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On FB in Burnt Island in Fife Scotland so maybe a bit too far. Not too shabby. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2989922014465654/ Newcastle for this one https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/316798199944992/ This one's in Northern Ireland but i've heard a lot of great comments on Sire basses so might be worth checking if any nearer to home. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1235118733608972/ To be fair there are lots of these kind of bargains to be had. All the very best Dave

If you can try before buying and pay once you're happy with it. If inexperienced with basses take another bassist with you for advice. I'm usually happy with a fellow BC'ers word when buying on here. I've sold basses on FB but try to get buyer to pick up and try it first. Dave

Other option is check your local Facebook Bass gear for sale. Get some bargains on there but you do take more of a risk buying on FB. Very rarely an issue with fellow BCers Dave

Well done sir and as @Mudpup says check out BC classifieds for a decent bass. Dave

That's the good and interesting thing about your site Rob. It has quite a varied list of styles to choose from. Keep up the good work and once again many thanks for all your work so far. Dave

Well done Rob and much appreciation from me. I'm enjoying quite a few of them so far. Dave

I preferred them back then but have always followed them.

Altho i was into heavy rock in 70's my teacher gave me Little Ole Wine Drinker Me as a first song. Then Mississipi which was a chart song back then. I was starting from scratch to be fair but it was more about timing than ability to start with. Later we did songs that i brought music sheets for like Thin Lizzy and few others that have slipped my old memory now. He took me to a point where i understood how to read music but he never gave me chord structure and theory etc. Maybe he didn't know it and just thought bass was very simplistic one note songs. ?? Who knows but after 12-18mths he said there wasn't much more he could teach me. There weren't many bass guitar teachers about back in 70's that i knew off and no social media or google to search thru. Dave

Twisted Sister would have been a great show. Cant blame G&R for the fans dying tho. Dave

I had forgotten about the Rush Farewell to Kings Tour late 70's. For me that's when Rush were at their peak and an amazing display of musicianship by all. The full bands expert playing astounded me more than any other band. I was a Floyd and Genesis at the time but Rush totally surprised me how brilliant they were. Floyd and Genesis i was expecting to be good anyways Dave

Hard one but best would be either Floyd at Earls Court with the Wall first time around or Genesis Duke tour where Phil bought me lunch. Worst would be either Whitesnake cause sound was dreadful or Gabriel cause I was bored. I left within first 30mins of both gigs. Wasn't much of a fan of Gabriel back then and both Glasgow Apollo early 80's. Dave

Thanks Steve i'll maybe look into that. I like good quality cables but i spend more on the cab cables. I buy good quality instrument cables but never gave it a lot of thought other than they were from a reputable source or manufacturer. I have noticed a huge difference when using my wireless against a good quality cable. Cable gives more depth of tone but i need the freedom of wireless as 70's Glam Rock and platform boots i try to avoid having cables to trip over. 😂 Dave

How did the Mpulse fair against the TT800 Steve ? Sounds like the various cables made quite a difference. I've always tried to use quality cables. I have some from OBBM and some i bought thru Bass Direct when i bought my Berg cabs many moons ago. Mine are a combination of Proel, Klotz or Van Damme cables with Neutrik connectors. Dave

100% agree.

Downloaded Jeff Berlin's book and started doing the exercises but i think proper lessons with a teacher definitely help push and motivate you more. Think if i had continued with more proper lessons i may have taken bass playing more seriously rather than a hobby in life. Who knows but it would definitely have been a benefit no matter what. The lessons i had never got into chord structures etc. It was basically given a music sheet to learn for the following week and run thru it with the teacher. Eventually he admitted he couldn't offer any more. As i said hindsight has left me thinking he was more of an amatuer guitarist than anything else. Dave

When i started bass i took lessons for about 12-18mths. Was a long time ago in 70's. I still use that basic theory to this day. I'm not a sight reader but can work my way thru most things with a little time. I still write out my bass parts in correct tablature but its more to have a back up memory written down. I usually write it out as scribbled notes when learning a new song and once i'm happy with it i formally write it out and that acts as a reminder to learning direct from listening to the song. Been doing that for over 40 yrs now and works for me. Most of the bands i've been in realise that i will have the exact song structure written out and tend to ask me what's next or what's correct. You don't need to aim at being an expert at sight reading or theory to get some benefit from lessons but i sometimes wish i had kept the lessons going and learned more about the theory. The guy that taught me was a guitarist but on hindsight i dont think he fully understood the theory for bass playing. Dave

Used to play this in a Friends of Deep Purple tribute act. Can see how my own notes fair against your Rob. Def a classic rock album. Dave