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I think the children/beginners thing could possibly be just about the biggest myth in the entirety of the world of bass 😊

I got home at 8:30. It was a good gig. We sounded good ,had a great crowd, good food and the dep drummer was pretty good. Daryl

"Have you improved?" - one of the stranger questions I've been asked. It turns out he thought we had since he last saw us. Anyway NYE proper (we played last night too) was a great night. The place was rammed, plenty of dancing. Mrs Norris even had a couple more glasses of prosecco than she would normally drink. The small stage extension I was on made for an interesting sound. (Photo taken during drum solo) The place had apparently not been as full since covid. Fabulous night, lots of nice comments and compliments. Have a great new year!

Ok. I'll play. I have a PA for sale and some bass shaped cash I need to get rid of. But going on past experience it could take several days (365+) to find the right bass shaped hole to put it in. Is lighting mentioned anywhere in the fail tiers?

Great fun NYE job , officially my first gig as a full member, been depping for them over the last year here and there . Storrington West Sussex . Appy new year folks!

@andybassdoyle any suggestions?

Rich Tone is my local and they’re lovely people. As for prices for selling your gear with them, they generally pay you 60% of what they’ll list it for (slightly more if you are part exchanging).

Thanks. He’s 18 now and ASD. Unfortunately he was on waiting lists for adolescent mental health care and was (eventually) being helped by adolescent social services. However, he got ditched the moment he turned 18, so we had to go through the processes all over again for adult care. He’s definitely doing much better than this time last year, but it’s a constant struggle and has really taken it out of me.

I've been itching to buy a new bass all year but may get down halfords next week and buy some emery paper for the frets. Although I'm really not impressed with the replacement Active preamp I bought. Sometimes you have to call it a day...

I hope 2026 brings some improvement. I don't know how old your son is but hope he can get the help he needs.

Just back from my NYE gig. Awesome 😎 Will write more later today. Happy New Year y'all 😁

Needs de-blinging (IMHO…) but beyond that it has more than usually solid bones which will take you a long way towards a bass experience which would otherwise be many times the price. Enjoy!

Just got home from what, in my opinion, was our best gig ever. 2 lots of an hour to paying punters at an old-timey inner-city pub here in Brum that has outlived the new developments around it. Proper small room crammed to the rafters with paying punters and it was party atmosphere all evening. Played up until about 11.57 and then had a quick break for the ball drop before finishing up our set. Had an absolute blast. Rig was Fender MIM P Bass > Tonex One > DI Box > desk. Footwear was Dune Chelsea Boots which have shredded my feet up but looked the part.

I’m in too. I’m not going to stop looking at stuff, because I’m not an alcoholic, sorry, bassoholic, but as things stand I really don’t know what might present itself to break my resolve. Maybe one of those eight-string Hagstroms. But they come up like never. Right?

I’ve both bought and sold some stuff at Rich Tone, with no problems. You can get online quotes when selling your gear, although don’t expect a fortune for heavy bass rigs in particular…..

Spanish Bombs - The Clash

Just home from the dreaded Hogmanay gig. We alphabet to do this as a 3 piece as our keyboard player always spends NYE with his extended family and fair play to him, I’d rather spend it with them too. Not a terrible gig, always interesting playing with more space in the mix, but I do miss the keyboards. As ever, some idiot insists on trying to speak with you whilst you’re playing, always a request that you can’t/won’t do. However, this was balanced out by nice guy, who was interested in my bass (he was a guitarist, it turned out) and he looked up my bass, a Maruszczyk, while we were playing. Who says bassists never receive any attention? Anyway, we played OK, although the drummer is really starting to become clumsy (lack of home practise I suspect) and the groom often takes a break in these instances. The thing that gets me is the amount of folk repeatedly going to and from the toilets, with only moments spent in there. Who are they kidding? Perhaps they had bad colds, but I suspect the red nostrils were courtesy of Colombia’s finest marching powder. I’m not a prude, but a little moderation wouldn’t go a miss. Glad it’s over, only 365 days until the next one. At least it was an easy drive home. Rig as per Saturday’s gig earlier in the thread, with the side by side setup, which worked a treat again.

Spanish castle magic - Hendrix

Castles Made Of Sand - Jimi Hendrix

Ok - I'm in, Tiers I and II....what could possibly go wrong? I'm looking forward to the arrival of a TCE Bc208 cab for my upright....sometime in April. But I ordered and paid for it in November -- honest! I look forward to investing in developing better hands, better ears, and making more music.

Silica Love Songs - Wings

Enter sand, man - metallica. HNY!!

Pedal pcb did the original trace and I can vouch for their quality - they also have isolated the ground pours for the different parts of the circuit which five cats don’t seem to have done.

Aion effects boards are good too - really good documentation on their site https://www.musikding.de/TS-50-Bass-Preamp-kit