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BaggyMan started following G & L Tribute SB-2 as new.
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GAS is a a terrible thing. So there I was all content after a really good year, then boom and 'must have ' bass punched a mighty hole in the budget. So, my two latest acquisitions need new homes. They are brand effectively and we all know the G & L story so this is it, want a new one?, you wont find any better. Here is my surf green SB-2. Without question a bass out on its own, spicy MFD pickups (with their trademark adjustable pole pieces), Twin volume control which on other SB-2s i have found to be really easy to dial in a volume/tone needed. That said the modder in me has purchased the dual concentric knobs ready for a stacked volume tone per pickup (like the early Jazz basses). I can throw those in. This hasnt been gigged (one jam session tho..) so is 10/10 perfect. Vinyl wrapped black plate (easily removed if needed..plain black underneath). I know i'll regret letting this go, they are ging to be a cult classic imho. This was bought literally a week before G & L went out of business, so one of the last out the door. Fully set up with EB slinkies set on all fressh and ready to go. I can arrange shipping at buyers expense insured (or uninsured at buyers risk).
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uk_lefty started following Music goals & ambitions for 2026?
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Get some gigs for my new 80s band Risky Business. Ideally first gig before end of March. Get some fresh material in for The Desert Penguins, ideally for the second half of the set. It's a really solid set list but i'd love it if we could shake it up and make picking those end of night songs a bit tougher than just going through the same ones all the time.
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2026 would be a good year if I got more gigs, got more deps and (I always say this) improved my networking.
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I found that signing up for one of the SBL courses has improved my practice. I'm practicing more because I've bloody paid for it and the stuff I'm working on is more focused.
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asingardenof started following Music goals & ambitions for 2026?
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Finally buy myself that five-stringer I've been promising myself for years. Ideally a G&L L-2500 Tribute if I can find any outside Japan, otherwise we'll see what's out there when I have funds. Still bemoaning the loss of the Zoot Funkmeister I tried a couple of months ago though.
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Being in a band is such a big part of many BC'ers lives! Why do you feel it's wishful thinking for you?
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colleya started following Music goals & ambitions for 2026?
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Get the ball rolling properly with my band Tea Time Funk Club I think we've got something really good going and they're a super talented bunch. This year I want us to find the right venues and get our foot properly in the door. We've got 4-5 bookings already so hopefully things will snowball from there. Personally, I've been working hard on my playing and practicing a lot more, so I want to keep that up. Gigs in the calendar always helps me with motivation in that department too.
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neepheid started following Peavey T-40’s & T-20 USA vintage bass collection
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Peavey T-40’s & T-20 USA vintage bass collection
neepheid replied to kingforaday's topic in Bass Guitars
Are you planning on dying early or something? 43 == twilight years? I hope not, I'm 50 tomorrow, and I have absolutely zero intention of scaling back operations. -
This is a parts bass made with a JV Precision neck and neck plate, all the original JV hardware (tuners, string tree, bridge and headstock strap button). Pickup is a mid 2000’s MIM Fender and the electrics were with the body which is a Y series early 2000 Chinese Squier. The scratch-plate is from a Korean Squier and I also have the original but cracked Chinese scratch-plate. I bought the JV neck and parts minus the original body. The neck had to have a snapped screw removed from the neck butt before it was doweled and filled by the luthier. The serial number, neck plate and Squier hardware are all from one bass. The neck plate has some corrosion but the JV serial number is visible. Although listed as a project the bass plays well as is. It has been set up with a low action wearing D’Addario strings. The truss-rod works and frets are good. The necks on these early Japanese Squiers are fantastic as no doubt you are aware. The instrument is reasonably light at 3.8kgs and sounds like a typical Precision. Selling at what it cost me in parts. No trades sorry, pickup preferred but I can post in the UK only at buyer’s cost. I will include a worn but well padded gig bag.
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I like the idea of trying to find another band / project, but it's probably just wishful thinking on my part. Could do with playing more and with "constructive" practice.
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About 75% originals and without any agent at present.
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To actually play bass live again, Yodaclub seem to have gone on a semi permanent hiatus now, Acme Sewage Company had a lousy year in 2025 with our singer / guitarist out for pretty much the whole year with a back problem, 2026 marks 50 years of Acme, there are plenty of gigs on the table, let's hope we can do them!
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Pick up the bass a bit more often...
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upside downer started following Music goals & ambitions for 2026?
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Mine is to pick up the bass more often. No band situation currently so no real pressure but I'd just like to get back, playing-wise, to where I was a while back. Will be making the effort to find time for practising. Life has got way too hectic over the past couple of years and fun seems to have taken a back seat. No longer! It's time to recalibrate.
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Alanbass started following Overwater PJ Series Custom 5 string bass
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Nearly new Overwater 5 string bass. Not entirely sure about letting this go but needs must ...Based in Cambridge would prefer to avoid posting but happy to try to meet up. Estimated weight (bathroom scales) 4.4kg. Scale 35". Fingerboard figured maple. Headstock matching honeyburst satin. Balck side dots only. 21 frets. Swamp ash body. Top flamed maple. Bridge spacing 19mm. Hipshot ultralight machines. Pickups OW PJ5. OW buffer preamp with passive EQ. Scratchplates - black and also tort. Finish - honeyburst gloss. Custom OW hiscox lite flite teardrop case. I've strung it with Optima Gold plated strings. Here is a video of the bass (not me playing unfortunately!)...
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I just want to get a band formed again. It's eighteen months since my last (and favourite) band folded and I'm keen to play gigs again.
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Lozz196 started following Music goals & ambitions for 2026?
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Am looking forward to getting my paws on the Sandberg Lionel Superlight I’ve commissioned, which fingers crossed will land by Xmas, other than that all I want for music and 2026 is rehearse with my non-gigging band and have a laugh.
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I would love a pair of ATCs. That is not going to happen. I am a tragic fantasist embarking on his very own vanity project. I am looking at a pair of Yamaha NS8 as my monitors. I have borrowed a pair and they are in situ. I am struggling to think of a reason not to go with them. I am running Sonor Works which can deal with the less than epic placement. Does the £500ish have anything else that I REALLY should be considering as well? I am not hugely into buying 2nd hand for speakers like this, unless someone I know and trust is cutting me an extraordinary deal on a pair of ATC SCM20A boxes. TIA
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Finish the move into the music room. Get some recording done of solo work. Finish at least some of the hardware projects I've started (cab, basses, electronics).
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Complete and release my band's album. We have 4 songs finished, another 4 that are currently in the process of being mixed and 5 more that still need vocals recording and then mixing, plus one instrumental that needs a bit of additional production. That's almost 60 minutes worth of music. However once we've got over 40 minutes complete which means getting the vocals recorded for 2 of the songs that currently don't have them, then we'll probably release those and save the rest for the next album which hopefully won't take another four years to complete!
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Seriously?!? I wish they’d told me about it! They could have at least sent me an email?! I’m totally sick of being stuck in one area of the fretboard..!
