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More love for Japan Fenders from me. I've got a strat which I've had for 17 years and it ain't going anywhere. All the ones I've played have been really good instruments.
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Meter reader claims to be guitarist then abuses my basses
bassbiscuits replied to Twigman's topic in General Discussion
Sorry but I'd have told him quite strongly to take a hike immediately after he thwacked the Musicman. He sounds like a tw*t, and i'm not very patient with those. -
Looks like an early 70s neck, with replacement tuners, new scratch plate, wrong bridge, and different knobs. The neck plate serial number stamp is all wrong and clearly not original. In fairness the price is way too cheap for a 1966 P anyway, so maybe they're quite aware its not all original. Give it a miss...
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Price drop bump - now just £425. This is for sale on gumtree etc as well so if it disappears, you know why! -
I've owned a 1970 P since 1994, but i didn't really use it for a number of years in the early 2000s, partly when i moved away to college for a year and left it with a mate, and later when i left my band acrimoniously and wasn't interested in playing for about two years. Then it needed a refret, so just got stashed for a long time when i wasn't gigging much. Finally had it back up to speed by about 2009, and been reminded what a cool bass it is. In a way its taken me all these years to grow into it. When I was 20 i didn't really 'get it' so much, but now I'm a different sort of player in my 40s, its perfect for what i want.
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My Lull PJ4 is super lightweight - like 3.5kg or so - and it a full-size P bass style instrument. Didn't come cheap tho. Epiphone Jack Casady basses are really light, or you could even go lighter towards violin bass territory. Had a couple of Nanyo Bass Collections over the years which have all been very light too, with small bodies and even smaller headstocks, which ain't to everyone's taste aesthetically. Good basses tho, and usually less than £200 s/h.
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Sandberg are great basses. I had a passive California TT4 a year or so back, and though it ultimately got sold to finance another bass, it was an awesome instrument. Beautifully built, the best action/set up I've ever had, not a buzz anywhere. Nice and lightweight too. Proper German build quality, and stunningly convincing light relicing too. In hindsight, not a bass I should have sold. Sadly they didn't seem to hold their resale value as well at the time as some of the more established makes, which is a shame, or if you're buying secondhand, a very good thing.
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I'd find it easier to list bands I [i]DIDN'T[/i] like that [i]DID[/i] last.... plenty of them still knocking around!
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Painful fingertips after a gig - how to cure?
bassbiscuits replied to bassbiscuits's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='Steve Browning' timestamp='1494250299' post='3294311'] Dunk your fingertips in the hottest water you can stand. Works a treat. Apparently, the blood vessels get crushed when you play and the hot water opens them out again. [/quote] Happy to report that this has helped a lot - been doing it yesterday and this morning, and its very helpful. Good shout! -
Hello, NOW SOLD I'm selling one of my Fender Hot Rod Deluxe Limited Edition guitar valve amps – I have two of these lacquered tweed beauties, which is surplus even to my requirements these days. It's a 1x12, 40w valve amp, with reverb, three gain settings (clean, drive and more drive), bass/mid/treble/presence, bright switch, effects loop, and complete with two-button footswitch, vinyl dust cover etc. They use three 12AX7 preamp tubes, and two 6L6 power tubes. You'll have seen a lot of these amps on festival stages as they're great mid-sized amps which do go really loud. This one is part of a rare limited edition run which were made about 10 years ago, featuring an upgraded Jensen P12n speaker instead of the Eminence Legend which was standard at the time. Having owned both, the P12n alnico speaker to me sounds a lot louder, brighter and more responsive than the standard Eminence Legend. The Jensen P12n alone would be about £129 to buy new as an upgraded speaker. These amps also are a great blank canvas for pedals as there's a lot of clean headroom on offer. I normally play through the clean channel using a Mooer Hustle Drive for gain, which gives some great sounds, and then switching to the drive channel for a boost in volume and overdrive. The whole thing is in clean, very good condition – I've never actually got round to gigging this one, and have only used it a handful of times at home. There are a couple of small marks on the tweed lacquer n the back of amp which I've tried to show in last pic. Running two of these amps together sounds awesome but is just too much for me to ever foreseeably need. I owned the older 1990s American-made version of this years ago – a Fender Blues Deluxe – which was a great amp, and although this model (and all current ones) are made in Mexico, to me it seems just as well made, and with the Jensen P12n speaker, significantly ballsier and better sounding. Given the size/weight, I'm not willing to post it, so collection or meet up would be vastly preferable. I'm willing to travel a bit if needed for a sale. I'm in Leicester. Looking for £425 which is £50 off the original listing price - I need this gone so it's priced to sell.
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Here's an odd one. I've noticed that after playing a gig (especially on acoustic guitar with their heavy, thin strings) my fretting fingertips are absolutely killing me. They aren't really sore on the surface, but go tingly, numb and almost feel like they've been electrocuted, even tho the skins is thick and callused from 30 years as a bassist. I've always suffered from it (been playing guitar over 20 years) but with my recent switch towards doing more acoustic playing, its started to bother me again. Does anyone else suffer from this - more importantly, does anyone know how to cure it? I spent a few mins squeezing and massaging my finger tips after last nights gig which seems to have helped a bit. Maybe its just that my fingers are used to bass strings, but less happy about guitar strings, with their thinner point of contact etc. I dunno. Maybe soaking them in vinegar and baking them before a gig is the answer...
