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Karaoke Version, I've downloaded loads of tracks without the bass and then play along with them, they cost £1.99 per track which you can pay using PayPal.

Once you have purchased a track, you can download it as many times as you like and you can change the key, choose which instruments to leave out, for example, when my mate who is a guitarist comes round for a practise, I will leave out his guitar part as well, sometimes I just download the drums of a song to improve my timing.

To give you an idea of what you get, I've added a track without the bass ,and added the same track with me playing along to it.

Here's the link:

https://www.karaoke-version.co.uk

21 minutes ago, gjones said:

I envy you. I'd love a rehearsal and I wouldn't care if it was $hite. 😄

Yes it was good to have a session again and I'm not too bothered about us being a bit shoddy because I'm sure the next time will be a lot better.

I was just wondering how others faired in their first knocks after such a long time. 🙂

19 hours ago, Slappindabass said:

We had a a rehearsal Thursday, it was ok. But didnt realise we were breaking the rules by doing so. So I will not be going to another.

I'm not sure if we were breaking the rules, there were just three of us and the marquee is massive, its much larger than it looks in the photo, the side was open and we were all standing at least five metres apart.

To be honest, I felt safer in the marquee rehearsing than I do when doing essential shopping in Sainsbury's or Tesco's where a lot of people don't practise social distancing 🙁

We met up for a rehearsal at our drummer's place where he has a massive marquee set up in his garden, so no problems with social distancing, but it was the first time that I had played for longer than about 15/20 minutes since I severed two tendons above my forefinger nine week's ago, and I have to admit that it was not only quite painful, but it felt really strange because the scar tissue is still very tight and my movement is restricted, so my fingers weren't going where they used to go automatically, but I was told by the surgeon that it would be at least six months before things return to normal so I'm not too down about that.

What was more worrying though was the fact that we were all really rusty and our timing was all over the place, I'm sure it will be much better next time, but I'm wondering if this is normal after such a long lay off, and how have your first sessions back gone?

Providing the file is not too large, just drag and drop it into the box with the paperclip

Thanks Andy, that was the method I was thinking of using but wasn't sure if it was do-able or not.

I might just have a go at it now 👍

Me too, please find that thread Andy 👍

11 minutes ago, machinehead said:

Isn't there a Precision with a narrowed neck for sale here at the moment?  I'm sure I read it this week.  Worth a look in the for sale forum and ask the seller?

Frank.

I'm looking to do another P bass self-build with a maple neck and I always prefer the jazz size necks, I usually use Squier VM or Mighty Mite necks on them but Mighty Mites are virtually impossible to find in the UK nowadays, and most maple necks on jazz basses usually have blocks which I don't like, so I was thinking of finding a Squier VM P bass with a maple neck and possibly narrowing it.

Has anyone ever narrowed a neck? ie, turning a precision size neck into a jazz size neck.

I know I could do it without the frets on, but could it be done with the frets on, would I need to file the frets first with a metal file or is there a way of taking off the wood and frets at the same time?

I have to agree that SX's are towards the top end of the bargain/budget basses, certainly the older models, can't comment of the newer ones though as I've not tried any, but I had a short-scale SX Precision a few year's ago, I think I paid about £90 for it and it was a really great sounding bass that played well, I sold it on here for around the same money and now wish I still had it, you can't do much with £90 these days but that bass was real fun to play

Thanks for the interesting replies guys, I never bought one at the time which is why I'm curious about how they have stood the test of time.

If they were still available now I think would would take a punt on one because I just love messing around with basses, and at around £60 one of these would have been ideal 😉

A few year's ago there seemed to be a big scramble to get hold of a Sue Ryder bass, lots of glowing reports etc.

So I'm now wondering how many still have one, and your overall views on them?

2 minutes ago, inthedoghouse said:

Thank you. 

So that's two votes for NWG.  As you do when you've got a build on your mind, I've been thinking about this a lot and I can't really think of a good reason not to buy NWG either.  The Strat body I got from NWG was just as good as my Mex Strats.

I've got a guitar (not bass) on eBay at the moment so I'll see how much that brings in.  I'm trying to work on the principal of selling stuff to pay for a build so that it doesn't cost me much.

Thanks again 🙂

That's the approach that I take, sell one to pay for another new build, it keeps the missus happy too! 😉

Unfortunately, Northwest are out of stock at the moment but they usually get new stock in pretty quickly, give them a call, I always find them very helpful.

I've built two P basses with Northwest bodies and I have to say that you will not find a better body for the price.

Mine both cost £149.99 although they are now £169.99 but still well worth the money imo.

