Recent content by Mr Bassicks

I'm lucky enough to live 15 minutes from Bass Direct. It's a bassists dream, and Mark's a great guy. Great for me, less good for my wallet... ;-)

Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere, but I've just seen this somewhat concerning article, and not seen it mentioned anywhere. Invalid Link Removed

That's what it's referred to on the post. I guess it's because this particular one was made for Alberto. It's got an extender on it, and the neck pickup is a P-tone. There are more photos and details on Alberto's facebook page. I wondered what an AB would look like in white... Very impressed!

Just seen this on Facebook. An AR5 made for Alberto Rigoni. Gorgeous...simply gorgeous...

I've got a gorgeous Spector Euro 5LX which is the most beautiful thing to look at..... a good bass, but plays and sounds nowhere near as well as my ABZ... wish I could afford my dream ABII, which has the playability, tone AND look I'm after...

Pretty much!! ;-)

Bass Direct is only 15 minutes from me..... far too close to me for my bank manager's liking...

I just bought this 4 year old Euro 5LX in black cherry for £600 (just over $900). It's been sitting in the guy who sold it me's bedroom for most of that time (its never left his house), and whilst it's dusty, the strings are dead and is in need of a decent setup, it's only got one minor...

I've owned a Dingwall ABZ5 for about a year now. It's a phenomenal instrument, which has totally reignited my passion for playing. I've recently been looking at an ABII 5 string or an ABI 6 string, and practically anything other than Dingwall else feels average by comparison. Fanned frets...

Well, I've seen your "mate called Dave" quite a few times and think he does an awesome job! I can only imagine how great it must be to play with that group of musicians and their various guests (Gilson Lavis has forgotten more about drumming than most drummers will ever learn!). Dream job as...

A friend?!? A friend!?! You mean the mighty Dave Swift!?!? :-) Top player, knew from your previous posts you were his buddy and that he's been a customer of Mark's for a while. Yummy pics! Could never believe such a place was on my doorstep!

Mark's place will do that to you! I did a similar thing a year ago and ended up walking out with a natural ABZ5 and a great Genz Benz rig! It's an awesome instrument, with a great sound and is wonderfully playable. Worst thing for me is that BassDirect is only 15 minutes from home, and I keep...

Yummy!

Great pics!! Wished I'd have gone down now!! Sheldon, TM Stevens, JPJ & Doug Wimbish.... some good company to be in there....

Had a guitarist friend once who worked in music shop where they stocked those Maxima Gold strings that Entwistle used to endorse. This would have been 88-90ish and he blagged some tickets off the Maxima rep for a Who show nearby. He told me he'd never rated Entwistle, but was going to the...