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Mine would be something from 1974 then - maybe one of the last four-bolt neck Fender Jazzes? That would do me nicely in fact.
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What are you listening to right now?
bassbiscuits replied to Sarah5string's topic in General Discussion
Currently listening to a lot of Marc O Reilly. Brilliant Irish/French singer/songwriter/frontman, who sounds like a heavier version of John Martyn, and alternates between delicate finger picked sparse soulful tunes, and full-on stomping folk/blues rock. My band opened for him in Leicester last week, and they were storming, as well as being a thoroughly good bunch, so I snapped up the back catalogue of CDs there and then. www.marcoreillymusic.com I genuinely don't understand why this guy isn't more famous. -
[quote name='j1mu5' timestamp='1493634231' post='3289522'] I'm really hoping it will be a useful experience and have to agree it really is a terrifying prospect at the moment but will be good to meet new people. [/quote] There's no need to be terrified! We're an easy-going friendly bunch, and basically people chat about gear over tea and cakes, try out each other's basses/amps/effects etc, natter about bass, have a raffle and more tea and cakes, and more nattering about bass. It's great - good to meet other players at various stages of their bass-playing life; some play at home, some are out gigging regularly, and some in between. It's just a friendly get together really. I can't make it this year, but been the last two years and had a great time, even making a few new friends along the way.
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I'm really sorry i don't think i'm going to be able to attend now - my missus is away that weekend, and I'm needed to mind the two kids (who are too young currently to enjoy the charms of a room full of bass players....) Bummer. Next year then.
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I thought Jain (French lass on a computer) was good, and Robert Cray was decent. But i switched off mentally during the Faroe Islander, and switched off physically shortly after. Yeah the Amazons guy was struggling to sing tho - been in that position a few times mid-gig and it ain't fun...
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[quote name='SpcMnk' timestamp='1493055720' post='3285249'] Saigon Kick! I must have played that cd till it broke when I was a young teen. But what about Mother Earth? 4 albums in the 90's and gone. Loved them! [/quote] Me too! That first Saigon Kick album was a sort of inspiration for my first band at the time - I think we knew it inside out! Mother Earth? Doesn't ring a bell - what sort of thing were they? I also had a great album from about 1988 called Johnny Diesel and the Injectors. Sort of mix of Aussie/American lively rock/blues stuff. As far as I know the only album by that band, although the main guy went on to perform as just Diesel later.
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I was into a band called Saigon Kick in the late 80s/early 90s, and another band called Jellyfish, who were both brilliant but didn't last.
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[quote name='mikel' timestamp='1492702101' post='3282538'] Sounds sensible to me. The phrase that stuck out was "I'v just stopped enjoying it" If you are like me I presume that's why you do it? If you no longer enjoy it get out, and do something you do enjoy. [/quote] Yep - thats about right. I'm quite excited about doing some different new stuff instead, so all good.
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[quote name='bazztard' timestamp='1492579526' post='3281282'] don't stress, you're not the first musician to quit a band to spend time with his family, only to discover family life is boring [/quote] Ha ha! Yes there is that.....
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I've got my last ever gig with my old band this weekend - a longstanding wedding booking. Looking forward to getting it over and done with as I'm a bit in limbo until then, neither being in the band or able to finally put it to bed. It's been an interesting few weeks since I announced I was going. The band all took it really well, and a couple of them have made a point of reaffirming our friendship outside the band, which is cool and more than I expected to be honest. Been spending more enjoyable time with the family without having to leave early to do a gig etc. I've also been offered some solo gigs on acoustic guitar from people who've seen my old band and know what I sound like. Unexpectedly I also signed up for some life drawing classes at the local college in my newly-found spare time. I haven't done any serious drawing since my A Levels 25 years ago, and it's really helped channel my creative spark and get me thinking. Since leaving my band it has all been a bit of a case of holding my nerve to remind myself why I've done it etc. But now there are a couple of interesting, less demanding things appearing on the horizon, I'm reassured of the positive aspects of why I did it.
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I bought my first really nice bass - my vintage Fender precision - while at my first year in university by flogging pretty much all my other kit! But I found myself in Halls of Residence faced with the dilemma of playing my new bass or preparing for the Monday morning tutorial on Shakespeare. Come Monday morning, I admitted I hadn't done any of the Shakespeare work, upon which the lecturer told me there was no point in me staying at the tutorial. I shrugged in agreement and trudged back to Halls, where I spent the rest of the morning playing the bass. In hindsight I was perfectly right. I've never earned a penny from knowing Shakespeare.
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I've never had any issue with trying out stuff there. Sure if it's a bass displayed up high I'd probably rather they moved it than me just in case I drop it. But I've never had an issue with the secondhand stuff and rack of Fenders etc that's at floor level. Normally I'll have already spoken to someone from the shop when I arrive telling them what I'm interested in etc and they'll often suggest a few etc and let me get on with trying a few in my experience. Given the value of some of those instruments I'm more than willing to go along with that approach. I've also left empty handed a couple of times having tried out various things and again, no problem or pressure.
