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[quote name='Joeyfivebags' timestamp='1386701089' post='2303312']
With all the news recently of cons regarding pictures of Xbox One's and PS4's nice to see something in the same vein but other way round.


[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Warwick-Rockbag-acoustic-bass-gigbag-and-Ill-chuck-in-the-bass-too-/331079336301?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item4d15ddc16d"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4d15ddc16d[/url]
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Nice bass too. I put in a lowball bid, and at this exact second am winning, but it'll go for more than I can justify right at this very second.

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[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1386958530' post='2306895']
Only reason I didn't bid on this was that it ran out at 7.30 this morning and I wasn't up in time for a last-second punt!

Silly low price it went for - wonder why on earth he advertised it like that?

Jon.
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I think he was just unlucky. It caught our attention, and maybe elsewhere as well. But it's ebay and seller's mileage may well vary.

If I recall correctly, the fretless VMJs were going for £150 or so a couple of years ago, but I thought they had appreciated recently. I've always been a bit tempted by them.

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Glad it went to someone on here, and also glad I didn't end up in a bidding war with people I (sort of) socialise with.

Would have been wasted on me, really - I'm only after a fretless J neck for an ongoing project (that evidence suggests I'll never finish anyway) so would have ended up flogging its remains on here anyway...

J.

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[quote name='rallyeluke' timestamp='1387393062' post='2311534']
Anyone have any idea how I can get that paul simon graceland bass tone?
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congrats on the bargain fretless!

The guys name is Bakithi Kumalo. The original was done on a badly warped Washburn, but I've seen him get the same tone from all sorts of basses. :) His technique is a little unusual as he's self taught, on an awful bass that nobody else wanted to play. Basically its the sound of the strings vibrating against the fingerboard slightly that gives that 'mwauh' sort of sound, he plays pretty near the bridge to get lots of mids too. Plus, on the record there's reverb and compression on the bass :)

This might help you get started:
[url="http://youtu.be/nAgd9Ijw6WI"]http://youtu.be/nAgd9Ijw6WI[/url]

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[quote name='rallyeluke' timestamp='1387393062' post='2311534']...any idea how I can get that paul simon graceland bass tone?[/quote]

It's easy enough; the first 40 years are the worst, after which things get (slightly...) better. :mellow: Good luck with your new instrument. B)

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