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I should have married you! 😂

I think it's down to the fact that as a fairly small community and everyone values their reputation. ... And bassists generally aren't the big ego types who think they'll just blag their way out of anything

Well that wasn't entirely easy to resolve, and taught me a few things about eBay, the main one being that they will listen hardest to whichever party is prepared to shout the loudest (and this was a guy who sent all of his message IN CAPITALS so I'm guessing it was him, for a while at least). Also, and rather alarmingly, the person who eventually resolved it for me - a process which took several long conversations - suggested that eBay doesn't disclose the nature of complaints made, even to the person who is the focus of those complaints. In short, they initially said they couldn't remove the negative feedback because they had evidence from the seller that the feedback was accurate, but they could not share that evidence with me? Amazingly however, not one of the people I spoke to had actually read the eBay messages between me and the seller, and the guy who eventually did said "no brainer, he's clearly in the wrong", my negative feedback was removed and case closed within minutes. I'll be honest though, I found the whole thing quite stressful, the guy was clearly a little obsessed with getting his own way, and the constant messages and accusations just started to wear me down after a while. Anyway, lessons learned.

Hey guys - great to see that you're checking out what we're doing over at SBL! Thought I'd chime in to add some clarity that may be useful in some way, shape or form. What I publish on YouTube is a completely different kettle of fish compared to the ScottsBassLessons Membership. My YouTube lessons are kinda bite size chunks of standalone info, usually on a particular subject. The latest one's (as in, for the last 18 months or so), are very "unpolished", show a lot of behind the scenes stuff, and 99% of them are all me. ScottsBassLessons on the other hand is an online school. We have a library of over 40 courses (each course is focused on a particular subject, and some are up to 10 hours long) We stream live classes for our members each and every Monday from some of the best bass educators on the planet (these are also interactive so our students can ask questions, live). I host a monthly "student focus" class - so members can submit videos directly to me, and get a video response from me in return And a bunch of other cool stuff... but I'm guessing you get the idea. Again, just to make it super clear, ScottsBassLessons isn't just me - our faculty consists of bass players such as, Gary Willis, Cody Wright, Rufus Philpot, Steve Jenkins, Rich Bown, Danny Mo Morris (Berklee College of Music), Ed Friedland, Ariene Capp, Evan Marien and many more... As I'm guessing you'll see, it's a big operation and is nothing like what I do on YouTube. I should also mention that all of our courses inside SBL are highly produced, unlike my YouTube videos. If you do wanna check it out, we have a free trial for that exact reason - so you can take it for a test drive and see if it's for you. Any other questions - just gimme a shout! Cheers, Scott. PS. I'll try and keep the meaningless drivel down to a minimum for ya @thebigyin

How do you titillate an ocelot?

just goes to prove yet again that bass players are all around good eggs and pillars of the music world, is hero too strong a word?

Show her this and tell her to count herself as lucky.

I've just completed another bass part ex / sale with Martin from Wales - we had lots of communication both ways throughout the process and have been exchanging a few texts since about the basses we swapped. And it got me thinking as I was writing his feedback and looking at the three pages of feedback I've got....basically (bar one specific example - exception that proves the rule?!) I've had nothing but overwhelmingly positive experiences ( a LOT of them!) with people I've never met. Often involving quite a lot of money / expensive instruments and therefore trust of this unknown person. It's a great community of people who really do give bass players an excellent name. I'm sure other forums for different instruments may be the same (I'm not on any so can't really comment) but this really is a lovely group of people on here and I"m chuffed to call myself a bass player knowing that there's a lot of lovely people out there who also call themselves bassplayers! All good!

lots of bass whammy pedals on some of these boards! I picked one up today, good lord it's awesome!! having so much fun and coming up with so many riffs and ideas... annoyingly it means a bigger pedalboard on the horizon...

