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NBD Very nice, early 90s MIJ, quality thing. Surprisingly light, ash, passive, really great tone via an old set of Roto flats. I spent an hour polishing the frets, not much else to do with it, cracking bass.

Here they are!

I think I complain too much. I just received this update. "Hey everyone, acoustic @Motor Sat 8/17, patio again if it's nice 👍🏻 " I'll take it. Daryl

We've got a first festival gig coming uo for Bendricks Rock. 1hr spot. Bike weekend in support of blood bikes Wales, supposedly 100,000 over two days but I doubt our audience will be that big! Next day we close one of the local venues for Caerleon festy, pub marquee so much smaller. Played early last year (after the morris dancers) to 40 odd people in the rain.

Just ordered the BF310 cab ! Black grille plus cover 👍

Scored one for 319 quid Thomann b-stock. I caved in. I'm a weak man.

Its annoying when we learn a new song we just add it to the set rather than drop one out and keeping the sets approx 1hr each. Both my bands suffer from this issue. In a few yrs i'll be doing 4hr sets if things don't change. I've always thought 2 off 1hr sets is ideal. It leaves an audience wanting more. Too long they get bored. Dave

That rings a bell...

We average 1hr 10-15mins first set and 1hr 20-25mins second set but its great when we get two 1hr sets. Think the most enjoyable was with the punk band where we were 2nd support band at a local rock venue with PA and backline supplied. By the time the 1st band got off stage and we got started our 30mins was down to 20 mins and we still got paid £200. I could cope with more 20min £200 gigs. Dave

100% this. A month ago a forum member here messaged me and offered me a bass at half the London vintage shop retail price. It was something I’ve wanted for several years and the price was only because I’m part of the BC family. If I chose to sell it on here I could ask whatever I wanted to, but morally, I’d feel duty bound to pass on the same deal to someone else. This would be 100% my choice. When I talk about the morality of selling, it’s this. People can act however they wish, but I reserve the right to judge them.

We strive to be balanced and fair in how we manage Basschat. Most of the time we get it right, very occasionally we don't. I think the ruling that we don't allow valuation threads is always going to appear contentious to a very small amount of users but this is offset by the fact that a small amount of the membership pay for running ads on a site that is run by volunteers & the valuation threads were being used as a sale opportunity by too many members in the past. We know this was not always the case but that's why the rule was put in. Most people accept it. Of course, we're not all the same. As per Kev's post, the "warning" literally opens with the line "this is not a warning as such" and carries no penalty points. It is never a reflection on someone's contribution to the wider BC community, just a response to that one post. I think we'd all agree that many people are generally just curious about value so it's why the message is worded in the way shared by Kev. We do what we can to promote the rules and the vast majority of all your posts / threads don't need any moderating. Most moderators put the rules in our signatures (sadly like many moderators, I spend more time on here moderating than I do posting). When you sign up, you agree to the rules (a long time ago for many of you!) and when you go on Marketplace the rules are there to be seen. We fully accept that BC rules are not always at the forefront of people's minds and that often small breaches are not intentional. We let this thread (& the previous one) run for a while. I think sufficient time has run on it for people to both comment and reply.

Been away for a few days, so not much progress on finishing. I have been testing out different sanding methods, orbital vs flat vs hand to try and work ouy which is easiest. One of the problems I had was holding some of the pieces, so as I was going away for a few days, I thought I'd load the printers up with work that would take a long time to print. Last year I saw a Fractal Vise (is it Vice or Vise?) on YouTube, well worth watching here It allowed various complex shapes to be held in a vice/vise. I was fascinated by the mechanism (yep I'm easily pleased), and looked at getting one, somebody was making a small version and wanted $150 as a down payment but no idea how much it would cost at the time, I wasn't that interested, so I filed it away in the back of what passes for my memory. Whilst I was trying to sand down the various curved bits of the guitar, I recalled this vice and wondered if anybody made one, the one in the US still doesn't seem to have got off the ground but I then found somebody had designed one for 3d printing https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4904044 I downloaed all the files, spread them across two printers and left them to run for 30+ hours and ended up with two sheets below All this is PLA+, it's in two different colours as thats almost the end of my PLA rolls under I get a new delivery, so I should be grateful it wasn't yellow and pink. I have all of the screws and the bearings, just waiting for a lead screw and some chome rods and I'll assemble that for the weekend and hopefully it'll hold the various parts of the headless bass somewhat better than my fingers. Looks fun. Very impressed with the design, some of the comments from the US are great, they have no idea what M3 screws are, and apparently they pay like a dollar for a screw, now they know how I feel buying a 1/4-20 screw for a astrophotography camera. I have also just found out that my niece now works for a bolt distribution company so I can get stuff from her. Xmas has come early. All of the female basschatters have no idea why this is so good My other half just tells her friends it's a blokes version of having shoes and handbags. Thanks Rob

For myself and my mostly rock material I play, the warmer 10’s seemed the logical choice compared to the 12’s I play a PBass with a pick so I don’t need any additional clarity but I need warmth and depth and a smooth tone. The 310 seems the logical one cab solution to have the power yet sensible on stage size and ease of transport.

