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I avoid buying stuff if I have to organise a courier. No moral reason just can't be bothered. So I've always offered delivery or postage assuming others will feel the same and wishing to maximise my chances of a sale. However I recently sold something at a very very very reasonable price. Organised delivery to some pretty exacting specifications from the buyer. Parcel arrived late. Unhappy buyer. I refunded half the postage cost.No feedback and me out of pocket. From that experience I decided that future buyers can meet me somewhere, get a fellow Basschatter to deliver or take their chances with Hermes and the rest.

Action shot of the home made thicknesser jig. Really pleased with it. And the end result.

I'll just leave this here.

Mesa D800. Ignore the power ratings of the One10’s, they are more than capable of handling a 800w Class D without any problems at all.

Just so you know we exist ...last nights gigger in Buckingham

jeebus! think they need more fibre in their diets

Finally worked out why you were on stage with that outfit. Fess up: it's got nothing to do with sly mating rituals at all. As for Mr E Straker with his collection of like 70(?) basses, I've just come across this article: Apparently #1 is making statements such as:

This. Having owned several Ricks before, I bought this one with full knowledge of their quirks and foibles, and was determined to make this one work. I've since replaced the bridge with a Hipshot, removed the pickup cover and restrung with DR Fat Beams, and now she's an absolute dream to play. But still utterly eccentric, borderline manic sometimes. Through my Tech 21 dug pedal, it's THE sound.

Dave from weedeater gets quite animated

Me.

I love this kind of thing! I've been using suitcases from charity shops for a while now. My favourite is styled like an oversized school satchel and holds a square pedal board perfectly. Into the flap/pocket on the front I slid some big airwrap packaging so my pedals are protected from bumps. My most recent purchase came from Lidl middle aisle. It's a four socket extension lead designed with Christmas light enthusiasts in mind. Instead of one block of four sockets these are daisy chained a metre or so apart. Now when rocking up at awkward pub venues with only one bloody socket instead of plugging in a 4 gang which everyone else must then try to get to, I can lay out my lidl lead and sockets can be found at easy to access intervals.

A whole new type of GAS. Not basses and amps and pedals - there's a whole forum of that stuff outside this thread. This is for all the other bits and pieces that make a musician's life easier or more enjoyable. I'll kick it off with this. I'm gigging a fair bit just now, and having the gear that I need distributed amongst a bunch of randomly-accumulated, anonymous bags and cases (all of them black) is making set-up and break-down more stressful than it should be. Solution? Revert to one of my favourite websites ... https://www.anglingdirect.co.uk/ Ignore the rods, reels and bait sections, head straight for the bags and luggage. For every bass player in the UK there are a dozen guitarists; for every guitarist in the UK there are a dozen anglers. Their kit is produced in huge quantities (so it's cheap), it has to withstand weeks of being kicked about on muddy riverbanks (so it's waterproof and rugged), and anglers are every bit as vocal and obsessed as musicians (so it's reliable). Today I am happy to recommend the Guru Fusion 400 as an excellent way to carry (for example) two vocal mics, a voice processor pedal with power supply, and a headset mic. And be able to see the contents even when it's closed. https://www.anglingdirect.co.uk/guru-fusion-400-bait-pro-case?_sgm_campaign=scn_849ee64608000&_sgm_source=KD16041407&_sgm_action=click [Ignore the Fusion 300 in this example.] Similarly, the Drennan Vis Case is ideal for holding (for example) everything one might need to connect a DB to a PA ... 10M instrument cable, HPF300 with power supply, patch leads, etc. Again, the ability to see at a glance what's inside is a huge bonus when setting up in a crowded pub. https://www.anglingdirect.co.uk/drennan-vis-case No, I have no connection with Angling Direct, and no, I am not an angler. But before you buy your next piece of branded, over-priced musical baggery you could do worse than to check out what's available from a coarse fisherman ...

Well that sucks! However, you have achieved more than most and are making this hard decision for the right reasons, this can only lead to increased well being and, by association, better things. All credit to you on a tough call.

Basschat is not a recruitment site, but I've cleared this with the mods team, and if it helps get one of our own into work, then all good! MSL Professional Ltd, UK distribution for Markbass, DV Mark, Softube, SE, Studiologic, JoeCo (and a bunch or others) are recruiting. The job is advertised on their website for those who would like to work for a company which embraces and encourages their passion and music skills..! It's a full time and varied role, fundamentally office based (just outside Reading) working with dealers and music shops, sales, marketing, admin and order processing. You'll need to have some music skills, hopefully an understanding of how studios work and maybe know a bit about music high tech (synths, modular gear, plugins, recording interfaces, midi controllers, etc.), plus you'll get asked to help out at shows and exhibitions in the UK and internationally. Check it out on the jobs page of their website https://mslpro.co.uk/

All this CV jazz talk as made me get mine out of retirement. This week (and maybe longer) ill be using it over my BBP34. Been playing it all afternoon. Cant believe how nice it feels, and love the Fender pups it now has in it.

It’s bizarre isn’t it. I’ve been given the (possibly dubious) role of getting a band together for my work’s Christmas party this year. Dead easy having been in a function band for almost 20 years, but it’s amazing what the management think they can get away with asking. ”Can we do karaoke with you?” ”Can people get up and join in?” (Similar vein to the first one) ”Will you take requests on the night?” ”Can you play {insert completely inappropriate song here}?” ”A tiny portion of a main meal will be fine for 5 musicians and a DJ/soundman hanging out for 10 hours won’t it”

Don't know what the pups are in mine (bought it from The Bass Gallery and they didn't know), but I've added KioGon stacked knobs and it sounds spot on. Bridge pickup adds a nice bit of bite when needed.

