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OK so I fell out with my Canadian Dingwall ABZ,although it is undoubtedly a thing of beauty & plays sublimely well I just can't get it to sound how I'd like it in the band. Since I realised I was trying to make it sound like a P bass (which it isn't) I made up my mind I actually needed a P bass. After much research & browsing I didn't want a Fender as they are massively over priced,then spotted the Vintage Modern basses on Bass Direct. Contacted Mark & sorted a good trade deal out for this little beauty. It is a sublime P bass,sounds ace,build quality is spot on & it has a gorgeous roasted maple neck too. So I've gone full circle once again & ended up on a P bass. You'd think I'd learn 😁

I have a good friend who is a bit poorly and is coming to the end of his playing days. He still has his guitars but has sold his drum kits and bits. Which brings him to his double basses - yes, he’s quite versatile. On one of our regular phone calls he asked me to help him with his Martin and a 7/8 German Bass. I remember going to see George Martin with him when he bought that bass and if it wasn’t that I’m on a downsize I’d have snapped it up. I phoned George and explained the circumstances and although Martin’s rarely buy basses in, unless they are old and have improvement potential, we agreed a price for the two basses. A bit of a bargain price but one to make it worth George’s while and which would satisfy my friend. After George collected the basses I emailed him to thank him for accommodating my friend. He told me that he already had someone coming to see the bass who had a small budget, was going to music college and who Martins wanted to help. If that happens it will be a great result and my friend will be absolutely delighted.

My latest incarnation... pedals in the effects loop of the Stomp.

That’s a shame that Peavey feel that, sure their bass gear is nothing flashy but it’s super reliable and sounds good. Sometimes - often for me - that’s all that is needed.

I have headless basses, headed basses, old ones and new ones, upright ones, shirt scales one, acoustic ones and even electric upright bass ones. I am a lover of all things bass!

The singer in one of the bands I used to play in didn't have a clue. He persisted until he got things right though. Once in rehearsals the guitarist and I were working something out and we asked the singers opinion. He said "Don't ask me, how am I supposed to know? I'm a singer. My job is to shout and look pretty" 😂😂😂😂

As long as there's no knickers, I'm game.

I’m pretty shocked that you’d risk My Hermes to deliver anything more than a pair of socks.

I've got a couple of old TE GP11 amps - they're great. I've got an Elf - it's great. I've no issues with the company evolving; I do like the fact that the name still exists.

Probably a typo. I do find the reviews to be amusing, especially this bit: The info sheet which is included in the package says that these cables need to be used for some time before their full sound potential is achieved. I found that interesting and I think it makes sense ...Anyone foolish enough to believe that nonsense deserves to pay four times what it's worth. He must be a guitar player. 🙄

Can't we just be excited at a new Trace Elliot amp without having to dissect the history of the company's ownership? I am very excited to know more about it.

I’ve seen it before and it was on September last year, there’s some great footage and music, well worth a watch, even if your not a big reggae fan

In all honesty I feel that a player will not be able to tell the difference between this cable and a length of lamp cable with 1/4" Phone plugs on each end!

Health issues aside I intent to make an appearance, however it’s unlikely I’ll bring any kit. 😳

Frets are in! Also had a parcel from the Netherlands arrive with my 32" scale notched straight edge. Waste of money maybe, as it turns out it's dead straight as it is anyway!

yeah, but you don't get audiences in the Albert Hall drunkenly shouting "play Beethoven's ninth..." at the conductor😄

Sad to hear that the COVID has again impacted on, what is generally, a great day out. I'd love to attend, however I appreciate people's reservations. Seen you all in 2022 hopefully.

For my sins 'shredding' and 'staggering fast' are both guaranteed to make me pass. I would doubtless appreciate the technique but not enough to want to listen.

More Korean traditional spacerock - new tiny desk concert out today!

Fixed the above

@Skinnyman is far worse though. He overplays using a Rickenbacker.

Knew I had one last set of “sucked sweetie” control knobs left… Now completely 1980’s Yamaha stock.

