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But are they valve watts or solid state watts?

I had noticed this trend of late. I just find it all rather naff. It's something of a self-perpetuating nightmare; an algorithim decides clickbait titles are good, so statistics provided to content creators encourage them to use clickbait titles, which produces verification for the algorithm that clickbait titles are great. This is all part of a wider issue of dumbing down. I've mentioned Scott's Bass Lessons before because the decline in quality is most evident there. The videos were usually of good quality with something to say but these days, they're mostly clickbait rubbish, like 'six string basses SUCK and here's why' before saying that they don't really suck. This also speaks to a wider problem with bass education in that it's become so focused on everything but music. 'Here's how to get gigs', 'how to groove', 'two notes that will change EVERYTHING', 'three secrets that will teach you EVERYTHING about walking basslines'. The exponential growth of this rubbish indicates that many bassists will happily consume any amount of dubious material before undertaking proper music based study.

Sorry to have walked into your cabbage patch; it seems I must bow to your superior erudition. That'll larn me to attempt any expansion on a potentially interesting topic. Please forgive the intrusion; it won't happen again.

The NXT stand may be ugly, but it's fully adjustable in terms of height and angle, and the bass is very firmly held by the mechanism. You could even choose to not fully tighten the bass on the stand, if you wanted it to tilt a bit while you're playing it, and it wouldn't fall off, but you would have to remember to tighten the clamp before you leave, or the bass would slowly slide down.

It all depends on the design of the EUB stand. The NS stand works perfectly well for just leaving the bass on, while you're not playing, but you can also play the bass on that stand too. I don't know how secure the bass is on the stand, whilst you're playing it, as I've not played one. I've seen players do so though, and it seems to be fine.... However, The stand for the Stagg EUB is secure enough to leave the bass on, but due to the design it's not possible to access the top half of the finger board I bought a stand when I had my Stagg, and couldn't help thinking the manufacturers had missed a trick here - if they'd designed & built a stand which allowed you to play the bass while it was in-situ, I think they'd sell one to almost everyone who had bought the bass The EUB stand I "made" from the cymbal stand worked really well though - it was really quite steady & I always felt it was secure I also had a KYDD "Carry On" EUB recently. I bought it to try it out really - it was very compact & packed away neatly + quickly That employed a photographers tripod as stand (a Manfrotto, for those interested) which packed down quickly and easily, was very lightweight and always seems really stable & secure BTW I only sold the KYDD as it was 30" scale, and I was struggling to swap between all the different scales! lol If you are looking for a stand for an EUB, I'd seriously look at adapting Cymbal stands and / or Tripods The Drum shop near me (Drum Depot) were really helpful guys, and seemed really interested in the EUB and how they could help me make a decent quality stand for it, at a low price

Voting has now started on November's Composition Challenge. Here's the inspiration for this month's music, chosen by our previous winner, lowdown… …and here are the compositions. Please listen to each and vote for your favourite (just one vote this month!): Dad3353 'Mason And The Beasts' http://soundcloud.com/dad3353/mason-and-the-beasts Mornats 'Beast Vs Beast' http://soundcloud.com/mornats/beast-vs-beast lurksalot 'A Question Of Scale' http://soundcloud.com/lurksalot/a-question-of-scale fingers211 'Big Bullies' http://soundcloud.com/nigel-jewell/big-bullies the boy 'FIGHT A GORILLA (FALL DOWN AND DIE)' http://soundcloud.com/theboysings/fight-a-gorilla-fall-down-and Voting ends at midnight on Thursday 30th November.

Next time answer him in French....

I think you're on the wrong website... Ha, ha, ha! Oh God, I'm priceless. *Sticks tulip up bum and hides in wardrobe*

After my first gig using a Smooth Hound, I have blue-tacked it to the top of the amp - never moves now! I always have a lead coiled up next to the amp 'just in case' as well.

I should have infinitesimal watts then by rights. It's my surname! Mods, kindly arrange!! ??

Fifteen obviously.