This Saturday! Take a lil’ road trip with us, we promise you won’t be disappointed!! She's Right - I'm Left Hubbleton Brewing Taproom & Grill Daryl

For the neck joint I will have a single screw holding the heel against the body, then the fret board extension will act a long horizontal tenon, held by a single bolt through the body. Sounds complicated, but isn't. It worked really well on the last build, it's completely stable and seems to be plenty strong enough. I rout the mortise for the fretboard extension/tenon in one go. A simple MDF jig with a locating strip of wood that slots into the truss rod channel. This makes sure everything lines up, and makes clamping a lot easier. I've already drilled the hole for the wood screw through the heel and into the neck block. Again, the screw helps with keep everything aligned while I rout. Here's the jig: Routing: Once the tongue/fretboard extension has been glue and sanded flat, it looks like this: The fretboard then goes on top. I haven't glued it at this point, still a few jobs to do first......

Pish! I'm on albums that far less people have listened to!

Just to very quickly finish the neck joint description, I put a T nut onto the fretboard extension to hold it down. So a screw through the heel and bolt through the back. It's quite a lot to get all lined up and the neck pointing in the right direction. One of the biggest steps up from making electric to acoustics, is that with acoustics there's no flat surfaces. Everything is curved and nothing is in the same plane.

Thanks @Mykesbass The stripe continues through the nut and round the headstock😁

Shit Liszt - L7

Ahem!!! Sam x

I was thinking that the new Ibanez Pentatone should go to one of my boards, and... I thought that I collect the fx I could find quickly to check if any board modification is in need. This looks like some cleaning is a must. (SWR Interstellar and tce 1140 are elsewhere. The MIDI volume pedal [Edison?] is somewhere else, too.)

I decided against The Wavy Hair (on the basis that I simply wanted to be able to see some whitish ebony, which shouldn't be sufficient justification for using it on a bass). I chose the Caramel River - enough figuring to be interesting, but not so much that it is a distraction. That said, any of them would have been acceptable, and if the wrong one turns up, I shan't be hugely fussed. I want to play it, not display it! The names are what I called them - I needed something descriptive to keep track of the options.

there's a million ways to get the right tone. Probably thousands of ways to get the same tone. I like what the BF 10 inch cabs do to my tone, but I also really like the DI from my Mark Bass head, just with a load of compression on it too. To my ears, Ashdowns and Ampegs need the cab to sound right to me. Mark Bass sound right to me without a cab at all. It's all good. I both want a Three10T and also want to not need it!

Just ordered the BF 310 cab instead !! I think the 10” speakers will suit my needs better and this format will be perfect as a single use cab

A wonderful and most unexpected tribute to the memory of our dear and much missed youngest son, Victor. Brian and Gerrie Davies

So, as a teenager starting out on bass I'd see the Marshall stuff in the local music shop and drool over it, safely knowing I could never afford it. Well, many years later, a cheeky eBay bid, I've got it. It fires up and it's working well, had a little noodle and everything is functional but I want to get it serviced before I trust it on a gig, the previous owner has had it in storage for ten years or more. Will try to get it to the amp tech ASAP along with some other stuff I want him to sort, then it may be unleashed soon!

I collected a Nash P bass from @Skin Lewis yesterday lunchtime and thought I’d play it for the first set at yesterday’s gig in Bath. It sounded so good, I carried on til the end and my main bass became my spare. I can’t be the only one to get a new bass and gig it immediately surely?

I bought this little 10 inch speaker to practise at home. But in fact, I was quite surprised how pokey it is. Especially when the neighbours knocked and asked me to turn the sound down! 😅 I might even consider to use it for small gigs.

