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Walnut one almost ready to assemble. Lots and lots of tru oil and it’s looking bloody lovely. The other is primed, grain filled and mist coated ready for wet coats and lacquer starting tomorrow. Ending up Candy Apple Red 😁

Agnesi: (speaking in tones of hushed reverence) "The one I got in my hands. The big daddy of them all. The Les Paul." Ah, yes. A Gold Top with a visibly squint bridge pick-up. Screengrab from Agnesi video

In fairness, hiring the normally reliable Mark Agnesi from Norm's is a bit of a coup. Shame that the new hedge fund wonks at Gibson decided to put him out there as a bizarre cross between an awestruck muppet and an Obergruppenfuhrer with piles.

That's not Porky Pig. That's an imposter. ^^ This is Porky Pig. He's about 20 years younger and three foot shorter than the bogus Porky. And what's with Axl Rose? He's dropped three decades and fifteen stone from the lardy geriatric last seen out with AC / DC. So two imposters. Someone should f*cking sue someone about this. Edit: ... and the fake Porky's wearing a blue neck tie like some kind of wage slave gimp. The real Porky wears a red bow tie. I'm so furious I could sh*t.

I wouldn't be too bothered if there were no more Rics or Gibsons fake or real tbh

Well I revived my new P34 today. Got it from Kenny’s in Glasgow for a good price. Very happy with it, or rather happy that I’m not disappointed lol. Just got home and tuned it up. Seems nice (bare with me). Just need to get my own strings on it. I think the ones it comes with are a bit thinner than i normally use. I was expecting XL’s but all the ball ends are brass coloured, not sure if they are stock or not. There is a bit or tarnishing on one of the neck washers, but now I’m being very picky and too OCD. Not an issue at all. Set up is as good as i need. Action is just over 2mm at the 12th, my preferred height, and neck is almost straight. I always shim my necks, i like the action to stay constant above the 12th fret. Not sure I’ll bother with the P3 or 425. Seems like it might be a bit harder due to the way the bolts go in. Not a bit deal though, and the P34 definitely wont get shimmed. The neck is very similar to the Lakland JO neck i have. Flat and narrow. A very good thing and it feels very fast. Not quite as comfortable (yet) as my Squier CV Jazz, but a neck i will definitely come to prefer. I do wish it was a good backed neck though. It feels spacious, more than my CV Jazz neck, even though the string spacing is the same at the bridge. Tone through my B1 and headphones sounds good. Having just got used to the more aggressive 425, the P34 sounds a bit plain, and while not lacking power certainly lacks a bit of punch the 425 has. I was aware of this before getting it so its not a negative, just an observation on first play. Its certainly a good P bass, as good as my Fender Sandblasted P, and will put my other P basses out of a job. Expect the 425 though, as its a 5 string so i may need it one day. I love the body shape and size, it seems smaller than my other P basses, which is great. It doesn't feel too heavy when i hold it, ive not strapped it on yet but i know it wont cause any problems even on longer gigs. Now, all the above hopefully shows i love the new bass, but i still feel the 425 has it place. The bridge pup on the 425 can easily holds its own against the neck pup. Ive already started to use it on its own for a few songs, and its the most useable neck pup ive every owned. The neck pup on the 425 seems to be perfect for me without needing any effects, not something ive found in any of my other P bass (inc the P34). All in all I’m happy with my 2 new Yamahas, but more so the 425.....for now.

He also appears to play upside-down lefty, a major faux pas... 😂😮

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I think they tried this with Paul Reed Smith a few years ago and they didn`t win that one. Does Gibson`s legacy and copyright of shapes extend to the Gibson/Epi Stratocasters they made a few years back? Hi my name is Mark Agnesi and no I`m not reading this corporate BS off an autocue.

No, only got the P34 today. Ill get some taken of both basses tomorrow when the light is better 🙂

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It's pronounced LESS Paul now, apparently.

It’s pretty straight forward. If your unlikely to use the Native software then it’s not really of any value to you. If it’s something you can integrate into your normal workflow/music making/home rehearsal/practice then it might be worth the cost. I don’t see how it gets much more complicated. Personally I do all my music rehearsal/practice at home via laptop/headphones and as I noodle on guitar and some keys too this would be quite a tempting deal. I can see how it might not appeal to someone with an already heaving pedal hoard and a couple of existing multi fx units.

Does Mickey Mouse know Gibson have got his ears?

Myself and Porky have much in common.

Like I said in a later posting, five of the number being advertised are by two sellers. Not all music, or all players require the use of a six string instrument; I think most players would actually get away with a three string bass and just four frets. I think Tony Levin had a three string Stingray built for him? I mostly play solo, and I tend to use a lot of chords, so for me the high C string is really a necessity, as is having 24 frets. It all depends on what you do. I remember one of tutors at uni kept asking if I wanted him to remove one of my strings. He was d**k though, his thing was playing like Victor Wooten, totally different to my thing.

Meanwhile, in a bar in south London, 500 Superdry tee wearers enjoy a quiet natter over a pint.

I thought the the two extra strings were spares in case summat snapped on stage ?

