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Light still not very complimentary but here's a pic anyway.

I recently bought a bass from Wunjo and had the best buying experience I've ever had. The guys were helpful and 'appropriately attentive' when I first visited; did me a great deal when I called to order a similar model to one I tried (offering alternatives on loan when the order time was longer than expected too - I didn't need to take up the offer, but appreciated what is surely beyond the call of duty) and specific delivery requirements were no trouble. After disappointing shenanigans with various shops and online retailers in recent years, this was a breath of fresh air - I felt looked after by real people, who cared about their customers. I will go out of my way (I live in Manchester) to give them my custom again in the future. All in all, a confidence-restoring experience with a real music shop. Cheers Wunjo! Tobie

Ha it was good fun, and every body knows that status are louder with the lights on lol .

"What do we want?" "Anarchy!" "When do we want it?" "soon really but not until the bass player has negotiated a reasonable price for a suitable venue where the safety of the site has been confirmed and a full risk assessment and method statement are completed, yeah!"

“The wand chooses the wizard”

I traded to this at the SW Bass Bash. It appears to be 93/94 MIJ without the Silver Series decal and has had a Bassass II added. Not come across this shade Blue before but such a nice Bass, weighs in at just under 4kg and has nice punchy pick-ups and 40mm nut width. It came with a different scratch plate and creme covers, swapping them out I noticed there was a brass plate below the pickups in the cavity. Not an expert on early Squiers so if anyone can help with some background...?

Yes we use wingdings now. Not really. - comic sans. But no seriously, no.

Does that mean you will send me child maintenance every month and some extra cash on its birthday?

Keep the Wal and buy a Harley Benton shorty as a second bass and modify as you go along. More fun and you don't need to feel bad about selling the bass. Second option sell the bass and give Alan at ACG a ring and discuss your requirements with him.

I'd say it was better than using standard foam tips but not as good as proper custom moulds. That said I was also impressed with the comply t600 foam tips. My wife helped me do the diy moulds and that made life easier. The best bit is that as soon the second ear was filled with putty I couldn't hear a word she was saying for 10 mins.

So, all in all, how relaxing was it? This much! http:// (The Rev nodded off.) And how much fun was it? This much! http:// (Jimrs2k2 reckons it's the most fun he's had since last year!)

Great great basses - love me a Sandberg

Erm .... that was a joke by the way. I didn't mean to kill the thread.

Rhythm. Has. Your. Two. Hands. Moving Now you'll remember.

Just got back from rehearsals, so these are first impressions only., From the moment I plugged it in everything sounded just a bit better. It was still my tone, only with a bit more definition and punch. It might be the fact that I had the comp on, but whatever it was, I liked it a lot. The EQ is pretty subtle, but it seems to be just at the right frequencies. It’s no Q/strip, but it more versatile than my BDDI and VTBass. The drive section wasn’t quite as positive. Kicking in the stock tome print I lost the fullness and low end. Beaming the Natural tone print resulted in a nicer OD, but nowhere near as nice as the Aftershock. In fact the AS sounded really nice after the Spectrdarive, better than it has ever been. The two work really., really well. The Spectrcomp sounds exactly like I remember from the standalone, so no complaints there, and its nice to have it integrated. The ‘issue’ I have with it though, is, like the Q/strip, its not going to colour my tone like I’m used to with the BDDI etc. This isn’t a bad thing as such, nor a negative, just that I will still need to use other boxes to add the colour. Tonight ill test out thei headphone side, cant wait as that was the original reason for getting it.

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Just had my 1st unrequested slap bass demo in at least 20yrs, when asking to try a bass in Dawsons. For the record, I've not missed those!

Hey man, I love your stuff I used to play Bass for Ozric Tentacles

Josh i have (non warwick) spares so let me know your address and i will post one FOC

Spending £££ on bass gear then having to contribute towards a PA that you barely sing 2 words into....that usually dissappears when the band splits.

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I'm all about channel strips. Much prefer to sims (on bass that is)

Hi Jack, I ended up with the Darkglass Ultra Alpha Omega. Really cool, versatile pedal.

So it's £15k for the bass plus £8k for the case then?

