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  1. A few finishing touches, mics, effects, wall hangers, pictures, WiFi, fridge, kettle etc. Had a proper loud mini-practice today, purposefully to hear what the volume will be like at the house 200ft away - with the windows and doors to the studio closed, and if you then stand outside the back door of my house, you can barely hear anything - if you're in the house with the doors closed you can't hear it at all. Good for the neighbours! Inside the room it is absolutely deafening at the 'test' volume we played at, we won't play at that volume during usual practice, but it is good to know that we can play VERY loud and still not bother the neighbours at all! We now have exceptionally strong WiFi down there too thanks to a WiFi powerline adapter (a fantastic bit of kit!) You plug one adapter into a wall socket by your router and connect it to the router with a ethernet cable, then the second adapter (which transmits WiFi) plugs into a wall socket in the studio, it uses the 16mm power supply we have moled underground to carry internet to the studio and then the adapter in the studio transmits the WiFi via the plug in adapter. Cost me just under £90 for the set up include a 5 way ethernet port that I've connected to the router. So now the RING alarm system is working, as is chromecast for the TV and as are the WiFi enabled radiators! Basically, that's it 100% done. 😁 Not bad considering we broke ground 8 weeks ago!
    10 points
  2. Rather than piggybacking onto the threads of others, I thought I really ought to create my own about my own musical journey. For bass, I'm in the local Rock School franchise playing with the adult learners group. I have a lesson one week and the jam session alternate weeks. Bit of a hiatus with lessons due to tutor being on paternity leave... but he's back this week. I already know all about GAS - you're talking to someone who is into astronomy, hi-fi, photography... before we get to music and I have two viols, 2 cellos, 4 saxes, and currently 4 (soon to be 5) basses... I've been able to read music (bass and treble clef) since I was about 12. The viols mean I have to read alto and octave treble clef; cello means I have to read tenor clef as well.I've got G6 theory and I'd like to get G8 done. I started singing lessons in my 30s and have sung in various sizes of choir since then. I have performed in probably several hundred concerts over the years. Some have been major concerts in big concert halls. I've performed at Philharmonic Hall (Liverpool), Bridgewater Hall (Manchester), Symphony Hall (Birmingham), Royal Albert Hall (London). I've also sung in about two dozen of the UK's cathedrals. I'm not in a choir at the moment as I'm retraining to sing tenor instead of baritone - I hope to join a group in the autumn. I started cello and sax in 2011. I joined local community music groups straightaway as I know how important playing with others is. I'm working on G6 for sax and my teacher says I'm around G7 on cello. Currently, I play cello in two orchestras. For sax I'm struggling to find a wind band near enough that meets on a usuable day that doesn't conflict with other things. I do play sax in a small ensemble which I run, but it only meets once a month. Although I bought my Fender back in 2016, I really struggled to find a teacher I got on with and it was only just before lockdown hit that I found someone I got on with. It's not that I'm difficult (honest! 🤣) but a lot of people who put themselves out to teach beginner bass players find I start asking questions they can't answer... The pic is me and my cello a couple of weeks ago at my first concert since late 2019... The orchestral part of the programme was the suite from Peer Gynt (Grieg) and a medley from Lady be Good (Gershwin). A bit different from the Blitzkrieg Bop at Rock School...
