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PostPosted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 8:37 am    Post subject: Frets or no Frets Reply with quote
Not a military instrument I know but a nice piece of engineering all the same.

Check out the lever where the neck joins the body.

http://video.google.com/videoplay...d=-7398618133881847103&q=bass
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:25 am    Post subject: Re: Frets or no Frets Reply with quote
andy wymer wrote:
Check out the lever where the neck joins


ANDY...Now that could find you "F" above top "C", but I would suffer vertigo halfway up...(and probably fall.. )...
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 11:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wow! How cool is that...
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I bet George Tate's got one......
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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I bet George Tate's got one......


If he hasn't he will get very fretfull or less super cool all the same
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Another brilliant soloist.....once he has finished the almost flamenco bass playing listen to Amazing Grace played on the Amazing Bass!!!
http://video.google.com/videoplay...6715787562&q=bass&pl=true
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 10:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2hgiVE3KkM
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
MrJpig wrote:
Another brilliant soloist.....once he has finished the almost flamenco bass playing listen to Amazing Grace played on the Amazing Bass!!!
http://video.google.com/videoplay...6715787562&q=bass&pl=true

Absolutely superb Andy. Just downloaded that to my iPod.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
He's not bad for a civvy is he
Can't do straight lines and keep in step I'll wager
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
...........or slow march..........or build a bivvy !!!!
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
....would he want to???
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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...........or slow march..........or build a bivvy !!!!


Dare I say it..???.....OR shape a beret..????...
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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He's not bad for a civvy is he
Can't do straight lines and keep in step I'll wager


I think your money would be safe the Deli...
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 5:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
If you think that's good, check THIS out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3h7fH592u8
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I feel a comment coming on..........










but I'll resist.
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