Just looking at the pic of Jim again reminded me of one very important omission. Big thanks to MoJoKe for bringing all that lovely Markbass kit despite suffering from a major attack of PGSD (Post Gig Stress Disorder) left over from the night before. Juggling that lot would be a tough job for even the fittest and well-rested among us. I was particularly impressed by the PA that I used for the Bash announcements and also listened to playing pre-recorded music. We've shown him out of focus with the top of his head missing - cos that's how he said he was feeling at the time http://

If that is what the song/video is about and its bought our attention to the subject then surely the song is already working as intended? We will be rebuilding all these factories soon anyway so I'm told, once we "take back control" we won't be buying anything from outside Britain, back to the good old days, I've already got the Morris minor and a flat cap!

Unfortunately, just like any other gig, the packing up was the low-light - but that was soon done! And even Jen's pal Mr Carrot the tattie brush (remember him from the first pic post?) reckons he had so much fun that he'll be back next year. http:// THE END (until next year )

Nooooooooooooo! At least it wasn't a bass neck!

I suspect there's definitely more at play with yours; I've had over 15 Rics and adding/subtracting the cover hasn't made one jot of difference either way. FWIW when I do have them on a Ric I rest my picking hand on there, which is actually how I learnt to play. Given that Chris Squire rested his hand in the same way (albeit his pickup was an actual horseshoe) I'd hardly call it a talent stopper; he's my all-time favourite player.

At the very least I would check the intonation.

Sorry for going quiet, I was just making arrangements to have you killed.

I like fretless basses This is the Jack Bruce Tribute I made for our band's bassist, Pete. I get to play it occasionally when he lets me : I liked the sound and feel of Pete's so much, I built one for myself - my own design but using similar timbers and dimensions. Even though this one has Seymour Duncans, it has a similar vibe to it: When I built Pete's tribute, he gave me his old goose-turd green Yamaha RBX270F to do whatever I liked with. I decided to give it the 'myrtle veneer treatment': Nice players, those Yamahas

Her Smigmug link. http://www.fodera.com/2016-spruce-hybrid-cpo/ The bass is exactly this one with fretless convertion by Fodera itself for the precedent owner Here a short video:

The old Roland Bass Cube 30. Still got mine despite my posh Barefaced / DG M900 / Tecamp Puma rig.

There was also this:

One of the best posts I've ever read on Basschat, thank you!

You know my thoughts on the JHS vintage basses. They are so under rated and I think you are struggling to accept that such cheap basses can be very very good quality and very playable. I still regret selling my Tony Butler one to you and in truth part of the reason I moved from Vintage to Squier and now MIM is purely the name on the headstock. To make it worse my first V4 before I had the Tony Butler one had a lovely slim neck for a Precision and haven't found one as nice since. Just enjoy playing it mate and forget the brand stereotype. If I had the room and a more forgiving wife I would be getting another V4 😁😁

If you love it, then play it. End of.

Have a word with @skankdelvar. He's been known to frequent the odd abandoned warehouse, mainly for luring purposes...

and not forgetting David Arnold who did the orchestration. For my money this is the best ever version of a Bond tune though Moby's version is pretty good too

"no plans for any other showing or release of this footage" umm yeah, right, I'll bet anything it will be out on DVD soon......

Hi Josh, This is about a simple as repairs can get, although it's still best left to someone who has some experience soldering. A new connector can be had at several places in the net, for example RS components have a pack of 5 of them for £1.06, so about 21p each. The new connectors come with 6 inches or so of wire - you could either trace back the old connectors back to where they attach to the circuit board, unsolder them and solder in the new ones, or (slightly simpler, but less elegant) you could just cut the old connector off, join up the wires with some solder, then use insulating tape to make sure nothing shorts out. 10 minutes work either way once you have the connector, as long as you can solder - it shouldn't be too hard to find someone who can solder if you can't, or don't have the kit. Steve

I have all my short scale basses strung with Newtone Platinum Nickel roundwounds these seem to work on all 3, Harley Benton P bass shorty, Scott Whitley SWB-1 and the ACG Skelf short scale. Alan at ACG supplies his basses fitted with Newtone strings.

Amen to that!

I know I've posted this pic elsewhere but it's equally at home here too so as I'm still super pumped about it, then here it is again.. Matching 135 grill by VTypeV4, on Flickr Bassman 135 and matching JBL loaded ported double-fifteen.. Fat!!

Ross sent me a broken tuner to have a go at fixing, wouldn't even take postage money!