The good news: I finished putting it all together and applied all the labels. The bad news. When I powered it up and took it out of Standby, the mains and HT fuses both blew immediately! I need to get stuff ready for this weekend’s gigs so I won’t have time to look at the amp for a couple of days but I expect it will be blindingly obvious when I open it up…

Are all 1,200 of those watts Trace Elliot watts?

I'm quite taken with some of the examples of 'steampunk' instruments I've seen online. I'm half tempted to have a go at a mild steampunking of a bass, as it would fit quite well with the quasi-Victorian/Edwardian stage image I'm currently putting together for one of my bands. Have any of you lovely people ever done anything in a similar vein? I don't envisage doing anything quite as complex as this Jazz, but I am quite taken with the milder look that's been done to this Tele.

If it’s not talking, it’s just not talking put it away in its case for a week and if you absolutely don’t miss it as much as you thought, sell it. Anything else makes you a hoarder

My early excursions with Double Bass meant I was listening to a lot of NHOP (and Ray Brown). Loved Niels playing although, I preferred Ray Brown's tone and Swing. Of course, both very different players in technique and style.

£250 for a metallic pink 5er (collection only in Scotland) https://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-instrument/yamaha-5-string-bass-guitar-£250-ono/1409560441

Christina for me, just sayin 😁

Massage in a Brothel... Not just covers though, I was in an originals band and we always rehearsed one song as "You Always Squirt the One You Love".

i used to live near a pub called the Duck, but they didn't have any live music at all. i guess it's the dog that owns the PA.

That may be so, but you can't be too careful!

Your photography from what I've seen is absolutely top notch... But.....From personal experience, for what it's worth, I think you'll regret getting rid of absolutely everything.. Keep at least one favourite bass, and something modest to stick it through etc... You'll want to play again in some way shape or form, trust me...

Of course I do - I'd bring her sister as well.

sadly we also have useless animals like Bungle Johnson who can't seem to stop breeding - so much so that it's now difficult to know to what extent he has been replicating his sociopathic DNA.

I’ve been having lessons on zoom with Scott and can highly recommend him. Lovely bloke, great player and a patient, easy to understand teacher.

Ffs why would the cabs be put on their sides so the logos are not upright. Can nobody market properly these days?

Well I’m certainly interested in knowing a little more about them. Good to see a new product bearing the famous name.

I played in a club band with a Black Country vocalist. She used to introduce it as "Youm sex am on foyir".

Maybe that's where we differ.? I (nor my partners in crime...) are not so much moved by the clapping and cheering (in fact it's more often an embarrassment...). I started playing because I enjoy making music with other like-minded musicians; to give ourselves a raison d'être, we rehearse, and folk ask us to come and play. Apparently they, too, enjoy watching and listening to what we do, and do, indeed, clap and cheer. They clap and cheer, and ask us back, with the repertoire we've rehearsed. We wouldn't rehearse a set with songs we don't like, so that's what we play when we play out. We get asked back more often than my health permits now, and, because we don't ask for (nor want...) payment, we can choose which invitations to accept. We don't want to be out every week-end, either, so half-a-dozen dates a year was about our maximum, anyway. Different strokes, and all that. It's all good; we don't all do the same things for the same reasons for the same audiences. I've other anecdotes about getting the party up and dancing, but that's for another time.

Good point. I'll change my way of thinking on this to I *hope* it's a great amp that sounds like a good old fashioned TE. And I really do.

I don't want to wee on anyone's parade, but we do have a tendency to go straight onto the attack when we hear about a new product. Remember the appalling reaction to Barefaced and their pedal? Simple fact is we're consumers of products, we don't make them nor do we have any input to the R&D. If the product is badly thought out, designed or overpriced, we won't buy it. Having said all that, it's only my opinion. I just prefer us to be happy and excited not carping and miserable. Everyone else is of course free to explore their own response to the news.

In one of the hundreds of Andertons youtube clips Lee Anderton basically said that from his shop's point of view it doesn't matter how expensive or well done the mods are, they add no value to the px or resale price of the instrument. In a private sale a buyer might agree to pay more for a well modded instrument that particularly appeals to them but the general consensus seems to be that you'll get more of your investment back by returning the instrument to stock (if possible) and selling the upgrades separately.