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Classic Stranglers. 😄

This just arrived, such a nice colour and rather hot IMHO Better pics than mine in FS ad http://davidjpym.com/page295.html

It's been a hell of a weekend. It was my birthday Friday and I was offered a place at ACM to study musicianship with Bass, so my boyfriend bought me a new bass as a Happy Birthday/Congratulations present! My very first Fender! A Jazz 'American professional II'. I'm in love

First full band rehearsal for us last night since the start of lockdown. Could tell everyone was delighted to be making music together again!

All done, finally. Kept going with the oil, then finished with a few coats of renaissance wax. I added indicators to the wooden knobs with a bit of cocktail stick. The guitarist had given me some Seymour Duncans to install in place of the original PRS pickups, so had to re-jig the wiring, but that went OK - the single coil settings on the push/pull knob sound decent, and the volume is pretty even whichever pickup(s) are selected, so job done!

Babylon though is a great film, and great soundtrack.

Glue up all good!

On a different tack, the Alton Ellis track a bit earlier made me think of this one..

All of em.

Dogs don’t like slap bass because they have no thumbs. It’s sour grapes more than musical differences.

There’s plenty to like about Rick Beato’s videos. No ‘fun’ graphics or visual puns, no pretence of cool. Just dense information and loads of enthusiasm.

It's a myth that no one hears the bass player. Try playing a song a semi tone flat. They'll all notice that in 2 seconds. If you sound bad, the phone stops ringing. If the phone keeps ringing it usually means you don't have a bad tone. Because other guys in the band don't comment doesn't mean they don't notice or don't care. Most good players will expect everyone in the band to sound good, as they will expect good timing and interesting ideas. That is a given and is not a source of interesting conversation so they talk about other stuff.

The more likely scenario is that they stick the Eden name plate on inexpensive Asian imports to make them appear legitimate. That's what GC did with Acoustic, not to be confused (though they endeavor to so so) with Acoustic Control Corporation.

I’ve been lusting after this burgundy mist Sei from the first time I saw it about 3 years ago. Finally got round to purchasing it and couldn’t be happier. Almost perfect spec for me 33.5” scale, a P that sounds great solo’d or mixed with the bridge humbucker (which can also be really snarly solo’d), sounds just fine in passive mode, super slim striped maple neck, lovely fingerboard, very low action, through neck with beautifully carved neck to body alignment, bound body, back-angled headstock and even has nice subtle white LEDs on the top of the neck. Sits beautifully on the wall next to my other Sei too 😉

I’m out …

FFS. I'd type more than that if I was selling a no name bitsa 🙄.

Just checked and it is a legit 1962 number. Don’t know much more than that though. Ran it through DVLA out of curiosity and it’s not had an MoT recently.

FFS ... I thought that was Ken Livingstone.

I'm really missing live music....I love this.

This is one of my all time favourite rock bass tones.

I really like track, but I think Billie’s great anyway.

Jurassic Shift ～ Ozrics

My work in progress from Dave. Please remember he doesn’t like heavy relic finishes but he’s made an exception for me 😂 . I’ll post pics of finished bass next week after it’s had some time to settle.

It won’t, never an issue. When going close to the end on a build I cut the end slot to 0.6mm to ensure and file the tangs to ensure the fret does not apply much pressure. Glue holds it in place…. Hey presto! Done this multiple times successfully so no concerns there.

I don't think the Stomp does the best Filter or Synth sounds- which are the things the C4 does really well, so it is a good combination. Trouble with the C4 is look on the threads here or Talkbass and the majority of posts are people trying to figure them out or how to attach additional controllers - perhaps that's a good sign that it's potentially capable of so much, perhaps a bad sign that you need to spend extra time and money to usefully access all it can do.

Getting sillier!

Probably THE perfect pop song, a great no.1, AND a great bass line;

This might explain the difficulty I had in getting a WTP600 last year. Ordered it in March, then came lockdown and a year of chivvying by the local dealer who got nowhere with them. Managed to find one on Bass Direct in the end. It's a crying shame. I love the Eden sound.

Albatross - F Mac

I absolutely loved the Ashdown ABM215 that I played through, far preferred it to the SVT810.

I like Yamaha basses I have an RBX 5 string and it is awesome. I have gone down the route of upgrading everything on a bass and, IMHO the bridge is that last thing I would change.Those BOBT bridges are more than good enough and often the "high mass" AKA heavy bridges actually add nothing to the tone.

This thread has revived at an opportune time... My 80s band wants to start to audition keys players.... Wish me luck! Every keys player I've ever met has had a distinct serial killer vibe.

The guy gets to make a living doing what makes him happy. Can't say fairer than that

Spoilsport.

We've just done our first gig back at a pub we've played before. An odd sort of do a kind of hybrid between a wedding party and a brewery mini festival. We'd had a couple of rehearsals but the rust was still present and we've immediately booked more rehearsals. the punters as ever didn't seem to notice. My goodness it was good to be back. We've got another 5 bookings this year with an apparently steady flow of enquiries. The pubs are largely absent at the moment so these are outdoor events mainly, and from previous bookers. Full marks to @skidder652003 @Happy Jack and @Silvia Bluejay for getting out there and working at it. I'm optimistic about next year, a lot of our regular pubs have closed/changed hands and a lot of bands have folded too. I suspect there is a generation of older musicians who will have retired from regular gigging, A lot of faces disappeared in the last few years before COVID and this will make up some people's minds to join them. Driving everything though will be the desire for people to go out and be at a live event. If I were a pub I'd be waiting and watching but I think when it happens there will be a rush and the bands that are prepared and ready will be in demand. I also agree that it's not the time to push prices, we need to give the venues a break and help build confidence. good luck all.

The Marshall VB & DBS ranges were great bass amps, ideal for rock etc, but yes, never really known as a bass amp company due to the huge guitar amp reputation. I was surprised when they took over Eden and am even more surprised at what they’ve don’t with it as it would have been an ideal opportunity to get properly into the bass amp market.

I saw this last night - it was great . I've really enjoyed watching Rick's posts - always entertaining and loads to learn .

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So. Brief recap The singer quit. In a huff. We never replied. And he admitted he was being a massive knob. And really missed it. Guitarist who “moved to Birmingham”, has messaged - the move didn’t go well…so much so he’s bought a place up the road In Didsbury (posh fecker). So all the reasons we jacked…gone. We meet on Monday. Either. We’ll ride off into the sunset. or…it’ll crash and burn. I’m genuinely unsure what this means for the current setup with Tom and Andy…🤨🙄🤦🏻‍♂️

Dreams, Fleetwood Mac. It sits on two chords for ever, then when it gets to the lovely little bass breakdown I've switched off and I miss it. Every time...

And before anyone asks, yes I do have the Pioneers original (!)

1988/9 Sunburst Sabre 8.1 lbs