    9 points
  3. Last Price Drop to £2200 Before I pull it This lovely 1975 Fender P in lovely condition and all original, even the foam mute under the bridge plate has not perished Minimal fret wear, some light scratches across the fretboard which may have been caused with the previous owner cleaning against the grain but it barely noticeable Nut width is a very comfortable 38.9 mm Jazz like shape Weight is 4.4 kgs which just registered before the battery on the scales died so I will have to weigh it again, it feels a nice weight to me Nice birds eye to the back of the neck, tuners in great shape and the varnish on the headstock is starting to craze which is normal for these era basses, my 72 is the same All chrome is in great condition with no pitting, was kept hidden away for a good few years hence the condition Currently sporting flats, the neck date stamp puts it at 1974, the last digit is a 4 which I didn't capture on the phone. Pickups dated 1975 and post are also dated I have a moulded case which I will add for the journey to its new owner, price will include postage to UK addresses If I have left anything out then please comment, thanks for looking guys
    7 points
  4. This is "Carrie" my 82 JV Squire Jazz in Olympic white. I've owned this bass for 29 years,and it literally been around the world with me. When I was at Music college in Newcastle back in 1993 I used to pass a little second hand guitar shop in the West End. One day I was passing and looked in the window and saw this absolutely gorgeous bass, with its white/tortoise combo, and I had to try it. So I went in an plugged it in, and instantly fell in love. I bartered a deal to swap it for a Hohner fretless bass and an MIJ Fender Stratocaster, with £15 my way (the bass was £160 😂) I went in the following day with my instruments and SHOCK HORROR!! The owner sold it to someone else for cash 😡🤬 so I had to carry two basses and a guitar with me all day. I was currently using an Ibanez Musician so not the end of the world. Well about 4/5 months later, I'm walking past and that Bass is in the window again, only this time it's been absolutely butchered. The Tort scratchplate had been replaced with a cheap almost home made white one, and worse still the lovely original Squire logo had been sanded off, leaving a horrible piece of ruined finish where the owner tried to put a fender sticker🙄 but it was the same bass. I went in and did a deal (£120) and it was mine, I fell deeply in love with it. I had the Bass Doc in Newcastle source an old tortoise Pick Guard and he put a 60s fender logo on and refinished the headstock (couldn't get an original Squire logo). I foolishly in my younger days,modded it,in my attempts to sound more like Marcus Miller 😂🤣 so had a badass bridge and EMGS in for a while,as well as a few different preamps. I foolishly traded the original bridge and pickups and tuners. I fairly recently restored this back to stock, with a CTS jazz loom/Gotoh reliced vintage bridge and Gotoh lollipops. I also had Nordstrand NP4's added years ago. I try not to use it so much now, due to sentimental value, but this bass,is very much a big part of me and I'll never sell it, every scratch/ding was put on by me. I'm considering having it refinished for my 50th in a couple of years,with a matched headstock 😁
    6 points
  5. There's a band booked in to our local venue who play the music of Red Hot Chilli Peppers on bagpipes. I have two opinions on that, one controversial and one not. Red Hot Chilli Peppers haven't made a good song since blood sugar sex magic Bagpipes cannot improve any music or event or situation. Any situation where a bagpipe is playing could be improved by removing the bagpipe. My mates bagpipes were blown up by the bomb squad after he left them in the centre of Bath one night while drunk. Some say it was the best sound they ever made.
    6 points
  6. £600 - sorry, not looking for trades. Collection preferred, but happy to package up, if buyer wishes to arrange the courier. I bought this for use in a rock band, but haven't used since lockdown in 2020. Great sounding head but I just tend to use my Mark Bass amps a lot more. *Handbuilt in the USA *750 Watts @ 2 Ohms (550 @ 4, 280 @ 8), Simul-State Power / 12 Tube Driven Power MOSFET's, 4x12AX7 *8 Stage Vacuum Tube Preamplifier with Gain, Active Bass, Active & Passive Mids, Mid Frequency (adjustable from 200 Hz to 2 kHz), Active Treble & Master Volume Controls *Footswitchable Vacuum Tube Over-Drive with Independent Over-Drive & Master Level Controls *Tuner Output with Footswitchable Amplifier Mute *FX Loop with True "Hard" Bypass Switch *Balanced XLR Line Out with Pre/Post Switch, Level Control & Ground Lift *2 - Speakon and 2 - 1/4 Speaker Output Jacks *Slave Out w/Level Control *Two Speed, Dual Fan Cooling *2 Button Footswitch (Over-Drive & Mute)
    5 points
  7. The Definitive Guide To The Doctor Who Theme Music. https://www.dwtheme.com/ There is a menu on the page top left, I had to hit page refresh to replay some of the embedded samples on Firefox browser, of course the bass parts are the coolest. It is good that Delia Derbyshire finally got credit for this creation.
