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  1. Like owning a Ford Focus you mean? ubiquitous and therefore best?
    6 points
  2. Indeed, respect comes from being rich enough to afford a US made Fender, rather than musical skill?
    4 points
  3. The bass is sold. See you in another seven years fellas. Thanks for all the kindness. 🙏
    4 points
  4. For sale my beautiful natural ash P bass. All original inc pick up, wiring, ashtrays, bridge cover Fender Hard Case Just back from a full health check and set up from Bass Doc up here in Newcastle. Happy for anyone to come and try, take apart and inspect anytime. Based near Hexham, Northumberland. Can ship and buyers risk and expense but kettles always on and there’s a high chance of biscuits if you want to visit. Will add weight and dims when I’m back at home. Not really after and trades but welcome to try.
    3 points
  5. Our youth are far too clued up on these matters and therefore their music is very straightlaced and safe. Music is so much better when it's written by a drug fuelled, chaotic anarchist with a chip on his or her shoulder.
    3 points
  6. Little update! Neck carve next apparently Si
    3 points
  7. One thing worse than an EC gig? A snooker tournament..............
    3 points
  8. Don't get me started. I saw Brian Ferry at the City Hall, Newcastle a week past Sunday. The couple two seats along from and one row in front of us, spent the whole gig taking photos, including flash, and videos of the gig. The guy directly in front of us continued blocking my view, every couple of minutes, by leaning into his partner to say something in her ear, then lighting up his phone to take pics of Brian and the band. Why not simply stay at home and put a DVD on? Its an event, live in the moment, suspend reality, enjoy the spectacle. Why spend all the time trying to capture a "Live" concert on a phone, so you can impress the mates in the pub next weekend? Give me strength.
    3 points
  9. The band I'm playing with at the moment have the answer. You need to get a bus to another post code to be able to hear yourself think let alone have a conversation.
    3 points
  10. Alan, from ACG has just updated his profile and the bass in question caused me to have stirring that I haven't experienced in a long time.
    2 points
  11. Yup, and Steven Tyler is on a "free" stage. BTW, all stages are free except The Amphitheatre. My band doesn't have a date yet. Last year we played before Frampton. Blue
    2 points
  12. The Cult: She Sells Sanctuary Sisters of Mercy: Alice Fields of the Nephilim: Moonchild
    2 points
  13. The new A Perfect Circle CD that came out at the weekend. Much quieter than previous stuff, and I like it
    2 points
  14. Maybe the XLR isn't really darker, maybe the 1/4" is brighter... While the pedal was in development dUg used it on tour through a multitude of amps and different PA systems and the filters were set to his specifications. He prefers going into the efx returns when using backline amps though that isn't always an option. In those cases he just plugs the pedal in front of the amp. My suggestion would be to try the pedal for yourself and not come to tonal conclusions from something you read on a forum. In the video interview with Pete Thorn they are using the XLR output and there is no shortage of high end.
    2 points
  15. To be fair, I don't think she mentioned playing the P. Just owning one. Take one with you and gain all the respect and kudos. Then get out your preferred bass...
    2 points
  16. I want this bad boy for my 50th. 18 string. Forget a P Bass. You turn up with this.
    2 points
  17. A fiat fight - one that breaks down fairly quickly. (although not as quickly as an Alfa fight - which lasts until shortly before squaring up time.)
    2 points
  18. I’m not; it’s the attitude that only a Fender P (a US one at that) is sufficient. You’ve also derailed a thread about dream purchases with a very narrow minded opinion.
    2 points
  19. To be fair I can only think of one thing worse than an Eric Clapton gig, an acoustic Eric Clapton before it!
    2 points
  20. A couple of bass-centric beauts utilising the Fairlight CMI.
    2 points
  21. A sweeping statement that means nothing. I love a good US Precision, but I've played and owned better Japanese made Fender P's for half the price. I love a good P sound but have an old Tokai P that delivers an identical tone (possibly even better). The Precision is an icon and I love it. But there are imho equally good and/or better and more versatile instruments out there..... many of which suit alternative styles of playing better.....
    2 points
  22. 2 points
  23. The American Fender ain't no run of the mill Ford Focus. It is an icon. An iconic sound matched by nothing else and never bettered.
