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  2. Didn’t the original Guild ones have a built in stand that folded out of the back?
  3. Cheers. Thanks for the info. That sounds great.
  4. Bandcamp is a completely separate thing. It only gets your music on Bandcamp and unfortunately the vast majority of bandcamp users are other musicians. If you want your music available to "ordinary" people it will need to be on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon and YouTube at the very minimum, and that means using an Aggregator as described in my previous post. To maximise your exposure you need to be on Bandcamp too, but be aware that only people likely to buy a copy of your album on there are other basschat members.
  5. I used to play in a band with a lady whose husband was a DB player and she told me he used to transport his DB in a 1999 Fiat Punto. I think it ended up looking worse than the OP's for gearshift access. As a 17 year old I used to transport my 4-piece drum kit and hardware in my original shape Mini too!
  6. A few extra pics, seems it’s a 2012 model - very good condition for age, it’s had an easy life for sure…of course apart from that manky handle.
  7. Unless you are doing active promotion and probably also gigging you are unlikely to make enough back to pay for a subscription Aggregator service like Distrokid. However if you are in no hurry to break even one of the single payment services should eventually allow you to break even. Compared with the cost of making a CD or record in the pre-internet days either method is a complete bargain. If it's essentially a vanity project then you are better off using one of the Aggregator services that just requires a one-off payment. CD Baby is currently $9.99 for an album and they take approximately 10% of your streaming and download income. As an example I put out an "album" by my band from the late 1990s. With zero promotion it has taken 15 years to make just under $12 in streaming and downloads. On the other hand my current band who are actively gigging and promoting our music expect to make several hundred pounds from Spotify payments alone this year. It also helps that we have no overheads for releasing music other than our Aggregator fees - we record and produce everything ourselves and I do all the graphic design for the cover art.
  8. On topic ... Harley Benton kit (my covid project) with a Squier neck off here that already had a dodgy decal. No plan to sell it, only gigged once. Suppose I'm hoping someone will complement its sound or look so I can say 'well actually...'
  9. Not really any costs involved. I have my own studio at home and do all the mixing and mastering. But I have no idea how to get the music "out there" which I think is pretty common due to the absolute over saturation of the market. I really can't do the social media thing any more.
  10. First bass: Very dodgy P bass copy of inderterminate origins. Go to bass: A 1977 Aria Precise with a shaved down neck and an EMG pickup. 'Your' bass: 1984 Gibson T bird.
  11. Yup!
  12. I've had a 4/4 5 string and 3 people in a Nissan Micra back in the day (not very safely 😬 )
  13. The thing about a live clip with a band, which is partly why @knicknack / Paddy's clip is a really excellent demo of this pedal's potential, is that you get to hear it in the context of the rest of the instruments and vox, which is what many of us are hoping to use it for, but also (and here's the rub!): you get one take to nail it. I loved Nate Navarro's honesty when he reviewed the Boss GM-800 saying that he'd had to do multiple takes to get some decent recordings (and he made it sound seriously lush btw). If anyone tells me that was because he's got poor synth bass playing technique...
  14. Wild thing - The Troggs ( & Hendrix)
  15. Wasn’t around on Basschat in 2011 so here goes… First Bass Owned: Aria SB700 (still have it) 'Go To' Bass: Currently my new Sandberg VM4 'Your' Bass: My 1985 Mk1 Wal Custom (my main bass since ~1992ish)
  16. I guess it depends on your studio costs and what your budget is. If you're good with technology you can do the publishing yourself for free.
  17. Some more pics
  18. One of my favourite flyrigs. I just don’t use it. Basically a boost, big muff, ampeg amp sim and a Boss OC2 clone. It’s the same octave circuit as the Sonicake Octaver and Valeton OC10 which if you’ve seen my octaver comparisons nail that OC2 tone. DI out and fx loop, honestly if it had a tuner it would be perfect. But it doesn’t and I cover most of my gigs with the Darkglass Element
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  19. Sorry... "could care less" so 24% of respondents care about this issue? Horrible American mangling of the phrase "couldn't care less".
  20. Wasn't the stage lent to Live Aid by Springsteen?
  21. Actually, having said that, I quite fancy this myself, although there is something about cream pickups that gives me the judders, mind you, easy enough to sort out.
  22. Anytime you want a bass driven up to Scotland just say the word Sir, I have delivered a couple up there, just ask @cetera. I have friends who need visiting so driving a bass up gives me an excuse.
  23. That's awesome, I'm glad you liked it and it helped. Also, don't let anyone tell you that you get less mwah with flats, that recording was done using Rotosound Jazz flats
  24. Might be interested in an Ibanez SR605 or K5 or Warwick 5 string in p/x
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