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  2. Wotcher2
    Mauvin’ on up Primal scream
  3. Geek99 started following The 80's Bass Decade! and Hello...newbie from Chester, UK here!
  4. Geek99
    Bq250 is a solid choice
  5. Geek99
    I liked it - and I tried to get a date with the AMP tower tour guide lady. Didn’t work but the crowd laughed
  6. tauzero
    You only move up one room. Just don't bother unpacking.
  7. Kiwi started following The 80's Bass Decade!
  8. Kiwi
    Just discovered this post...! My bass teacher, back in 1987, Glen Commons told me a story that Neville used to demonstrate how strong the necks were by putting a bass across two chairs and standing on it. It was all very impressive until one day the neck snapped. My teacher ended up with that bass and I played it during a lesson. The crack had been solidly repaired with epoxy cement (not resin, which might have been better) but it was hard to miss visually.
  9. WalMan started following Hello...newbie from Chester, UK here!
  10. WalMan
    Welcome and ooooft 😱 That’s a lot more metal than mine 🤣
  11. peteb
    When it comes down to it, I don't see how buying stuff for the sake of it is a long-term solution. Sure, buy the stuff you need and appreciate it, but too much just becomes a burden. I think that Anthony Scaramucci has a good take on it. The trouble is that of the three things he says, the third id=s the most difficult - it is hard to be in a position where you can make any sort of living from something that you love. Great if you can, but unfortunately that just doesn't work for most people. However, the first two points (appreciate the simple things in life and be happy for your friends' / acquaintances' successes) are definitely something that everyone can aspire to!
  12. AaronLuke91
    Limited edition only 50 made I believe, feel free to correct me if I’m wrong! Gated fuzz with two channels, channel 1 bypasses the tone pot and channel 2 includes the tone. Plus it has clean blend so you can quite a few different sounds out of it. Does that really spitty Velcro fuzz sound very well! There’s a couple of videos on YouTube showing what it can do. It’s not on my board anymore and I’ve been toying with selling it for a while now, mostly just with it being a limited run and it’s pretty cool but ultimately I just don’t use it these days and the money could be put to better use elsewhere. Annoyingly I don’t have the original box, must’ve lost it during a house move, but it will be packaged up securely. Price includes UK postage, cheers
  13. chris_b
    I'm currently learning a set for a new band. 99% original songs and the band leader/singer/songwriter doesn't always use the 4 bar structure. The stuff you don't have to learn. Where you can feel the changes. Usually learning a set is about patterns but this guy is using different structures, 6 bars instead of 4, sometimes 5!! I'm also contending with double length bridges, half verses, missing choruses and bridge sections that sometimes have rules and sometimes don't! I've written charts from the YouTube and mp3's supplied. The first gig, in 2 weeks, is the audition. I'll either join the band or it was just a dep. Failure is not an option so I'm playing the full set every day. I intend to know these songs better than the guy who wrote them and play them better than the last bassist. IMO it's a good band so it's worth the effort.
  14. Cat Burrito
    I wish I had a super cool picture of a bass to share but I didn’t need one today. We entered the studio to finally FINISH our third album. “Vox Populi” by Deadlight Dance will be out on 20th March. Today I did a couple of vocals but it was more about finishing the songs. Ten tracks of dark delights. I’m as excited as I was over 35yrs ago.
  15. SumOne
    The 4 string I was after has been sold. Trade considered if anyone happens to have a Japanese Fender Jazz 4 string.
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  17. bassbiscuits
    I sometimes use a mandrake
  18. martyy started following NBD Rivolta Duocata
  19. martyy
    That is one of the best looking basses I've ever seen, lovely stuff. How does it balance on the strap?
  20. JazzyJ started following Nordstrand MM 4.2 Dual Coil Pickup
  21. JazzyJ
    Vacuum sealed, bought for a project that never happened. £80 inc UK postage. Collection welcome.
  22. TrevorR
    Well, let’s put it this way, January last year I got a bit of inheritance money and decided to buy a Sandberg that I found in Denmark Street (which was 99% my ideal spec - colour variant, that’s all). That’s been getting all the playing love since then and I led me to decided to order the above Superlight at the end of August. My Wals have pretty much been sitting in their cases (unheard of) and the arrival of this one almost certainly means that my Mk 1 Custom Series will be going up on consignment in the near future (something I thought that I would never do). They’re fab basses!
  23. 2elliot
    When Jim was still in North Yorkshire he gave my old Thumb NT a full set up, frets dress, new nut, the works, it was absolutely outstanding when I collected it.
  24. peteb
    Remember, this is what ever pro will do if they are asked to dep / learn a set. It is just a part of a skill set that it is a good idea for you to develop.
  25. lukeluthier started following Help find this bass
  26. lukeluthier
    I'm looking for a bass I owned in the late 80s, early 1990s. Its a red Stingray (1985-1987) Not sure the exact year, and no, no known serial number) I know I had it in senior year of high school in 87. Is solid red, has mutes, 4 knobs on the preamp and a stunning maple neck. I traded it in to Sam Ash Music in New York for an SWR rig and regretted it ever since. The picture here is from roughly 1990. Any leads are greatly appreciated.
  27. SpondonBassed
    The phases of the Moon were always reliable...
  28. weeludo started following £1000 - Aguilar Tone Hammer 500 + Gig Bag + 2 x SL112 Cabinets + covers
  29. weeludo
    ...and I'm on the lookout for one of these heads! (if you might consider posting...)
  30. cetera
    Yep! All superb musicians individually.... but my fave is the guitarist Darren who manages to absolutely nail every guitar line, solo and style from Denny Dias to Skunk Baxter to Larry Carlton to Jay Graydon!! He's unbelievable...!
  31. SpondonBassed
    Welcome KR.
  32. bassbiscuits
    My very first way to tune up was to tune to the floppy plastic 7” record at the back of Jim Gregory and Harvey Vinson’s “electric bass” book which had the four notes followed by some basic progressions. I have a tuner on my board nowadays but I still often use the old way of putting my palm against the back of the neck and tuning until I can feel the out of phase notes come together. Come to think of it I’ve still got the Arion tuner I got for Christmas 1986. Still works too.
  33. lukeluthier
    lukeluthier joined the community
  34. ezbass
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  35. ezbass
    ^^^^ Very much this. Any little note that aids memory/instills confidence is worthwhile. I used to have tunes that I’d have a mental block with, which only got worse as the section approached. I’d just write a few chords down on the set list that I could quickly look at for reassurance.
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