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    Andy - have sent you a couple of PMs - are you still selling?
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    Jaco

    EMG456 replied to spongebob's topic in General Discussion

    Saw Jaco about '78 or '79 with Weather Report - changed my bass life forever. If you haven't already got it, the full double album of Joni's Shadows and Light tour showcases live Jaco at his absolute best. if you want to see how he handled more rock orientated stuff as a sideman, he played most of the tracks on Mott the Hoople singer Iain Hunter's second (I think) solo album, All American Alien Boy. He [i]was [/i]and to my mind remains the greatest bass player ever. Cheers Ed
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    Someone should buy this - it's been annoying me on here for ages now! I would buy it but for the fact that I've got one already. In fact it's the longest standing bass in my flock, seeing as I bought it new in 1978! As mine has been through a lot more abuse than this one has, I can confirm that the body is a mahogany butchers block core in two slices - front and back, topped off then with a two layer veneer, the outside layer of which gives the timber that you can see through the 'burst finish. Mine got a pseudo "Antigua" refinish when I added a DiMarzio J pickup about '81 and then was stripped back to natural much later on in the '80s so it now looks like a kind of poor man's Wal! Anyway, it's a great sounding and feeling fretless and I'm never selling mine so, if you want one, you'll have to buy this one! Cheers Ed
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    Question... What is the body routing like on this bass - is it '60s style so it can be used without a scratchplate or is there a route going all the way from the control cavity to the neck pickup? thanks Ed
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    [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] "a string converter[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]so I won't have to use those terrible 'double-ball' strings."[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]One of the *best* things about the Steinberger system is the double ball string.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Stable tuning and you can change a whole set in about 5 minutes without any tools. I even changed a broken string once during a song and was back on four strings before the end. OK, song was in a key where I could use open strings often! :-)[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Good makes I can buy here in the UK are Elites or Status Hot Wires.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Best of luck[/font][/color] [font="helvetica, arial, sans-serif"][color="#282828"]Ed[/color][/font]
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    Is this bass still for sale? Ed
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