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As good as their word. It came this afternoon while I was doing a NYE Cello Duo Gig with an ex-pupil, so I'm just home... Okay, first I need to introduce The Judge from the Fazley Outlaw Series, aka "Kermit The Bass". So the hand oiled finish is about the worst shade of green you could possibly imagine, more like Ford Signal Green that you used to get on Escort Mk2s. But hey, it's only £63. About that £63... Look at the neck pocket fit and finish. I have £2k Fenders that aren't as well finished as this bass. I've a good mind to phone Bax and ask them if I owe them any more money?! Fit and finish is amazing for the money, even at the near £300 they should normally be. The roasted maple fingerboard is finished very well too. Frets are all properly seated with no sharp edges whatsoever, and the fingerboard edges are totally smooth, if not actually rolled. The ash body is a little lacking in grain, but hey, £63. Setup is almost bang on as well. It'll just need a slight tweak of the truss rod tomorrow. I haven't plugged it in yet, but so far I can't see any penny pinching as such. Even the tuners are the same quality as a Sire. Watch this space...

I'm in, mainly to see how long I last. Agreed about straps, stands, etc, give them a pass. Just want to check something - I have a bass being repaired which has been with Jon Shuker for a couple of months which I haven't paid for yet, so is that OK?

<deep breath> OK, I'm in. I've offloaded a tonne of stuff this year and I really can't think of anything else I want at the moment, so let's see how it goes. If I get to the end of April, I'll be improving on previous years!

So this is the state of my board greeting the new year. Literally everything but the coil cable swapped. Gotta love the doomfunk sounds it can create. Very satisfied with it. All I'm missing is a chorus or flanger. Preferably something that can do both.

As I have mentioned somewhere else on here, you will find that most players have at least some reference points in the grain of the neck. However, you will also find that people who are playing classical professionally have YEARS of muscle memory to rely on.

I was in my last job for almost 14 years but left due to difficulties at home with my mentally unwell son. These have improved a bit but not sure they’ve improved enough for me to be able to get into a day job on time every day. Haven’t written a CV in ten years either.

Every year I go to a progressive metal festival along with 9,999 other weirdos who can headbang perfectly in time to constantly changing time signatures. Im positive 95% play at least one instrument. There's definitely a market for prog music made for musicians.

Laim (there are much worse and more innocent variants for this band, which I have ignored)

Not good but there are jobs out there. I went application crazy everyday for over a month but managed to secure a role just before Xmas that I start in a couple of weeks. Recruiters that I spoke to said January is their busiest time for year

Ocean colour scent

My Humps - Black eyed Peas.

Red Zeppelin Rake against the machine Nick Cave and the bad weeds

Fancy building my first pedal, thinking of a 29pedals Euna clone. It’s a very expensive pedal I keep eying up so this would be a cool way to stop me splashing out a load of money while having a fun project to help me avoid getting better at playing. Just wondering where people source components?

Shite, if I'm honest! If I hear of anyone who needs two bass players and some craziness I'll send them in your direction!

Hi we have quite a few US members @jd56hawk @Bluewine @StickyDBRmf spring to mind do you have an equivalent of Open Mic nights? That’s where I found people to play with, and bass players are quite rare so no shortage of people offering collaboration

In other news the new orange amp is very good. Gigging on silent stage with IEM so relying on anagram for a convincing amp tone and this is nailing it, probably my favourite model in here now

I'm in. I've managed to sneak in my IEM upgrade before the starting gun and I don't anticipate anything else other than a couple of professional set-ups that fall within the rules.

I went out in a blaze of glory on 31st December 2025. A 13-note midi pedal board, won on eBay at 4:40pm and a Roland FP-30X piano ordered online at 9:20pm.

Kenny Doggins

Welcome Bobby.