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Show us your rig of choice for the weekend ** Basschat edition**
Aliwobble replied to bassace97's topic in Amps and Cabs
Friday night's gig. Time to give the 004 a run -
Barefaced Big Twin 2 Gen 3 or 2 x BB3 stack
Paddy Morris replied to Paddy Morris's topic in Amps and Cabs
Careful what you wish for! There are 'nuances' of my playing that I'm entirely happy for others not to hear too clearly. -
Listen to drummers and write your own.
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agreed mate
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For sale I have my lovely Precision. I'm really gravitating toward my Jazz basses nowadays, so this one isn't getting out of the cupboard much. I dare say I'll probably regret this sale given time, but it seems pointless to have it gathering dust. Spec: Neck: Fender American Standard Rosewood dated 2005. Straight and true. Beautiful silky smooth finish on the rear. An absolute joy to move around. Body: Northwest New Ash. Originally painted with poly, it was fully stripped back before having some nitro / varnish thrown at it. It was then rubbed back to show the effect that you can see in the photos. It's stunning. No gouges as such. Some light scratches. You can see a natural shiny mark where my wrist has been sitting during playing. The weight is very light indeed. Custom brass pickguard from TinyTone recently fitted, which is starting to patina beautifully. I've black and tort guards that I'll throw in also. Pickups / controls: new Tonerider classic pickups. Solderless controls. All recently fitted. Cavities are all shielded. No hum. Metalwork: Gotoh vintage bridge. Gotoh vintage tuners. I had to reuse the original bushings for the tuners as the Gotoh ones were a touch loose. I roughed them up a bit. Looks fine I think. Bronze coloured control knobs. Relic pickguard screws. Strings: Recently fitted Labella low tension flats. Beautiful feeling strings. I'll attach a few picks of the various pickguards I've fitted in the past. Located in Thurso, miles from anywhere. Post will be required I'd imagine. I'd really prefer to send this in a hard case, of which I've none spare at the moment. I'm sure a solution could be found though. I'm not looking for trades at the moment. I've decided that 6 other bass guitars are enough! Any questions, fire away. Cheers, George-
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Your best (and worst!) bass gear purchases of 2024?
TrevorR replied to Al Krow's topic in General Discussion
It tends to pop up in December as there’re are still 3 months of temptation add good/bad decisions to go… -
I’d say it’s more subtle, although when it’s fully counterclockwise it gets nice and smooth. The few times I’ve used it I tended use it max out on either side. Greg the owner of Celebrity Pedals is very responsive on Instagram/Reverb/his own website if you want to ask for exact specs! -
What Input Do You Have with Decisions and Creativy in Your Bands?
Sean replied to Sean's topic in General Discussion
Some interesting dynamics. For the last few bands I've played in I've been what a friend calls "a perma-dep". You learn the parts as per the originals plus any specific differences/deviations, you turn up, do your thing and that's it. No input, no involvement in band discussions, bookings or decisions, very little comms and no "ownership". It becomes "the band I play in", rather than "my/our band". It has its positives, it's like using a vending machine to get a snack compared to buying ingredients and making it yourself but at the same time you feel totally out of the loop especially when you're updated on something that has been discussed in detail by the others, like turning down a festival booking, the need for a dep for a month or someone leaving and getting a replacement. All these bands were long-established units before I came along, they had/have set lists that work, regular bookings in good venues, long-standing members, a band culture that grows from people operating together with a common purpose over a long time. I've been the new boy. I remember doing my 30th gig with one of these sort of bands and still feeling like a stranger. It's been about 10 years since I had what I'd call my own band. Where I was principal songwriter, vocalist, band leader etc. I'm at a stage again where this appeals and obviously understanding how others roll is interesting insight. -
Aye, "within the time frame". I'd be surprised if our man Mick's suspended sentence, from years back, hasn't passed its Sell-By date. One can only hope the prosecutor knows their stuff, and can draw the complete picture for the judge. -
Great unit, I still have mine. It has some unique features.
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Is this the end for the boutique bass?
BigRedX replied to bassplayer76's topic in General Discussion
Practicing? That's boring. I'd rather be commissioning another boutique bass. While still at school, my history teacher wrote the following on my end of term report: "His design of guitars is stunning. I wish I could say the same for his attention during history". -
What Input Do You Have with Decisions and Creativy in Your Bands?
