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The Squier JV-P fiesta red - pic requested

A Danelectro Longhorn, bought secondhand in 1969! Here I am playing in a folk rock band in Exeter in 1971 called Retrospect. I think that's a pick hanging out of my mouth, not a fag. We won the Melody Maker rock contest for the South West area, and then bombed miserably at the finals held at The Roundhouse in Camden. I remember we really felt like innocent country bumpkins up in The Big City. A young Phil Beer is the violin player here, since these early days he's had a long a well respected career playing with Paul Downs as 'Show of Hands' - well known on the folk circuit for many years. In 1972 I sent the Danelectro up to John Birch in Birmingham to fit a Rickenbacker back pup to this - hoping to get more punch and sustain. The result was an iconic bass ruined for no gain and quite a lot of expense, I recall. The stupidity of youth, as ever.

Already restricted, thanks. We’ve previously banned him but this time we’re going to make his posts and PMs visible to him only so he’ll have no idea. Theres a warning at the top of the wanted forum Cheers

Not easy, but while the two older daughters (2 and 9) played shop in the bedroom. Iris and I did some practice with the blue monkey keeping time. Anyone else got innovative ideas to keep playing while interacting with the kids...

Four more coats of gloss on the tops again today, I put the first two on with standard thinners and the last two with anti bloom to let the last coat flow a bit better. After about half an hour I pulled the masking tape of the fretboards. I think they are good now, they certainly look good (as in blemish free), the anti bloom should have gassed off well by tomorrow so I'll have a good look then to see if they are really done but I'm quietly confident tonight. So for the first time here's a hint of the finished things, once I'm happy they are good I'll grab a quick picture upright before hanging them up for a week or two to fully harden

I'm not certain yet that I will go for the maple neck but have started to work on it. First time in real terms using the router table. Fantastic! Neatest truss rod channel yet (small beginnings, but beginnings nevertheless ) And then the side profile band-sawn: The heel will have to have an extension added whatever, but the maple blank isn't deep enough to do that with just one - it will end up being a three piece heel. I'll have a think whether I can add a contrasting wood in there or whether that would look naff. If so, I'll revert to the mahogany / walnut blank I've also got and which is a touch deeper and would do achieve a two piece heel. I tell you what, after neck through basses, these necks are TIDDLY!

Dave Grohl seems like a lovely chap but the Foo Fighters are rock music for people who don’t like rock music.

The big gloves give it away.

Made his fortune when the previous owner of this bass had to buy a spare set of strings?

take of your knob and put a rubber washer under it, will still turn but will take more force to do so

This is going in the same direction as "what direction should I place my bass knobs" thread. There is a reason why you have never thought about it before. Because it is totally irrelevant.

I must be practicing too much I’ve only got 2 kids

As someone who works in the construction industry, my considered opinion is that you'll be ok with a Trace combo, as its gravitational pull is exactly equal to that exerted by the world, so the concrete flooring slab will be sandwiched between them quite safely 🤣

Haha! No, she doesn't want a natural finish on hers.. This one is purely for backup purposes, er, or something like that (depends on who is asking). She did say that she likes me making partscasters as it keeps me happy and gets me from "being under her feet too much" Which is a blatant pass to spend money to keep her happy...

Nothing virtual about it.....

I can’t remember the specifics, but there’s an audio clip on Youtube of a Rush gig where one of ‘em does a flub, and for a few seconds it collapses into a proper tuneless cacophony. just listen to that section on repeat.

I think Bilbo’s always struggled to understand why he should stoop to the levels of entertaining people less clever than himself 😄

nope, my playing is equally inept whatever colour bass I'm using.

The fretboard colour doesn`t make me play any differently but I do find that the colour of the bass itself influences my stage performance - with my black basses I`m more subdued, but when playing the white ones I tend to move about a bit more. Of course at 52 that really means shuffle around more on the same spot, but mentally I`m leaping and running around when the white bass is on.

Why is it pointless? I don't get comments like yours,it would seem that anything that isn't jazz is pointless to some people. Surely you play jazz classics,so that must be pointless too.

