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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.

I doubt I'll ever own a Fodera or Ritter, but I think it would be a poorer world if these 'Rolls Royce' type instruments didn't exist.

I can answer that. I found the Greenboy to be solidly built and a really transparent cab. The kick back feature was very useful on a compact stage. My cab was really good but it turned out to be not for me. I found the low end response and efficiency to be less than I was looking for in the long term. I realised that I needed and wanted a little colour. I moved on to Bergs. I bought 2 1x12 ported cabs and a 4x10. I run these with a Demeter VTBP M 800D. I find the Bergs more to my taste, love them in fact. They are also obcenely efficient and loud if I want them to be. The 4X10 is an utter monster. The Greenboy was a fine cab it just didn't suit me, not enough bottom end, it didn't 'breathe' for me. I have an AER Amp Three and this has a bigger bottom end than anything I have ever played. The F112 didn't touch that.

Plus one to all the above. The only thing I would add is to encourage him to practice safe... (note I did not say... "correct"... 😉.) technique. Might as well start him on good habits before the bad ones have a chance to get a hold. A safe technique will help him to play to the best of his ability, at the same time avoiding potential injury problems later on, due to bent wrists, gripping the neck too tight, fretting too hard etc. IMO safe technique is the very first thing a new player should be taught...regardless of where he wants to go with his playing.

I know everybody here is offering their advice freely, sincerely and with good intentions but, with all due respect, every student is different. What works for one may not work for another. As an ex tutor I guess I would say this wouldn't I, but nobody can really know what is the best approach for any given individual sight unseen. Some of the above may well work, but then again it may not. I have nothing to gain or lose by saying this, but if he's to i) benefit, ii) enjoy the experience then he (and his father) really ought to get some professional guidance from somebody at some point. Unless of course dad's expecting him to get bored fairly quickly... Just my two penn'orth.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Prometeus-Ahab-fullscale-bass-luthier-made-in-Italy-superb/292470856663?hash=item44189f1bd7:g:RyYAAOSwN5Vam91G

Not at all, it's just that Bonio gets on my nerves.

I've been a member here since 2010, I've traded loads of gear in that time with only one deal not going well - that member now blocked. I'm glad to say that every other deal has gone well and I've made loads of friends as a result. Another great place to meet up with fellow members are the Bass Bashes - nice to put faces to usernames and to spend quality time with people with the same interests.

Possibly (the 12 Step isn't specifically listed as a supported MIDI device), but's another box, more fiddly computer-style connectors that aren't robust enough for gigging use, and it might even require yet another PSU depending on how the 12 Step draws and outputs power on it's USB connection, and then you've still got to convert the DIN connectors to XLRs to make them suitable for live use.

For a small (and there's part of the the problem for reproducing the massive fundamental of a contrabassoon*, although I don't know how low that is) cab with maximum, erm, output, for want of a better word, I had a BB2 which was very very loud indeed, and could handle an awful lot of lows, whilst still being light... * Just a fantastic phrase to type... 😁

Basschat is the best place to buy and sell on the internet, no doubt. Ebay and gumtree, I've had time wasters, con artists and unfortunately bought duff gear with no comeback. Facebook can be ok, but that's usually the more local music/instrument sale pages. I think it's the communication between buyer and seller that's key on here, and that's as a result of it being a forum where we all, generally, get on. You don't get that level of communication and trust elsewhere. And where else would I buy cables (@obbm) and wiring looms (@KiOgan) ?

Aside from all the comments and opinions about tonewood science, Is your bass from the Fender Roadworn series itself, or one that has been naturally (or un-naturally) roadworn? I ask because the Classic series of Fender basses, also made in Mexico, alongside the Roadworns are apparently identical in every respect, other than finish I say "apparently" as I can't confirm this myself, but there have been several posts on here from BC'ers who have owned both, and say they find them incredibly similar in terms of playability / feel and sound Just thinking, if you start re-finishing and end up with a less than ideal finish (not questioning your spraying ability here, honest! lol) - you may end up de-valuing your bass, or at least being unhappy with the finish I just wonder whether a better approach may be to trade your Roadworn for one of the classic series? Worth placing an ad on here, I'd think.... Whatever you decide - best of luck with it. I'm a fan of the Roadworn series, I know some aren't - but they are wonderfully built instruments

Lets mount a covert rescue attempt

Many thanks for all the comments, sadly I was unable to secure either. So in the spirit of things I made my own!

Nice to hear this, glad you all like our little community. It’s been a pleasure to run and has been a massive part of my life.

Did you people not investigate what your other half was like before moving in with them??

Spoke to him on messenger the other day and he’s recovered well! Good to hear!

Mooer'd right up mate...😊

Greg Cordez is in Bristol. http://www.gregcordez.com He's a bit good.

Well, Birthday today and I’ve been eBaying after some beers in the sun. As far as I could see, these were the cheapest genuine fender parts for the job - the bridge is like for like as it’s not the vintage spiral bridge on the Waters. I do have flat top knobs spare at home but they’re not the real deal - I want it to be right. I’ll uncharacteristically keep all the original parts. The strap buttons will be Gotoh as they’re better than the £12 fender ones in my experience. Still debating the pickup cover and thumb rest...

It was this one - being collected on Saturday

Super pleased to have the legendary Tony Butler on board endorsing our basses. He popped up to Chowny HQ to get to know us and have a play on all the basses. Was really good meeting him of course!

My ex-band BL didn't hold auditions but just took on first offers from JoinMyBand, a huge mistake - I might have passed, but the drummer certainly shouldn't have! Have you ever tried to play bass between a drummer and a rhythm guitarist who were totally out of time with each other? :-( (They did find another bass player after I left, but disappeared from sight soon after.) My current band started as a workshop project, and loved it so much and got on so well that we decided to carry on as a band. Atm, if I had to audition, however well prepared I was, I'd probably lose it just on nervousness. Hopefully this band will roll on and i won't have to face that :-)

Sorry @Happy Jack, you missed one. There's a big cockup stood to your left, wielding a Strat, a harmonica, and the ability to play almost nothing, and yet still be playing too much

Amazon was doing a deal on Kindle but not sure if its still available.

Just finished The Craft Room, a really good read, well done. Weekend Rockstars was great as well. Looking forward to your next book.