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    Bryan Adams at the Coventry Building Society Arena on Friday night. The man’s a legend. He’s 64, voice still sounds every bit as good as he did in the 80s with so many brilliant songs to choose from and a tight band to perform them. Really good party vibe in the heavier songs, dropping down to just piano and acoustic guitar for gentler, quiet moments. Ive liked his stuff for years and really pleased that he comes across as a proper good egg in real life. Excellent work that man 👏
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    Price drop to £725 plus UK postage.
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    SOLD I’m selling my 2013 Made in Japan Fender Mustang bass in cream/white. I believe it’s an alder body, maple neck, with a rosewood board and the bridge strung thru the body. I swapped the original brown tort scratch plate for a white one but both are included in the sale and are a straight swap. I understand these have a slightly narrower nut (40mm) than the Mexican-built Justin Meldal-Johnsen models (41.3mm) which some people might prefer. It weighs 3.6kg, and balances well - an absolute doddle for long gigs and/or stiff shoulders. Owned by me since 2017, it’s in really good condition, with a couple of very minor surface dings and surface scratches - none through the paintwork at all. The frets are in great condition. It was fully set up by Leicester luthier Howard Smith shortly after I bought it and hasn’t need tweaking since. It’s currently wearing a set of medium scale D’addario EXL160M nickel rounds, 50-105, which on the short 30” scale feel firm and growly while still allowing for string bends. It has medium/low action with room to go lower, a nice tight neck pocket and is overall a lively, resonant bass. I’ve found it a really good alternative to my usual P bass, but I don’t currently have a job so it’s a bit of a luxury now for me to keep them both. It comes with a clean and functional Original Gigbag company padded foam gigbag - it’s a nice snug fitting bag despite being fairly cheap and meant for full-size basses. I’m looking for now just £725 plus postage within the UK only. Not looking to ship overseas so please don’t ask. Any queries give us a shout. cheers
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    Hot and sweaty gig with the Andy Wales Blues Band at the Flying Circus in Newark last night. Lovely summer evening. I travelled light and just took my Yamaha BB604 - usually the last thing I’d associate with a blues band (when there’s a choice of a precision for example…) but in that format it worked really nicely. Got plenty of grit and punch if you play it hard, but smooth and fat if you ease off the gas a bit. Anyway, nice gig and for the bonus of seeing the northern lights on the way home. Pulled over on some dark country roads to watch them.
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    I’ve had weak distorted tone on dying batteries in my Yamaha BB604. Anecdotally they seem to have gone flat extra quick when I’ve knocked the Nathan East pre-amp switch on while they’re unplugged and in gig bag, which doesn’t actually make any sense. But otherwise yeah they tend to suddenly be dead rather than taking ages to fade away.
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    I still have the Hohner acoustic guitar I got for Christmas 1988. It’s a wreck now but just about ok for campfire jamming. Basswise, the P bass I bought in 1994. So far we’ve spent 30 happy years together.
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    Yes please.
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    Unfortunately not. I got into music at 12 by listening to Iron Maiden and Kiss records at the same time as our school music teacher was waffling on about the great composers which meant nothing to me. There was no emphasis on participation or playing an instrument. It was alien to me. As a result I dropped school music at the earliest chance and did my own thing. As a consequence I’ve never learned to read or write music but have worked out most of what I’ve needed to know.
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    In the flip side, I sold a Squier Silver series P for £80 and a Fender MIJ 1957 reissue strat for £120ish when I was skint some years ago (it turned out to be a rare colour too…)
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    I bought a 1970 sunburst precision bass in 1994 for £575 - I was a student and that was a lot of money. I still gig with it though. I also paid £40 for a 2006 Yamaha FG512SJ dreadnought acoustic off FB marketplace - needed a strap pin and a set up but plays lovely and gets used for my solo gigs, using a Seymour Duncan woody soundhole pickup I got for free. My other main bass is a 2003 Yamaha BB604 which I paid £200 for on BC back in 2017 I think. I practice with a Blackstar ID Beam combo which I won at a local music shop competition some years ago too. Bargain indeed.
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    Indeed! He was from Oadby just the other side of the A6 from where I used to live! I considered myself “that other Oadby bassist” ha ha!
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    I’d be intrigued to play a JMJ. I've been using a white MIJ Mustang for about six or seven years and while I love it, it’s a bit lighter sounding than my P bass. The neck is small and comfortable, but I wonder if the thicker JMJ neck also gives a bit more meat to the sound (I’ve found necks to be an important part of how a bass sounds). My MIJ is nicely balanced tho and a thicker neck could upset that, all other things being equal.
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    Roadworn bass is lovely. I’ve lusted after one of these but always been put off by the neck being too wide for me. Bet this is a belter tho with that slimmer profile.
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    And I’m from a couple of miles further down the A6 at Great Glen!
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    Opinions are like a..holes. Everyone’s got one. No doubt some people don’t like short scale basses, but plenty of people (including me) can get perfectly good sounds out of them and enjoy the variety of having something different.
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    Ah i’m sorry to hear that. Good that the MIJ basses work for you tho.
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    How come you’ve decided to part ways with all of these @Lozz196? I was encouraged reading about how much they’ve been helping you with your back/shoulder issues. What a fantastic set of basses.
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    Glad it helped mate.
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    Wedding gig near Birmingham depping with my brother’s function band last night. Real good vibe, lovely audience, and got to try out my Darkglass Vintage Microtubes pedal to give it a bit of grit in a couple of the heavier songs. Plus pulled pork rolls. Winner.
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    Good work that man.
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    This. I tend to go wherever there’s any room left in dep gigs. I tend to find myself either side in my main band depending on the room/stage etc.
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    I struggle with Gibson Thunderbirds. I think they are the best looking basses in the world but I can’t cope with the shape/size/playing position etc. I don’t hate them at all. I’m just gutted they don’t fit me, and the mismatch between my body and a T bird mean I couldn’t even consider buying one.
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    Nice gig at Leicester’s Donkey music venue with my blues/soul trio the Andy Wales Band. First outing for my recently-acquired Ashdown ABM500 head too, which sounded beefy and fat - apart from briefly leaning my bass against the front panel which pressed the switch to turn off the EQ (why would anyone want that?) leaving me wondering for a few songs where my lovely sound had gone…. Lesson - always know the position of your knob. Good turn out tho including interestingly various punters who’d paid for a nearby blues festival but didn’t like it and instead spotted this gig in the listings and came along (and seemed to enjoy it!)
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    Up until now I’ve played cleaner than a Nashville cat, using Markbass heads and cabs and little or no effects. But lately I’ve been seduced by the dark side, dabbling with valve amps and hybrid amps with valve preamps. To make matters worse, I’ve bought two overdrive pedals. I feel like this is a confession…. forgive me.
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    That’s hurting my brain
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