Rich

[quote name='doctor_of_the_bass' post='598883' date='Sep 15 2009, 12:09 AM'](in fact I'm having my Roadie fretless done in a deep bottle green tint)[/quote] What, as in my old Roadie fretless? Blige What else you having done to it? And has John found the hi-tech EMG pickup mounting system yet?

Wahey I'll come along if I can make it. Will bring Shuke and Wal.

My Ibby BTB406QM cost me a ton off ebay. It's a tiny bit scruffy, granted, but 100 quid was a bargain I reckon. [quote name='Bigwan' post='593036' date='Sep 8 2009, 04:47 PM']Bought my Wal Custom for just over £500. I thought that was a bargain...[/quote] I paid £330 for my Pro 2E Wish I'd bought the pre-EB 'Ray I once saw advertised for £250 though...

So by the looks of it, the waiting list after Russ is: Golchen acidcool1986 Rich Bassassin Zombywoof Bassmingo

6,827 registered members. Probably 6,827 different answers [quote name='alexclaber' post='588028' date='Sep 2 2009, 09:45 PM']My RIM Custom 5. The joy of a 36" scale thru-neck wenge/ash five with chambered body and outstanding passive electronics. Incomparably HUGE sound and so tonally and dynamically responsive to your playing. Alex[/quote] Ooh, I came over all unnecessary when I saw that. What a damn fine looking set of kit. As for my favourite bass? Easy. My Shuke. Closely followed by CK's old Ken Smith BSR5 and Pete's white Lakky DJ5.

Other side of the country... dammit I'd give arms and legs to see this guy play.

[quote name='3V17C' post='588166' date='Sep 2 2009, 11:34 PM']...you're quite excited about the first rehearsal for a new project with existing band members, you put in alot of time learning the songs to get them right and then everyone else has only kinda half learnt the stuff!! aaaargh! i think its because being widdly, widdly guitarists they assumed this particular material would be easy and just skimmed over it rather than knuckling down and learning it properly. bah. lousy amateurs!! c[/quote] I hear ya. Still, at least you were able to show them who's the dedicated professional one in the band one-nil to you.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='586811' date='Sep 1 2009, 07:52 PM']Dear me... Tears For Fears, Nik Kershaw, Go West!?! They were uncool back in the 80s and guess what they are still uncool now.[/quote] So what? If I gave a flying fart about 'cool' (who exactly decides what is and isn't 'cool' anyway?), I wouldn't own 80% of my CDs.

[quote name='owen' post='585963' date='Aug 31 2009, 07:13 PM']Pino - bringing bass [b]god[/b]ness wherever he goes.[/quote] Edited to show how I originally read this. Just as accurate, I think

[quote name='purpleblob' post='584988' date='Aug 30 2009, 10:27 AM']And aplogies to 6stringbassist (yes I covert my fellow BC'ers Sei 6 string single cutaway) [attachment=31875:P1010050.JPG][/quote] I covet that Wechter (yes?) acoustic. Want it.

[quote name='dood' post='584416' date='Aug 29 2009, 12:38 PM']Call me a great big softie if you like, I don't care he he he!! I still smile when I open up my cases and see my dream basses in front of me. Simple clean lines, a beautiful peice of maple and a flip paint finish so I never have to think I chose the wrong colour Metallic Purple? Blue? Green? what will it be today?! [attachment=31829:DoodleAndBaby.JPG][/quote] Ah yes, the SallyDoodle nearlytwins

Nik Kershaw. Brilliant.

[quote name='Veils' post='583364' date='Aug 28 2009, 11:13 AM']Which one? I'm lusting after the singlecut that Jon has in stock at the moment........its just beautiful![/quote] Oi, bugger off. I saw it first Here's a couple of my favourite pics... one's mine and the other isn't! [attachment=31793:overwate...ogress_2.jpg][attachment=31794:purple_haze_small.jpg]

When I lived in Swindon, some mates and I used to be regulars at a jam night at The Brown Jack in Wroughton. It was not an entirely blues-free zone, but there was a definite soul/groove bias to the occasions. I remember in particular a very long version of 'Lovely Day' with some nice tasteful soloing from guitar and keys players. Good times.

[quote name='lateralus462' post='580503' date='Aug 25 2009, 06:07 PM']What a load of bullshit[/quote] Ooh, very grown up.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='582092' date='Aug 27 2009, 02:59 AM']A bass amp with a studio quality preamp section.[/quote] If memory serves, this is what Jonas Hellborg was trying to achieve with the mental 36-volt preamp in his old signature Status.

The Sei I used to own had a piezo bridge, it had its own volume control but was independent of the tone controls. I found that if I rolled off all the treble on the Bart pickups and turned the piezo up full, it did a perfect impression of an Ovation ABG. It was a great sound, I never had the chance to use it but it would have been perfect in the right song. I'm thinking about getting one of those eBay piezo bridges for the short-scale Overwater Skool Base I'm (very very gradually) doing up.

The words 'smurf' and 'awesome' do not belong in the same sentence.

[quote name='henry norton' post='579286' date='Aug 24 2009, 05:31 PM']I thought the whole point of having an eq was to use it....[/quote][quote name='chris_b' post='580078' date='Aug 25 2009, 12:23 PM']No. The point of an EQ is that you can use it if you need to. If you don't need to then you don't use it![/quote] Thank you. Yes. A good amp should give you a useable basic tone without having to crank the sh!t out of all the EQ knobs, sliders, buttons, whatever. Especially when you don't have the brain power to figure out a mix of sliders and rotary controls, apparently.

[quote name='Machines' post='578367' date='Aug 23 2009, 05:55 PM']Marmite.[/quote] Very definitely. I have never managed to get a good sound from an Ashdown rig without EQing the hell out of it.

Bump. I can't believe that nobody else wants a read of this! It's well worth a look. Especially when it's not going to cost you owt.

Aha, another member for the I Pull A Slightly Daft Face When I Play Club not as daft as mine though. Nice bass BTW

Hey Nick, what's John doing to my old fretless Roadie 1? Just a refurb, or an upgrade, or whatever? And has he found the ultra-hi-tech precision-engineered pickup mounting system under the EMG yet?? :lol:

Either the blue J or the Aria.