Rich

[quote name='ARGH' post='322171' date='Nov 4 2008, 08:40 PM']Oh and the P/U Cover...thats 30 pieces of wood....[/quote]Great. It's still my least favourite bit by a long way though.
Well done for such an impassioned speech, despite the rather unnecessary sideswipes. It's perfectly possible to sing praises without making snide comments, y'know.

Could be worse... I think some people gave up waiting for their new Wals after 3 years and what's the wait for a Fodera these days?
I do think Jon needs to start quoting more realistic build times though. Mine was 7 months against a 12-week quote.

[quote name='joegarcia' post='321743' date='Nov 4 2008, 01:02 PM']I have a Russian muff which... doesn't suck...[/quote]Am I allowed a gratuitous schoolboy snigger at this point? Sorry, it's one of those days.

[quote name='kevbass' post='320602' date='Nov 3 2008, 12:00 AM']Looks very "reggae" to me, someone in a reggae band might see it and buy it[/quote]Only if they are blind or mad or have no taste at all. Or any combination of the above.

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='319121' date='Oct 31 2008, 03:23 PM']It's funny that you choose to focus on the Spitfire.[/quote]Not really. My point is that the Esprit will appeal to players who would rather give up playing than own an exotic wood custom. Y'know, T-Bird owners and the like.

I dare say the Esprit is intended to appeal to the kind of folks who would say your Spitfire is a godawful coffee-table of a bass. Speaking as the owner of a godawful coffee-table myself, I'm not keep on the Esprit either, but then again individual taste is a bizarre thing innit?

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...

Not convinced by the pickup cover, but overall it certainly looks like a v.nice job o' work.
What are the woods?

Yup, Wals do fetch silly cash these days. Bought mine in '86, it was 2ndhand then. Now worth approx 3-4 times what I paid for it, judging by recent sales.

[quote name='4000' post='317904' date='Oct 29 2008, 08:19 PM']Ah, how to qualify "objectively better"? <snip>[/quote]
Ladies and gents, the definitive statement on the impossibility of quantifying 'best'. Expressed far better than I ever could have.

Apparently I am 50% Victor Wooten, 25% John Myung, 17% Flea, 8% Pete Wentz (oh puh-LEEze) and 8% Jaco.
Rrrrright.
Quite how I work out to be 108% of anything is unclear at this time.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='317330' date='Oct 29 2008, 09:42 AM']Let just say as a Smith owner/player for the last 5 years I expect to be given the benefit of any doubt over my motives for posting there. I'll PM you with the details.[/quote]
Me too please.
Oh man, you know how much I covet that beautiful fretted 5... oh god, if I could even remotely afford it, I'd take it in a heartbeat...

Aahhhhh. So it's a clever way of calling it 'Memory Man with Stuff'

He's right. Welcome to friendly tolerant multicultural olde merrie England.

[quote name='marcus bell' post='316765' date='Oct 28 2008, 03:14 PM']mark king is best, period....[/quote]
Nope, joint 7th best apparently

What's a hazarai..?

[quote name='The Funk' post='316551' date='Oct 28 2008, 11:12 AM']With the exception of Wunjo and Vintage&Rare, neither of which are part of the company which owns ALL of the others - and which both have excellent customer service. Wunjo even have good prices if you ask for them.[/quote]
+1, esp. for V&R. I have never found anything other than courtesy in there. Plus of course some hand-bitingly gorgeous exotica.

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='316266' date='Oct 27 2008, 10:50 PM']So, Doctor of the Bass just didn't know the correct question to ask. It's probably something like: 'Could you direct me to the whereabouts of the bass of doom?'.
Then they reply: 'Of course, sir, it's so nice to have you with us. Please come this way'. :ph34r:[/quote]
"Good morning. It's a very nice day."
"Yes, but later it is said there will be rain."
"Just a shower, I am sure."

*locks door* "Very good sir. Follow me through the secret passageway, the Jamerson bass is waiting for you..."

[quote name='OldGit' post='304021' date='Oct 10 2008, 03:47 PM']Can I tell them their sound man instructions Rich? eh, eh? can I eh?[/quote]
Haha, yeah g'wan... it was a cracker

[quote name='OldGit' post='304046' date='Oct 10 2008, 04:08 PM']And then there was the support band of 16 year olds doing great Hendrix stuff who thought it hilarious to have a water fight in the dressing room tent whilst we were on stage .. and I don't think we'd upset them at all, they were just being rock and roll.... all over our stuff ....[/quote]Ah yes, the little darlings... I remember that one... driving home in my sweaty stage shirt because my real clothes were too wet to put back on

If you do manage to sell it for $650 (400+ quid?), let me know 'cos mine will then be up for sale immediately

For eletronic components, might be worth having a look [url="http://www.rapidonline.com/"]here[/url]. I've ordered lots of stuff from them, and their costs are very reasonable. Cheaper than Maplin in a lot of cases.

[url="http://www.rapidonline.com/Electrical-Power/Power-Supplies"]These folks[/url] are good too. I've ordered lots of stuff from them in the past, including one of the desktop PSUs.

I'm not going to argue with that top 3

My tie-break votes would be:
05) Marcus Miller (can I vote for Ged too..?)
07) Pino

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='315955' date='Oct 27 2008, 04:23 PM']I'm not so sure. I see C sharp as the greedy bisexual between C and D.[/quote]
And that E flat is just gagging for it. The dirty little tramp.

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='315836' date='Oct 27 2008, 02:23 PM']Man, did you watch Saw 2 last night... being thrown in a pit of hypodermic needles to find a key seems a little nasty for my liking...[/quote]
Oh my god... I have something approching a phobia of needles... if I'd seen that, I think I'd have fainted.