The stereo post was unintentional--I blunder my way across the keyboard. The meaning, I believe, is that once rock music (in this case Fleetwood Mac, which descended over time from rock/blues to strained baby food) was expressed by way of tunes like 'Don't Stop,' rock was in most ways dead as a doornail. Punk happened because it was needed.

If you're trying to make it sound like the original, I would lean more towards an overdrive than fuzz... and some kind of modulation pedal - I think it was a leslie speaker on the recording? What's on the board already? This would get my vote - https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/TC-Electronic-MojoMojo-Overdrive/EY9 The Joyo Moonbase bass overdrive looks interesting too but not tried it nor seen any real world reviews. Little bit more expensive, but also tiny and perhaps worth a punt: https://www.joyoeffectpedals.co.uk/joyo-jf-332-moonbase-bass-guitar-effect-pedal-overdrive-jazz-blues?language=en&currency=GBP I'm also selling a Joyo Orange Juice for your magic number of £35 posted too if that's of any interest! If it is definitely more of a fuzz you are after, Chowny Fuzzster perhaps?

Kindle deal has ended for now. Standard Kindle is only 2.99 (I think) if you have a kindle/e-reader thingy. Thank you all for the nice things you said. Am trying to get the third one done (very different again but does have a certain band turn up for a couple of chapters) but am helping a friend by doing the edit on their brick of a book. Also the weather is nice, so spare time is being spent drinking rather than writing. P.S. I'm not quite as twisted as The Craft Rooom might suggest. You'd like me, honest. :)

In terms of the quality of the medium and allowing for differences in mastering, etc, CDs probably hold the advantage in terms of reliable reproduction - there's a neat idiot's guide level summary here: http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2017-11-21/vinyl-streaming-cd-what-is-best-audio-quality/8693498 But for all that there are too many variables in the signal chain to laud one over the other, and in the end it's going to come down to personal preference (back to the point about super fans being the ones who buy most of the vinyl and a lot of them never actually play it, they just want the records). Vinyl will sound "warmer" if you have the right set up and want it to sound that way. Whether or not it was intended to sound "warmer" in the first place is another debate. And people get used to what they know - I know a lot of people who claim that high end audio equipment doesn't make the slightest bit of difference, based on them assuming that what they hear on their equipment is what the record sounds like and that's the end of it (I amazed one musician friend by playing a 5.1 mix of one of his favourite albums - he then came back and insisted that I play the early mixes of his new album on the same system, somehow assuming that it would magically transform into 5.1, and regardless of that, now understands that my hifi makes music sound better than plugging speakers into his laptop). It's always been the case, but I suspect that most people just don't care enough about differences in quality to seek out CDs or vinyl when streaming services have what they want. And it's not like MQA is setting the world alight either regardless of the quality (although a lot of that seems to be the clumsy licensing issues that have got the hifi community's back up...I'm seriously thinking of getting an MQA DAC before too long) So I think that CDs have got a while to run yet. But Jazzmanb may well be right in the long run, as the great unwashed simply won't be used to buying physical formats, and the ones that care enough about the sound quality of digital files will be able to explore that. What I do find interesting is the response of the cleverer musicians - Nine Inch Nails for instance understood very early on that there was money to be made by exploiting the super fans and made stacks of cash by issuing limited runs of new releases on vinyl and deluxe or special edition CDs.

You've obviously never seen me depping then......😂

Yep, these guys are awesome. Check out all their vids - they sound more accurate to the original songs than the current incarnation of Chicago themselves!

Absolutely agree with the OP I've bought, sold and traded quite a bit on here, and it has always been a very positive experience for me Actually, BC has helped me experiment with different gear, and find my "ideal" instruments and amps / cabs Only downside..... it has fueled my GAS about a thousand fold!

This post was clearly written under duress. Lads, dmcombe7 is being held hostage and I think it our duty as the BC massive to mount an attempt to free him 😀

Make a trip to bassbags.co.uk near Derby, lots of stock and their instruments are set up properly.

Tough crowd.

It's not old - look at the truss rod adjustment.