    2 points
  24. I used one of these, someone on here linked me to it when I was in a similar situation: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00GMM74T0/ref=asc_df_B00GMM74T051942047/?tag=googshopuk-21&creative=22146&creativeASIN=B00GMM74T0&linkCode=df0&hvadid=214462264766&hvpos=1o3&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17959555060353432343&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046574&hvtargid=pla-421630808123 Cheap and cheerful, does the job admirably and weighs nothing. I no longer have the rig but you can see it in use here:
    2 points
  25. That wasn't a big hit but should've been as was this by Peel faves the Red Guitars
    2 points
  26. Killing Joke with that massive hit :
    2 points
  27. The thing I love about the 80's is the variety and changes the music scene went through, it started out with the last throws of punk and disco, then new wave, post punk, new romantics, electronic, goth, alternative, rap, hip hop, acid house, hair and glam metal and everything else in between, all in a decade, amazing. Here are some of my alternative 80's favs.
    2 points
  28. Everyone should own a Fender Precision. The proper American one - used to be called Standard, now called Professional. Get yourself a new one of those and understand that you own the benchmark against which all other basses are measured. Respect will be yours when you stand on a stage. An unquestionable seat at the top table of bass playing.
    2 points
  29. When I saw The Who at Wembley Arena not long before Entwistle died, Townshend went off on one about something gloomy. Being slightly refreshed I yelled out 'F**k off, Pete, you're such a miserable c**t'. In fairness to him he laughed and gave it a rest.
    2 points
  30. Good luck to them all. Any of us would be more than happy to have had so much exposure in the industry that people were discussing us on forums
    2 points
  31. For myself, I believe that talking through a band is a matter of context and degree. It's one thing if it's a willowy, ethereal lady folk singer singing a mawkish ballad about The Land of The Faerie Queene while tearfully accompanying herself on an un-amplified autoharp in a folk club. Silence is mandatory, lest one be assaulted by some ghastly old hippy in Jesus boots. Quite another if it's four hairy-4rsed blokes hammering out Sex On Fire at full beans in a boozer. Frankly, they just have to take their chances
    2 points
  32. I've always thought that if a punter can have a conversation without seriously raising their voice then we're not loud enough. Or as a guitar player I used to play with (who also owns a very successful PA hire / installation company) would occasionally announce to the audience "tonight ladies & gentleman, we will be using volume as a tool... and if necessary as a weapon"...!
    2 points
  33. 2 points
  34. Just wanted to see whether it all ties in together, All the hardware is going to be chrome I’m still not 100% sure whether to paint the headstock Cream or would it look better Black or should I just leave it Maple???
    2 points
  35. "That's a lovely rack tom." "Agreed, but don't call me Tom."
    2 points
  36. A pre-owned 2016 USA MTD Artist Edition: Norm Stockton Saratoga 5 string bass. $8,060 new price (NS MTD Saratoga 5 with Protec case: http://www.mtdbass.com/price-list ) This is an Artist edition handmade USA bass. The pick ups can be split from double to single coil with an active split with no loss of volume. The bass has the ability to produce traditional MTD sound, a great modern slap tone, a more traditional warm rock finger tone, the Jaco bridge pickup tone and a myriad of others. Check out what Micheal Tobias and Norm Stockton have to say about it: https://youtu.be/jrBqjivWtAk SPEC: Alder body with AAAA Quilt Maple Top 35” Scale Maple neck with Birds-eye Maple fretboard and Titanium rods Two dual coil hum bucking Bartolini pickups with Bartolini 3 band EQ Matching headstock, heel, wooden knobs and custom slap ramp Laminated rear headstock, Hipshot Ultralight USA tuners luminlay fret markers with UV torch Only two minor marks in the finish, very well kept and in near mint condition. 4.4kgs perfectly balanced Complete with MTD branded Protec Contigo gig bag Custom colour matched Fretwrap, letter of authenticity etc. The bass is located in Folkestone, Kent, UK. Free local pick-up, or insured mainland UK shipping for £44. Happy to ship within the EU, just ask for a quote. Also listed for sale elsewhere. Please check my BassChat feedback: https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/259143-feedback-for-musashimonkey/?tab=comments#comment-2736100
    1 point
  37. If he is on joinmyband and replies to an email, he will still be better than half the people on there
    1 point
  38. Motorhead: Ace of Spades (1980) Discharge: Realities of War EP Rudimentary Peni: The Cloud Song
    1 point
  39. There must be a great joke about "scales"...I just can't think of it...
    1 point
  40. I had a B402-A six years ago. Kinda wish I hadn't got rid of it. I found that it sounded great on its own but got a bit lost in a live environment. Wish I knew then what I know now about EQing etc. It was just so creamy smooth sounding. I would guess the passive B301/302 might be a bit easier to make heard over a band ruckus. Can't fault the ergonomics or the build quality. I'm sure the passive B301/302 are no different in that respect. And they're certainly different looking to most other things out there.
