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I thought that Teebs looked like a really nice chap at the last bass bash. Shame my guide dog bit him.

This looks like a goer for me, been so long since I attended one. Not too far either. Count me in

I picked up a Squier Classic Vibe Mustang, in Surf Green, this week, delivered on Friday and as always with a new bass it seems 😉, I am loving it. It's not mega light at 3.88Kg, 8.55lb, with a good deal of that mass being in the body so it balances level on a strap. I use a strap when sat down too, I don't find balancing instrument on right leg comfortable. It's nicely resonant unplugged, which I have found with a number of Squiers, they are made from well chosen wood. The strings aren't awful to me as some people have reported, there are no obvious dead spots or oddly resonant notes and harmonics are bright and clear. The fretwork (narrow tall frets) is excellent, fit and finish 9.5 /10. From the serial number it's made, I believe, by Samick in Indonesia rather than by Cort. The very vintage gloss finish on the neck looks good to my eye and brings out the variations of colour of the maple, but those of sweaty hands might not like it, tbh I am undecided, if I keep it long term I may satinize it. But the tint does make the small fret markers disappear a bit, so long term I'd fit luminlays (maybe get someone to do that), for now a dab of white paint pen will suffice as it is easily removed. I had to adjust the bridge just a little (though I have kept a higher action (factory setting is 3-2.5mm) than I might as it plays fine as it is) and set the intonation of the G string; the nut is cut generously high but is fine for intonation of the first and second fret notes so I'll leave alone, maybe adjust once I've found the keeper string choice. I also adjusted the pitch of the pickups a little as E and G were too loud but a small adjustment has brought a good balance string to string. 38mm nut, well spaced strings, not too close to the edge of the board and 19mm at the bridge, neck is much like the top 2/3 of a Jazz, but upper fret access is pants because of the heel (body join is 14th fret), even though its only 19 frets I can't actually get to much above 15 with my short fat hand. I had a quick look inside the control cavity, no shielding paint, mini pots and .047mF poly tone cap, pretty much as you would expect from a Squier, I like the tone 80% off mostly, or 50% with the volume backed off a little and a little bit of gain pedal to colour and boost the output. But the tone is great, even across the strings and less bass/treble variation EA/DG than many Ps and Js I've played and the compact slab body (no belly cut or arm carve) is comfortable and the smaller size means that it's easy to move around with the fretting hand and palm muting and thumb and finger picking down by the bridge is easier than on a full size instrument I find. I haven't tried it with a pick/plectrum. I've only played it through my PJ practice amp. Overall I'd give it 8/10 with that new owner tinted glasses, got to justify the purchase to myself mindset. Other than the addition of a Toucan it is as yet unmodified, haven't even taken the scratch plate plastic off. Supplied by A Strings in Treforest as I had a Reverb credit to use, Andertons have stock again and are cheaper, but I am happy to also support a smaller independent who provided great service and equally quick delivery on this and previously when I needed odd strings to make up sets or odd parts and keep a bit of money in Wales.

Is this worth a mention in the Vigier porn thread? My 89 Passion series 111, and my recently acquired 83 Arpege series1 Both are incredible instruments..Took abit of time to find an Arpege series1/11 funnily enough! Delighted to have this and quite possibly the best neck I have played on any bass, just amazing..Coming to terms now with how the electronics work.. Sounds great..In excellent condition, Replacing the cracked back control plate, known Vigier problem..cutting out a bit of plastic to size no big deal..So this is the second Arpege that I have owned..I had a series 1V..Wonderful bass all singing and dancing, the Glokenklang preamp..but I just feel the older through neck models have abit more in my humble opinion..This maybe nearly forty years old but still pretty groundbreaking in my eyes..Now what about a fretless.lol👍🤟😃

I’ve mostly been unable to attend due to life commitments, childcare, stuff HOWEVER my partner and two daughters have just got a horse and so disappear off to the stables every afternoon to do things horse-related. Normally I’d do DIY, shopping, prepare dinner and so I’ll ask if she has a problem with a day pass. I’m in credit right now as I’ve built them a field hay-box today and also set up a big electric fence from scratch mark me as a possible please

See, this is the thing with @Teebs, he looks like a lovely fella but the undead can’t fool animals.

If I don’t stand still and pay attention, I have to stick my tongue out - otherwise I fall over.