    5 points
  8. @Beedster Inevitably it has ended up at my gaff, thanks to @alyctes Should have bought it in the first place. Unlined ebony P width neck, zenith… 😂😂
    4 points
  9. It's not about technical ability, it's his note choices and phrasing, and often melodic basslines which could define the harmony.
    4 points
  10. Joni Mitchell's voice irritates the beJesus out of me.
    4 points
  11. This Pedulla MVP-5 has been my #1 since I received it in 2014. It just sits well on my hands. Excellent craftsmanship! 👍
    4 points
  12. Introduction I've been playing at playing bass for a few years, but recently kicked it up a notch and moved from UBASS to my current MCR-1 Short Scale. I really like it ... but ... there are some things I would like to be different ... none of them can be achieved by modding Ponty so I started looking for a bass that ticked my boxes; which are: Short overall length (33 inches or less). I play in a ukulele band and I do not want my bass to appear out of place (Does my bass look big in this band?) Plus a smaller bass is lighter (I've a bad back), easier to handle/transport and probably less dangerous to my band mates ... 5 Strings - Specifically a BEADG tuning. Hmmm ... to avoid the low B feeling/sounding like a piece of wet spaghetti it seems that a scale scale length of 31 inches or more is needed (Looking at various high quality short scale bass makers e.g. Birdsong) ... but how to fit that in a 33 inch bass? Headless 0 fret Having searched a lot I could not find anyone brilliant (insane!?) enough to be making this kind of thing and so the EBB5 Eclectic - design draws on ideas from all over Bespoke - custom build B - bass guitar 5 - 5 strings She shall be called Flo (It's a tide thing). And this will be her story ... S'manth edit: Building Flo turned into a building protoype build of Twiggy (5 string, fretless made from a 2x4 I happened to have lying around). After a delightful outcome I'm about to embark on Flo, learning from my mistakes and some successes with Twiggy ... new build diary here Flo - A second generation EBB5 bass
    3 points
  13. Hi all, ok this is a feeler for my Sandberg Basic Ken Taylor , don’t want it to go but my business is struggling and I need to release some funds short term pm me if interested for further details pics and offers Thanks for looking
    3 points
  14. PRICE DROPPED re listed after buyer failed to show Beautiful bass Neck thru with AGUILAR DCB PICKUPS & OBP-2 ACTIVE EQ SYSTEM Never even been out if the house absolute mint condition around £1100 new. Collection Mid Yorkshire WF11 or happy to meet halfway. Full description below https://www.andertons.co.uk/bass-dept/bass-guitars/modern-bass-guitars/spector-bass-legend-4-nt-walnut-stain
    3 points
  15. Hi guys, I have a second Jaydee on order... will confirm the model but it will be fully binded & sea foam green pearl colour. A few thoughts on my first Jaydee that i received in January: Being a Mark King fan since the first time i saw Level 42 on Top Of The Pops in the 80s, I always desired that distinctive Jaydee look & sound through out the nearly 30 years i have been playing bass now. So 3 years ago i put in an order for a blue series 3 Jaydee.. yep 3 years! When the bass arrived the first thing i notice was the beautiful craftsmanship & attention to detail, the construction was flawless. The neck was solid and super stable, so much so that i could get the most ridiculously low action. The paintwork was gorgeous, it actually changes colour depending how the light hits it, I would definitely recommend a pearl style colour if you like this effect. The negatives: Picking up the bass i did notice at first that it seemed a little heavier than my other basses which are all chosen for their lightness. This did bug me a bit (more on this later). On playing the bass for the first time sitting down, I found it a bit weird to balance on my knee as the shape of the contour pushes the bass backwards compared to say a Fender sitting position. Also, generally playing the bass after playing Fender Jazz basses for years, felt a bit strange, I couldn't get used to the tone controls, and the tone wasn't like my Jazz bass ...... 