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The allegedly good ones wouldn't have known they were good if there hadn't been any allegedly bad ones.

Yes, exactly.

Update: Received this photo. Blue anodised incoming!

i had their Kinematic for maybe 24 months it's a good pedal , and the VCA type compressor works the drive wan't my go / flavour

Not the best photo but I had this white pearl one made for my blue burst Tribute L2000 by a chap, earlpilanz who I found on eBay,for about £43. Just in case you wanted another option. I also fitted a Japanese tribute neck that I imported to it as it was more jazz bass nut width than the standard one. Apparently you could order the Japanese premiums (tributes) with a choice of 2 nut widths. https://ebay.us/m/2veGqa

Lately I've found myself re-interested in woodwork after taking a long break, which came just at the right time as I picked up a botched/abandoned sg guitar project off eBay for peanuts. The plan - route a central channel to get rid of the off centre neck pocket and pickup route, fill with a strip of pine, re route for a 30" neck and new pickups/bridge. Finally to stain red in the classic style.

I’d second the Chinese neck option. I have had several and they really have been superb. They sometimes need a slightly proud fret tapped down but I wouldn’t buy necks from elsewhere now

Not after shipping to Poland. 36 quid for shipping is an OUTRAGE. Thomann ships it thrice cheaper. And Muziker ships it for free. But thanks anyway I'm actually tempted to grab Disorder and Komorebi - the latter offers Chorus and Flanger tones, and has LFO.

Cheers Douglas. It's trial and error at this point, but I'll do another one at some point and see if I can do better. The tuning's not that low - it's drop-C# (drop-D down a half-step) with the low and high strings on my 6 both tuned to B. I wanted the bass on the video to just be a little louder than the bass on the recording, but maybe it should have been a little louder still!

I can’t imagine most of you would want me in your band. I’m racist. I used to buy The Blues Collection Magazine (with free CD ) for the great music… right up until they put a white guy on the cover. That was the end of that. I’m sexist. When the breakdown service said they’d prioritise lone women stranded at night, I thought: yes, that seems like basic common sense. I’m transphobic. As a straight man, I’m not interested in a romantic or sexual relationship with someone who has a penis. From what I gather, this means I’m a TERF, a bigot, and should be cancelled immediately.

Aaaaaarrrggggh, want one!!!!!! Looks amazing, I’ve seen these on the Shuker website and have been seriously tempted, the resolve is weakening…….

Just got in from a Knock Off gig, supporting Therapy? at 229 Club London. Journey up not too bad, and managed to get parking right outside the door - result. Great backstage area where we could chill before and after the gig. Signal chain was Fender US Precision, via BOSS WL20L into my Sansamp, with my RM500 as a power amp. Therapy? kindly allowed us to use their cabs so I went into an Eden 810, so with that and monitors no trouble hearing myself. Therapy?s monitor mix was perfect for us too so soundcheck was one song and sorted. On at 7:45, for a 45min set, venue holds 600, probably 500 watched us. Being a streetpunk/Oi band we’re not really on the same scene but we went down very well, many people coming up to us afterwards saying how much they liked us and how well we complimented Therapy?, being not just a clone but offering something different. Footwear was my Vans trainers.

+1 This and Ted Lasso series 4.

One of my favourite bass albums ever.

I don't know whether to laugh or cry. I'll settle for a like 😂

I think the paint should be enough to seal and protect the wood especially if it’s primer then colour?. However, for the sake of a little bit of grain filler, I would do a belt and braces job for peace of mind. The main potential issue is if it is an open grain wood such as mahogany or sapele etc as you won’t want the paint to sink into and therefore the wrap to dimple into any open pores. Closed grained woods like maple and alder don’t generally need grain filler before paint The wrap just needs a flat sealed surface to adhere to.

Ride On - AC/DC

Just looking at yours again, it's definitely cool. I'll try it next time!

