Chris2112
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Michael Manring is the man. I wish he'd do another record with David Cullen though, the "Equilibre" stuff is as good as it gets!
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How confusing! -
[quote name='produkt' post='998480' date='Oct 23 2010, 09:13 PM']@Chris2112: What Mayones model do you mean? I guess it's Mayones BE, am I right? (can't find any Mayo guitar on The Bass Gallery website) BE is the most basic Mayones bass, I would not even compare it to Victorious. I'd rather compare it to Warwick Corvette Proline. Victorious is like from other, better world. Btw, thanks for the comment![/quote] I think it must have sold now! Anyway, this one looks loads better if I'm honest! -
As is so often the case! What is the price in GBP? -
How long is the bass in your hands each day?
Chris2112 replied to arthurhenry's topic in General Discussion
Probably around 30 mins a day or thereabouts. -
I have to admit, since I got my ACG my status GAS has decreased considerably but I don't think it will ever go away - maybe I'll buy that Jonas Hellborg bass I've been thinking about for ages soon!
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Thankfully I can't stand BC Rich basses or Trivium, or I might feel similarly miffed
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I've recently discovered how fantastic singlecuts are. Other than that, I love headless basses!
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[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='999225' date='Oct 24 2010, 07:58 PM']Anyone else notice that when you get more than one bass player in a frame it starts to look like rehab for sex offenders?[/quote] You might look like a sex offender but I'm not sure about the rest of us!
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I've never seen anyone who can copy Manring. There are plenty of very talented King/Wooten/Jaco clones but no-one can do what Michael does - they can't afford the basses to do it either!
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If you can get away with playing like that, then great! If you find you start to struggle then maybe adopting a two finger "classic" plucking style would be better. I doubt you'll be able to knock out 16th note finger funk with that style but it all depends on what you're playing.
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[quote name='BoomBass' post='996727' date='Oct 22 2010, 09:36 AM']True, but if one doesn't know the difference between pre-CBS and CBS, he/she shouldn't buy basses from those periods :-) (And if it were in fact a pre-CBS, it would have been the bargain of the year! ;-)[/quote] Why not? Surely you can buy whatever you like?
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I think they can be pretty good, it all depends who is playing and also where they are playing. In a room with good acoustics where you're not just going to get a low frequency mush they can sound great. I've always loved the first minute of this, particularly Kai's fretless lines:
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[quote name='Lorne' post='998254' date='Oct 23 2010, 05:10 PM']If that is Brazilian Rosewood, then they must've searched high and low for the shitiest piece they could find I have basses with Brazilian Rosewood fretboards, and they are a reddish/brown colour with dark grain patterns on them[/quote] It looks like they've worked hard to source all the shittiest parts possible!
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I'd like a 4 string ACG Harlot singlecut fretless and a Status Kingbass Artist I think!
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[quote name='nobody's prefect' post='996630' date='Oct 22 2010, 08:05 AM']Nope, no tax barriers within EU. Apart from Åland between Finland and Sweden, that is. I know you brits are eurosceptics and all, but really, this is elementary stuff, man![/quote] I only ask as I thought if I bought this I would incur charges at customs and excise and VAT coming in. I was recently looking at trading my Alembic for a Marleaux bass which was in Germany and I wondered if I would be charged for that! However, I bought my ACG so the rest is history!
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Both items are now sold, thanks for looking! -
That looks awesome! The Bass Gallery currently have a Mayones bolt on 4 string for sale for £900 - this looks like a hell of a lot more bass for only a couple of hundred quid more!
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Looks like rosewood to me. The bass is a total scrapper though, what a disaster.
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Scoop, I'm glad to be the owner of this bass! I hope to be able to come to one of the ACG meets in Moffat one year and bring it with me, and if I were ever going to a Basschat bash I'd have to think long and hard about taking this or my Kubicki.
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[quote name='Brave Sir Robin' post='996609' date='Oct 22 2010, 03:24 AM']Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the construction is set-neck. Not that it matters really. Superb instruments in every way![/quote] You are indeed correct, another late night mistake from my work weary eyes! Having looked at those pictures there, I think I'll have to get it out for a go before work later!
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Glad you had a good time! Sadly, I think Stan is tending to stay away from the electric bass now as he feels his last record is a fairly definitive electric statement and he wants to spend more time on the upright. Which is a shame as I've no interest in upright bass and Stan is one of my favourites on electric! However, it could turn out to be like the early 90's when Jonas Hellborg declared that he prefered acoustic basses to electric ones, and still played the majority of his stuff with electric basses (yay!).
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What's going on in the (bass) For Sale Forum
Chris2112 replied to Lfalex v1.1's topic in General Discussion
Oh dear, how silly of me! You can tell it's been a long day... £950 is what I paid for it! -
I think if I go back to playing fretless I'll get Alan to make me a fretless with the same colour scheme, but inverted. I really like how the back looks, but I don't think I'd have those woods on the front of this bass. It's nice to have quality through and through!
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How silly of me! I should also add that it's being played through my Ashdown MK500 amp, as per usual with the EQ bypassed - how I love not playing live these days!
