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This recording is something by a friend who is active on the UK Jazz Scene especially around London and East Anglia. The 2016 album is called 'Dudley' by the Chris Ingham Quartet and features the Rev. Andrew Brown on bass - it's not a nickname; he actually IS a Reverend. Great fun and I thought I would give the guys a push on here. Chris has also recorded tributes to Stan Getz and to Walter Becker/Donald Fagan. There is a link on the website if you want to find out more. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/waterloo-chris-ingham-quartet/

Brian bought some strings from me and as expected from such a great gentleman, everything was spot on as usual. Thank you!

Re-asking this question...I thought it was a no-no putting a valve pre-amp in front another valve pre-amp....any views out there? I was watching/listening to a vid of a Noble put in front of a B15 with a 63 Precision, which sounded sweet!

I've settled on Elixir nickels at £50 a set but i get approx a year before i notice them start to fade. Dave

Picked up a cracking little PJB combo this afternoon and did me a good deal on it, cheers mate! If the C4 hangs about for long enough I may be back! 😅

Left, BB1024x (standard P). Right, BB424x (reverse P) Couldn't compare the two due to different pickups, strings and bridge, but the 424's G string definitely sounded more meaty after the conversion. I quite often feel a P bass's G string sounds a little thin (it's probably just me) and I definitely think a reverse P sorts this out (for me). The 1024 has gone, I still have the 424.

Had a VERY close call today. Went to A-Strings to buy a strap button (essential repair) and a set of strings (consumables). Took my brothers... Played two really nice basses, either of which I would have been happy to bring home, an Epiphone EB3 and a Squier Classic Vibe Bass VI. The latter was set up really well and was actually a delight to play, especially fingerpicked like an acoustic guitar. The EB3 needed some work on the nut and action, and the neck pickup was weak (it could be raised) - but the mudbucker didn't sound muddy, just rich and lots of girth 🙂 So with one brother determined to get me to buy one and the other not exactly trying to dissuade me, I thought hard about this thread and a rather obvious timber join on the Bass VI.

Kev bought a PJB combo from me. Compete Gent. Turned up when he said he would, great communication. Top basschatter.

And it’s basically the MC8 cut in half. Morningstar controllers are wonderful things.

Shortly to be followed by the Ernie Ball Sterling Session Series by Sterling by Musicman

Thats a smart solution and looks OK! 👍🏻 I also use HD Dtuners but in PRSs so they stick out conventionally! 😁

About £50 a set. So not Pino Palladino flats expensive, but certainly a bit more than DR.

So are you now -B -BL & + C or +C+B - BL - Brass ?.....Confused Glad to hear it all worked out for the better .

Wow! Definitely not for the shy and retiring types.

Hey Moki, I did i did (a cube 20) and it was a great little thing,these days im forced to use cans (please keep that noise to yourself) now i can't recall if i sold the cube on or if it got put in the attic or workshop somewhere...humm thanks for tripping the grey matter i'll try and find it!

So like a Musicman by Sterling by Musicman

Hey Doooooooood /bow you still rocking/proging that custom 7 string? & Thx for the welcome back Yep i keep those basses around.....mostly as a ref for "how not to build stuff" & While i've been away from the Bass seat (i got into shred/fusion & classical guitar....sorry ) i did keep building stuff and even moved over to CAD/CNC just before Covid hit, I've been doing custom body and neck/fretboard work for folks who need a bit of help with their own builds or want replacement bodies for old gear etc etc for a few years now as well as some of my own guitar designs/builds, all spare/part time stuff but TBH im thinking of jumping into it full time later this year as a close death in the family has gotten me thinking about what i should be doing with my remaining days in this mortal shell (it also prompted me to pick up my basses again)...Im sure i'll get around to posting some build logs here soonish (i did post a few pics of current builds in the 3d printer thread) again thx for the welcome back You know if i only took note of YT as a ref for my question it seems you are 83.33333333333333 % correct ! (apart from the Warlock thing ) & YT was my first port of call to check in on what was New in the world of Bass....which i why i came here to ask the good Folk of BC for their input/output....seems Doublethump/sounding like a dotmatirx printer became a big thing ! Big thanks for all the feedback and replies /bow , Some of it is up my street, & other stuff not so much (although i am a lot more open minded that i was 15 years ago so i will give it all a listen) Other guys i've had on the new bassist (to me) playlist these past few days are Antoine Fafard (Sphere & Ad Perpetuum are both KIller prog/bass/fusion albums) & Felipe Andreoli - Resonance Johannes Zetterberg, some late 80/90's style fusion very CC EB Again thx for the replies and keep the rec's coming Cheers Gizmo

Lovely bass. Could definitely be bluer though.

I went for a Phil Jones 17 combo in the end. will report back when it arrives as to what it sounds like.

Let’s stick together. Roxy