I went from a 4-string to a 6-string after a lot of research, back and forth, worry about the additional strings, etc., etc. and many conversations with @ambient. This was 2015/16 and now I'm down to just one bass - a 6-string. Ultimately it's been fine. You just adapt and get used to it. Never say never but I can't see myself moving away from a 6-string now.

If you can, solder it in such a way that it will run around the socket to the lug it is pointing at, not over the socket where it can be interfered with by the lead being plugged in and out, which could have caused this. Use a cable tie or something similar to get that other lead away from where it will be moved by the lead also.

I spent a lot of money over the years chasing tone in different instruments. I think it’s a fool’s errand, to be honest. These days, if it does’t sound good with everything flat, I move it on. The EQ should be there to enhance an already fundamentally strong tone, not to try to hopefully uncover a silk purse, if you know what I mean. Just a quick observation on your settings as described, you boost the low frequencies on the bass and the amp? Punch comes from mids and boosting lows is, effectively, turning down mids in the way the amp will try to make the sound and how your ear will effectively hear it. Try setting everything flat, everything, and adjust EQ according to the sound you want. I’d wager your Ibanez has a stronger mid presence than the Jazz, especially if you were running both pickups together which is a naturally mid-scooped sound anyway, and that’s why it felt like the Ibanez had more punch.

When she meets up with Phil wherever they are, she will be giving him a right bollocking for all the drugs! Hope he`s got a set of earplugs 😊

I've a bass like that, spent a fortune on it over the years ... market value = ziltch. Think we just have to keep them and get them out now and then for a bit of reminiscence .. finally handing them over to a grandson or nephew ... who will go " yeh, whatever" and stick it under a bed.

Go on then! switches are parallel/SC/series for each pickup then volume- 5position switch - bass - treble using a copy of a pre EB stingray preamp I built. 5 position switch is 100 neck/100 Neck 80 bridge / 100 both / 80 neck 100 bridge / 100 both idea being in bridge pickup in parallel it’s 100% a stingray in terms of pickup position and how the circuit works. Neck pickup is more or less a precision sound and close to my G&L L1000. Both single coils and you know it’s not an awful jazz sound. Sounds good, though preamp needs a fair bit of balancing between settings as (like a stingray) there’s nothing in between the pups and the preamp input. oddly it comes into its own tonally through a compressor.

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Bruce Foxton in the early days it was always a Rick. Later with SLF and From The Jam on a Precision maybe but it was always Ricks and a Musicman. Precisions were synonymous with Punk - Paul Simmonen Jean-Jaques Brunel Sid Vicious Dee Dee Ramone Glen Matlock to name just a few of the iconic bassists. There were loads more.

Clear message, certainly. But epic fail for the filming - looking away from the camera during close-ups is a schoolboy error.

PVC pipe is not the easiest material to glue but silicon sealant does a reasonable job. Wood glue won't stick to PVC at all.

+1 but must be bolt on neck for me. Be wary of set necks. There be dragons! Lol

I know it's too late but Stevie's suggestion of plumbing pipe was pretty close. It;s actually ducting pipe to be precise, and although correct that there's no lip like a dedicated bass port off the shelf, it can be sorted. Screwfix sell 100mm manrose pipe, and they also sell a 100mm joiner. Just cut the joiner off below the lip, and silicone seal that into the pipe and you have a lip. I did this in my DIY build

So the Ric stays in it's case ? 😂

Amazing alternative to the Badass II. I was struggling to find Badass' for my basses and tried one of these Hipshot out with zero expectations and I was extremely surprised. Great piece of kit, well built and is a must (for me at least) on a Fender style bass.

put a spacer or a nut between the ball end and the bridge ? if there is enough string at the other end to wind onto the tuner of course

Really interesting perspective, and I agree. I should say I'm only 38 so don't remember the 70s, but I've been a record collector and soul, jazz and funk fan for 20 years. I've got a lot of friends who are record collectors too, so I've been listening to a lot of rare stuff from around the world for years and always seek out new music where I can. Ultimately, the power of music is to move us - as you said in a previous post. While Vulf leaves me cold, I remember the visceral thrill of hearing my first Meters track and how it changed my feelings about music. If Vulf and Joe are moving people in the same way, then all power to them. And if they moved me like that I'd damn well wear a T-shirt!

He looked into my eyes just as an airplane roared above Said something about football But he never mentioned love. or There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis Just like you swore to me that you'd be true There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis But he's a liar and I'm not sure about you.

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Unless, of course, the original owner didn't fork out £79 for Helix Native so it should be still available to the next guy? Let's face it, how many of us have / will get both Stomp plus Native? Seems a bit pointless to me. If you've got a Stomp and the free HX Edit then the two together do everything that Native does.

Lovely gig with a lovely bunch of people (most of whom can really play their instruments and sing) in a lovely music bar. I walked in (sans bass), and the lady behind the bar looked at me and said "You must be the bass player, would you like a beer?" My kind of bar

Closed Wave Gotik Treffen 2019 at Haus Leipzig. By the end I think we had the crowd on side.....here they are after the first encore. 49F34054-3A8A-4323-9827-42CB9D52CCC4.MP4

Not surprised! After our usual 45-50 minute set I've sweated about 6 pints, my fingers have seized up, both knees are swollen and I've put out either mine or somebody else's back!

I'd rather take a bass than the Mrs.

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