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Playing stereo with two Trickfish Bullhead 1K heads driving two TF112 cabinets. Amazing power and clarity.

Biscuits are always good!!

Been exchanging a few emails with Mark about building a bass for me. I have always wanted a sonic blue P bass circa 1964. However, due to the cost of a few thousand pounds, this is not going to happen. I will not play a vintage Fender down the Dog and Duck to be covered in beer by pissheads. So I am commissioning Mark to build me a replica of this beauty. I am looking at a 12 week turnaround. Ooh I cant wait! 😊

the same (sweet spot)setting i always use on the VT, makes any amp great

Wanted to post my board on here. Iv had the same setup for a while now and love reverb and drive sounds. The one I don’t really use is the octamiser, which is a shame. id also like to add another drive in like the darkglass alpha onega or microtubes for some heavier stuff, but not sure yet.

Drove back in time last night. Village pub, absolutely packed with people of all ages; good natured and lively rubbed shoulders with trollied and truculent. There was a blend of ruddy cheeked bumpkin, bigoted little Englanders, and entertainment starved youngsters for whom taking turns dancing while wearing my hat appeared to be the highlight of their weekend. I'd gone hoping to impress a BL who was after a regular bass dep and said she was running an open mic. What actually transpired was I played a long set of function band standards with a young and very competent guitarist and the world's most handsome drummer - neither of whom I'd met before. We backed a variety of indifferently capable 'singers' in a kind of live karaoke. The BL, who was being richly rewarded for our efforts, spent most of the evening getting plastered outside among the other smokers. She seemed impressed with the bits she saw, however, and I got the promise of more work - the main reason I'd driven the 50 miles into the back of beyond. Time will tell if it was all worthwhile or not but it was great fun. I'm in the studio all day today so what with gigging on Friday and last night I feel like a musician again. Might have been nice to have been offered petrol money or at least a drink but you know what? I had a blast, tested myself in an unusual situation and made some potentially valuable contacts. If I look on it as an unusual audition then it was a great success.

Was musing on how great this tune is and decided to check out whether Allmusic.com had and sort of entry. Turned out they did. It certainly threw a few interesting names into the mix... Drums - Liam Genockey Of Steeleye Span fame Percussion - Tristan Fry Of Sky fame Wakka wakka Guitar - Vic Elmes (who was in prog band zZebra with Genockey) But the name which really caught my attention was the bass player from zZebra who provides that great bass line. A certain Mr John McCoy, later of Samson, Gillan and Mammoth. Saw him playing with Gillan on the Future Shock/Double Trouble tour. What a commanding presence! Great P bass tone too!

Now back up to £22. There's bad review of it as well: 'I purchased this so called ‘Big Beautiful Book Of Bass’ hoping to find some great fishing tips and tricks but it doesn’t even contain Bass recipes or even a single photograph of a fish, let alone any hints on how to catch the slippery little blighters. I think the guy who wrote this book (Jeddy?) was hoping to net himself some really stupid fishermen and it worked.'

I very much hope this isn't an indication that a certain Milwaukee bassist is about to quit his band... But if so, here's how I do it: * Tip up for rehearsal without your gear * Tell them you've always hated them * Chin someone * Leave the room and go straight to the parking lot * Shove a potato up the tail-pipe of each of your bandmates' cars. Or p*ss in their tanks. It doesn't really matter. * Call the promoters for all the band's upcoming bookings and tell them the band can't do the dates. Let the band find out the hard way, the bastards. * Change your name and appearance (maybe shave your head and grow a moustache) and move to another city

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 🙂

Dear Born Yesterday I’ve worked with Guns N Roses/Kady Ga Ga etc, never heard your band but offering you a European tour. From A Scheister

I have absolutely no idea what question you were thinking would be asked. 🤘METAAAAAL!! 🤘

Done a little more work on the neck - fitted the headpiece and started shaping the body line. They're the tricky bits so now looking forward to shaping the back of the neck. Had to make sure the access for the truss rod lined up correctly - that'll do nicely!

I didn't know Del Boy played bass

I meant Lira .

Is that how much you're prepared to pay???

My favourite bass is brown - actual brown brown. Far from my favourite colour though, would be low on any list if I was buying new. Although I really like how this looks & wouldn't want to refinish it. Probably helps that you can (just) see the grain through it, but that's not really a factor. Natural wood's different though, but it's hard to quantify why. It just is...

Welcome to Basschat. Take a look at the Build Diaries section (under 'Gear'). Prepare to be amazed and inspired!

Looks a tasty bass and for not being a vintage/Custom Shop Fender I think you'll enjoy it more, if you're like myself to worry about vintage or expensive equipment getting scratches or dents. The gigs at the Dog and Duck not going too well? 😜

Oh Good Grief! Apostrophe (and Spelling) Police here. Callous means hard-hearted and unsympathetic, and that may well be the case, but the word you are groping for is CALLUS.

Phil Jupitus sounding good on guitar too.

And I didn't believe them until i watched this. Jack Sabbath warts and all 😁😁😁😁😁

Back in 2003 I had Gas for a Fender Jazz 5. I tried several and couldn't find one I liked. Then out of the blue on a gig in Germany, a Fender USA Marcus Miller 5, was the hired in Bass for me. That was it, I found a Jazz I really liked. Soon as I was back in the UK, I ordered a new one. It was more than I wanted to pay, but played like a dream. I still have it and use it now, so a right result. 👍

1. jebroad 2. Len_Derby 3. Jabba_the_gut 4. Spondonbassed - Hohner B2A 5. Andyjr1515 6. Jimothey 7. Mojo 8. Owen 9. Teebs 10. Josie 11. Aidan63 12. Frank Blank 13. petecarlton (newbie) 14. Bassman Sam. I'll bring my NR Custom built Thunderbird, Ashdown 2x10 combo and a MM P-bass. 15. ChrisLovatt (bassbash virgin) Will bring my Sire Marcus Miller V7. Maybe a pack of biscuits too.