One is sunburst and the other is olympic white and the finish is superb on both, and what I like about the Northwest P bodies is that the pickup cavities have ears and the wiring holes are drilled through to the control cavity allowing you the choice of whether or not to have a pickguard, whereas, the MIM bodies are routed in a way that means a pickguard is essential.

I've used both Northwest and MIM bodies for my builds and both are very nice, but for the price and the fact that you can choose to not have a pickguard, it has to be Northwest for me.

Pic 1 is the Northwest

Pic 2 is the MIM

22 hours ago, Frank Blank said:

Exactly what I’m doing. Anyone asked for an ex display discount before? How much are we talking?

I purchased an brand new American Precision from PMT a couple of year's ago, it arrived in perfect condition but I noticed that the case candy (Fender tags etc) was missing, I called them and they refunded £50 to my bank account without any hassle. 🙂

1 hour ago, atsampson said:

If you mean that "another" friend can't see your server in the public server list, one thing to check is whether you're all running the latest version of Jamulus - there were some changes to how the server list mechanism works in one of the recent releases to add genre-specific server lists, and you might be looking at different lists as a result.

Thanks, I've literally just uninstalled v3.5.3 which I only installed v3.5.3 a couple of week's ago, and reinstalled v3.5.6 and it works fine now 👍

Your little collection of gear will be doubled within six months now that you have joined BassChat 😉

I have Jamulus installed on my Mac and I have created a public server, my friend also has Jamulus installed on his Mac and he can find my server no problem at all, we have jammed together a couple of times online and its been great, but now we want another friend to join us who has installed Jamulus on his brand new PC but he can't find my server, can anyone shed any light on this and maybe advise me as to why my server is not visible to him?

Thanks in advance

12 hours ago, Pete Bish said:

Hi Everyone. I made an attempt at playing Wrathchild by IRON MAIDEN. 

Not gonna lie, I found this quite tricky to learn. It's pretty relentless, and there are lots of fast runs and fills. 

I hope you enjoy. 

 

 

Love it! 👍

Vintage Suzuki Nagoya Classical Guitar Model No 3069

I don't know much about this guitar other than I purchased it from a friend a couple of year's ago, I've never really got round to playing it and it has remained in its hard case.

It's in very nice condition for a guitar that's around 45/50 years old, the tuners look in good nick and turn smoothly, but I find that the three nylon strings don't hold tune very well, although this could well be the norm with nylon strings, I really don't know, all I do know is that being a bass player, my strings seem to stay in tune forever. 😉

The hard case is included in the sale, although it is a bit faded on the outside and the locks are starting to rust, but the interior is very good.

This is what I have found by doing a little bit of research online,

This Guitar was made in Japan by the World famous Suzuki Violin co Ltd, probably in the early to mid 1970s

Top: Spruce

Back and Sides: Mahogany

Neck: Mahogany

Fingerboard: Rosewood

Bridge: Rosewood

Collection from Bridgnorth preferred, but would post at buyer's expense.

Can a 21 fret P/J neck be converted to a 20 fret P/J neck?

I'm assuming that the heel dimensions are the same as a standard neck, but the the extra fret just overhangs the body.

So my question is:

Can the extra fret be trimmed off and rounded to match the heel so that it then becomes a standard 20 fret neck?

Hope I'm explaining myself ok 🤔

13 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

The 'P' has two pick-ups, too, but they're wired together and placed in close proximity. One could also ask why a Morgan three-wheeler costs more than a Fiat Punto, as it has a wheel less. 

🤣

Neil has just purchased a mandolin from me and it was such an easy and pleasant transaction.

Highly recommended 👍

Artec 8 Band Graphic Eq / Pre Amp SE-EQ8

Now £20 Posted

Virtually unused

The quality sturdy metal casing has an underside rubber pad for 'non slip' floor use.
You can make adjustments to the tone and volume of your instrument by boosting or reducing the band width controls and the volume control on the SE-EQ8
The SE-EQ8 also has a 'True Bypass' footswitch that when pressed, it puts the signal from your instrument to your amplifier without any of the tone and volume adjustments that you have made. This is useful when you want to give yourself a tone or volume boost in solos. 

• Power Supply: DC 9 Volt (Not included)
• Case Dimensions: 70(w) x 115.5(h) x 34(d)

1 hour ago, fester said:

I’ve just bought one of those bridges from northwest in black for a build i’m doing,really good quality,much better than i was expecting to be fair.Ive always bought quality branded bridges in the past.....don’t think i’ll be spending the extra £££££ from now on tho

👍 I've had the Gotoh and the Northwest side by side and they are practically identical except for the price.

I see no reason to use any other bridge since I discovered these 🙂