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Hello everyone, nice to see some familiar faces here Anyway, I'm new here, so hi to all of You, hope to have a nice time here ! Greetings from Novi Sad from me and my TM4 II Custom Hardcore Reserve. Cheers

Thanks to @foxyFuze for selling me his unbelievable amp and for @wateroftyne for letting me play through his at the impromptu Bass Bash last week. Through the Barefaced 610 it is outstanding. Little unknown brand from Poland, won’t be long before everyone catches on! Does this mean the end of my 751 🤷‍♂️ It’s that good!!

I'm not naming a band after my wife!

I always quite liked 'The Clitoris Allsorts'

Heads up: don't spend money you don't have to spare on stuff you probably don't need.

Trips nicely off the tongue!

My bass is that little bit nearer to being back in my possession, thanks to Merton 😊. Love this forum and the kindness of its members. Here is a photo of the pickup

Hi! I made another one with more pickup and tone settings, plus pick and slap at the end. I got several requests for quicker bouncing back and forth between the two, and also lowered the backing drum track.

Just snaffled this 48 y/o beauty. Weighs just over 7 pounds, which is fabulous for my back/shoulders. Just need to sell a couple of basses to pay for it now!

I can throw in 'e' which was left when The Weeknd couldn't afford the full name.

Hi Everybody! My current setup.

Not having any background in psychology, nor having read enough Freud that I feel compelled to ascribe all thoughts, dreams, and other subconscious brain activity to an inherent desire to have it off with one's own mother, I'm afraid I can't offer an explanation for your dreams. I can, however, reassure you that you are not alone. I have had similar dreams in which my instruments bends, folds, or shrinks to the size of a ukulele. In one case, I was on stage trying to play a borrowed bass on which the strings resembled those coiled, springy, rubber keychains that were briefly popular in the mid-to-late nineties. In another, I left other band members to pack the gear while I went ahead to set up the venue, had to berate them for forgetting to pack my amp, and found myself trying to amplify my bass using the "paper cup telephone" method and running a taut string from the body of the bass to a floor tom. I'm sure there are others; in some respects I'm quite grateful that I forget the majority of my dreams...

Basses and bass kit fall into the exceptional need category. This category of purchases is deemed essential to life function, happiness, stardom, sexual prowess, fame, playing ability, tone (underline all applicable)..

Painted the grille today. Not sure I like it as much as the grey primer but will do a temporary fix of the badge tomorrow to see if it looks OK. Sorry about the picture quality as it is gig-ready. However it does give you a general idea of what it looks like. The paint is https://www.toolstation.com/industrial-spray-paint-500ml/p80525

I've just returned to using flats again after a few years with rounds. At the moment I only have them on my Precision but have a set ready to go onto my Jazz as well. I use Chromes and always make my own custom set which are 45, 60, 80, 110 as I like a slightly heavier E so that I can drop it to D. After 5 or 6 gigs I have come to the conclusion that my Precision sounds garbage on it's own and not even close to how I would normally have it but in the mix it is absolutely perfect. The pops in We Are Family come alive with these strings and the tone is even all over the fretboard.

I remember a gig where someones shoe flew past my head. Blue

Sorry guys all the names I offered earlier have now been sold. thanks for your interest.

That's a frustrating thought. How will you avoid the compulsion to carve the Christmas turkey into the shape of a bass guitar?

Florence Rages Against The Rolling Sex Beatles Sex Machinehead Better.

How about The Sex Beatles... Can't lose with that one!

And thanks to @Oldman I now have this 🤘

Yes but they aren't premium though. Mine are premium.

"Tasty Vole" "Sexy Cockroach" "Murderous Shrew" no - it's not working

Best sort of German band, I find

Beats me why Fender don't do this as a matter of course. It makes SUCH a difference to the upper fret access, whether a Rascal bass or a Stratocaster electric. It's not even that they can claim it affects the performance - they do fit a similar plate on some limited models. Anyway, we've got it here now : The Fender plates are hard to come by, so this is one from Northwest Guitars - nice quality. Holes were a teeny bit out, though, so I drilled out and plugged all three and started again. I will carve the neck heel to match. And, talking of the neck, that's already gone from Eden to Los Angeles and Los Angeles to New York and New York to UK and has just landed at Heathrow! If the UK mail gets fully into gear, hopefully it should be with me by the New Year

I tend to find the best band name is the one you think of just after you've finished weeks of debate, decided on one and set up the band Facebook page etc....🙄

My favourite of band names that mates have formed: After many years playing in their own bands some mates got together to form "Old Country Union"

For you lefties who like a shorter scale

Fixed.

