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Looking very nice!!! Liking the colour matched headstock nice detail!......2 points
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I'll have a bash at putting some pictures up.2 points
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We have rules,and as the band is an equal vote thing problems are few. We all agree on a song and learn our parts at home once the key and version are agreed. If anyone is not up to speed on a new song its put to bed till next rehearsal to allow anyone struggling to catch up. A song is not on the gig list till it is right. No noodling, ever, not even at rehearsal. That includes vocals and drums. Tune up only silently, almost every tuner has a volume mute. We practice quietly so errors are obvious and easy to rectify. If any member really dislikes a new song it is dropped.2 points
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...and a couple of other random bits & pieces: BRING CASH if you think you're going to need any, as the nearest ATM is a mile away at the Co-Op. You should also consider stands/straps for any guitars you're bringing, ear plugs (just mentioning with my organiser's H&S hat on - should not be needed as I'll intervene to prevent any dangerous noise levels), headphones/speakerless systems for your use in the Quiet Room (or to turn the 'noisy room' quiet).2 points
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Thanks for all the input guys. Got an update as bought a kit off a guy that refurbs decent beginner kits (how he puts it ). I tried a few, and a small 'frankenstein' kit spoke to me. Its a Sonor 503 bass and 2 toms, a Mapex venus snare (sounds amazing for a budget one and was what really sold me the kit tbh), a high quality hi hat stand, cant remember the brand, and the entry level Zildjan cymbal set and decent pearl stands. 20" bass drum which will be better for the brass band, and space taking upping. Pedal seems like good one, it plays really well anyway. All set up and tuned, new bass drum skin plus a set of vic firth dampeners thrown in. I paid £250 and was pretty happy with that.2 points
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There’s a bit of a ‘it’ll be ok’ attitude at times. I don’t want it to be ok. I want it to be the best it can be.2 points
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Never had a smoked bass, have tried smoked haddock 😀2 points
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That’s because you’re sick in the head tired of Tort, tired of life2 points
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Unboxing videos are a pet hate of mine. I don't care about the packaging, plug the funking thing in already!2 points
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Right you lot, just stop it with these Wals, OK; I'm running out of clean undies!2 points
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HOME BUILT PRECISION BASS - Natural Swamp Ash Finish with Rear Rout SOLD!!! Sorry, No Trades This is the last of my collection that I’m selling off, and it’s another of my home built Precisions. I had the body custom made by Guitar & Bass Build around six month’s ago, I paired this with a Mighty Mite “Tele” neck, I can’t remember the make of the tuners but they are decent quality and hold the tuning well, and to give it the punch that I was seeking at the time, I fitted a EMG Geezer Butler Signature Precision Pickup and harness. The bass is in beautiful condition and deserves to be gigged which I can’t do because I am no longer in a band. You are welcome to come and try it at my home in Bridgnorth, Shropshire. Body: Swamp Ash Rear Rout (Guitar & Bass Build) Tru-Oil Finish Neck: Maple with Rosewood Board (Mighty Mite) Nut Width: 38mm (Jazz) Tuners: Good Quality Unknown Brand Pickup: EMG Geezer Butler Signature Precision Pickup Electrics: EMG Geezer Butler Signature Precision Pickup Harness Bridge: Gotoh 2011 point -
Pino Fender custom Shop 2015 All case candy and case is perfect Certificate included Factory Thomastiks1 point -
I was talking about a re-spray of a bass body. Why on earth would I be changing the subject to spraying a car? FFS1 point
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Was he not saying that a car place quoted him £200 to spray a bass body?1 point
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Not really, but I've made up a little adapter with a battery clip on one end and a plug on the other that will fit into the 9v socket so it's all good1 point
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A full car body refin for £200? I don’t think so?! A bass refin will be between £250-500 I’d say, very much depending what you want (natural, solid, metallic etc). You could patch the wear instead probably, instead of a full body refin, but doubt it would get back to ‘as new’. Si1 point
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Music will come back. You guys in your 20s and 30s don't see it now but some of you will still be gigging when your in your 60s. If there isre still bands and gigs which is doubtful. Blue1 point
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Scuse me a second Paul....... zzzz1 point
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Very possible PT1 point
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I was on the fence regarding this one, if whoever bought it decides to move it on!1 point -
My number one annoyance is guitarist and drummer not being able to keep quiet at rehearsals. If we're working out new stuff, how the hell do I communicate with anyone if you pair of feckwits insist on playing random riffs and fills. The only other thing is placing the singers microphone dead centre on the stage area. Sounds wierd but there's three of us across the front all playing guitars, I have to stand to the singers left at the guitarists request as, for some reason, he can't cope if he's that side. If the singers mic is dead centre on a small stage that means his headstock is over in my area so I'll just stand behind the PA speaker then shall I. If we all take a step to our right then we'll all fit, but they just don't get it. Then they comment that in most pictures or video I'm obscured from vision. It's a small stage tonight (The Thistle in Plymouth if anyone's that way and bored ) so we'll see if they've worked it out yet.1 point