3 months later, negatives turn into positives: I soon got use to the slight weight increase, since lock down i had done virtually no exercise, after a few barbell curls I stopped to even noticing the slight weight difference. I soon got used to the shape of the bass in a sitting position, i experimented positioning the bass in between my legs (it actually helps your right hand finger style technique in the position) but also in my normal - resting just on my right leg position. One thing that has surprised me is how amazing these basses play and sound but - it didn't happen out of the base case, it took a few months to get use to the Jaydee sound and playability. Now, I can't even play as fast or articulate on my Jazz bass! Also, Jaydee basses are meant to be played mostly with the back pickup on, yep even for slap! But if you select both pickups you can get that Marcus Miller smooth slap sound as well. Also, It can handle an amazing Jaco style growling mid tone, perfect for staccato funk or reeling off bebop licks. By far this is my favourite bass I have owned, and iv'e owned quite a few. To conclude, my experience with Jaydee basses is that they are really professional basses for pro bass players. You have to make a few adjustments if you're coming from a Fender style instrument & probably need to play it in for a few weeks / months but once you do there's no looking back! I'd love to hear your similar stories & thoughts on your Jaydee bass experiences.
    3 points
  16. also how something like this sounds* *your fingers may vary the sound a wee bit compared to this guy's...
    3 points
  17. Absolutely this ^. I can't be doing with any nonsense about 'real players' who 'just know' where to place their fingers. Just because such people may exist doesn't mean that I must copy them. If I thought like that then (God help us all, will no one think of the children?) I'd have to learn to slap, tap and sweep and my bass would become just another novelty act. Incidentally, I suspect there are far fewer of these people than most believe. Visiting one of the country's top DB luthiers to get some work done on a bass, I noticed the orchestral DBs arrayed in a row waiting for set-ups and other maintenance. Most had delicate pencil marks where I use Tippex, but the idea was the same ... if your initial note is close enough to what you wanted then you can get away with it. Most of the time.
    3 points
  18. Shaking The Trio - Peter Gabriel
    3 points
  19. I couldn`t give a toss who Carly Simon is singing about in the song "Your so vain."
    3 points
  20. Colour Complete Finally got it done, sanded back the black, two red stains, a metallic grain filler, some wipe on lacquer and we'll call it good. I am very happy with the deepness of the red and the way it shines in a strong light. Just got to let it all cure now . . . . Colour Complete
    3 points
  21. Headless basses are brilliant. Cut the weight by about a kilo, bass balances better, tuning is more stable, you don't put the headstock through the light fittings every time you take it on and off, and you only stick the end of it in the singer's ear if you really mean to. And they should have at least five strings, four strings are rubbish. The fact that Fender have never made a five-string headless bass is evidence that they are a really good idea.
    3 points
  22. The ACGs are gorgeous ... as are those that @Andyjr1515 creates ... and the ones I've seen that @Jabba_the_gut made are fab! I like to think Flo will have some ... interesting features ... I'm trying to put together a visual design and for insights from those who done it before! S'manth x
    3 points
  23. I'm not sure if this is strictly classified as a musical opinion, but I don't like headless basses or guitars. They just don't look right.
