Rich

[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.

[quote name='The Funk' post='315735' date='Oct 27 2008, 12:54 PM']Agreed. I'd call them up and tell them you'd like to meet up to discuss the future of the band and your place in it.

I voted for the beginning of a rehearsal 'cos that's probably the easiest time to get them all in a room together but really, just tell them you want to get them all in a room together to discuss something important. They might have an idea of what the conversation will be about but what's wrong with that?[/quote]+1.
Don't do it via email, it's really impersonal. One step up from being dumped via text.

IIRC it was destroyed in the fire at his house a few years back, and he hasn't got another one. I think he said that EBMM were reluctant to make another because of all the one-off tooling costs. Would love to be corrected though.

I bet he'd crawl naked over broken glass to get JPJ on board

My top trio, today:
[list]
[*]Marcus Miller
[*]Michael Manring
[*]Alain Caron
[/list]
As for the guys who made me want to pick up the bass in the first place:
[list]
[*]Dave Steele (The Beat)
[*]Mark King
[*]Tony Butler
[/list]
As far as Macca is concerned... OK maybe not the flashest of players all the time, and yes perhaps there's a lot of root-five at times, but as has been said, why not if that's what fits the songs? (I can but add a +1 to MoJoKe's excellent point here: "[i]A [b]really[/b] good bass player with great timing and, yes, groove, can be [b]completely[/b] invisible, and make the song sound brilliant[/i]".) On the other hand, there are lovely melodic lines like Lady Madonna... cracking stuff. He may not be my personal choice as a big influence, but I can definitely understand if he is for some people.
Also... Sgt. Pepper's is 'unimaginative'? The birth of the concept album, '[i]unimaginative[/i]'?

[quote name='MoJoKe' post='315632' date='Oct 27 2008, 10:50 AM']Yes, it did all get rather too much of a din from time to time (sorry from me when I had any part in this, but blame Bernie G for I didn't touch any amps!!). For such a successful event, it perhaps may be better to consider a bigger or multi room venue next time, so there might be a more effective split of sound areas, with consideration, but not [i]just [/i]for the benefit of the acoustic guys....[/quote]
Yes, dividing the electric from the acoustic would be a good idea... tell you what though, compared to the last couple of shows I'd been to, this one was almost silent..! And all the better for it.