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  1. Jabba_the_gut
    This is the piece of birdseye maple I'm going to use for the neck. For reference, I've put both neck templates in the neck pocket to show the difference in length.
    4 points
  2. Merton
    The black limba is amazing, not sure where Phil sources his timbers but he struck gold with that! Today he’s routed and fitted the truss rod and carbon rods into the neck:
    4 points
  3. Ricky 4000
    Can you imagine if The Police had their van nicked? *Ring Ring* Hello, police. Hi there, this is Gordon from the police. Our van's been nicked. Jeeze, a police van? Boy you're in trouble. No... well, yes, I suppose you could say its a police van... it's certainly the police van. What? Look, I'm in the police. OK. And our van's been nicked. Right. Well can you like, find it? You're in the police. Yes. Find your own ****ing van before your Sgt finds out. No... I'm not in the police! You said you were! Well in one way I am. I'm recording this, you know. Oh, that's ironic. What? Etc...
    4 points
  4. Daz39
    “Crikey, that Bongo is ugly!” ”Hold my beer,”
    3 points
  5. therealting
    “What do you play?” ”Lead guitar.” ”It’s pronounced LEED.” ”No it’s not. Hold out your hand.”
    3 points
  6. Ricky 4000
    You'll never take me alive, copper. 😁
    3 points
  7. maut
    I always found the band´s name boring. But I really learned to play the bass by listening to Sting´s bass lines on Regatte De Blanc in 1980, when I had to switch from guitar to bass to be able to join the school´s band. They already had three guitars. 🙂 His bass lines are so good, I immeditaley understood the concept of bass in pop music.
    3 points
  8. fleabag
    I'm not that happy with all this impersonating myself and the lads. Some of you are going dahn, you slags
    3 points
  9. fleabag
    I know that feeling 🤓
    3 points
  10. EBS_freak
    I’ll just leave this here...
    3 points
  11. paul_c2
    ALL music is derivative, in some way or another. Its just a matter of degree.
    3 points
  12. Muzz
    Fantastic pictures, tho if I tried that these days I'd definitely be as stuck as Nigel Tufnell... 😕😀
    3 points
  13. tauzero
    There was me expecting this to be about Fender necks.
    3 points
  14. Bassassin
    Pretty sure I remember reading that Coldplay stole their name from another band anyway. Then they stole their entire repertoire from Unforgettable Fire-era U2, apparently filtered through weak tea and insipid pink blancmange.
    3 points
  15. BigJim
    Hi guys, Following my departure from a project I'm selling a couple of basses I used for that project! The second one to go is my Fender Contemporary Series 1986 P-Bass in "Duff" Gold It's a great bass with a sound that's thunderous!!! Schaller Straplocks fitted. Soft Case supplied Great set up. Hipshot D Tuner Some buckle rash that was there when I got it but you really can't tell once it's on. Plus some chips tot he laquer in the headstock but it's really nothing! This bass just laughs! THIS IS A KILLER BASS WITH SOUND TO MATCH Amazing bass but it just doesn't get used outside of that project! It's lived in it's case since I've had it unless it was on it's stand on theatre stages. £500 £450 collected from Wellingborough, Northants or possibly trade? BigJim
    2 points
  16. danbowskill
    As a lot of you I try to do most of the set up and repair work myself on a bass ,especially set up as to an extent its quiet personal to your playing style(bar neck relief, levelling ) I use roto rounds strings and they scratch the hell out of frets. I've tried the different grit fret rubbers that you can get which are ok but take a lot of time and work........but one of these fits the bill perfect https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/wilko-nail-buffer-4-in-1/p/0348223....ideal for getting scratches out and buffing back to looking new without taking Much meat off of the frets, £1.20 as well 🙂
    2 points
  17. dyerseve
    Sand it smooth, nothing to lose. It won't hurt the bass and if its the only thing wrong with it. It won't make anything worse that's for sure
    2 points
  18. Ashweb
    I see a Netflix Original series in this:- 'Ring Sting - The Pain That Won't Go Away' 🙂
    2 points
  19. 6feet7
    I bought this two years ago on here and it's been my backup amp ever since (so it's been used a few times only, though I've had it serviced and pat tested) It was made in 2007 in Italy. Here's the Markbass web link. http://www.markbass.it/product-detail/sa-450/ I'm only selling as I need something with a xlr input.
    2 points
  20. anzoid
    Concrete... gives it heft.
