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Yes, another Cardiff guitar / instrument shop gone. I recall them being in Llanishen and Roath. Didn't go there too often when they moved to Whichurch, but bought a bass there, and took an amp for repair. Also introduced a pal to the shop, and he bought an expensive Spanish guitar there. A few leads, strings and a tuner also bought from there. I'd much prefer to buy such things from an actual shop, rather than online.... but that option is disappearing. Also, re Grimwades and similar establishments, the chance to try & buy 2nd hand is vanishing, along with the option of trading in. Support your local guitar shop / 2nd hand emporium folks.
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Meadowlark rising Vaughan williams
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Bygone music/bass shops you were fond of?
Stub Mandrel replied to kiat's topic in General Discussion
Genuine sticker from Birmingham Bass Centre! -
I’ve been insuring my cars for business use (as a musician) for around 40 years. When I first started out doing this it was a lot harder to find cover than it is now, for me anyway. I used the AA for a few years and then they stopped covering me, and later whilst a member I used the MU insurance. More recently I’ve tended to go with the best price from companies I’ve heard of, via comparison websites. They want to know all the details like what type of music you play and where etc, along with the usual stuff like mileage and ratio of business / personal use. I stick with the same company until their renewal price starts taking the p*ss and then look around for a better deal.
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It's a very clean sounding bass. Very light. Very fast for slappage, and pretty punchy. There's not much to like. At this money the colours really don't matter. It's a great playing and sounding bass for significantly less money than a Fender Player II.
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Any chance you'd be open to a trade for a Fender Coronado II...? -
I believe he was teasing about the typo… “cangle”
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Hi Dave, the music shop under Centre Point was Baldwin, the piano company who bought Burns. I played my first bass though an amp in that shop, a Rickenbacker 4003, probably through a Burns combo. They had glass cubicles where you could sit and play the instruments.
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Two spring to mind.When I lived in Glasgow McCormicks of Bath St was the go-to place for me.I bought the only RED Marshall stack I've ever seen there back in the 70s. Again in the 70s in N.Ireland,Jack Evans Musical in Bow St Lisburn was the centre of excellence.Bought my Fender P bass there in '70.
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I don't think I've seen Duck Son & Pinker in the thread... Used to love getting the bus into Swindon and having a mooch in the music shops. The other two are still there, but I remember DS&P letting me play a lovely faded Gibson Les Paul DC that I wish I'd had the money for. And a Parker P40 come to think of it. Their bass stock was never great, but I spent quite a lot of time there. I think my mum got my Dad's clarinet serviced there when I decided to play that for a spell. Their Bath store was a bit of a landmark in the city too. I miss PMT too. Not so much the latest Bristol store, I think the old site was better. But it's sad that my closest music shop has gone.
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Advice Required re. Bass Neck Removal...
Stub Mandrel replied to Old Man Riva's topic in Bass Guitars
I honestly was about to google cangle wax... 🤣 - Today
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Adverts that say how fantastic a bass is, but are selling it anyway. "It's an incredible sounding and feeling instrument but I just can't bond with the colour!" Hmm.
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"Me stupid? Sorry, I don't understand."
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It like it. Taste is so personal.
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I wouldn't presume to suggest what you should like. I have 19 basses, active and passive, 4 & 5 string, long and short scale, fretted and fretless, modern and traditional, d from every decade from the 60s to the 2020s. So I think I'm very open to different instruments. I've tried basses like the modern players. They look pretty, but I don't bond with them. My friends who have had early 60s fenders since the 60s/70s still gig them and I do prefer them. The two basses I find myself gigging most are the 1960 P reissue and the 1963 J reissue. Having played real ones, I'm pretty sure I would use them if I could.
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Yes the most obvious option really! How do you find it? I don't really like the colours!!!!!!
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Wait.. have I missed it, or has no-one has mentioned Howard's Bass Place in Newcastle yet? The shame!
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I'm willing to bet that the ratio of headed/headless basses in the world makes it a reasonable assumption to make. Anyone who ventures into headless land really ought to be able to solve for X. Also, I've seen a few headless basses have a little sticky out vestigial "head" which might get caught by the mechanism of these stands? I say "might" - I've never tried.
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These are great, rock solid tuner and you can create your own patches through their website too. GLWTS -
NBD: Rare MIJ Late 60s Traditional II Jazz w/ Matching Headstock
Owen replied to wateroftyne's topic in Bass Guitars
Getting then in line IS tuning, no? -
He’s playing a Jamerson style line on a similar bass and the objective of the vid is to promote the bass. I thought it was tasteful but each to their own.
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Advice Required re. Bass Neck Removal...
rainbowreality replied to Old Man Riva's topic in Bass Guitars
It is yes but I was making a very poor joke -
Curly - The Move
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NBD: Rare MIJ Late 60s Traditional II Jazz w/ Matching Headstock
wateroftyne replied to wateroftyne's topic in Bass Guitars
Ah - you're assuming it was in tune at the time the photo was taken... 😇 -
.... unless you have a headless bass or guitar I actually do have this stand, and the portable one and the three headed one. They are great stands but do make rather a fundamental assumption about your bass/guitar (apart from the small portable one). Rob