More progress on my PPJ5 Fretless. It's ready for the Daphne Blue nitro paint to be added. Not long now! Incidentally these two 2 JPJ5 basses (Swamp Ash) are available and looking for a home. #GAS

Neck inserts done. I can’t get these screws in black, so it’ll have to be chrome. Neck volute carved, and I slightly chamfered the headstock edges to reveal the black veneer, same as the body.

Is that @Andyjr1515’s son?

I’ll come along and bring my Swift Lite bass, made by our own @Andyjr1515, plus my Harley Benton short-scale P bass.

Finally, a view of the front and rear of the cabinet. Builders can choose from a selection of feet, corners and handles from Blue Aran to finish the cab off.

Ah, fair enough. I think it was as much to do with the fact that it just so happened the band names in your two posts also had a tenuous link to the previous post title - that is... - One night in Bangkok- Murray head >>> Tie A Yellow Ribbon Tony Orlando and Dawn - Turning Japanese - The Vapors >>> In the Air Tonight - Collins ..... (Wind) Tbh, I don't think putting explanations for every post is entirely necessary. It's a simple 'game' really that I guess does sometimes get slightly sidetracked. Apologies for raising any confusion, etc.

I’ll be there. Looking forward to it

I'd love to know what they've done to the p-bass in this mix but it's lovely. Fat, compressed and snarly.

I saw a show about Top of the Pops last night, and it featured the Ramones .... and they were inevitably 'performing' "Baby I Love You". Not written by them and not having their trademark sound, it always bugged me that when I mentioned the Ramones to people (even people who I thought would know better) they would reference Baby I Love You. So what artist can you nominate who is best known (by the general public) for a (or the ) song which does not represent what they do.

TBH I preferred the original....but we all have different taste. It's going to be near on impossible to design something that doesn't bear some resemblance to something else...it isn't plagiarism to acknowledge a design you like (unless it's a Rick)

So I've been playing around with the digital version of my design. And although I like the basic shape, I've been trying to take on board the advice I've been given regarding neck pocket, body shape etc and added a few fun bits. Again I'm pretty sure it's very derivative of something or other but I can't think what!

Excellent choice on going for an ACG. The smoothness of the finish always amazes me! Such a pleasure to play. You're in for a treat sir!

Andyjr15 is a raffle prize ?

Cheap Trick - I want you to want me. If you know the band you know this isn't truly representative! The Sweet - Any single 'A' side V the 'B' sides or album material. 'Wig Wam Bam' V 'Someone else will'

Hark at you with your fancy SDLC processes and asiatic bamboo implements! More importantly, what sort of cake? And are we having a raffle? And why is September SO FAR AWAY? 😩

I always love to hear the deeply insightful thoughts of people who have never been on a stage in their lives and who don't understand the complexities of singing and playing bass at the same time.

Here's Freddie Washington playing 'Forget Me Nots' with Patrice Rushen at some open air event. He was the original bass player on the recording. He doesn't let up his concentration for the entire performance, and his playing is so clipped and precise - absolutely brilliant. Patrice Rushen is no slouch on the keyboard either, as this clip demonstrates later on. And I love how at around 4.30 she gets the audience to clap along ON the beat - I wonder why ? 😏 😄🙄

Only that time I had to visit the doctors after I picked up something nasty during a trip to Morocco.

No worries @Stingray5, some of the links - not just mine - are obscure/vague/tenuous/devious (delete as applicable) but that's part of what it's about. You're right in that an explanation isn't needed for each entry, that would take a lot of the fun out of it and people can always ask if they really need to know. Anyway, back to the thread with a link that's hopefully apparent. Following Rock Lobster: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Bruce Springsteen

@stewblack Like yourself I'm not too impressed by "what went before". I'm a big lover of bread but not just flour and water.

Like this one :

tony blackburn hasnt been on caroline for years there is another tony on there who unfortunately has the primetime breakfast slot weekday morning and his cheese factor makes blackburn look positively desirable

Glad you, OMR and Hiram have enjoyed the hijack. Some character traits really came through, fascinating insights; when Carlos Alomar said to Davis's son 'your Dad was a brave musician', implying that he would be creative when the red light was on and give a piece of music his all....don't know about you but I contrast that with the people I have played with who are just perfunctory, 'how does that song go? How fast is that one? etc etc'! And the great pieces of popular music history he has played on bear that out, some of Bowie's best music along with Master Blaster, and Do I do with Stevie W and more. Also, George Murray's answers seem as measured and considered as his bass lines, not verbose like my waffling here!