    2 points
  21. ribbetingfrog
    Can you honestly say that you voluntarily pay more tax than you have to because you think it’s morally right to pay more? I seriously doubt you’d find a single basschat member who feels duty bound to pay more tax than they have to. And as for destroying high streets, that blame lies on many doorsteps. Local council’s mis management of high streets, business rates and parking, old fashioned business models, shops with nothing to offer to make up for the extra prices and ultimately the choice of the consumers who choose where to spend their hard earned and minimum tax paid earnings. Amazon don’t force people to buy from them, they simply offer a better product and consumers vote with their debit cards.
    2 points
  22. AndyTravis
    That top cutout...”where’s me washboard? Eh?”
    2 points
  23. scrumpymike
    Andy, kindly reassure us that no live pigeon was harmed in the course of this process 😮
    2 points
  24. AndyTravis
    It’s too broken that. I’ll give you your £80 back and I’ll sort it 🤦🏻‍♂️😂
    2 points
  25. fleabag
    This is the one loved enough to have a go at
    2 points
  26. fleabag
    Who knows the ways of magicians and wizards.
    2 points
  27. mcnach
    I apologise if I misunderstood the tone of your questions. It sounded to me as if you were saying "all you need is in your amp, onboard preamps are ridiculous and so are their users" reading between the lines. Hence my tone. But it's very possible I misunderstood too. Somehow, in person, we can disagree very strongly and pull each other's leg and keep smiling, but in writing it all can look so damn serious. Especially if the reader has been having a bad day. I've been pretty sick the past few days and had to do a quick run to hospital [1] last night... and I'm a terrible patient, I get really grumpy when I'm ill. So, yes... I'm not going to re-read it all, if you say you didn't mean it the way I took it, I believe you, please accept my apology, and let's keep it cheery edit: [1] by the way it's all good, just a scary false alarm. I just need to be a patient patient, and I'm still grumpy, but not about onboard preamps
    2 points
  28. urbanx
    Awesome one at a venue that’s new to us. 280 capacity, and a nice big stage. The singer and my eyes lit up at the tall drum riser, as we often like to have an ‘jump off’ competition during our set. First outing with the Mustang, which was flawless, although I did notice the strap buttons were about 1/3rd unscrewed from the body by the end of the set, I’ll be supergluing them in tonight. That face...
    2 points
  29. gpw5150
    Turn up with a banjo and a sliver of buckwheat between your teeth...
    2 points
  30. doomed
    Also, it will put my mind at ease when using other cabs as we often do at backline share gigs, I know my own cabs can take what we do but sometimes I've had to drastically wind back on the bass when using other cabs. Be prepared to wait a few weeks if you do order, you won't hear anything after you order, your PayPal receipt will come through and unless you email Max you'll hear nothing till he ships, everything is built on order.
    2 points
  31. Monkey Steve
    It's a trap!!!
    2 points
  32. BassApprentice
    Nathan East showing off his new bass
    2 points
  33. oldslapper
    I’ve played with drummers using click track. My experiences have been mixed, in that those who have practiced/gigged extensively with them have no problem keeping time and retain feel/dynamic (unsurprisingly). However a couple of (good) drummers decided they were going to use them without extensive practice were awful. So I guess be prepared for some “lead up time” and of course a willingness on their part to use a click. It can, for some drummers, be counter intuitive to have a click in their ears, acting like a critical parent 😂😱. I had one say that it took their freedom to be “expressive” away, a bit like peeps saying that theory “kills creativity” 🙄 what he meant to say was “it shows up my tendency to slow down when I get bored/get distracted/tired/remember I forgot to put the bins out/etc.
    2 points
  34. Jono Bolton
    New head, now with a new volume and distortion pot. I love the slightly squat look of it. I still have the Mark IV but I need to list that for sale at some point.
    2 points
  35. MacDaddy
    Oasis?
    2 points
  36. ziggydolphinboy
    would love this
    2 points
  37. Drax
    Sofa shot just landed.. Looking forward to getting my hands on this
    2 points
  38. chris_b
    That's probably not true. That clarity will enable people to hear your bass lines through the racket made by those loud guitars and shed-building drummers. Of course you'll need the right amount of volume, but you will require less volume to cut through if your sound is clear and well defined.
