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Stay tuned. I might be making a trip out this evening to pick one up...

Just bought a cracking Markbass cab off Ian. Very easy transaction, great comms etc and arranged a very convenient handover location for me. Many thanks! 👍

Here's the track for Don't Give Up, no video Fretless in the choruses and outro.

Personally I check the approval queue every time I visit Basschat. Occasionally life gets in the way and I am not here every day (particularly weekends). I did approve one the other day that was, ahem, a bit vintage but usually we’re pretty quick.

Thanks, good info to have. I usually use nickel round wound daddarios which are 40-60-80-100 on my 34". Just saw that elites do nickel round wound medium scale which are 45-65-85-105. May give those a go.

No need to avoid them for me. I'll DM you the tracks I'm working on.

Hi all, Just thought I'd share our new Album, never shared anything like this on BC before..gulp. Would love to read any comments you may have! cheers! Andy

Tbh, I recorded with a pick just because it fitted better in our mix. Tried in practice and sounded alright.. but that was with the Status. But tried it with the jazz and it fitted crazy well. I still feel much more comfortable with my fingers though!

The original Mark Hoppus signature basses were Jazz body/Precision-profile neck.

It's always a buzz when people come because of your reputation.

Chinese Fakers are bottom-end stuff, they won't be fitting a branded pickup set with an RRP higher than the bass itself! However modern Fakers have come factory-fitted with SDs - the Shine copies (made in Korea by Saein) which appeared in the early/mid '00s had them. As well as that they seemed to debut the classic 'design' of the modern Chickenbacker bridge, the tinny bridge pickup surround & a heel the size & shape of a housebrick. I'd speculate that's what @geofio had - Saein is an OEM manufacturer so it's entirely probable they made the Anniversary brand. However I don't think that's what Bruce F's so-called old bass is (it's absolutely 100% not MIJ!), and those pickups are 100% not SDs. That first generation of 00s Fakers included Rockinbetters & briefly, the Bass Centre's own take (was it called a California or something?), these were Korean-made & a cut above Temu Chickenbackers & that's what this looks likr to me. So maybe this is Bruce's old bass, but only 20-odd years old rather than 50.

I Wanna Be Your Cat - Lafille

Doesn't seem to work with my Pixel 9a. It says the Android version for the app is incompatible with my phone. I wonder why they've not gone through the Play Store for the Android app...

Last year we lost an institution in our local blues scene , Barry Cook. Piano player , had been dealing with various health issues , the doctors had described his heart as a time bomb , and home after a great gig , it gave out. We did a memorial gig for him Friday night in the old blues dive downtown. The core band was mostly bandmates , unfortunately a featured guitar player was unable to attend because of previous commitment , a replacement was quickly secured. There were a good number of people that played with Barry in various projects that were up to play and sing. The night went quickly. Nice appreciative crowd. Great playing. Wonderful to see some great singers and players. Everything unfolded as we had hoped , I hope we’ll do it again next year. Nice to feel the sense of community.