@Andre_Passini has just helped me with my headless bass. I went to provide feedback for him and found, to my horror, that ther was no feedback thread. So I'm delighted to be the first one to provide feedback. I had a problem sorting something out with one of his headless bass parts and he was an absolute pleasure to deal with. He's based in Brazil but he was responsive, exceptionally helpful. You wouldn't know he was the other side of the Atlantic. with how quick he was. My Portugese is pretty limited (zero to be honest), but Andre had no issues having to work with me in English. Some new parts turned up about a week later. I've had stuff from England thats taken longer. I am very grateful for all his help and would recommend him to all basschat folk. His parts are well made and he's easy to work with. Thanks Andre, I really apreciate all your help and advice. Rob

The more the merrier! The SLO, FeT and Mother all provide their own flavours. I’m contemplating moving the Mother on to a separate smaller “guitar” board though.

If it gives you the tone you want then no amount of preamps are too many. I personally use a combination of no less than 4 preamps to get the tone I want in my "amp-less" setup. Basic tube preamp, on the verge of breakup -> analog overdriven guitar "amp in a box", mixed 50/50 with parallel "clean" tone -> digital bass amp emulator with IR cab sim -> basic tube preamp and DI with build in HPF, on the verge of breakup

I Want You Bach - Das Jachson Fünf

Is this a cryptic clue by any chance?

One thing I did note when I was selling a bass a little while ago was someone who messaged me through FB Marketplace and made a pretty lowball offer. Now I recognised the name and while he didn't declare it I know he worked for a well known retailer and I concluded that he was looking to procure to put it through the shop. No problem with this but was irked that he didn't declare his affiliation.

That is annoying. It can be useful to have some songs ready to go if an extra song or two is needed, or just to vary the set a bit so you don't get bored.

Was the same for me when I was in Knock Off, I always thought that a 30 - 40 min set was best, full-on and unrelenting.

Marathon - Rush

When I joined basschat (probably was 15 years ago) I was initially attracted to the bargains that could be had in the classifieds. But I quickly realised that it was because the BC community were passing bargains on to others by selling on for what they paid. I didn’t see much obvious flipping for profit but once I saw it on a sale of mine I lost a bit of respect for that basschatter. Also, I think since the charges came in there isn’t the same basschat spirit that used to exist in the classifieds, all be it with a few exceptions. Apart from being legal, immediately flipping for a profit isn’t a million miles away from ticket touting.

Why front porting specifically? It has no impact on sound projection etc.

Sheer Heart Attic - Queen

Hi Matt, I am concerned that you say the warning gave no advice? The below text was included in the informal warning you have acknowledged:- Hi there! Don't panic - this isn't a 'warning' as such - just a note to say that on Basschat we don't allow 'what's it worth' type posts in the open forum, because sometimes people use them to post items for sale without placing an advert. Subscribing members have access to a special valuation forum in the classifieds section, which is the best place to ask something like this. If you're still struggling to value your item, have a look on here by searching for your item in the marketplace forum, perhaps someone has sold one before. Another idea is to check eBay for 'completed' and 'sold' items. If you still can't find out, ask yourself what's it worth to you? You can list it with a rough (and realistic) price, then ask for offers in that range. We are working on a 'value your kit' service but in the meantime if you are really struggling for a price please feel free to email any details, including a picture or two if possible to [email protected] and we'll do the legwork for you. Did you not see this? As this would be an issue that the Admin team need to pick up as a bug.

Looking to play King Crimson-ish type music with no expectations, just for fun and to make some noise. Not looking to start a band or even really play out. I got 2 responses, a drummer and a guitarist. We got together today and it was so much fun. Just 2+ hours of improv noise with lots of effects. I really enjoyed it. I think we're gonna do it once a month.

It's because flipping breaks the social bond we have here as members and transgresses a moral code. As members here, we have a relationship to one another. While we may not physically be close, we consider forum members to be friends and as such we enter transactions with this perspective. Businesses buy cheap and sell high. Friends will (by and large) offer you a fair price and not seek to profit from your relationship. People who buy and sell for a profit are acting against this moral code. It's even more egregious when it happens on a forum (someone buys cheap on BC and advertisers for a higher price). As an example of how this relationship can impact you, I bought a bass here for £1300. I held it for a year and then called a London shop for a trade in price. The cash offer I received was £2300. The seller here (trusted member, good guy) had sold to me cheaply. (this was during COVID when prices for all US imports and bespoke basses went through the roof). I could have just pocketed the money. Instead we had a chat and agreed to split the difference. In the end, we both got £500 more than we had expected and all felt good about the world.

Where to start, I've got so many that I've modified in one way or another. Apparently the beginning is a very good place so this is the first bass that got some serious work. It started life as a black Line6 Variax 700. This isn't mine but this is how it looked. Changes to headstock shape, tuners, fret markers, colour, binding, f hole, pickguard shape and bridge cover. Ended up like this, Build diary here if interested but unfortunately most of the pictures went missing when Photobucket decided they wanted paying.