    2 points
  39. 51m0n
    This is all great, and then you play without your pa and have to rely on a house pa incapable of projecting sound below 1KHz run by Norman whose been doing this job 60 years man and boy and is subsequently as deaf as a post, and his culpable assistant keV who can't quite work out how to tie his shoe laces or keep his trousers from descending beneath his derrière. At which point you need a big bastard bass rig in order for the band to actually hear you, since Norman is convinced you can catch IEMs from kissing someone funny, and won't have any truck with that funny stuff on his 'stage'....
    2 points
  40. Dan Dare
    The word "more" suggests you do some already.
    2 points
  41. BassBod
    Yes, but it’s a lovely area to visit 😎. Ten minutes from Bath and all it’s temptations (Vintage&Rare..and a thousand plus restaurants and coffee houses!)
    2 points
  42. Andyjr1515
    The area for the neck heel base has now been cut out of the purpleheart so that the neck can seat - in a sort of normal way - to the Sapele back: Once the front edge has been carved to mirror the neck carve, the neck should drop down into the pocket and seat properly: It's probably going to be easier to do this before I glue the purpleheart to the back. Then the walnut will be a similar process. Dunno...but there's half a chance this might work! Can you see, by the way, how the purpleheart is already darkening - and this is just with air exposure (it's been in the cellar so there's been no light) It will end up a completely uniform colour.
    2 points
  43. Newfoundfreedom
    I impersonated Sting once by taking off my shirt and acting like a self righteous preaching pr#@k. Does that count? 😂
    2 points
  44. Dad3353
    Spare a thought for the poor little so-n-so that eagerly opened his tenth birthday present of... Cork sheets. ...
    2 points
  45. la bam
    Was playing with a new toy today - quilter bass block 800. I love the eq system. Love it. No bass, mids, high knobs. Just a depth knob and contour knob with 3 main positions on each. Talk about a perfect idea. Start perfectly flat, literally twist, turn....no. twist back..closer.....twist a little more. Perfect. Great idea, and the graphs on the facia show you what your aiming towards. No getting confused what to add or cut in a 5 band eq. This adjusts from one knob. Well done quilter. Great idea, well implented. Also, love the locking iec. Great idea.
    1 point
  46. Jimothey
    After following @Christine's Thunderbird build it has swayed me (as I was never really a fan of them) to make my own...... It's going to be a Fenderbird but I haven't decided whether it's going to be 4 or 5 string as yet?? As I've been told they suffer from neck dive would a 4 string would be better to keep the weight of the headstock down or would the difference in weight be negligible??......... If I decide to go down the 4 string route I would string it BEAD anyway I know this isn't going to be a popular choice but I'm going to make the body out of chambered plywood (I tried one of my friends homemade ply bodied bitsa Telecaster and his American deluxe Telecaster and couldn't tell the difference in the sound if anything the ply bodied Tele had better sustain so that got me thinking??) it's going to be painted and I'm leaning towards Yellow with black hardware and pickguard something a bit like this? With a maple/maple block neck........... I don't really like the 3 point bridges tha t are normally on them so I'm thinking about a tun-o-matic bridge instead and I might go active with active/passive push/pull bypass like on my Quincy, 5 string and 6 string build
    1 point
  47. W1_Pro
    Here is my SC deluxe. It's an early one, serial number 87SC4596 which dates it to 1987 which fits with the 'made in West Germany' schaller machine heads. In the interests of full disclosure, there are a few minor dinks on it, but nothing too bad. I've tried to capture these in the photos. If you want more pics- let me know. It's a magnificent bass. The electrics all work as they should, the truss rods are fine, the action is low, the neck slim and fast. I truly do not want to sell this, but I've been offered a 20th anniversary model and the powers that be have firmly told me it's one in, one out, or else. It is made I believe, of walnut facings over a mahogany core with maple laminations. The neck is maple & purpleheart. The woodwork is astonishing. I'm happy to courier at your expense. I'd be happier if you tried it before buying. I'm in Bury St Edmunds most of the time. London at least once a week and Wales periodically. Comes with a fitted hardcase- American, by 'The Modern Case Company'. Can't say I've ever heard of them, but it's a fine case. In terms of cash. I'm happy to consider offers, but it is what it is and I'm not going to bend much on the price.
    1 point
  48. Gunsfreddy2003
    Holy stinky poo - that is small! We demand pricing info now Russ!
    1 point
  49. BassTool
    Forgot to say, it played and sounded great acoustically when I first strung it up.....
    1 point
  50. Bill Fitzmaurice
    A jack is the part that a plug is inserted into. The 1/4" phone jack and plug were invented for use on telephone switchboards.
    1 point
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