    3 points
  24. It's due to the nature of my voice - not something you would usually do. When I started having lessons back in the early 90s I was told I was a light baritone. I've always been able to hit tops Ds, Es quite hard and no real problems getting to F and F#. My voice was reasonably resonant down to the C on the 2nd space of the bass clef, and even OK down to A, by bottom F#/F we're on or off with no control over them. If I did intensive singing like a week's summer school, I'd be able to sing down to Eb. If I did a music workshop and got asked to dep as a 2nd tenor (baritones often are) my voice would tire quickly. In 2019 I had an assessment on a specialist course with a well-known vocal coach that trains opera singers. He put me through a lot of exercises and told me that baritones don't sing Ds and Es the way I do, nor F, F#, G, G#.... he had me singing up to top C and told me I was really a 1st tenor. So, why did I tire trying to sing the lower 2nd tenor part? Because I was trying to sing it as a baritone and 'push' with too much weight in the voice and this brings in all sorts of muscles and locks on the voice which tire it. Why was I assessed as a baritone? Men's voices don't fully settle until around age 35 and I was 33 and my voice was probably had not completely settled. So I found a local (well 35 miles away) teacher. He's an operatic tenor, who originally trained as a baritone at RNCM and encountered the same issue as me, just rather younger as he's only in his 40s now. So i've been learning to unlock my upper voice and to 'let go' of the way I used to sing as a baritone. It involves getting rid of a lot of learnt involuntary habits.
    3 points
  25. Thank You (forlettime be mice elf) - sly and the family stone
    3 points
  26. Very good points there, I`m in agreement, whilst I`d say my fave genres are punk & rock there`s a good amount amongst those that I`m not keen on, and similarly many of my fave songs are from neither, so I`d say really I`m a fan of songs, irrespective of genre.
    3 points
  27. Excellent. Watching with interest Also, @Jabba_the_gut has some great experience at getting crazy short bass strings not feeling or sounding like a piece of wet spaghetti. Hopefully he'll drop by from time to time
    3 points
  28. Heinz Baked Beans ~ The Who?
    3 points
  29. Trampa.mp4 Working sufficiently well for band practice Wednesday, tho I still need to print a bottom cover for the enclosure before then and get it Velcroed to my pedalboard (That's why I had to hold it down for the video). The item in the top right is a USB battery bank that is powering the Trampa; I'd like to be able to drive the Ant, the Stomp and Trampa using one of these so I am not tied to mains power. Next At 21s in the video the name of the switch pressed shows up well. This is the type of label I want displayed adjacent to every switch in a scribble strip fashion (Like my mockup image) This will require a change to the wiring to add in the missing OLED panels as well as getting the software to support them. Add in a battery charging module as well as an internal battery. The LEDs work (as can be seen during startup) however I cannot see how to configure them in the way I want at present; software modification required. The Pedalino s/w that Trampa is currently running, whilst really rather cool, has some features I am unlikely to ever need and is lacking some features I do. As I mentioned before, I have a couple of other projects in mind that will allow tighter integration with the Stomp (Like HX Edit can); I'm playing with Patchbox with a view to building some sort of synth, recorder, looper, drum machine, sound F/X thing and it would be nice from a design perspective to have a uniform user interface across all of these modules. As such I am likely to develop new software to run Trampa and its siblings.
    3 points
  30. We were just finishing my first ever gig, at a youth club, and the singer said, "We'd now like to do the last number". All the lights came on and the caretaker was walking up the room saying, "I wouldn't bother mate. They've all gone home!".