They probably got that one out of the cheap broken bizkit bag.😀

Good luck getting a tune out of the Limp Bizkit one...

The dog 8 my homework?

How about NNUTS Go on ask me ... I know you want to ... Nothing new under the sun Peace Davo

the Chippies.

Band names courtesy of Peep Show... The Hair Blair Bunch Coming Up For Blair Various Artists SpunkBubble Mama's Cumquat Curse These Metal Hands Man Feelings Danny Dyer's Chocolate Homonculus Free The Paedos .... I'd avoid using that last one!

I'm guessing I could bring this chap along, as it might interest some

Two Mates 68 and S9

It's arrived. Yes, the logo looks like a male bird plus spherical play object, it only makes me like it more. I've only given it a 10 minute run out as my neighbours were kind enough to receive it after DPD wouldn't send it to one of their designated drop off points. Its a semi detached so trying to find the point the cab farts out on a low b seems a bit ungrateful. First thoughts though. I wanted a cab that would be small and light for rehearsals and pit work. My long serving Aggie db112s have a surprisingly large footprint and some of the spaces pit musicians have to play in can be very tight. This will be perfect, it must be one of the cabs where a mark size head is in danger of overhang. It's stupidly light and opening doors etc whilst laden with kit should be much easier. Tonally, I wasn't expecting it to challenge the Aggies and it won't, they'll be staying in the meantime for function band work and festivals. It can make the ceiling shake easy enough, more like decent low low mids than full fat bass but I DI for most theatres and the foh will do the heavy lifting. Flats on the lb100 needed a bit eq experimentation, I suspect that's my ears needing to adjust. The cab seems more suited to the sire v7, which is good news as that's what I'll be using 90% of the time. I'll have a better idea of the cabs capabilities after next week, I've a show for a week, where it'll be up against the most leaden drummer so a decent run out for its first test. Harry

Rage Against The Rolling Sex Beatles Sex Machine

Hi Everybody! I'm in with my (almost) brand new setup. 😀

Yes i'm reaching the age of needing a belly contour too - maybe i should follow your example ha ha. It looks stunning in that blue with competition stripes I get a lot of interest taking my (plain white) Mustang to gigs - mainly from other band members who start off going: "What's that little thing?" and a few songs in go: "Wow that bass sounds great!" Gotta love a Mustang.

Anyone tells you the Zoom isn't good enough for gigging is fully entitled to that opinion. However, you should suck it and see for yourself before making your mind up. I've gigged all manner of effects which I've been relieably informed are 'toys' and 'only suitable for a beginner' and believe me the fact that they are made from plastic or cost less than a pack of expensive strings did not affect the sound one iota. Glad you're enjoying it. I'm going to get one myseklf, i feel the B Four is leaving a hole in my Zoom armoury, or Zoomery (as no one ever calls it).

I once had a dream in which I went into a guitar shop and asked to have a go on the Aria Black and Gold they had on the ceiling (?). The shop kindly obliged but when it was handed to me it turned out to be a Hohner Steinberger copy. Not wanting to appear rude I played it, only to realise it was the GREATEST TONE EVER. So great that a crowd soon formed in awe at the sound. The dream was years ago, before I'd ever played an Aria SB, but I still want to try one of those Hohners.

Now I can't get Tina Weymouth out of my head 😃

Finally got to play my new shell pink Jazz with my band, last night. After a few comments like, "getting in touch with your feminine side?", it was generally agreed that the bass not only looked cool but sounded great too. I was really happy with the easy playability and even more happy with the bass's tone, in the band mix. Lots of body, penetration and that lovely growl, I was hoping for. Well chuffed.🤠

I agree with TTL3... 'Newfoundfreedom' is ideal. My favourite local band names are Goldfish Don't Bounce and Gandhi's Flipflop. God only knows how much alcohol/substances was involved in coming up with those.