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Fantastic, gorgeous, individual looking basses. Sound fantastic too.

Extra light prices have gone back up to £83 - mediums are still cheap. Going to try a set of mediums on a jazz and the EL's on a Ricky.

Mwah... looks good in person. A proper test will have to wait until after my dog walk!

Mo once offered me a fretless lesson. Wish I’d taken him up on it!

How so..? Do these agents deal solely in entertainment tickets..? What about transport ('plane, train, bus...)..? Museums, stately homes or monuments..? Holiday camps, camp sites..? Plenty of stuff to be sold apart from rock concerts, Shirley..?

There used to be an easy way to report fake items or obviously fake listings. eBay seems to have removed all the easy ways to do this.

Due to arrive tomorrow and continuing a trend for Japan Exclusives (my third), here it is. I've had an eye on it for months. It's one of 5 made in that spec. EX = Exotic, LTD = Limited, NAM (Spector Colour Code) = Natural Maple. Nothing to do with NAMM but one of the 5 of these was at NAMM last year to show dealers what is possible with special orders. It's a 3-piece roasted maple neck with a 4A North American flame maple top, walnut sandwich layer, empresswood wing-backs and the headstock matches the top but seems to be gloss vs the matt finish of the body. The wood build is as per the standard RST but in a limited edition finish. It has EMG P (reverse) + J pickups with ivory coloured covers and the DG Legacy Tone Capsule where the standard RSTs have Aguilar humbuckers and an Aguilar preamp. There's an LHZ-04 preamp on standby ready but after playing Gary's CST the other day, I think I'm going to leave the DG in there for a while.

That's what I was hoping to find out after typing "Antigua etymology" in the search box. 🤔

Sold a pedal to Ben - perfect comms and really nice guy to deal with. Cheers.

Thank you! That's the song, right there. Good ole' Basschat...

Currently in my possession😂

Somebody put something in my drink - Ramones

There's a question mark icon on the listing page (in line with the price in my phone's browser) which takes you to the 'report' form. The item didn't sell... so has been relisted with a more 'human' description at a higher starting price.

What does NS-4 mean? They've got 2 humbuckers usually. 4 coils? NS-5 must be 5 strings.

Just thought I'd mention a guitar/bass shop I came across recently in Maidstone (postcode ME15 8QF). Its called The Guitar Tech and has an interesting selection of new and used basses (plus many more guitars) as well as amps and accessories. I bought a really nice 1990 MIJ Fender Jazz from there recently for a very reasonable price. I think the shop has sufficient stock turnover to make it worthwhile checking in from time to time. The main bass salesperson/technician there is Graham (BaggyMan on this very web site) who also continues to independently buy, upgrade and sell on his own account on Basschat. I can attest to his bass tech skils (setups and electrics) and am very pleased there is a physical shop/luthiery/guitar tech facility nearish where I live to visit for advice and help. God knows they're getting increasingly rare. I'd thoroughly recommend anyone in Kent, East Sussex, SE London, maybe even Essex, to check out The Guitar Tech if they're in that neck of the woods. We need to use these places or lose them!

I switched to the .77mm Gravity acrylic pick, mostly using one of the round corners. Gives a fuller tone, while still being somewhat snappy.

As with all things like this - the end result for a gig relies on the PA being good. One of the reasons I've got a HX Stomp is that after 10 years with a Helix I can dial in pretty much anything I want in a few minutes, so if I pitch up at a gig and my favourite patches sound awful then I can cobble something together fast even if it is very different to my preferred tone. Getting the gig done is far more important than me loving the tone. Single amp based preamps always carry a risk that it just won't suit a situation no matter what the settings are. Even with my Stomp I have a Caline knock off of a BDDI in the bag. I have the Behringer as well but the Caline is in a smaller enclosure so I take that with me. Still - as of 30 mins ago my youngest has passed her driving test so now I have to find a couple of grand to insure her as an unsupervised driver so I won't be buying any posh pedals for a while. She's got another 2-3 years of study before she gets a full time job so I really hope the No Claims Discount comes easily!

Somebody Stole The Wedding Bell (Who's Got The Ding-Dong) — Eartha Kitt

It seems we're quite popular in Athens. This was our ninth gig there. We played Gagarin for the first time back in 2009 - we've also played at The Rodeo Club twice, Six d.o.g.s once, The AN Club three times and played the Death Disco festival in 2023, headlining the second stage. There have been two promoters fighting over the right to put us on for several years. The Death Disco festival was the first with the current promoter - he seems to be able to do a better job so we'll stick with this guy.