I don't 😄

We now have a neck and functioning electronics. All it needs now is a fret job and a nut and it's good to go.

Played the Morecambe Punk Festival yesterday. We were on at 8:45 so a good time-slot, before the audience got too hammered, lol. Sound out front for all bands was great, really powerful and very importantly they made sure the vocals were loud. On stage sound was good too as we gave over our printed monitor specs to the engineer (professional huh) so he could make sure we had what was needed. I was using some form of Peavey stack (210 combo plus 410 cab) and it was really nice and solid sounding, with my trusty Para Driver doing the eq/FOH. The gig itself was great, audience really into it, the sound of them singing along to almost every word was amazing, lots of dancing/moshing going on, and a few crowd-surfers as well. For some reason the North West has really taken to us “cockneykunts” as they call us, we just love the gigs up there, just a shame it’s so far away!

This. worked in a shop for years, and the amount of emphasis put on this by spec sheet worriers 99.9% far outweighed their playing ability. There was a guy who’d marked out the string spacing at the nut of a friends old hofner. sure enough every Saturday he’d come and measure the spacing. eventually after months of this round the houses...he found a Sheraton and proceeded to play the most disjointed rendition of house of the rising sun. he didn’t buy it, the search continued. There was also the fuss over Gibson using “laminated” fingerboards and “richlite” which was fawned and fussed over by the tyre kickers. ”ive got an epiphone which is better than all of these...” ok mate, no stress 🤷🏻‍♂️

I have a series 1 aged TT4 custom made with a banded neck... it is beautiful but need a 5 string... if anyone is interested in swapping a Sandberg 5 string jazz, pref aged? Any takers for this beautiful 4 string... After a TT or TM 5?

I like Ron. An old rocker giving a couple of old pot boilers a blast. Great fun. The vocals were a little croaky, but what do you expect? The guy should be dead and he's out there, into his 70's, still rocking his socks off. The Wild 5 pumped more energy into a playing a few 12 bars that the rest of the studio put into all theirs songs put together. If you're going to criticize the pedal steel playing, well, I'm with you there. I've seen many Ron Wood gigs, from the Birds to the Stones. I'm sure I remember more of them than he does! OK shoot me! Despite the obvious "moments", it was the high point of the series for me.

Was it 'Always look on the Bright side of Life'?

Interesting. That's the fastest I've seen a thread go from someone trying to help out people to quoting Monty Python. Must be a record.

I nominate Phil Lynott. If not the best Bass Face, then certainly the meanest.

While I wouldn't say weird, my Mrs gets her share of nuisance/selling calls. She had one a few months back that she put on speaker phone, Caller, "It's about your accident... blah blah," Mrs, "I haven't had an accident for 20yrs thanks." Caller, "Oh, what about any family members?" Me, "Yes. I had a nasty accident last night..." Caller, "You did Sir??, can I ask what happened, you could be entitled to compensation.." Me, "Well, I drank 15 pints of strongbow and sh*t my pants..." Cue scream of laughter from the phone speaker and she hung up... 🤔

Hello there, how's it going? Just joined the forum and have been practicing since summer after not playing for over 20 years. I'm using my hideous old Westfield 5 string with the fat string tuned to E, through a pals guitar practice amp; just playing root notes along to simple music like Sweet Jane and Mull of Kintyre at the moment and still struggling with that and base of the thumb strain from trying to "1 finger 1 fret". On the look out for a Squire Affinity bass pack to mess around with. My likes are simple melodic pop music, 60's French yeah yeah girl and weird psych, electro/dream pop and shoegaze; actually I go through phases of liking anything. Bass players I like are Hooky, Mani and JJ Burnel although I'm pretty much in awe of most bass players when I see live music. I hope to learn a lot from the forum; it's already helped me. Cheers Andy

I classify fretboards in two categories. 1) Maple 2) not Maple

I’m up to two - it sometimes is lifting to much paint off with it - dabbing it on again with a bunch of scrunched up sheet is working quite well.

sorry to hear it Lozz. I have seen Knock Off a few times and you guys were awesome and your playing was on point. Good luck mate

Very easy. You do have to use the software but you just copy all the IR's to a section in the main window and they get stored on the Helix automatically. You then just select the IR block on the pedal (or in the Edit software), and turn a knob until you find one you like the sound of.

There's the crux of this....you have to look after yourself. Hard decision to make but you might find it wasn't the wrong one...

Another tip which might help for slapping especially on the more rhythmic stuff is learn/internalise the groove finger style first especially if grasping a certain technical aspect feels a bit tricky first off. Learn the basic feel then apply the techniques. If you can play along to an example finger style mimicing ghost notes/groove with the right hand then understanding and applying the right hand slap/pop techniques may come easier. Worked for me on some stuff and good way to separate the left and right hand parts when initially learning a new lick/groove.

very nice!

Controversial, but I think Este Haim looks absolutely ridiculous when she pulls those faces. I saw her play live years ago before I knew who she was and thought she was taking the fosters before I realised it was just her thing.

I try not to listen to lyrics much of the time. Most are truly awful 😁