Norman Watt Roy's Bass

[Grim13]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NORMAN-WATT-ROYS-1962-PRE-CBS-FENDER-JAZZ-BASS-THE-BLOCKHEAD-SHORELINE-GOLD-/180819389316?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2a19aceb84#ht_1114wt_689

I saw Norm with Wilko last year and I'm sure he was playing this. Anyone know what he's moving on to?

[ezbass]

I think he may be playing his Bass Collection sig Jazz. Basically a copy of this one.

[Ou7shined]

Yep a few porkie pies there like.

[Rumple]

Yeah it's a copy of his old 62 Jazz made by The Bass Centre I think, he's used it the last few times I've seen him with The Blockheads.

Seeing them again at the Jazz Cafe this Friday

[PTB]

IIRC, I think he said in an old interview that rhythm stick was recorded with a maple neck 70s P-J bass.

[Blademan_98]

I just checked my bank account.

Sadly I am around £9,900 short

[Rumple]

[quote name='Blademan_98' timestamp='1329668174' post='1545548']
I just checked my bank account.

Sadly I am around £9,900 short
[/quote]

Seller is open to offers

[Blademan_98]

[quote name='Rumple' timestamp='1329669487' post='1545581']
Seller is open to offers
[/quote]

I did try, but apparently "@*&$ OFF" means no

[BigJim]

http://andybaxterbass.com/guitars.php?cat=1

Here's a pic with Norman holding the bass on his site!

[Mykesbass]

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1329666105' post='1545520']
I think it's quite sad that Norman finds it necessary to sell this.
I know for some a bass is just a bass, but there must be a lot of fond memories there.
I wonder if it was used to record Hit Me...?
[/quote]

Ad says he used the bass from the 80's - Hit Me was '78 so PTB is probably right.

[Rumple]

You can see him miming with a maple necked PJ in this video from TOTP 1978

[media]http://youtu.be/A61i0Xscj-k[/media]

[Ou7shined]

[quote name='Rumple' timestamp='1329902122' post='1549190']
You can see him miming with a maple necked PJ in this video from TOTP 1978

[media]http://youtu.be/A61i0Xscj-k[/media]
[/quote]

Is that the right vid? That just a P.

[Rumple]

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1329904407' post='1549251']
Is that the right vid? That just a P.
[/quote]

Oops so it is, I stand corrected

[Ou7shined]

[quote name='Rumple' timestamp='1329905139' post='1549270']
Oops so it is, I stand corrected
[/quote]

It's easy to get distracted while watching such awesome playing*


(*well miming)

[Rumple]

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1329906284' post='1549303']
It's easy to get distracted while watching such awesome playing*


(*well miming)
[/quote]


Gutted that for reasons out of my control I may now have to miss Fridays Blockheads gig at the Jazz Cafe

[MacDaddy]

if it's not good enough for Norman, it's not good enough for me.

[KevinJazzBass]

I remember reading he recorded HMWYRS with a late 70's P bass but it had a A width neck, which is is the same nut width as a jazz bass but it would still have a precision bass on the headstock. I like the way he has taken off the pickguard, showing the Jaco influence there.

[Rumple]

I was at last nights Jazz Cafe gig, Norman was on great form and sounding good despite the awful house rig they insist on using at the venue.

[99ster]

[quote name='Rumple' timestamp='1330162889' post='1553471']
I was at last nights Jazz Cafe gig, Norman was on great form and sounding good despite the awful house rig they insist on using at the venue.
[/quote]

Yep - the in-house pa is atrocious at the Jazz Cafe...ruined the Daniel Lanois/Black Dub gig I went to.

[BILL POSTERS]

Not far short of ten grand..with a fag burn on the headstock,

Much as I love Normans playing, its obviously not from a smoke free home so I think I'll have to pass.

[GregHughes]

Have you seen this one on Andy Baxters website, think its new today as I do check on there quite often out of interest.

[url="http://www.andybaxterbass.com/details.php?id=262"]http://www.andybaxte...ails.php?id=262[/url]

I was listening to Ian Dury & Blockheads the other day, some great bass playing on those early tracks.

Edited February 25, 2012 by GregHughes

[mentalextra]

Even if you had the cash spare, what could you do with it. Really. Especially if you respect the history of the instrument.

[daz]

I havent checket my lottery ticket yet. You never know.

[mckendrick]

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1329659574' post='1545403']
I think he may be playing his Bass Collection sig Jazz. Basically a copy of this one.
[/quote]
That's the one.

[mckendrick]

[quote name='Rumple' timestamp='1330162889' post='1553471']
I was at last nights Jazz Cafe gig, Norman was on great form and sounding good despite the awful house rig they insist on using at the venue.
[/quote]
Mental that, innit.

What's more mental is that upstairs in dining.... it's sounds great.

Go figure.