Should've looked back, their best stuff came before that

The bassline to 'all these things that I've done' doesn't really have any tricky or complex parts in it but it is a banger to play, just a great tune. If you're struggling to play it with your fingers, then make sure you know the notes and slow the tricky parts right down, even if you have to practice out of time to get the plucking pattern exactly right. You can then speed it up using a click track (but do not become a slave to the beat, correct your mistakes and go out of time if you need to to make sure you have the notes and the plucking pattern just right). I would also recommend playing closer to the bridge with a lighter touch, where the added tension at the string will help you to quickly detach after plucking. Provided your amp is loud enough, you should practically be able to glide your fingers over the strings with a minute and very light plucking action. This is the key to fast, accurate right hand work. Ultimately, it's a case of building some endurance and dexterity to play the part, which will soon be within your grasp.

How come no one has mentioned this yet ?

In the software as it was installed they called it "reputation" but we thought that it didn't quite fit with how things are here so we just decided to call it something fun and prat about a bit which is much more our speed

They're from people liking your content, just meaningless fun really! PS. Have a watt

Deep Purple for me. It was between them and Iron Maiden but Deep Purple started me on my music obsessed path.

This has to be one of my favourites, the program itself too!!

Full version (Second series version). I think this is Carole Kaye on Bass.

I'm sure you've the best intentions, but to be honest not publishing any details just makes it look like you're concerned it's been nicked and worried someone will be able to identify it ... Then you'll have to give it back. I'd be trying to find out if it was legit ASAP by putting all the info out there. Although I obviously wouldn't be handing it over to anyone without extensive proof that it belonged to them. Anyway hopefully it all works out and you've got yourself a wonderful bass, none better in my book

Have to say, impressed with your attitude. If I had picked up a bargain, I'm not sure I could hand on heart say I would go to these lengths to check whether or not the item had been stolen or similar. Fortunately, I am an excessively unlucky bugger and I will never find such things at a car boot! Personally though mate, I would take the approach of keeping the bass as you bought it fair and square and, other than its value being higher than what you paid, you don't seem to have any real suspicion of foul play. If someone comes to you claiming it was taken from them or similar, let them offer their proof and make a decision privately, but ultimately I would just enjoy some good fortune at a great find

They are funny though...

mine just arrived

Another excuse for unfettered consumerism. Why do Brits slavishly like to copy every fad that comes out of the US? Anyway, it's no secret that sales events are a scam whereby retailers hike up prices in preceding weeks and then 'slash' them back to their original levels, get rid of obsolete or unpopular lines and buy in shoddy toot specifically for them. After all, despite all the saccharine marketing cow poop about the customer being # 1 blah blah the question everyone should be asking is what's in it for the retailers?

I personally don't like NS EUBs. Great finish and looks (minus the tripod), but the action is too close to that of a bass guitar for my liking. Makes me want to play it like a bass guitar If I play upright, I like it to be like an upright as much as possible, including string height, fingerboard curvature, body contact etc. The basic tone is neither here nor there for me. Every (electric) instrument sounds like itself, it's just a matter of finding the tone that works for you and your music.

Thanks Del!

Well played stu,good luck with things and whatever happens in the meantime,enjoy the Wal!

In case anyone stumbles over this thread in the search for featherweight basses: As a little follow-up, over the w/e I tried a few new and used basses vaguely around the same price and found: a thru-neck Peavey Cirrus 4 that was really good and really light (v tempted), a pointy Jackson that was light (and v tempted for 80s nostaglia reasons), Ibanez SR600 (obviously v v light and I was surprised how acceptable I found the narrow skinny neck), a Yamaha RBX that wasn't quite in the same league in terms of weight and playability, a Cort thingy that felt good but a bit lacking in character/appeal, and a Gibson EB4 which was loads lighter than I was expecting and said "Gibson" on it hurrah, but the design and build quality wasn't up to ANY of the others. I don't know if it's because I'm so used to playing 13lbs of bass, but all would have done the job tbh, and it is great how you can get such a choice of fab basses for that kind of money. But even though I was prepared to spend a tad more, I walked out with an SR505. The ONLY drawback with it is the dodgy colour, but I went with it anyway. The 5 because wanted the extra neck substance and was still 1lb lighter (in more ways than 1) than the 1-string-fewer-and-identical-hardware SR600. FWIW the 2nd choice would have been the Peavey. So thanks to everyone who chipped in here, it meant I took seriously some options I'd never have thought of otherwise. And the bonkers weight and quality of the Ibanezes is exactly as everyone says, so I didn't feel there was any compromise.

