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I'm besotted by this thing. I don't need it... but I waaaant it. Really cool looking P/J, the right... everything. I hope I don't get to try one because if I like it I won't resist it. What a sexy beast...

At last, a few decent video of something I am involved with. The Michael Spearman Trio live at The Fleece at Stoke By Nayland. A trio gig early in January featuring guitarist Michael's composition. This one is called 'Trippin'' (as in falling over, not drug references). It's essentially a rhythm changes blow. The drummer is Essex based Tom Jiggins. The video was done with several cameras and the edited properly so this is as good a set of videos as I have ever been part of. The camera actually points at me instead of my having to wait for passing glimpses!! Apologies for the shirt (you should have seen the Docs).

Years ago I ordered a radio for the kitchen from amazon. Came home from work to a card from Yodel saying the item was left in the recycling bin. I looked, bin was totally empty. It being bin day an all. Emailed amazon, they sent a replacement that arrived the next day. Two days later the neighbour knocks on my door. ”hiya, sorry about the delay, I’ve been away with work, but I took this off a delivery driver just as he was putting it in the recycling bin. He said he’d leave a card explains where it is” So the neighbour and I had matching radios in our kitchen from then.

Thanks for asking AK, as it happens I picked it up last night! It's a ESP/LTD PJ, found locally on Gumtree for the princely sum of £150, with one of those hard foam soft/hard cases. Well happy with it, stopped by to see @Marc S on my way home and he agreed I got a bit of a bargain too. Spent a little time with it last night, changed the Rounds that were on it for some TI flats, gave it a quick setup, which I plan to re-visit tomorrow evening and check everything has stayed where I'd like it. It's an Unlined, but somewhat strangely, it has side dots for every fret position. Got a sharpie on the 2,4,6,8 etc dots and now it makes a lot more sense!

So you're asking for "feedback on the feedback"??

I wouldn’t mind this pair sitting on my bass rack:

Yes we will have the CTM 30 - Little Stubby with us at the weekend

The sideline electric bass hobby has now exceeded the upright bass hobby. Easier to hang on the wall at least. Recently added an old Dallas Tuxedo to the gang. Sweet eh?

They were ridiculous for the money new, and £150 is something else!!!

Ach come on guys keep the politics to the political threads and lets just enjoy what festivals are all about. Getting together with friends and like minded half wits getting p****d (or stoned depending on your preferences) and watching some great bands. Hail, rain, snow or sun won't be what you remember in 25yrs time. You'll only remember the great time you had. Dave

I'e got a few days free next week, so I'll be able to complete the build then. Pics will be posted soon!! Yippee.

Hey all! Intro time... Completely self taught bass player, started playing in the early 90's. I've been playing a lot of styles from punk to symphonic rock, metal to disco and almost everything in between. At the moment I'm trying to get my new project up and running, a seven-piece Japanese alt idol act. Craziest thing I have done (so far) and I seem to be able to pull it off. My gear isn't that impressive, I still have my original, first Epiphone rockbass, the Korean thing. Got it tuned in C at the moment, great for playing soul stuff and the like. My other axe is a Samick (yep, also Korean) J-Bass imitation which I imported from the US myself. Then there's a Behringer 180 watts amp with aluminium speakercones and a Line-6 basspod in between. Does the job.

Yep, that’s the one!

That's where we're different - as soon as work and family commitments allow, me & the missus will be moving to somewhere with a far warmer climate (UK's suicidal politics permitting)!

Who invited the stuttering parrot? 😎 PS Go on, how much was it then? P-p-p-pieces o-o-of E-e-e-ight?

I know that I must sound like a Parrot with a stutter but I honestly believe that you can't beat a Trace Elliot for quality and VFM. I still have TE heads after recently owning Darkglass, Mesa and Glockenklang heads - only the Glock came close to giving me the power and tone I want. You can pick up a used 150w head for less than £150 - TE watts are probably as nasty as 3x the watts you'll get from the typical Class D head - remember you don't have to use the pre-set tones. If you can't find a built in tone you like (which I can't believe) get yourself amp modeller - you can pick up a Behringer BD121 for about £30. I'm convinced that we're seeing an increase in the return to vintage TE gear and hearing lots of positive comments from old and new users alike. I've just bought a 500w head which means I will never need to buy a big powerful amp. It would be blase to tell you how much..

That's no problem at all. To be honest, if I had been making it for myself, I'd have gone for the maple. It matters not - I've got a good feeling about this build so I think it's going to please both me and Jane whatever

Not at all buddy! Jump on in haha. I hadnt considered any of those basses you listed as theyre not really the sound and look im going for. That being said the 5 string version of the yamaha you mentioned sure is tasty looking!

I thought for a minute you were accusing me of being an alcoholic!

It's not the distance. It's that it's London.

Lets go together ha ha! I think no on the Yamaha maple but yes on the Sire. The Sire is actually quite close on my wish list. The natural Swamp Ash Maple neck P7 sounds like it could tick some of your boxes? It has white block inlays rather than black which would make it look that much better though. I am after a new main bass and it will be one of the ones on my list but I can only get near the Yamaha which felt amazing but quite on a 'i'll get my wallet out right now' level. Very nearly though. If I'm looking to order blind, it feels safer to do it on a £500 bass than a £700 one. Returning stuff does my head in. If Andertons are reading this...put the thing in a sale. Please.

Picks / Plectrums make a very audible difference to tone. Once you have found the right size and gauge of pick, the next test is the tone of the pick. How far down the nerd rabbit hole should we go... Take a few picks of the same size and gauge (or different for even more audible results) and drop them one at a time on a table top. Listen for the initial pitch of the first transient. I call this the 'ping.' You will hear how different materials have different 'pings' and part of this forms the initial attack against the string. Listen for that pitch when you pick a string.

