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29 minutes ago, Doctor J said:

 

 To complete the set, just wait for Eurovision to come around again so people can tell you how many years it has been since they watched. It seems to be very important information for everybody to be aware of 😁

Can't wait for Jools to do a Eurovision medley in the Legends slot at Glasto.

Is it just me, or is there a concerted effort this year for every snare drum to sound like someone dropping a wet cardboard box?

7 hours ago, YellowLedBetterBass said:

 

Edit - he's now pulled out the gold Jack Casady which also sounds fantastic and is making me think maybe it's actually the Ampeg behind him that I want.

I have a P bass, a Jack Casady and an Ampeg. I can assure you it’s all three you want.

I chanced upon Father John Misty’s set and absolutely loved it. The bass player wasn’t doing anything flash but he was totally in the pocket, gorgeous tone out of a Gibson Triumph. Really cool.

I spot an opportunity for cunning guitar companies to sell "signature" models without having to pay the artists. Look out for the new Steve Via model from Ibanez any day now.

I would also have accepted StingBong.

I have just spent a pleasant morning with Dave Lunt and can confirm he is still very much firing on all cylinders. With me doing the heavy lifting, he gave my 1981 SVT a quick service, tested all the valves, replacing three of the preamp ones which were a bit noisy, and tweaked the bias settings to get rid of most of the hum.

He's based in Macclesfield, Cheshire and I would heartily recommend him with the caveat that you might need to pitch in and help if your amp weighs 3 tons like mine!

On 12/06/2023 at 14:04, Pow_22 said:

Any amp tech recommendations for North West/Manchester?

 

Usually use Roland Lumby but he only takes on valve work now.  Dave Lunt seems to have retired from what i gather

 

Its a hybrid Fender Bassman that needs a new volume pot as it has sheared off.  Looks like the post go straight into the board so could be a big job

Just spoke to Dave Lunt, he says he would like it to be known he has certainly not retired! Although he might change his mind tomorrow after looking at my SVT.

8 minutes ago, Steve Browning said:

What's a nice vintage Fender without a nice tort pickguard? 🙂

Just a vintage Fender.

2 hours ago, WishIcouldplay said:

It would appear then that nobody wants them? Or mine.

 

Perhaps nice old instruments are going out of fashion?

 

You might be right, I've been following a fair few on Reverb for a while and they hardly ever sell. That said, yours is a beauty and I came very close to buying it myself, but ended up with an EB2D (with the extra pickup). Sorry!

1 hour ago, gjones said:

I can see now where the idea for the makeup came from

 

It started as "Go on then, just a touch to accentuate my cheekbones."

Curious how this, and indeed an original Mutron III, will compare to the new Behringer B-Tron III coming out soon.

Just got home from seeing Cory Wong in Manchester. Absolutely floored by the support band Couch; not only the quality of the music, but the mix was flawless from the first note. Super tight and funky, awesome singer. Cory’s set was amazing too, but the mix wasn’t as good. At times I couldn’t hear his guitar, and the bass was pretty much inaudible all the time. Didn’t spoil the night though. Musicianship was off the scale. My son’s verdict at the end of Cory’s set: “That was insane!”

Oh, that VW. Makes more sense than what I was thinking.

We had an old Merc bus as our band transport. On the way to one gig the wipers packed up, so my job was to sit in the footwell with a pair of mole grips on the back of the wiper spindle, manually clearing the screen. 
We stopped to pick up a couple of bedraggled hitch hikers. The door opened, they took in the scene of me sitting on the floor with a pair of mole grips, and changed their minds about wanting a lift. In the rain. 

2 hours ago, AlexDelores said:

What brand is the extra pickup in that? 

I believe they're both Dimarzios, the neck pickup is a Model One.

My Squier Mike Dirnt.

In best ebay classifieds tradition, it's 100% original. Apart from the refinish. And the extra pickup. And the scratchplate. And the Hipshot D-tuner.

Oof. I have no need for another Precision but I absolutely love that.

3 minutes ago, kevin_lindsay said:

Basschat to the rescue!

But you have to supply your own cape.

Ok, I'll bite.

1) 1975 refinished Daphne Blue (at least that was the colour I asked for). Bought for £450 in about 1997, it was a horrible kind of orange peely red. Possibly the nastiest neck I've ever seen, looks like parts of it were sanded down and then varnished with a wallpaper brush. Forget playing anything up the dusty end, BUT it's got a very old set of flatwounds and sounds gorgeous. Much heavier than my other two.

2) 1964 Sunburst. All original, my holy grail bass.

3) 1975 natural refinish. Got this for £450 (£400 plus £50 for stripping off the horrible DIY snakeskin finish) from Birmingham Musical Exchange in 1996. Seymour Duncan Quarterpounders, Schaller bridge, in many ways it resembles Fender's Nate Mendel signature Precision. A bit of a dog but the most comfortable neck ever.

18 minutes ago, Burns-bass said:

 

Interesting that he says "restored" instead of "refinished". Wonder what the deal is?

If he said "refinished" he'd have to knock £10k off the price...

I quite often go to the timber yard and ask for "2.4m of 4" x 2"", or an 8' x 4' sheet of 18mm ply. Nobody bats an eyelid.

17 hours ago, ezbass said:

It’s wrong, but what’s going on here?

 

These ‘AI’ images create some things so well, but drop the ball on what should be simple.

I think Mark D Philips is selling this one on eBay.

In response to the OP, I suspect there’s a few who have unwittingly bought someone else’s prized instrument from CC.

It's amazing that the manufacturers haven't yet caught on.