    3 points
  31. John Entwistle again. Let's just say the whole of 'The Real Me' is a bass solo. 😉 I know, I know!
    3 points
  32. **Edit** Price drops! Knocked a tenner off every pedal Hi all! Long story short, I went through a pedal phase and I am now no longer in a pedal phase so they've been sat doing nothing. Time to put them back out into the world! Get in touch if you want to get a few at once, I'm open to negotiations on bundles. I've picked good pricing for each of these based on what's currently available online so I'm not flexible on individual items. Pickup is preferred but I can ship them too. All pedals have their boxes, velcro on the back, and are in mint condition unless otherwise specified. Full details are below but a short list of the available pedals is here: Warwick Rocktuner PT1 (tuner) - £10 Keeley Filaments - £130 Keeley Synth 1 - £130 Keeley Filaments - £130 Incredibly tweakable distortion pedal. Anything from crunch to metal. I bought this but then had a house move and forgot about it... As such it's basically brand new. First time out of the box was for the photo. Keeley Synth 1 - £130 Synthy squelchy goodness. Check out the videos on this pedal, does some awesome stuff! Bought new and never taken out of the house. Warwick Rocktuner PT1 (tuner) - £10 Does the job, accurate and nice n cheap. Works for both bass and guitar. And you can say you own a Warwick when you're bragging to your friends Walrus Audio Julia V1 - £100 SOLD One of the most popular chorus pedals. Sounds great, highly recommended. This is their version 1. Fulltone OCD V1.6 - £90 SOLD Very popular classic overdrive pedal. Lots of copies out there but this is the real deal. I think version 1.4 and 1.7 are the most common so technically rarer...? Don't think it makes much difference tbh, sounds like an OCD! MXR Booster Mini - £50 SOLD Want a booster pedal? Not a lot of board space? Do I have the pedal for you... Even comes with an adapter. EHX Deluxe Big Muff - £55 SOLD Come on.. you know what a Big Muff is... and if a normal Big Muff isn't enough for you, how about a Deluxe one? Has some superficial marks on the graphics but works perfectly. No box because who would try to contain such a magnificent muff? EarthQuaker Devices Ghost Echo V3 - £90 SOLD I fell in love with this when going through a post-rock phase. Lovely reverb, if you want ethereal it's got you covered. Gorgeous sparkle finish to it too. Bought new, never gigged or taken out of the house. Basically new. Walrus Audio Iron Horse V1 - £80 SOLD Angry horse with a glowing red eye. You knew it had to be a distortion pedal. Another great Walrus Audio creation TC Electronics PolyTune 3 - £40 SOLD Do you need to tune but don't have time to strum strings individually? Me neither, that's why I got this. Works great for guitar or bass and has all sorts of pretty lights to keep you entertained while the lead singer prattles on to the audience. Can be buffered or unbuffered so you can be guaranteed that horrible noise coming out of the amp is entirely your fault. MXR Ten Band EQ - £70 SOLD No box. Ten separate bands of noise shaping. Hit em where it hertz Ibanez Tube Screamer Mini - £40 SOLD No box. It's a tube screamer. It's mini. What more do you want from me Darkglass Duality - £90 SOLD I love everything Darkglass do. This is no exception. Great little fuzz. Dual channel to turn your clean sound into something truly knarly and anything in between. Also it's mirror finish so you can admire yourself while you tweak it. Wampler Mini Ego - £80 SOLD Wampler's Ego is a gloriously tweakable compressor that barely takes up any space on the board. Really, really nice. Even better, this one is a tiny version of it. Nothing this small has compressed things better since the pistol shrimp. Also wins the award for smallest pedal to biggest box ratio Dunlop Volume X Mini (Volume/expression) - £70 SOLD You may notice a theme- with so many pedals you want to save space where you can. So grab the classic Dunlop expression/volume pedal and maker it smallerer One Control Iguana Tail Loop 2 - £80 SOLD Who is One Control I hear you ask? I have no idea either but they made a great FX loop switcher here. Nice and compact, 5 channels plus a tuner/mute button. For all your pedalboard FX loop needs MXR Phase 90 EVH Special Edition - £90 SOLD The classic phaser pedal with the EVH design although even more limited edition- this is the black and white one, not the common red and black version. Has a "script" version for their alternate phase phrasing. Want EVH style and sound but ever so slightly less garish? Here's your chance Any questions please let me know!