If it's mutated into a twin neck next time you get it out of the case you'll know why.

Some nice pics of basses on this theead, both lined and unlined. I played most of my gigs fretless. Even though I was unlined I could still get visual clues from the side dots. Then once I got on stage, with the vageries of the stage lighting, I couldn't see the damn dots most of the time. So, I started practising in the dark. If your intonation is slightly out, you will notice. If it's slightly more out, the band will notice. If it's really out, the audience will notice... that's really bad news... just keep practising.

I'd rather say Pino Palladino. Hope you've got an octaver. Here is your first free lesson, you'll enjoy it, for sure. https://www.scribd.com/doc/206193698/Wherever-I-Lay-My-Hat-Paul-Young-download-bass-transcription-and-bass-tab-in-best-quality-www-nicebasslines-com

Well done, lad; that's some fine playing there. Very good, clear recording; maybe a tad 'guitar-heavy..? I'm never completely convinced by the 'trio' format in this style, as I feel that the theme tends to get lost without at least a skeleton of chords going on, from keys, horns, strings, whatever (or even one of the trio..!). When all are 'blowing', it sounds at times like you're all playing different stuff. That's just me, though. Keep the drummer; he's gold. Sly humour, complicit smiles on occasions; he's listening to you two more than you two are listening to him. Just sayin'. Either way, an excellent performance, well captured, of which all involved may be justly proud. Highly enjoyable and informative (yes, one can play music at reasonable volume..!); many thanks for sharing. Good Stuff.

I lived in Sydney for 18 months and when I came home I was just glad to see weather. Be careful what you wish for. 12 hours of sunshine and 30c temps for two thirds of the year might seem like heaven, but it's hell when you're in the middle of it. Our second Christmas levelled out at 45c for about 2 weeks! From one extreme to the other, in the UK, as the saying goes, there is no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate clothing. For about 5 years I used to gig on the west coast of Scotland at the start of January. I didn't understand when I saw some people going to the shops dressed in oilskins, like trawlermen. Then the first storm struck. I nearly died of exposure, wearing my M&S raincoat, walking the 100 yds to the gig!

Wow, I can't imagine using a pick thicker than .50! I like to be fairly relaxed about it and let the amp do the work. But when I play fingerstyle I tend to dig in a little bit more... I suppose it's down to what you're used to. Been a pick player since the late 70s and a fingerstyle player for about five years, so...

Ha yeah! Although compressed gas cylinders are usually on the courier prohibited items list - or insist that they are empty. How they could ensure that I don't know. Anyway...

Mainly Dunlop 1.14mm (fuschia colour) for me, but also partial to a Pure Tone 1.50mm. EDIT: I like even a thick plectrum to have some flexibility, I hate those hard plastic ones that look a bit like a sucked-flat boiled sweet!

Amazon won't charge until they have the book ready to send out

OK - I used to be indecisive but now I'm not so sure Ignore the fact the the body carve isn't finished yet, but I'm thinking ahead. Bear in mind that the fretboard will tint down a touch, but this is presently the sort of look: Thing is, is the contrast good or bad Would it be better with a macassar ebony fretboard this kind of colour, or is that going too conventional?: What do you reckon?

Cheers for popping in Lewis - it was great to see you, and your new bass However, I only just realised..... I didn't make you a cup of tea! What a heinous, un-BC-like crime I promise you can have one next time, and even a chocolate biscuit, as long as you don't tell anyone It's a great bass for the money Lewis. I was really impressed with the quality, feel and finish, and even more impressed with the sound I bet once the action / truss-rod have been adjusted and allowed to "settle" it will feel even better. Love the colour too, really nice, rich 3TSB and in great nick too As I said yesterday eve, the dots in every position on the edge of the neck would probably confuse me - but that's more to do with the fact I'm all too easily confused lol I'm sure you could get used to them, or just dab some felt pen or acrylic paint over the ones you want to black out..... Let us know how you're getting on with it matey. You were right when we were discussing how you alter your playing style when playing fretless I had a quick go on mine just after you left. Cheers, and enjoy your NFBD Lewis

I meant to add to this thread that i received mine few weeks ago and it is a fantastic poster. You can either simply pin to your wall as it is much like we used to do when we were all teenagers where your bedroom wall was a shrine to all your idols or you can get it framed either DIY or professionally and it will still look cool no matter how you decide. Great piece showing some historical or iconic basses. Thoroughly pleased with mine. Dave

That's pretty sexy too... but the Schecter still calls me more, aesthetically. I wishe it cost £1544 like the Fender, that way I'd easily just forget it. However at £700ish... it's too tempting.

This would be my take on it.

Folks, get yer lazy derrières over to that sales thread, and start ordering. It's a wonderful little poster indeed, printed on good, thick and stiff paper. I'm now a very proud owner of two of them (one vertical and one horizontal), and I really wasn't kidding when I mentioned my Picasso and my Dali and compared this to those in a favourable way... Er... yes, I was kidding, but at least I wasn't lying. Now buy this thing.

You're probably blowing that up out of all proportion Si

I'd go for the Sire or a roadworn / classic 50/60s P or J

Lovely basses. I do like an ash body with nice grain & stain. Dual truss rod on the blue one is a nice feature too. Welcome to BC by the way!

If you are playing Level 42 covers it’s probably time to shut a piano lid on your fingers.

I agree it is poor marketing. It is a hybrid and they should be upfront about it. The one thing i will say about Ashdown is they are first rate when it comes to support.