Chris2112

This so cool. I love these home videos Mark keeps doing (the Christmas one was amazing!). It's great that he's selling off loads of top quality kit for charity. Super rare items like the Kingbass and the Ashdown stuff must mean a lot to him so he must be a top bloke to sell it. It was nice hearing the rare demo track 'Link One' at the end too!

I prefer 32" scale for slap (as in, my Kubicki) and 34" scale for fingerstyle. If you get your string gauges right and your action set correctly it makes little difference in the end though!

Too late in the day to change history now, pal!

Very cool!

[quote name='Wil' post='1278738' date='Jun 22 2011, 04:52 PM']There's the rub, you see - lots of people like steamed cabbage. It's good for you and rich in flavour. Steamed cabbage must be a good thing, then, much like the P bass. QED [/quote] I do love a good wind up. I choose steamed cabbage because it was bland, had UI wished to be more forthright I would have suggested the P bass equates to a steaming dog turd!

If only he'd stop doing those extended scat solos!

[quote name='Wil' post='1278698' date='Jun 22 2011, 04:34 PM']That's a bit like saying "steak, the last resort when inspiration has left the chef".[/quote] I think tapioca or steamed cabbage would be more appropriate than a steak as that implies some kind of quality!

I have to say, that bass in the video did sound awful. It probably would have been better if he hadn't just been squeaking away on those top strings!

[quote name='BigAlonBass' post='1277215' date='Jun 21 2011, 03:51 PM']Nothing silly about having an opinion - [i]not[/i] a prejudice. I've been to see some of the 'truly great bass players' and became bored at the self-indulgence rather quickly. I don't intend wasting any more of my money to pander to the slightly elitist attitude you show in your post. If you simply attack another person's views as silly, without trying to understand their preferences, how are you going to convert them to your point of view. Your loss. [/quote] Chill mate, there is no need to get wound up here. The world needs people thumping root notes and playing Mustang Sally. So you're not cut out for the fusion elite, no need to feel bad about it. By the way, as Bilbo pointed out, you were completely wrong about AJ back there, I mean, come on - [i]slapping[/i]? This is Anthony Jackson we're talking about here. A bloke who, when not flexing in fusion and Latin jazz bands plays for massive artists and probably recorded half the basslines you hear pub cover bands knocking out!

To be fair I manage alright on my Kubicki which has 23 frets.

Ah, the P bass. The last resort when all inspiration has left the player.

[quote name='Darkstrike' post='1275299' date='Jun 19 2011, 09:35 PM']Always loved the look of the Chronos. The Benevente single cut ain't bad either. [/quote] Good luck ever finding a Benavente on these shores though!

It looks like a good one! I am looking forward to getting some photographs taken of my new Series II and getting a review written up.

Couple of nice older Status basses turning up here, where did you get that one from sgh?

Jaysus Chroist, now how am I supposed to chose between my Status Series II and my ACG? And what about the Kubicki?

[quote name='AttitudeCastle' post='1274966' date='Jun 19 2011, 05:18 PM'] Blame that guy if you don't like the Warwick thumb SC, he designed it with his friend Pretty good tone though, (even though i sense many won't care for what he plays haha)[/quote] Oh no, bloke sitting in his bedroom tapping on a singlecut, this isn't good for the stereotype! All the same, that Thumb singlecut...yuck. I can't believe it took two people to make that!

Ah, what a nice thread to come home to! Well, I definitely think that singlecuts are a good thing. I don't think they add a massive amount tonally, but they look fantastic and a singlecut can still be an instrument that balances very well. See below: It doesn't weight much because the body itself is relatively small, but the mass is balanced through the singlecut. I can quite happily say it's the best balancing headed bass I've ever played. It looks fantastic, it sounds fantastic and it feels fantastic. is it the way forward? For me, it's probably the best way of making a boutique bass. This was the first singlecut I've owned and I didn't really know what to expect of it when I got it but it really has surpassed all expectations. If it were normal Harlot shape it wouldn't look as good, might not balance as well either. So I'll just leave it as it is. There are a few companies who have got singlecuts very wrong, Warwick being one of them. They seem to have missed the point that in the Thumb, it's the small body and the wood choice that makes the bass. They've increased the body size and changed the wood choice to stop it weighing a tonne, and then lost the Thumb tone. So, as we've assessed, singlecuts are great. That doesn't mean they'll change the world or the way basses are made. As we've seen, Status Graphite made a headless bass with active electronics, a graphite thru neck and a headless design in the 80's. I've just picked up a 1980's Series II today and it's one of the best basses I've ever played, easily the best Status. That bass was made in 1986, perhaps earlier - and yet ever since then, companies around the world have continued producing crap, like the Fender P bass for example. The fact is, bassists in general have pretty low standards of what they want from an instrument. They just want something they can plod the root note on, and P bass is that piece of crap with strings on it that will fit the bill. To summarise, although there are better ways of doing things, there is no impetus to actually change the status quo as crap, boring basses continue to sell to ill-informed customers.

Got tosay I didn't think much of that. Perhaps a case of 'too many cooks', but it seemed like everyone was just waiting for their moment in the spotlight as opposed to acting as a cohesive unit. In that sense, I found the song a bit disjointed and the Hammond organ sounding solo near the end was awful.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1273199' date='Jun 17 2011, 09:12 PM']Do you want to lend my specs Chris ? Ha. All on the front Chris not the back.[/quote] Jesus Christ! 'chips in the finish' is a mild way of putting it!

[quote name='XB26354' post='1273232' date='Jun 17 2011, 09:30 PM']How many Thumb Singlecuts do you think they've sold starting at nearly four grand? [/quote] Probably not many, because they're ugly and probably weigh a tonne.

I'd probably buy a Smith CR 6 string if I lived in the US.

I can't seem to see the damage to the paint but it looks as though the neck's finish is covered in hairline cracks near the joint. Looks bad!