    2 points
  33. 1. The strings are how much? I recall weighing up whether to buy a set of EB flats for £60. Peanuts! A used set of Spirocores for £110 now feels like a bargain. 2. That neck. When Precision players talk about ‘baseball bat’ necks they’re having a laugh. If a P bass has a bat for a neck a DB has a drainage pipe. 3. The pain. Blister-callus-blister repeat. Numb fingers, numb hand. Back ache, neck ache. 4. playing in front of the mirror to check left hand position can send you slightly mad. 5. DB’s don’t bounce. Drop an EB and you get a bit of mojo. Drop a DB and you get a £££ repair bill (if you’re lucky). 6. Age is all relative. Look at a 1969 Fender and think ‘wow, that’s really old’. Look at a 1950s Czech DB and think ‘well at least it’s relatively new’. 7. There’s a lot less GAS. Got a DB with a pickup and you’re sorted. Secondhand DBs appear in the for sale section at a fraction of the rate of EBs. I should be due for a new DB in about 6 years. Maybe. 8. You have to hear notes instead of learning shapes. Wait, all those EB patterns I spent months learning are redundant? Crap. 9. DB’s are portable in the same way telephone boxes are portable. 10. I absolutely love the sound of the DB… so much so that points 1-9 don’t really matter.
    2 points
  34. Regretfully i've decided to put this beauty up for sale as it's not getting enough use. It's a KK Baby Bass Traditional which i purchased brand new from KK in 2016. It's rarely left the house and is in almost new condition. I fitted a K&K bass max piezo pickup to it which i used to blend with the built in pickup if I needed to play arco. A bit of random selection of strings on it at the moment, if i was keeping it i'd probably get some Spiro solo's for it and tune them down to concert pitch. I don't want to post it so collection from Bristol only i'm afraid. Meeting halfway is an option. Mainly looking for a sale but would be interested in trades.
    2 points
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  37. Astronomy, hi-fi, photography... you really don't like having money, do you? 😄
    2 points
  38. Attached a few pictures of the whole Bass, first coat of grain filler applied .... I prefer bolt on Basses
    2 points
  39. Interesting; I have found knowing patterns on a bass guitar neck to be extremely helpful when switching to DB.
    2 points
  40. I got bored so I did a kinda rendered version of the bass……..👍🏻
    2 points
  41. Quick update, still waiting for Project Music. They're waiting for a replacement which they would review before sending off to me. They are still cool about this, just had some staffing issues, both techs were out. I told them no rush, not in a hurry, I'd still rather get a replacement bass instead of a refund and happy to wait for it.
    2 points
  42. Also very interested to see how this develops @eude and I (and many others to be fair) own ACGs with 32" or shorter scale lengths with excellent bottom B strings :0 For me Newtone and LaBella seem to have the medium and short scale string science sorted; that along with the construction of the neck and neck/body join are the key things I think.
    2 points
  43. River Deep - Plantain High ~ Ike & Tina Turner
    2 points
  44. I'd second this advice. I recently acquired a secondhand PB-50 for £50 and have reshaped the headstock & applied a new decal, made a loom with CTS pots, puretone socket & orange drop capacitor, fitted super-knurly domed knobs, squier tuners, a Fender HiMass Bridge, chrome pickup cover, and a well worn-in set of thomastik flats. I'm so knocked out by the tone with the stock Roswell pickup that there's no way I'd consider changing it - it punches well above its weight.
    2 points
  45. I got a bit distressed on Sunday when my partner couldn't understand why this is a perfect pop song... Strange, as we have most of our musical taste in common.
    2 points
  46. Thank you folks for all your feedback and thoughts. The result: I have bought an Elf (the slight poll winner) and, together with my Sansamp DI pedal, hopefully have all eventualities covered should my amp du jour (now an Orange Terror Bass) go belly up on a gig.
    2 points
  47. Other than getting CDs on Amazon and Discogs I won't do any online shopping. This is partly out of principle, as I don't want to contribute towards decline of trad retail businesses. Also how often do you hear about people getting stuff that doesn't fit/work or after a courier has lobbed it over a fence or or left it outside the front door only to get nicked. Besides, viz music stores what better way to spend time than having a play on something well outside your price range? And you get to have a good ole chat with the owner/manager.
    2 points
  48. The mercury one: Followed by this one:
    2 points
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