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Just played this while buying Dave’s Carvin SB5000 - it was a tough decision between the two! This is a beautiful instrument and does a fantastic take on a Stingray sound, plus much much more. Very good B string, even and consistent. Will be jealous of whoever get this. Dave’s also great to deal with!1 point -
Gorgeous Fender P (Japan) from around 2000 in Capri Orange - my favourite of the International Colour series and an incredibly cool '70s vibe. I had a Slazenger tennis racquet cover in this colour back in the day - loved it then and love it now. This is a Fender Japan PB70US thus has the US pickup. Build quality is superb and the weight and balance make this an easy player over an extended period (best I can get for the weight is around 8.7lbs). The bass is in very good condition indeed and only on close inspection it becomes evident that there are a few minor bruises. These are just indentations and nothing has broken the (gorgeous) paint job. All the hardware is in excellent condition. The neck is lovely (1.625" nut so B width) and reassuringly robust but with quite a flat and slender profile - fairly effortless playing and no fighting with neck dimensions - it feels very 'natural'. The neck has a slab rosewood board (dark, rich chocolate colour with nice figuring if not really a '70s feature) but I've seen a few such boards on Japanese 70s Ps - worth a look on Pinterest or similar. Actually fairly desirable to me - I prefer these over veneer boards. The bass was in fantastic order when it arrived with me but I've effected the following changes: BBOT bridge replaced with Hipshop Kickass in nickel (massive improvement for me in terms of adjustability) Silver pickguard screws replaced with black - in keeping with the original international series aesthetic Pro set-up (with the new bridge) with D'addario 40-95 nickels - still zingy, clean and almost new The bass plays extremely well - low action, fantastic intonation (you'd hope so) and a fast, slick neck. The tone is very much '70s P from thick thump to open loud growl (the tone control is very effective). The look - if you like this kind of thing - is very cool. The '70s TV logo is a thing of beauty to me. The bass will be supplied with a very decent Warwick Rockbag padded bag. All original parts are also included in the sale (screws, bridge and I think there's a thumb rest but no ashtrays). Collection is from Manchester or Birmingham or I should be able to ship at cost in the UK (though I'll need to source an appropriate box). No trades thanks and the price is fixed - actually a bit of a bargain considering what I paid for the bass and what I've spent on it subsequently. In sum, an extremely cool bass in great overall condition - looks fantastic, plays beautifully well and sounds superb.1 point -
I'm not currently gigging and haven't done so for some time because you can guarantee that 1-7 will be at the rehearsal plus uk_lefty's great guitard who's a s..t singer and the inevitable rubbish drummer.1 point
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To be fair we're at Vauxhall Conference level compared to you guys! We play local pubs mainly for fun as gig fees for a band are usually £250 up here. As there's six of us we get £40 each with a tenner in the band kitty so it's a paid hobby for most of us. However we're all decent musicians and our singer is a great frontman so we enjoy ourselves which communicates to the audience meaning we always get people up singing and dancing!1 point
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they make them without the black1 point
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Heresy. Mods @Skol303 please intervene in this heretic's bass life before his Bass Soul becomes driven to be mere Food.1 point
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You can relax! Came home last night, restrung the Alien, tidied up the fret ends, lemon oiled the fingerboard and left it overnight to settle. Picked it up this morning and it’s like a different bass. Definitely louder acoustically without all the finger noise from my poor technique. Amazed how authorative the B string is, it sits really well against the rest of the strings. You can definitely ‘feel’ the low tension part, the strings feel played in already. Thanks for the recommendation!1 point
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The most annoying thing in my band quit just before a USA tour two years ago. It's been great since then.1 point
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OK, so here's a final run-through of the important stuff: The BIG FAT South-West Bass Bash is happening TOMORROW, Sunday 8th, from 10am-4pm in the Memorial Hall, Cheddon Fitzpaine, nr Taunton TA2 8JY The hall is about a mile out of Cheddon Village a few hundred metres from the school on the edge of a small hamlet called Rowford. The safest way is to follow your satnav. If you don't have one, the easiest way out of Taunton is: head up Station Road towards the railway station, which will be on your right just after you pass under the 2 bridges. At the T-junction with traffic lights at the top of the hill, turn right but immediately keep left and turn left at the next traffic lights. You're now on Cheddon Road, which will take you all the way to the village hall entrance on your right (just past the school on the left) after a couple of miles. The entrance is at the junction pictured below. NOTE: Taking this route out of Taunton doesn't take you through Cheddon village itself. In case of need, my mobile number is 07770 946135 http://1 point
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Ouch. We have a winner!1 point
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Had the same discussion ourselves recently!!! If you can't remember stuff like the key then you write it on your setlist with a marker. It comes across to me really amatuer, ruins the flow of the gig and must also spoil it for the audience too!1 point