BigRedX replied to Sean's topic in General Discussion
I've been involved at every level from doing all the writing, recording and production (except the vocals) and organising every aspect of the other band members musical lives, to simply turning up and playing what I am told to play. However as I see myself first and foremost as a composer rather than a musician I have been the major creative force behind the vast majority of the bands I have been in over the last 50 years. When it comes to music I have the sort of personality that if there is no great creative or organisational force within any band that I am part of, I will gradually take over those roles. For my current band all the musical and non-musical duties are fairly evenly split between the three of us. The synth player and myself come up with the main musical ideas and our singer adds lyrics and vocal melodies. I do the drum programming and our synth player does the production. On the non-musical side it's pretty much evenly divided up: our singer does all the people stuff, I do the graphic design and our synth player provides the band transport. It seems to work very well. - Today
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Couldn’t see a feedback thread for Sam, so starting one. He bought my double bass and is a lovely guy and an an absolutely brilliant player. I learned a bunch of things about DB just chatting to him. Buy and sell with absolute confidence.
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This is what was doing my nut in - the bass is shielded really well, and for a while my thoughts run away with me. Someone had added a series/parallel switch to the bass, and I never use it, so I put it back to stock just in case there was an issue with how it was done, even though it looked fine… but no, noise still there. Then my brain kicked in, and when checking the chain I used the blend knob on my compressor, and yep, no naughty noise when the blend was dry (or when taking it out the chain), but it came in when going wet. I guess the comp was amplifying the fact the pups are single coil, and picking up interference from the room’s electrics perhaps; though the pedal is still noisy to varying degrees with my other humbucker pickup basses, but previously negligible and I’ve only noticed it as an issue when holding a note in a quiet section. Recorded the part where the noise was previously an issue, and the bass sounded fine (until I decided my Stingray was actually better for the track after all 😂).
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I'm on the B-string a fair bit because of the key changes. Also some handy open strings are no more. On the other hand I'm glad Brown Eyed Girl and Crazy Thing Called Love are original key, they'd have been a pain to change as they are fiddly and I play them in another band.
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I'm not an expert, but I thought that was the basis of the suspended sentence over here too. Although it's not really ever invoked. I could be wrong.... -
Is this the end for the boutique bass?
Boodang replied to bassplayer76's topic in General Discussion
Either practicing the bass feels like filling out a tax form or basschatters have very boring jobs with too much time on their hands to be participating in this thread..... now where did I put that password for SBL. -
some annoying key changes in that set but it's a good list of crowd pleasers As a Police fan, message in a bottle in b flat minor, is even lower than Sting does it now (which is in b minor and sounds all wrong)
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Definitely if you get the chance sign-up for a play day somewhere. The UK Amateur Orchestras FB page regularly has adverts from groups organising them - and there is a specific page as well for play days (UK Orchestra Play Days). These are ad-hoc events with no commitment beyond the day.
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Kiss Your Past Good‐Bye - Aerosmith
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For sale is my Studiologic SL73 MIDI Controller keyboard, complete with original power supply, sustain pedal (not shown in photos) and in original packaging. I also have a couple of 3D printed brackets which attach magnetically and can support a light laptop (MacBook 13" for example) and an iPad, which I'm happy to include. I bought this new in November 2024 and it's still in absolutely excellent condition, however I've recently started playing keys in a band and so I've upgraded to the newer version which has an audio interface built in so saves me taking a separate audio interface. Happy to send within the UK via Parcel Force for £10, or can be picked up in Cardiff. I could deliver within 5 miles of the CF14 postcode, and I also drive to Swansea a couple of times a week so I'd be happy to look at delivering in the SA7 postcode or close, or anywhere not too far off the M4 in between. -
Hey there, I've tried an early 90s Warwick SSI in person that I really liked. It weighs a lot, but it was very very good. However, I have taken a long look at some pictures of the neck-headstock junction area afterwards and I've noticed some kind of strange "mark" on one of the wenge stripes. The owner says that this neck has never broke and has never been repaired. I don't have any reason not to trust him tbh, and the setup was good with a straight neck. Could it be in your opinion a "knot" of the wenge in that area, or a ding, or any other explanation that doesn't involve a neck crack that has been glued? Thanks a lot Alessio -
What are your irrational prejudices? I have some bonkers ones...
Terry M. replied to kwmlondon's topic in General Discussion
Aftermarket thumb-rests installed on non-Fender type basses ESPECIALLY on Stingrays. -
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