Rich

Hah! Mine's not black. [attachment=1993:me_stroud_mercia.jpg]

I have a new project bass, bought off eBay for a small amount of folding last week... it’s one of the short-scale basses Overwater made for schools some years back. I believe they only made 200 or so of these things, and I suspect that 190 of them probably got smashed to bits by the little darlings. This one hasn’t escaped unscathed either, the headstock has been snapped off at some point and reattached, and there is some other damage to the body and neck. These areas look relatively superficial judging by the pics. I don’t have the bass in my possession yet, the seller lives in London and so CK was kind enough to go pick it up for me. I’m looking forward to getting hold of it and finding out just what a challenge I’m facing..! My plans are to strip off the black finish, then make good the headstock repair and attend to the other damaged areas, fit a new pickup and electrics, renew any hardware that needs, errm, renewing, and refinish it. Depending on what the wood is like (mahogany, I believe?) I'll either go for a clear finish of some sort (oil? wax? lacquer?) or perhaps a sprayed finish (either a solid colour, or perhaps a baccy sunburst like my JD). If anyone knows anything more about these instruments, please impart your knowledge! I’d love to know more. Pics will follow.

Able to read? not necessarily Play complex lines/playing ability? Yes definitely Play complex time sigs? Yes definitely Good theory? wouldn't have thought it's a definite must-have... like dood said, just a bit of imagination will do Extended range? well, 'only' 4 strings never did Geddy or Squire any harm!

Slightly (all right, completely) off topic, but my first thought when I saw the title of this thread was "someone should have told that to Steve Irwin"... FWIW I wouldn't touch that eBay item with a bargepole's big brother. It screams "DODGY" to me.

Ever played an [url="http://www.atlansia.jp/SOLITAIRE.ARS.JPG"]Atlansia Solitaire[/url]? Man, there is some weird stuff on their site [url="http://www.atlansia.jp/"]http://www.atlansia.jp/[/url]

I've sent 3 basses with parcel2go so far, they've all been delivered on time and without the merest scratch to the packaging. I even entrusted them with taking a £1000+ Sei to the Isle of Man.

Damn... I'm only 40 mins away across the water, but tonight I'm seeing my kids and then got a rehearsal. I'd have been there otherwise. Have a good one anyway, and "vielleicht das nachster zeit"

Cambridge would almost make it an EastAnglia Bash...

Yup, excellent

OK, so it's not perfect by any stretch... but, this kid is 14 and has been playing for 2 years. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es5lauJM0UM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es5lauJM0UM[/url] Bloody little whippersnapper.

Oh, nearly forgot... Brotherhood Of Man supported [i]us[/i] at a fest a couple of years ago 'Save Your Kisses For Me' and all that. Yes, they're still going... the girls are lovely, very friendly, but one of the blokes [i]may or may not be*[/i] an arrogant tosser. And there [i]might be*[/i] an awful lot on their backing tape, if you see what I mean. * in the interests of avoiding anything potentially libellous.

Yeah, you could have [i]really[/i] pissed him off by playing some Fish-era stuff

Ibanez used to have a reputation for really skinny pencil necks, have they changed this? Also, the Yam BB basses have considerably thicker necks than the RBX ones -- I tried the two together and the necks were like chalk & cheese. Don't know about the TRBs though.

Added to which, maple boards look the absolute sex

Many many years ago, my band played support to a band in which Nick Beggs was guesting. I had a wee slappy solo in one of our songs; after I'd done it, I glanced into the crowd and Nick B was looking at me, & he smiled and raised his pint at me. I was walking on air for the next month after that.

He's a total geezer, and as mad as a hatstand.

[quote name='ARGH' post='51905' date='Aug 28 2007, 07:42 PM']Mick Karns[/quote]What, both of them?

Ah, but they have also said that they'll send a new o/p trans if it doesn't cure it. At least they aren't adopting the *shrug* "not my problem mate" approach that some amp manufacturers seem to take.

These things are gorgeous in every way. It's a very modern sound (well, of its time anyway) from what I remember, slap tone to die for. Buy it buy it buy it buy it buy it, ooooh you know you want to. That German price is a steal.

[quote name='The Funk' post='50964' date='Aug 26 2007, 05:07 PM']Anthony Jackson's considerable wing[/quote]Presumably that's a bingo-wing..?

[font="Impact"][size=7]Maple[/size][/font]

One thing is that the cab with the lower impedance, i.e. the combo itself, will be getting more of those watts and will therefore *in theory* be louder than the Ashdown cab.

OK, so what happened to the discussion re: colour that was developing here? Several comments seem to have disappeared without trace! And no, they haven't been mod-deleted.

And that, my friends, would be a [i]brilliant[/i] bona-fide bang-for-buck bargain. How's that for a spot of early morning alliteration? +1 for a terrific amp.

Enjoy [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIHrdLwa_y8&mode=related&search="]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIHrdLwa_y8...ted&search=[/url]