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LukeFRC

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  1. “I like pink bass! I want you get pink bass”- my 3yr old daughter seeing guy Pratt play his burgundy mist jazz on YouTube And actually wanting to watch!

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    2. alyctes

      alyctes

      Pink is good.

    3. Teebs

      Teebs

      She's very, very wise. :)

    4. Sibob

      Sibob

      That's a free-pass as far as I'm concerned :D 

  2. Is it just me or are secondhand basses getting more expensive recently? 

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    2. BaggyMan

      BaggyMan

      fodera not fedora.  

       

    3. prowla

      prowla

      I take my hat off to you!

    4. BaggyMan

      BaggyMan

      bloody autocorrect

       

  3. hey! Why not Listen to my friends Christmas song... (it's charting!!) https://open.spotify.com/track/1LMO7dRVNRUyLKFbuu096O?si=biXRSUt3TU-gGH88v0vAsw

  4. Arranging to buy something  bass related you've been looking for for 10 years.... via email and he's not replied... 

    ARRGH! 
    But also high five to bass chatters - people tend to reply quickly!

  5. Far fewer trade offers than I was expecting for basschat...

    1. Jack

      Jack

      Fewer. 😋

    2. TheGreek

      TheGreek

      Basschat....I wouldn't swap it for anything.

    3. LukeFRC
  6. Had a Bobby Vega youtube video on in the background as I worked... my wife just told me to stop playing bass!!!! :) Quite why she didn't realise that my playing had improved massively I don't know!

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    2. NickD

      NickD

      She's a keeper! 🤣

    3. Rich

      Rich

      Now that's what I call a compliment.

    4. LukeFRC

      LukeFRC

      or she knows less about music than I thought @Rich!

  7. Has been listening to Taylor Swift's "Folklore" quite a lot more than I intended to. It's good.

    1. Clarky

      Clarky

      My wife has it on repeat and, dare I say it, its quite listenable (and I normally can't stand TS). Quite folky in a modern style

  8. If I was after a 5 string and lived in London pretty much everything you could ever want is currently for sale in the "for sale" forum!

    1. DiMarco

      DiMarco

      I wouldn't know what to want anymore. Maybe the GAS will get triggered again though. First half of 2021 got me a 5str Sadowsky PJ, 6str Yamaha John Patitucci sig and a Warwick Thumb NT6. I-think-I'm-covered.

    2. LukeFRC

      LukeFRC

      @DiMarco - you say it as if it's a bad thing to have no GAS?! 

    3. DiMarco

      DiMarco

      @LukeFRC indeed. My current lack of gas is disturbing.

      I just bought a Mesa Boogie V-Twin pedal 5 mins ago though so I can go Ben Shepherd style later on this week.

       

       

  9. In a slightly unplanned development I seem to have acquired my first ever five string this weekend! 

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    2. Hellzero

      Hellzero

      I've been asked before, Herr Kommissar.

    3. SpondonBassed

      SpondonBassed

      Fair enough Falco.

       

    4. