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2025 SE Bass Basheroo! Sunday 9/11/25 *CONFIRMED*
pete.young replied to NancyJohnson's topic in Events
I won't be able to make this, Remembrance Sunday is always busy for brass bands. Have a good time. -
Actually very good. But only because we did a multiband outdoor gig where someone else was doing the sound earlier in the day, so to get back to using my PC felt like coming home, I could hear everything and we sounded good!
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Sweeneythebass started following Squire bitsa Jazz £180 + pp
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BassApprentice started following Stingray fans - opinions needed!!
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Shell pink is always a winner for me. Or a racing green could be a cool look.
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I admit it. I am beaten. Someone asked about the Seth Govan bass part to 'hangover, from the 2006 Guthrie Govan album, 'Erotic Cakes'. I thought, 'I'll have a crack at that, and off I went. 2:38 seconds in, I completely lost it - no idea what he is doing. The tune is in 9:8 ( a kind of swung 3:4) but he is playing 4 against the 3 (12:8 over 9:8) and then he does something else that I cannot figure out at all. Sounds hip as f*** but I have no idea how to get it down so I threw the towel in. Here is where I got to. If you can complete the transcription, let me know. Seth lives down the road to me so I am going to contact him to see if he can explain himself! https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/hangover-guthrie-govan/
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Bought this off here recently to see if I could resurrect it. I love the TA501 tube compression and the flexible EQ. The issue is that although it powers up and the fan works, it makes a whining, static and crackle sound, similar to tuning an old radio. I cleaned contacts, changed the tube and power cable, but the issue remains. It’s likely to be a capacitor issue. I was going to take it to my mate who repairs amps for a living, but realistically I’ll likely never use it since giving up gigging bass. So yours for £50 collected, plus £10 pp and I’ll include a spare tube. Comes with power cable and manual.
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HeadlessBassist started following Stingray fans - opinions needed!!
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The world definitely is your oyster with colour choices. I'd personally go for something like Firemist Gold metallic (like they did the Fender Vintera 1 Jazzes in), with a darkish red tort guard.
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MXR M282 Dyna Comp Bass PRICE DROP
Cosmo Valdemar replied to Cosmo Valdemar's topic in Effects For Sale
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3Leaf Audio Octabvre Mini & Proton MK3 *Price Drop*
iamtheelvy replied to simonlittle's topic in Effects For Sale
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simonlittle started following Singing and playing - how?!! and FS / FT MarkBass TTE 801 PayDay Price Drop Now £425
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Pubs and venues to be protected from noise complaints
chris_b replied to Cliff Edge's topic in General Discussion
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As pretty much everyone has said, it is all about practice. I sing BVs with a good few of the bands I play with and it took a while to get a good method down for learning the parts. Knowing the bass parts to the point where you’re paying entirely from muscle memory is essential. Even in a jazz context where you’re playing walking lines, falling back on your most bog-standard shapes and lines will help you forget about playing the bass and concentrate on the singing. Practising the backing vocals away from the bass at first also really helps. I like to do that in the car. Or on a long walk with headphones. Getting the vocals into your muscle memory will come with time. When you know them well enough away from the instrument I find combining them with the bass parts is way easier. Plus you’ll be worrying less about finding pitches as you’ll have more of an idea of where they sit in your voice. Getting familiar with your vocal range is just like learning the fretboard. I’ve found it very rewarding to really dig into the backing vocal thing and it’s been a real bonus for gigs. Good luck on your adventures @Mokl
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Here’s a nice jazz bass that I put together with a body from VM fretless and a VM P neck (with Gotoh machines heads). It’s got new set of D’addarrio steel rounds (I can’t re the gauge but likely medium). Plays great, sounds great. I’ll weigh it later, and measure the nut, but it’s a P neck so wider than a jazz…. I broke the policy of 1 in 1 out and got 2 in, so this is excess to requirements sadly. Plus I need funds to pay for my self indulgent album I’m recording, so I give you a nice bass, you give me money and I’ll find a drain to place the cash in and watch it get swept out to sea along with the rest of the countries turds 🤣 £180 collected or £200 posted as I have a box to put it in.
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. . . . and Bobby Bland's Reflections In Blue, which Wilton Felder shared the bass chair with Chuck Rainey and Scott Edwards. All fantastic players.
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Absolutely, which is why metal nuts or a zero-fret make sense. Is there a reason why zero-frets are so uncommon & seem to be regarded as a cheapo shortcut? Or is it just that Fender never used them?
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Sweeneythebass started following Original Effects Black Label 64 for sale.
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Here's one my guitarist sent me a couple of days ago
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Have a listen to Bobby Bland's albums, Dreamer and His California Album, on which he shared bass credits with Max Bennett.
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We played in Leigh, Lancs last night, to a nice crowd, with a friend sitting in as our dep drummer who did really well. I'm getting back into the swing of gigging again after an enforced absence due to our old guitarist suddenly opting out. Our drummer has also had some spinal surgery and is going to be out of the game for a while. It does feel a little like the band is limping along, using dep drummers, but it is better than not playing at all. The playing is really enjoyable, but it doesn't feel like the same band. Not entirely a bad thing. Our guitarist has learned a good number of songs and he has done a fine job. We can't really advance the setlist that much until our regular drummer is fit to play again. It will happen, though. He's bought an upgraded electric kit to make it easier for him to transport. It's just a case of persevering at the moment. We are winning at gigs, which is the point. My rig is raised off the floor here as the place is a bass trap. One particular note can hang around all night like a bad smell.