    1 point
  41. People don't have much of an attention span these days. They can't focus on anything for longer than 10 seconds or sit through something they don't like in order to get to something better.
    1 point
  42. or got behind the wheel of a car.......
    1 point
  43. OK this is two cabs but the same principal could apply..
    1 point
  44. Great decade. Psychobilly,T-Tone, Punk bands still starting up. Some great UK bands in the pop world. Myself and @luckman67 were talking about this very subject just a couple of weeks back.
    1 point
  45. I you proceed - as I do - from the perspective that broadly speaking, the use of "tonewoods" in an electrically amplified instrument is a pointless load of old testicles, then anything rigid, resonant and workable is fair game. I have an aluminium bodied Tokai Talbo, an acrylic bodied P, and a luthite-bodied Ibanez EDA900. Which was indeed made by Cort. I've also had a Squier VMJ fretless with an ebonol fingerboard. Although ebonol is, oddly enough, compressed, bonded paper. I've also had various plywood & MDF-bodied cheapo guitars & always felt that any real deficiencies were in the build & components rather than the material. I do like wood but it's from an aesthetic perspective rather than any idea that it's intrinsically a better construction material, and I'm a sucker for a synthesis of wood & alternative materials - always loved the original graphite & wood Vigiers & Statuses - and what about this?
    1 point
  46. S.MARTYN FREEDOM 6, 33’ scale, set neck, totally passive with one humbucker, 1 knob with tonality and master volume. Nothing confusing = Plug and play ! Brazilian Woods are top notch with a “to die for” Imbuia front table, just look at it ! Body is Vinhatico, neck is Perobra di campo with Ebony slices and Brazilian Rosewood fretboard. Some sound here : https://www.soundslice.com/slices/DwqNc/ And there : facebook.com/samuelluthier/posts/1185307034881635 S.Martyn FB : facebook.com/smartynguitars/?ref=page_internal&mt_nav=1 Open to trades but 6 stings only ! Price is 1950£ (Not 1900£) + shipping Bass is located in France Paris
    1 point
  47. Picked up one of these last week and absolutely love it. It's incredible.
    1 point
  48. Most of them used to be mine but are no longer with me. I ordered the Limelight because I desperately wanted a Shoreline Gold 60's P. The Limelight is a really good bass - very well made and great sounding. But it had to go when a pre-CBS Lake Placid Blue Precision crossed my path: the one shown above. My vintage Fender rotation started about five years ago with a Black/Maple 1975 Precision (I put a black PG on it, Roger Waters style): Later I traded it in for a really cool 1968 Telecaster Bass (black refin): Parallel to the '75 P I had a '74 Jazz: Both the Tele and the Jazz had to go in favour of a 1965 Precision: That one feels and sounds fantastic - I probably should have kept it. But then the 1964 LPB came along, which I could not let pass, since a pre-CBS custom colour Precision has always been my dream bass. So I traded the Limelight and the 1965 P. 2015 was a very good year (job-wise), so I was able to invest in a beat-up 1964 Jazz that sounded huge: 2017 was another good year, so when I saw the 1956 Precision (another dream bass) at Andy Baxter's, I sold the '64 Jazz to finance it: I think with the Lake Placid Precision and the 1956 Single Coil I sort of reached the top of the ladder and the rotation might come to an end. At least on the Precision side. Now that I think about it, I don't have a decent Jazz Bass at the moment. And I also find the Competition series Mustangs really cool ...
    1 point
  49. I don't like what is in my view too low an action; in my experience it limits the string's ability to vibrate - so Fender Precision is 4mm at 12th fret for E string. With acoustic bodied instruments even better to be higher, IME - so fretless Takamine B10 is close to 6mm at octave position for E string.
    1 point
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