The D&G are a bit fuller tonally with the pickup orientation reversed. It's not tons, but it is better to my ears.

Oh well, the above plan has gone out of the window, seeing as my footswitch works with everything on the planet other than the MB60B+. 50/50 if ill keep it now.

Electrick Soup @ Ram Jam Records, Kingston. Ram Jam Records lives inside The Grey Horse pub in Kingston. A charming spot, if you enjoy one-way systems designed to punish mistakes. There’s no parking out front, so you sneak in through the side streets. Take a wrong turn and you’re sent on a sightseeing tour of Kingston. I took the wrong turn. 😖 We were last on, 9:25pm, so naturally soundcheck was scheduled for 5:30pm. Parking restrictions in Kingston run until 10:30pm, so I left the car a mile away. Halfway back to the pub, I realised my wireless bugs were still in the car charging. Back I went. By then it was 6:20pm, so I abandoned the rules and parked half a mile closer in a 6:30pm restricted zone. A calculated risk. When I finally got inside, the band were already soundchecking. I joined without pedals, without tuning, and straight into the house amp — a Hartke KB12. Perfectly serviceable. Loud enough, no complaints. I was the only one who used it. One of the bands had cancelled, so it was three in total. Two covers, one originals. The organisers were great, the onstage mix was fine, and the audience — small but enthusiastic — seemed happy. Mainly 90s covers, nine songs in, we attempted “Mama Told Me Not to Come.” The arrangement confused us, and the audience. The applause was replaced by silence. We clawed back some dignity with “Connection,” but “Mrs Robinson” had to be restarted because one guitarist couldn’t hear. Three more songs survived, then his amp gave up completely. Four songs left on the list, plus two for an encore. None played. The amp’s valves have since been replaced, so tomorrow’s gig should, in theory, last the full length. Shuker 3 -> Getaria wireless bugs -> Helicon polyphonic tuner -> Flattely Poison Ivy bass fuzz -> Hartke kickback kb12.

Today I completed a 440 mile round trip to collect a bass that has just been completed by Mr.Jon Shuker. It's a bit too late to take any photos, so that will have to wait until tomorrow. It's similar to the one below, but the neck is narrower and more figured, it has different knobs, is #8 of 10 and is signed by JJ. Pick-up's are in house built, as are JJ's now. After years, probably more like decades, of avoiding Precisions because I found the necks a bit chunky, in 2021 I decided to order a JJ Sig with a J neck (build thread here). I have since used this exclusively in my main band and Queen tribute and it's been absolutely faultless. The Zenith promises to be equally as good and almost unbelievably, it seems to be lighter than my first one. Thanks once again to @Dood for turning my gaze towards Jon's basses in the first place (I'm sure Jon is a member here, but I can't remember his tag). Whilst at Shuker HQ, I also saw the two pieces of spalted maple which will form the top of my next Precision build and they look stunning too. If any of you are looking for a quality hand built Precision (other models are available) that won't require a second mortgage, give Jon a look at Shuker Guitars.

We're back! It's been a while, weather was bad for a bit, work and the other bass took over, but I'm back to work on this. It is ready for clear coat - but I have a question before I start. As I'm going for a satin finish, I've read that the best thing to do is to use a few layers of gloss, then a bit of satin over the top. Sounds fine to me. I have these 2 products to hand, a 2K glossy clear, and a satin standard varnish. They should be compatible, but am I better off getting a satin 2K? Or even a standard glossy varnish to pair with this satin one? Thanks!

Really underrated cabs IMO: the Ashdown mini 4x8 and 1x15 cabs became part of my "compact" gigging rig several years ago, but were just so darn convenient to gig with that it inevitably became my main rig. The 1x15 had had its driver upgraded with a 400W Celestion neo when I had it, and I replaced the blueline drivers in the 4x8 with kevlar-coned 200W RMS non-neo units (so now 800W) They do seem to pop up FS now and again