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Most rechargeables have a lower voltage, just by their technology; some devices don't appreciate this and work less well. Not the case, in my experience, with instruments; sometimes an issue with pedals, however. Some will remember clock-radios, with their 'back-up' PP3 for the alarm, which got forgotten about until either the alarm failed, or runny stuff oozed from beneath (or both...). Smoke alarms. Anyone got one, that uses a battery..? The 'trick' as a reminder is to systematically go around all of these devices at Christmas, having bought a job lot. I use rechargeables everywhere, even in my Sony flashgun and the wall clock. It's been a long time since I bought a battery.1 point
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I’m still with Basswood1 point
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For me there seems to be an inverse correlation, it appears seems the shorter the scale the more I play it!1 point -
I had one for a while, loved it. As Phil says, the valve is very subtle, to the point where you don`t really notice it as you turn it fully up, but more if you start playing and then turn the effect fully off, suddenly you notice "something" missing from the sound. To me it adds like a "shimmer/some hair" to the sound, stops it from being crystal clear. When I got mine I went to Andertons with 3 Markbass amps on my list to try, the Little Mark 3, Little Mark Big Bang, and Little Mark Tube. I never got round to hearing the others, I just I liked the LMT that much.1 point
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That scenario is a LOT easier to avoid that you seem to imply... but fair enough, some prefer to avoid another possible failure point. I don't wait for batteries to die, I replace them regularly (once a year for me and my Stingray), and that does the trick. Except that, of course, one time I did forget. And the battery died on the first set at a beer festival. A few seconds later I realised what the cause of the no-bass situation was, so I pulled my volume knob (I have a bypass switch installed) and carried on playing. Then I replaced the battery during the first break. If a gig is ' specially important' or I'm recording, the battery gets replaced regardless... it's not that expensive1 point
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I meant to update this. No changes except that I now have a choice of genuine Fender hardcases to transport this in and I have been playing it. I did a bit of research too - the serial number on the neckplate combined with it being A09.. makes it a Japanese market model, so may have travelled a bit1 point
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I hadn’t really thought about its size, but i guess as i own 3 Tech 21 boxes i had it in my mind that it would be about that size. I’m glad its a bit larger, as i can imagine hitting both those foot switches by accident. Cant stand them myself, and most seem to actualy be re-unboxing with a lot of over acting anyway.1 point
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I owned this very amp for about 3 weeks, until Geoff asked to buy it back again because he missed it ;-) Kind of regret selling it now, as it was a real cracker of an amp, and stupidly good value, but I’ve got a new plaything now (as you do) so I don’t need to get it back again. No I don’t No I don’t PS Geoff is a top notch seller. Buy this box of heft with confidence.1 point -
i like your prog! have listened 'echo' - nice chord chain and well produced piece. congratulations =)1 point
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Me too, same offer buddy.1 point
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It's not very heavy indeed, and very tempting.1 point
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And here she is. Time to be daddy again. Wonderful kid. first op tomorrow at 8pm - at the wise old age of 2 days...1 point
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Hey, nobody dates my sister without asking me first!!!1 point
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You guys with the references! I am on to you. I can see what you are doing and I like it. How do I like it? That's the way, aha aha, I like it. Can I be in your gang now? I am in Snowdonia in North Wales. Here is the pier and the mountains Here is one of our favourite beaches and the lighthouse at the end of it (with more mountains).1 point
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So I’m still very good friends with All but two members of the band. Nice Christmas messages from all of them. They’re carrying on without me and the singer who left at the same time. The plan is to earn more, think my mate the guitarist will turn to bass and they’re going down the much more tried and tested “Dakota” route. A shame really - but I wish them well. Tomorrow we meet with Neurosurgeons and have a look around the family quarters at St.Marys in Manchester. All grand, Iris (the little bundle of stress/joy/fear/interpretation) is also going to be seen in 3d and we’ll hopefully come away with heads full of More information. Anyhow, we’re all enjoying Christmas...Jenny’s Nanna turned 100 today, and my Nanna turned 82. We met a new family addition today at a do, and my eldest daughter (Ella) got a guitar for Christmas and has declared I’m to be her bass player when she’s famous.1 point
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Any chance of some pics?????1 point -
Deffo a Manchester bass bash needed.1 point
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The other option is to look at what it is about the sound that heavier gauge strings give you and find another way to get that character into it. For example - would changing the material of the string say from nickel to steel or from roundwounds to flat wounds or try nylon coated strings. Find some cheap second hand strings off here, or see if anyone has any old ones they can donate or lend you and have play - you might find something you like which won't bust the neck!1 point