Not wanting to take anything away from some of the constructive feedback I am reading, @benh if this is your first build my advice would be: accept that you are learning and that you will make mistakes, building is as much overcoming and finding solutions to issues as anything; this will not be your last build (trust me) so it is much more about enjoying the process and getting a feel for it; you are building your bass (yeah!) so nothing to stop you do whatever you want with whatever design which is the best thing about building your own instruments.

Hurrah! You'll be pleased to hear I've made no attempts at "singing". Though we do have a phat bass groove dribbling with Future Impact and lots of much weirder bass synth noises all rolled in my new Dub Delay vst...

Guitarists are welcome, as long as they don't bring any guitars.

Built by our very own @paul_5 this little beauty is a clone with a couple of additional features. With increased sensitivity and an additional 2 decay speeds this is a really flexible pedal. Easily as good as commercial offerings I've used which demand four or five times the price. The only decision I have now is whether I trust my memory or create artwork for the case...

Try to extend that lower horn a bit for better balance when playing sitting. And also better visual balance : win-win on both aspects.

Don’t re-list the item until the buyer receives his strike for not paying. I think and don’t quote me, if you re-list within a few days eBay assume the issue is resolved and the buyer gets off with it. As one said above, wait till day seven and report on day eight.

ACG's are the bass builders basses... Alan picks magnificent woods and transforms them into something that defies the 'form or function' clash to produce something that optimises both. It will be lovely.

This almost broke my heart. What you have given us here so far Neil is gold dust. I write bass-only custom content for Rocksmith (anyone who isn't familiar with it, think Guitar Hero but for real instruments). When putting together a custom, I need a Guitar Pro file. This gives me two choices - I can either use a GP file found online, or I can spend an hour or two putting together my own file note by note. Given the quality of the GP files which are online, the second option applies 99% of the time. I've made customs of many Whitesnake tracks over the years and they're a lot more complicated to chart than your average bass line, so when I saw that you'd posted your own transcriptions of what you'd played on the recordings, it was like my birthday, Easter, Christmas and a Lottery win had all come at once. I could go back and fix all the parts I'd struggled to pick out. Some time ago, there was a request for a bassline on another bass forum. By chance, I'd previously produced a GP file for the song, so i posted it. I was torn to shreds by the Music Police there who said I'd got the time signature wrong (12/8 not 4/4) and I'd made the cardinal sin of not displaying the notes properly just as you did. I wasn't best pleased, as I thought I was doing someone a favour. At the end of the day, the guys and girls I produce the Rocksmith customs for don't give a toss about key signatures, time signatures or whether it's a single note or two tied together. All they want to know is where to put their finger and for how long. I guess quite a few people here feel the same way too. For what you've done so far, I really cannot thank you enough, and if you don't feel like posting any other scores then I think you have been more than generous enough to the bass playing community.

Its always someone else's fault, especially when buying a bass. I mean, if the other person wasn't selling it then I wouldn't have bought it. See the solid logic?

Just my tupporth.. I have the Solo 3rd Generation, albeit going into Windows 10 and Reaper DAW. Excellent interface. Headphones all the way, and reasonable (I got some AKG second hand for about 25 quid) ones make the whole experience better both for tone and comfort. Using the headphones out of the Solo, press the button for Direct Monitor and mute your instrument track in the DAW. This makes it so much more possible to play in time with the track!

Reminded myself why I've never bothered with any sort of graphic design... it's frustrating and I'm not very good at it. But, the dog can't eat this one 😉 Work in progress!

Ive emailed @Manton Customs and they seem interested again (so long as the date works).

Well...now there's a story... Not me for one I gave Matt the choice of the four configurations, and he chose one of the other ones. And I - ahhummm - had already cut it before I spotted Matt's question. Anyway, Matt has been extremely gracious and says he is equally happy with the way round I've done it. One for the 'ooops!' log I reckon. That said, it is going to look pretty splendid - this is one of the best figured walnut pieces I've come across in a long, long time. Here it is with a 5-string sized fretboard cutout: Once the proper finish is on, that figuring is going to positively come alive! Next step is to cut the oak blanks and order the neck laminates and bridge

Here's mine, compact and bijou. Finally succumbed to individual pedals after years of either no effects at all, or minimal use of multi-effect units.

Hey folks! Here is my current (since 2017) board. Planning to make another one (a smaller one from the other pedals in the picture, but maybe keeping the Basswitch IQ DI as a separate stand alone so that I can continue to use it with both the original board as well as with the new one). Still waiting for the 3leaf audio Doom2 pedal to arrive. I am also thinking of re-making the original one to a smaller one. Let's see how this turns out