Traitor 👎

I seem to be the only one getting this. But I don't need a Ric...

Just having a little fun here.

Its an experiment! I’ve done the storage thing in the past. I’ve had basses hidden in Belgium before now! Rebel streak kicking back in I think!

Thanks grangur. That’s funny I used to be called count bassy at school in the 80 s

Excellent use of “mellifluous” - you just don’t get that on Guitarchat!

I liked that. It reminded me of what The Ox did with The Who.

Might be good PR, but I'm not going to buy his new album! I am tempted however to check out some of the Who releases from 1971 and earlier...hmmm maybe the PR did work after all 😄

How do you mic a contrabassoon? That sounds like the start of a joke but I’m genuinely interested!

Well bass direct no longer have a chocolate burst old smoothie in stock ........ Because it's in the back of my car 🙂 .... Condition brand new with all case tags and keys .... Used twice by a musician who decided to stick with p basses .

If only there was somebody on here that was trying to sell one, and some sort of PM system that would allow you to chat in private...

New video on Youtube today : Chowny SWB-1 Active Bass and Bass-Mosphere Chorus/Reverb Pedal

I can certainly vouch for Bass Bags, they are just up the road from me in Duffield. Mostly new instruments, but my most recent bass teacher had bought his bass from them and they won't sell anything that is not a good bass. .. or for a range of older basses as well as new ones, try Tim Toft in Stone (http://www.timtoftviolins.com/category/instruments/double-bass) and Turners (http://www.turnerviolins.co.uk/Instruments/DoubleBasses.aspx) in Beeston (Derby side of Nottingham). Toft's don't list much stock at the moment, but call them and ask; when I last went they had quite a lot in their bass room; also their Bass repairer is top notch and all their basses are nicely set up and have a price label on them. Turners maybe a little far East for you and I've found them a little shy of actually stating genuine prices, so assume everything is negotiable; but they usually have lots of stock right across the price range. For a big purchase like a new Double Bass, be prepared to travel and see as many as poss. Thwaites in Watford have a room FULL of basses (some of them the price of a decent sized house - but many affordable too). I have only just found out about this restorer and dealer in Leicester, but worth watching his stock or giving him a ring, Tim Bachelor (http://www.batchelar.com/double basses.html). Good luck with the bass hunt.

Awaiting velcro and appropriate length leads...

Done 50 days left, still some way to go, you lovely folk...

Let's not let this thing falter half way!

How could I forget and how come no else has mentioned the amazingly talented (and often under-rated) Queen's John Deacon and Duran Duran's John Taylor?!

Scroll up a bit.. found a place in Singapore... but not a lot happening elsewhere at the moment. Certainly don't know of anybody who has ever rehoused dynamic drivers though.

Pleased to say Iris came home after 6 weeks in hospital and 5 operations (the first of which at 2 days old was a gruelling 9 1/2 hours). She’s doing great and it’s lovely to have her home.

Looks like these are coming along nicely. Thanks for the pointer to the TalkBass thread. Hadn't seen the new Rocklite rosewood alternative, which looks very cool. Also, if you are looking for the 'hidden' Rocklite page, try: https://www.rocklite.co.uk/phdi/p1.nsf/supppages/1848?opendocument&part=9

Depends if you really want one or not doesn’t it.....it’s significantly cheaper than a new one! Si

Before I very stupidly sold my Road Worn P, I did notice that it was physically lighter than most other Ps I've had, and played acoustically was very loud. In fact, if you held it forward there was an astonishing amount of sound coming out of the back of it! This is a 'real' phenomena I'm sure, but whether or not that translates into any difference whatsoever at the pickup..? I'm still sceptical.

There was nothing happening to your left.

Your face says it all...what a show!Are we having a good time? Where's the next gig...

I wouldn't pay more than £1,000 - £1,100 for a stripped 86... then I'd get it refinished Inca Silver.

Blowerbox Idiotbox.