alyctes

It occurs to me that some Japanese bassists might be ... slightly odd.

I suppose it would at least teach you to play it without looking at it.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/295988147599?hash=item44ea44b58f:g:oZQAAOSwNEFlK3aJ

Starting too late.

Not nabbing my dad's DB from his wife after he died.

1 minute ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

I've got some underpants with holes in.

 

Not exclusively for gigging. I just live in poverty. 

All my underpants have holes in.  Makes them easier to put on.

The Rolling Scones.

The Spooges.

Eddie and the Hot Cods.

The Beagles

I bought some pickups from Paddy.  He went out of his way to get them posted quickly and all went smoothly.  I'd be pleased to deal with him again.  Thanks Paddy

Where does one buy strings for these?

I'm not one for relics, personally,. but the neck on these is nice

GLWYS!

I bought a Diago Powerstation from Chris.  Very prompt and well organised, well packaged, all good.  Thanks Chris!

Nice!  Nicely done pics, as well.  Good luck with your sale!

Now gone

PMed

If it was my ad I'd edit the title to make clear it's a fiver - that's not instantly obvious from the pics, and I'd be expecting people to think (as I did) "oh a Fender-dimensions neck will drop straight in"... could make for an unhappy buyer.

Or I could buy it myself.  Pretty, that.  Decisions, decisions

Are they planning a fretless, I hope?

5 hours ago, Bassassin said:

 That's the fella.

He still appears on my screen occasionally.  My BC time is fairly restricted though, so for all I know he's in Off Topic all day long.

On 03/10/2023 at 21:38, Bassassin said:

I bloody love these! Kicked myself for ages after I once missed out on one here for £100!

 

Couldn't justify it now as I'm not gigging & too lazy to sell any of my bass surplus to make space. Which is a shame as I'm FB pals with the seller, who's also a BC member, or at least used to be.

Must be Mr Foxen, I guess?

That lower horn could make it unpleasant to play sitting down.

Lawrie has two feedback threads...

Lawrie sold me a book about Mr Karr.  As before, a smooth and swift transaction.  Happy to trade with him.

Thanks Lawrie.

9 hours ago, Beedster said:

 

It was a small and sharp fork @alyctes. Have to admit I'm surprised/amazes/shocked at how easy and quick it was. I've been meaning to do it for a while and last night had the time and space so cracked on. I used a BBQ spatula to retrieve the post, then grabbed it between my first two fingertips through the F-hole, allowing me to get it vaguely into position albeit at a precipitous angle, and then used the fork to push it vertical and to them manoeuvre into place under the foot. I don't know if i was just very lucky or whether aluminium basses are easier to work with in this respect, but sitting down with a beer afterwards I couldn't hep thinking that like so many other technical aspects of instrument setup and repair, it's a whole lot easier than you think 👍

 

Thanks for your help above, that was going to be my next approach had the fork failed!  

Glad it went well.  Can I ask, how did you ensure the post went in in the correct orientation? 

Nice!  Did you sharpen the tines, or ... ?

HBs are very good for the price.

Or for second-hand try a Peavey Milestone III.  A decent one for £100 should be easy enough. 

3 hours ago, sandy_r said:

 

I guess it's the mics in the bridge - a weird conconction of acoustic sensor in a solid body (but somehow different to piezo)

 

Yep, serendipity strikes in mysterious ways - my GAS was 200 miles from home (Dorset), visiting family on the East Coast

 

IIUC it's actually a microphone system, somehow (which is an acoustic sensor, obvs).  I've not tried to work out how it actually works.

4 minutes ago, sandy_r said:

 

Interesting, thanks for sharing

 

Whilst I was in my pub band I upgraded from a fretless Yamaha RBX200 to a fretless BB4, thinking that would hit the spot

Then I just happened to walk past a cash exchange type place which had a used fretted Sinsonido in the window...

 

I never gigged with the Yamaha again!  Great sound (after I fixed the onboard preamp), great gigging/practice weight

After the demise of the pub band, some years later, I had the frets removed and have been able to crossover to acoustic-oriented gigs, using it as a lightweight EUB

 

There must be something about it - surprised me!

 

They don't quite sound like anything else, do they?  I had mine second-hand from here, seller was local and I knew nothing about fretless at the time...  classic GAS purchase!

On 21/09/2023 at 18:50, Woody1957 said:

What's the weight of the tank please? Is the barrel long or short scale. Cheers.

That's a long 75mm.