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    I was more freaked out that 2009 was 15 years ago!
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    I’d be tempted to either pay to get it done properly or leave it alone and look for a bass that better suits what I want.
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    I once got an Epiphone Jack Casady bass dropped off at the gig by my keys player and I plugged it straight in and used it for the whole gig. No point hanging around is there.
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    I don’t think 10-15 years ago vintage 70s basses were seen as undesirable. We are only talking 2009-2014 after all. Hardly ancient history.
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    Now sold thanks Selling this set of D’Addario Chromes. They are medium scale (ie for a short scale Mustang bass strung through the body), gauge 45-100. Bought them for my Fender Mustang bass, and then sold the bass before I could put them on. Doh. I picked them up off this very forum earlier in May, and haven’t even unpacked them. Looking to get back what I paid - £25 inc UK postage. Any questions give us a shout. I’ve also got some brand new unopened D’addario nickel round wounds I got for the same Mustang. I’ll pop them up for sale shortly too. Cheers.
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    Great British Tribute Festival at Newcastle Upon Tyne with the Elton John tribute. Proper trek from the midlands but a really good gig. Still currently on the road getting home, waiting for my McDonald’s coffee to arrive…
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    So much going on in these pictures that I love. The bass! The pickups! The carpet!
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    I agree. even as the owner of a lovely vintage P bass, I've been taking out a Yamaha costing a tenth of the price to most gigs recently, and find it plays and sounds every bit as good, and is more versatile than the old P. It's cool to have, but I wouldn't splash out thousands on another (not that I have the money anyway) when I've got cheaper instruments which sound so good.
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    I play in an Elton John tribute band - naturally the focus visually is on Elton, with an array of outfits, the onstage banter, the glasses, the voice, the mannerisms etc. I wonder how many punters know who has been in Elton's band over the decades - I've tended to use a P bass (thinking of Dee Murray) but then his other two bassists - Bob Birch and Matt Bissonette - use five string Stingrays anyway. I wear something smart and suitable onstage but don't look anything like any of those bassists.
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    For me it was Steve Harris at first, but soon also Tom Hamilton from Aerosmith and Duff from G’n’R. It was the 80s after all.
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    I used to be in a band that did Radiohead High and Dry, and the eternally depressing Snow Patrol “Run” which was guaranteed to clear any dancefloor.
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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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