bit... wonder if they'll still have it? Im still in the market for one if anyone has one they want rid of.... did fall in love with this one but its already been sold (sob) : [url="http://www.vintageandrareguitars.com/index.cfm?method=site.product&product_id=2979"]http://www.vintageandrareguitars.com/index...product_id=2979[/url] Stag

I must say the SC in Norwich has always been helpful to me. When I got my Ricky about 8 yrs ago the Norwich guys didnt have one in, but they called the Manchester shop who brought it down to Norwich for me to try out... and I bought it so it worked out for everyone concerned. Sadly they dont do that anymore - have been in recently asking them to check with the other stores to see if they had any Musicmasters in any of the stores but they cant check other stores stock anymore for some reason. The guys in the Norwich store have always been very pleasant to me, and generally pretty helpful when ive asked about stuff.

Not very exciting for just about everyone but here's a couple of pics of my B-20's bridge as requested by Bill Beard. Its a bit, um, rusty. And old.

Ive also heard a lot of bassists "over-fuzzing" it... make sure you get the sound right for it and not too death-metal stylee!!! :-)

come on DJV - your public needs a response!

That is one cool looking bass. Looks like the same thing Peter Hook uses?

They have a website - might be on there? www.thebrickmakers.com

Second gig in Norwich for my sideproject band, The Ordinance - at The Brickmakers Music Pub (voted best pub band venue on England a year ago I think?) in good old Naaarwich (Norwich). It's a whole night of Zeppelin and I think ill be persuading my singer to let me use his '75 Fender for the night and have my Ricky on standby for the real "grunty numbers"! Cheers, Stag

I think id be a bit suspicious at that price....

I like the fact that Batman appears to be doing some weights while on stge with you :-) (nice Hofner by the way!)

dammit i was gonna suggest JB on Crossroads (live)! Um, pretty much anything by Zeppelin is a given really. On an odd slant, I really like Music Of The Mind by Jamiroquai, that's a lovely little workout.

I have always had my suspicions that its a refin, and if its the case they did a crackin job on it I must say, no blemishes or tone changes in it (apart from the lovely nicotine stains where I used to stick fags under the strings at the top, oh dear). Could be a hybrid jobbie as well... but all the parts are definitely Rick :-)

both in tip top nick again. Lovely to see... like the black on black 'ray a lot :-)

They are abstract, and I think that's why I like them - the most errr.... "normal" bass I have is my Rick and that has some odd features (see BassPorn :-) ). Also, for simple portability's sake im interested... yellowisfriedegg - will be a month and a bit yet before the hallowed financial bonuses are handed out at the toilet where I work (Dood knows!!! haha) so I need to able to afford it first. But id love to see it! Maybe put some pics in BassPorn? Cheers - Stag

Them pickups are mint mate :-)

I could do with sorting the electrics out actually. It buzzes a lot :-(

[quote name='lowhand_mike' post='17091' date='Jun 13 2007, 06:16 PM']cool cheers, just found one but didn't look cos they keep being taken off the sites, oh and it like em fairly hectic but looks like he got paid by the note for that one. [/quote] Did he play that one with a pick? Its a bit mental... I remember having that over the PA before my band were due to due our second set and a little group of the audience went mad for it (musicians as I found out after the gig) and let's just say trying to follow YYZ isnt the easiest thing to do! LOL

they do look a bit pony but for £61 its very reasonable, particularly for plonking about at home on. I might get one! :-p