Si - why only seven? If you cornered the market in OC2s you could drive up the price and maybe also start a theme park with entry fees and drooling filter feeding bass players? ?

It Bites

Yes you have it all correct. Post pics when you are finished. Nothing like walking into a pawn shop and finding a great guitar for $60. Yeah it needs finishing but that I can do nicely myself. I bought a Fender Strat for $65. It had been played and it was full of scratches etc. I had the materials here to refinish it. It was red. I hate bright red on anything. I used a heat gun to strip it. The poly finish comes right off in chunks with a little heat. Since it was going to be 3 color sunburst the wood needed to be sealed with clear. I put like 5 coats of clear on it and used the clear to level the body. I used 1200 as the last before coloring it. I put down the amber in the center with more coats of it around the edges to give it that orange cast. Then I shot black free hand around the edges. I put like 10-12 coats of clear over it all then buffed it out. I finished the neck with high shine gloss. The fret board was rosewood so I finished it with tung oil after using 1000 steel wool to polish the fret and clean the fret board. I changed out the electronics to better quality and added into it a push pull volume pot so it could have the bridge pickup and neck pickup togehter. I added a push pull pot on the tone control so the tone could use both the .22 microfarad or a .47 microfarad capacitors for changing the tone. I got rid of the two volume thing so the master volume handled the guitar. In the other control I put in a cut control so as you turn down the volume you can keep the bright side of the tone. When it was done a guy that plays in a local band wanted it so bad he was offering me $1000 for it because of it's custom everything. I let him have it for 800. I had roughly $250 in it with the parts and paints and original cost.

Ringo

This: Bass player on this is L.A. session great Chuck Berghoffer.

Of course if they promoted videos of their songs with titles such as "Best song ever, all other bands SUCK", or "WTF is this drummer doing?!" They could make a full time living from Youtube.

I know that many members think that Gibson can't build basses, and having in the past owned a '66 EB2 which played like a dog I might have agreed, but the EB described here as a "monstrosity " is very well built. Take a look at the top of the neck with its volute and the amazing Babiscz bridge. Who ever designed this put some thought into it. You may not like the body shape (which isn't so different from Fender's Dimension) but it works. The slightly extended upper rear bout tucks under the arm perfectly and I suspect contributes to the excellent balance countering possible neck dive as its so light. May be critics should try out an instrument before slagging it?

Welcome Funkfingers. I don't know you from anywhere else but I will always remember you for posting the scariest topic title that I have ever seen!

Four but I'd love to bring this out for an encore

Generally the Aguilar goes for between £170 / £180, and the shure in-ears sell for £100. So I’m pretty happy with the deal. Basically got the in-ears for free.

Such a happy bunch ! I'm happy with my £20 price reduction I can look forward to spending that extra £20 on Cyber Monday !

It's needed. One member has been seen posting an avatar with an image of Ali G trapping his pink torpedo in a squeeze box! Try to describe that politely to a bass playing Nun with a caning habit.

That is a blinder of a bass, and not doing anything to help my Mustang/Musicmaster GAS either. Knowing where you got it from, I would say there is very very little chance in it not being original. That is a very cool refin, and you have a very unique bass there. Enjoy!!

Unfortunately it has long changed hands and stopped hosting music. It's still a nice gastropub in leafy West London, though. Yours truly was behind the camera, marveling at the speed of Jack's disaster recovery action! @Al Krow I'm reasonably sure the wireless system wasn't a Smoothhound - that one came later, Jack was using a different one at the time, IIRC