Grim13 Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 I think he may be playing his Bass Collection sig Jazz. Basically a copy of this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Yep a few porkie pies there like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumple Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTB Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 IIRC, I think he said in an old interview that rhythm stick was recorded with a maple neck 70s P-J bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blademan_98 Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 I just checked my bank account. Sadly I am around £9,900 short Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumple Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 [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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blademan_98 Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 [quote name='Rumple' timestamp='1329669487' post='1545581'] Seller is open to offers [/quote] I did try, but apparently "@*&$ OFF" means no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJim Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 http://andybaxterbass.com/guitars.php?cat=1 Here's a pic with Norman holding the bass on his site! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 [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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumple Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 You can see him miming with a maple necked PJ in this video from TOTP 1978 [media]http://youtu.be/A61i0Xscj-k[/media] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 [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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumple Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 [quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1329904407' post='1549251'] Is that the right vid? That just a P. [/quote] Oops so it is, I stand corrected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 [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) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumple Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 [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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 if it's not good enough for Norman, it's not good enough for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinJazzBass Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumple Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99ster Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 [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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL POSTERS Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregHughes Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mentalextra Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Even if you had the cash spare, what could you do with it. Really. Especially if you respect the history of the instrument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 I havent checket my lottery ticket yet. You never know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mckendrick Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 [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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mckendrick Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 [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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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