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jay-syncro started following Boss OC2 Octave
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Yeah we noticed your bv's weren't coming through, shame really because some of the harmonies in the first few songs were quite nice, lifting the songs. I'll PM you
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Marcus and Dave Weckl on the same gig. Something that doesn't happen that often.
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jay-syncro started following Phil Jones PJB Compact Plus BG-450 Combo
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Phil Jones BG-450 in as-new condition. I'm a huge fan of Phil Jones gear as it's incredibly well made, hugely capable, feature packed and extremely compact. This combo really does need to be experienced first hand to be fully appreciated. Not only will it project your low B with authority at gigging volumes, it also sounds fantastic for music playback via the aux in. From the website - The Compact Plus BG-450 is the pinnacle of PJB’s line of small and light weight powerful compact bass combos. It is the same size as PJB’s C-4 speaker enclosure with a power amplifier that will reach up to 500 Watts with four internal 5” drivers. The BG-450 contains the latest proprietary PJB chrome dome drivers which are the most efficient five-inch speakers ever engineered by PJB. The result is a perfect pairing of power and driver efficiency that makes it the best sounding 4×5 combo ever made by PJB and, remarkably, with less weight. It has an incredible punchy sound that cuts through air as “a knife through butter” with a solid and powerful low-end response normally associated with a much larger combo. In the heart of this amp lies a formidable ultra-high-energy power supply using a Class D power amplifier for high efficiency which equals less heat and less weight, and is coupled with a pure Class-A, ultra-low noise pre amp. This combination completes a power section that achieves a massive dynamic range that allows the player to attain the best tone in any playing situation. The pre-amp design includes a single channel equipped with a variable gain input section that matches precisely with both active and passive basses. It also features a mute switch and the classic PJB 5-band precision EQ system that achieves the broadest range in tones imaginable with just 5 controls. This allows the player to effortlessly locate their perfect tone within seconds. The send /return FX patch can be blended to the direct signal allowing even more tonal opportunities. A secondary AUX input allows for practicing along with backing tracks via a 1/8” stereo jack. Back panel features include a Line Output jack that allows the BG-450 to be used in slave mode coupled with one or multiple amps, and a line input that provides the ability for an external pre-amp to be connected if desired. The DI balanced out can be pre or post EQ and offers a ground lift to avoid problematic hum. Speaker output is via a Speakon NL4 socket perfectly matched to run a C4 or C8 cabinet. The amp can run on any AC voltage from 100 volts to 240 volts. The Compact Plus puts out a punchy 300 watts into its own speakers and up to 500 watts when connected to an external cabinet. The BG-450 at max power will cover a wide variety of playing situations. Model: BG-450 Speaker Driver: 4X5 Inch PJB Driver Amplifier A class D amplifier with digital switch-mode power supply. Power output: 300W internal speakers, 500 Watts with 8ohm external speaker Signal to Noise Ratio:≥85 dB(A) (EQ off, Volume on Full.) Impedance Passive Input: >2MΩ/22pF Active Input: >100KΩ/22pF Line Input: >22KΩ Pre Amp Line Out: < 2KΩ Bal. Out: <200Ω Levels Passive Input: 10mV-1.5V Active Input: 20mV-4.5V Line Input:600mV Pre Amp Line Out: 1.2V Bal.Out: Typical 500mV EQ: CENTER FREQUENCIES 50Hz, 160Hz, 630Hz, 2.5KHz,12KHz at +/- 18dB Product Size::361(W)x362(H)x336(D)mm 14.21(W)x14.25(H)x13.24(D)inch Net Weight: 14 Kg(31 lbs)
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carlsim started following Stingray fans - opinions needed!!
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Hi all, I'm shortly going to be stripping and refinishing a Stingray 5. I picked it up quite cheap as it needed a refinish so I am going to be sanding and stripping it myself and then sending it on to someone for a refinish - unless i sand back to the wood and it has a lovely grain then I may consider a tru-oil finish with a poly top coat for a glossy finish. So basically, the (colour) world is my oyster... what would you have? It has a maple neck and fingerboard, natural headstock and currently sports a black scratchplate. I would like to change the hardware for black lightweight options as I like black on a SR5 and it looks a bit tired. With a fresh finish, I would prefer it to look nice and new. So... i don't want a plain black or white finish, if I go solid colour, something funky could be desirable... I do like the look of the new Kiwi Green colour which is now available... What combinations look good in your book for a SR5?
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Spitting sawdust does not even come close and to add insult to injury, after wr got going again, my mic was “not working”. I managed to joke that I did not sing much in the second half. At the end he said that he did not realise how much I sang until he could not hear me. Classic comment of the night “ I have tried everything else it must be the one of the cables feeding back”. Anyway thanks again for your help, Phil.