I've got your number, robot boy ... every 11 posts, you automatically post this: Which must reset your logic circuit... that was fixed in the T35 droids, so you are probably a T34-B. Start insult generator / level=3: Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries. End /

I think the Ricky Lightshows were early 70s - here's a guitar one: Maybe reissues/recreations of the 50s custom jobs @Ricky 4000 mentioned. Not on the list...

Aren't they the 'Lightshow' ones or something like that? If so I'm sure young Mr. Entwistle owned one.

475±x = #845627888\ yes/no gateway

2019 seems to be all about MIDI. DD500 has displaced the El Capistan for now. Loving Tera Echo and Slow Gear. I’ll probably get a Volante at some point since every delay I own ends up being judged on how close to a Binson it can get. Much later in the day though. CC allows me to have the filter and delay after the loop switcher and just set them to bypass unless needed. Source Audio C4 is likely to be the next purchase - unless Source Audio really Mess up (unlikely) - it could replace the Manta!, Okto Nojs and the PS 6.

Just purchased my first this week from a fellow basschatter, and I'm nothing short of stunned how good this thing is. I notice there isn't already a fan thread as of yet but I think there's some love, so lets start one! This is probably a 325 (!?) but I'm happy to be corrected! lets see yours!

Hi all, I hope I’ve put this on the right forum. It’s been a while since I’ve been on here. As with all my basses and friends of mine I set them all up and quite enjoy it. Lately I’ve had an urge to start a project of modifying a bass and having a go at changing everything. I’m a carpenter by trade and enjoy messing around with wood so modifying the body and cutting out for new pickups would be fun. My question is have any of you guys any experience at doing this and what bass would you recommend to start on?Any advice would be appreciated and I’ll be taking pictures of it as I go along. As this is my first project I would like to breathe life into a cheap bass and add new finishes and pickups to it and see what happens. Thanks 😊

Rock, metal, bit of classical.

I have to agree, my '64 was original LPB finish, and it looked it, had a lovely subtle greenness to it, that finish looks like a current MIM. Not sure it shows in the pic below, but thought I;d post it anyway

Even better is that the bass is currently strung through-body so enjoy changing those strings lol

Nice - it looks just like mine if it had a string missing Actually I notice it doesn't look the same, the waviness is different and the speckles are in a different place. The great advantage of wood like that, every one is a bit different.

Usually in good terms. The most recent band I left (where a member here was guitarist too), I liked them a lot but I joined them at a time when my main band was not that busy and things looked a bit down... then things got better and much busier. At the same time this band got a bit busier too and I was feeling like I was going to be spread too thin and it wasn't fair. So I announced I was going to have to leave, but I said I'd play whatever gigs they needed me to until they found a replacement. I actually suggested a friend as a replacement, he auditioned and he is still with them. A few years earlier I left another band whose music I liked but there was a BL and he was too much of a control freak. It was taking the joy out of playing, and after one particularly awful gig where he kept talking on his mic over the first 3 songs to ask various changes in the monitors (he refused to go in early to do a soundcheck!) I just quit. I'd have played any gigs to avoid them cancelling but they got a new guy in time for the next gig. Shame, as it was good material and played a few really cool gigs with them... but the joy was no longer there. Then there was that band, we didn't get to gig... I was a bit fed up with volume wars and a very insecure guitarist. This guitarist was their former bass player, and the minute the band started praising my bass style he got a bit grumpy. I thought it was coincidence. Then a couple of weeks later I was playing guitar and I don't know if he felt threatened or what but he became a real silly billy from then on. We had booked a gig just over a month from the date when I decided it was not for me, but I decided I'd like to play that gig. However, I cancelled two practices leading to that gig (I couldn't be arsed to subject my eardrums to that infernal racket... and we already knew the songs well...), and drummer emailed me to say they were talking and thought things weren't working out. So I got fired before I could quit. Then they did not play that gig, or any others in fact, as I was following them for a while. It annoyed me a little bit I didn't get to say "I quit" Another band I was the founder and main person, it was a RHCP tribute... things were fizzling out and I was clashing a bit with our very good but a bit arrogant guitarist. He started out a different project in another town and was finding it hard to meet for practices too, it was obvious his heart wasn't into it anymore. Then we had a very meh gig, and I announced that I didn't think I wanted to continue doing this. So we played one more gig a month later, supporting my main band actually, and we called it a day. Drummer had been recruited to my main band soon before that, and I stayed in touch with singer, and we've played together a couple of times after that. Guitarist... I hear he's doing well and has adopted a kind of rock star look in his late 40s. I wish him all the best but have no interest in meeting him again. However I'll forever be grateful for the first couple of years in that band, I had some of the best gigs and much more fun than I imagined. He actually was very helpful and a cool guy to be around with for some time. Shame we couldn't just part in good terms.

My Fodera Emperor 6 Elite and pedal chain.

I am using X-over (Iron Ether Divaricator, KMA Tyler) to keep the low frequencies (< 400 Hz) dry and the higher frequencies wet. If you blend dry and wet there may be phase and mud issues.

Hook famously said his Ric copy was the worst bass he ever played.

Love this colour - I built my own cheapo version of this bass last year and had a go at a light relic finish (mainly because my spray job wasn't perfect)

I played a fender 5, it seemed ok but I am the opposite - the strings are so far apart I can't play it smoothly, I miss the strings.