Chris2112

Whilst we're looking at old Status basses, here was my Series II... [URL=http://s669.photobucket.com/user/Baryonyx2112/media/three.jpg.html][IMG]http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv52/Baryonyx2112/three.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1371719857' post='2117235'] The main groove is transcribed here: [url="http://basslessons.be/transcriptions.php?i=31"]http://basslessons.b...ptions.php?i=31[/url] - looks good to me. And yes it's harder than it sounds! [/quote] It's a relatively simple line, but syncing it up to the mechanically tight standard of the record is the real challenge!

[quote name='booboo' timestamp='1371333850' post='2112772'] Off to amazon to get WTTPD on cd. [/quote] You'd be better off just downloading the best tracks, as mentioned earlier, there is some pap on that record too!

The biggest shame is that Jan used to have a few videos of him on youtube, wherein he was just sitting at home playing some cool stuff on his Kubicki, the tone was incredible. I've just searched for them now and sadly they seem to have been taken down.

That headstock design is very elegant and sexy.

Very nice! I had a similar Series II from 1987, it was a real beauty! The best basses Status have ever made.

Everyone has good and bad days, be they either consciously 'bad' or just not quite on form. Even the pro players have them and would tell you as such, so don't worry too much about this.

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1371566587' post='2115601'] Great I'll know where not to go avoid all the tedious arguments about string thickness, single coils vs humbuckers, real amps vs simulators, modern vs "vintage" guitars, "shredders" vs "bloos " players what make of 9v batteries to use in your effects pedals to get so-and-so's exact tone. [/quote] Yes, you can come here for the fresh and scintillating arguments we have here: * What bass for metal? * Jazz or Precision? * Active or passive? * Flea or Mark King? * Can this bass be used for...

When Kubicki went 'Fender', things didn't really change as much as was once thought. Before Phil made a deal with Fender, you could only buy instruments direct from him, which was great if you knew what you wanted but not so good if you just wanted to try one. The Fender deal was really a marketing exercise, as it allowed Phil to utilise Fender's massive dealer network and get his basses into stores with some financial backing from Fender. Nothing else really changed, except the electronics were modified (to a 9v circuit, and some of the preset positions on the preamp were deleted) and the back of the headstock got the Fender Custom Shop stamp. I prefer the 18v circuit, but the 'Fender' basses are still fantastic. Models go as follows: 1) Original, early run basses 2) Crossover basses - starting in 1989, made with the 18v preamp but getting the FCS stamp, I believe these were the first batch brought to the UK - both the Ex Factors I have owned have been crossover basses 3) Fender era basses 4) post Fender basses appearing from 1994 onwards - no longer distributed by Fender and back with the 18v preamp.

How do you just stumble across a Pangborn like that? They're as rare as a clean sheet in a nursing home!

Yes, I do recall when the marketplace was filled with lengthy discussions, it was a great focal point for discussion on a certain model of bass, or even just that guitar in particular, as opposed to the more generic brand based discussions which take place elsewhere. It was so full of life and banter, and MB1's witty posts.

I was once selling a bass, offered for collection only. Someone got in touch with me, from down near London. When he asked where I was, I said I was in Northumberland, about twenty minutes from Newcastle Upon Tyne, ten minutes from the A1 D/C and fifteen minutes from the airport. He asked if I would post, saying I was "nowhere near anywhere". Good grief! I once had a bloke drive up from London to Newcastle to buy an Alembic off me. That is commitment!

Things were wild before 2008, marketplaces here and on TB were on fire! It's slowed to a crawl since.

He talks incessantly on Talkbass (and often talks rubbish or in a very cryptic manner so he doesn't have to qualify what he is saying). That said, he's tried loads of basses and seems to have some technical facility, but his playing mostly seems to be playing basses at trade shows. I've never thought he was great, not based on what I've seen. A great talker, musically devoid of good ideas.

Their version of 'Born To Run' is astounding, far more energetic than Springsteen's (even the later live versions which are the popular ones). 'Welcome to the Pleasure Dome' is a fantastic track too, loads of energy and a super tight bassline.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1371134470' post='2110284'] I get a lot of questions about the avatar picture . It's this maths genius and personal finance expert : [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqZ0ch2sHbY[/media] [/quote] What an awesome rack. She has always been a hottie too, as much for her mental prowess as those great chebs!

[quote name='Muzz' timestamp='1371148767' post='2110596'] Listening through crappy earbuds, I spotted the Tesco one, but got the Strad and the other one mixed up. The clips could have been better recorded - sounded like they were being played in the Ashmolean khazis... [/quote] Same here. I've fairly decent Turtle Beach earphones on...I should have got my Sennheisers out and spared my embarrassment!

[quote name='thehillscorporation' timestamp='1371154070' post='2110694'] i'd forgotten just how tasteful & tasteless Frank can be, often both at the same time! oh, and it's a Supernatural Series II [url="http://bassaxe.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/jay-dee-supernatural.html"]http://bassaxe.blogs...pernatural.html[/url] John [/quote] Nail on the head! He is a superbly talented player, but I find some of his lines so 'outside' that he takes it a bit far. When he is on form though, he is brilliant.

This thread has inspired me to dig out my old copy of Return to Forever's [i]Romantic Warrior[/i]. Only to discover I can't find the bloody thing! I might have to buy it all over again, it has long been one of my favourite records and it struck me recently that I hadn't listened to it in about two years! Especially crazy considering the amount of effort I put into learning songs off it! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa21WPH4_U4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa21WPH4_U4[/url]

Strange, I had heard that Al was always very shy and introverted, especially when he joined McLaughlin's guitar trio, playing between the famed McLaughlin and the masterful Paco! That said, it matters little to me if he is an arsehole, his music is great and his playing is superb. He was fantastic with Return to Forever, where I think his exuberance was tempered a little against the Clarke and Corea.