Anyone like bass guitars?

Dodgy rythym and thick strings here...

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TmcB wrote:I just can't get behind buying a fretless.

Maybe if I had a Jazz, Precision, PJ, and a Stingray then I'd consider a fretless.
Well best you get buying then :lol:

I might offload some things if I win the fretless and I like it
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I'm enjoying a bit of fretless to be sure. Doesn't suit everything but there is something spesh about the sound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YANgZat ... ANgZatQSeQ Just love this to bits :-)
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Malcolm foster , bass player. Also lives in NZ nowadays.
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Kev77 wrote:Malcolm foster , bass player. Also lives in NZ nowadays.
That video clip is pre Malcolm Foster. This is Derek Forbes. Bass player up to 1985 I'm sure.
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You're very correct
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Kev77 wrote:You're very correct
To be fair, this doesn't happen very often though.
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Kev77 wrote:Malcolm foster , bass player. Also lives in NZ nowadays.
He was selling a couple of custom Bass guitars 12-15 years back
Yours at only 20K IIRC
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I'll take the lot
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smallface wrote:
Kev77 wrote:Malcolm foster , bass player. Also lives in NZ nowadays.
That video clip is pre Malcolm Foster. This is Derek Forbes. Bass player up to 1985 I'm sure.
John Giblin also did a spell with SM
He played some tasty fretless on some Kate Bush records. There is a Bass transcription of "Breathing" in the TAB section of this esteemed site.
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In late breaking news Mrs Foal heartily endorse purchase of before mentioned 1979 Fretless Precision

I have a truly appalling record on TM, watch me fuck this up 23:04 Wednesday.
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The electronics look good. Can anyone confirm/deny?
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Go for it bro, if your ever selling it, or bits from it,,, I'm here
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Yeah, go for it. It looks like a very choice piece. :-)
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Pity about the broken pick up solder!
More evidence of my TM ineptness.
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Thought there would be a prolonged bidding war
Last minute stampede??
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