Our keyboard player used to travel with the drummer. Usually they would meet up half way and load into one car. At the end of one evening they loaded up the keyboard players car and he drove home. The next morning he found that one of his keyboards was missing. It had been left on the pavement leaning against a tree! 2 days later he got a call from a local music shop saying someone was trying to get in touch. They had found the keyboard and wanted to return it. All they had to go on was his name on the case and an internet search!! He gave the guy £50.

Yup it's happened to me. Left my bass, my amp head and a bag of leads/bits in the boot of the car while I dropped my then-girlfriend off at her house one night. When I came out half hour later the car was gone. I was working as a signwriter at the time in some pawn shops and gave them a list of the missing kit. Unbelievably I popped in a couple of days later to check up and a guy got off the bus outside carrying my bass on his back and came in to sell it so we nabbed him and called the police. Turns out he was very well known to them. Another shop rang about half an hour later with the rest of my stuff. The car was found dumped in a nearby alley the next day. Really shook me up and I immediately went and insured all my kit! Very fortunate that the thieves didn't know what any of it was and just tried to offload it locally - ironically to the people I was working for. Very lucky escape and three days I never want to relive!

Either this...or it is a trap So run, run now as fast as you can!

Lots of videos of kittens.

black gloss on maple

Something a bit more upto date for yall, check these out from Estonia, great stage craft live, and have loads of great ideas, have to say we are doing a cover version of beef grinder its so good. welcome to Lexsoul Dancemachine

Er... where we in the same band? Seriously though, you’ve just described my current situation to a tee.

My thoughts exactly.

Not too far from reality...

Me and it! Some kind of 4k bass. Bought for 5 quid and here at the tender age of 15 (1979) doing my first gig. Ended up giving it away to a mate, not sure if he still has it.

There's a magic roundabout in Hemel Hempstead as well, though having used both, I think the Swindon one takes the biscuit.... (Fab work on the Les Pauls, Christine!!)

Ordered. So, @MartinB - we should turn this thread into an "Interesting small wattage valve head story" and update progress/experience! No more procrastination. PF20t on the way.

very wise 👍

There it is, K&K double-sided adhesive : http://www.bluestarmusic.com/KK-Double-Sided-Adhesive-Strips-for-Contact-Pickups_p_766.html And the instructions : http://kksound.com/support/doublesidetape.php

She want's a combo for the conservatory where her drum kit is Naturally, I think she needs a nice Ampeg valve combo.. cough.

You know it makes sense...

Dog poo is a great, relatively unknown, wood filler

I got my first bass when I was 13, it was one of those nasty AXE things with a crappy amp from an add in the back of a magazine ('Look In' or something) it was bloody terrible, but because I stuck at it I got a MIM Fender Jazz the following Christmas.

With the greatest of respect, I don’t think you’re going to get a great overview with 370 subscribers! There’s also the issue of everyone wanting something different, the one comment you have so far is to do a play-through of some obscure band. Hardly something for the masses to flock to. The best you can do is just make videos that you like making, make them interesting and content rich, tag them correctly and people will find you! You also have to be consistent in whatever you do, post once a week without fail for example! As someone who looks out for influencers as part of my job, i’ll tell you now that it’s about good quality and consistent content, views, interaction with followers and number of subscribers....almost in that order! Si

I like Dave Grohl, he seems like a thoroughly nice chap. Foo Fighters are a great band although I find I like the singles and one for two other tracks but not enough to buy a full album. Enjoyed this video, really interesting. Thanks for sharing.

I really don't like Foo Fighters. Can't really put my finger on why. A bit like Weezer. They have all the constituent parts that mean I should adore them, but I find them a bit meh.

I’m using the pf20t for recording only and it’s absolutely spot on. It doesn’t need a load so seems designed for silent studio based recording. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Plus you can take clean and valve outputs at the same time.

I haven't had any problems with the EBS ones, but I've seen a few people saying the Warwick ones can be noisy.

It was Axe as advertised on the back page of Kerrang when I was 15. When I upgraded a few years later I defretted the Axe with a pair of pliers. As far as I know it's still lurking in an eave's cupboard in my parents house.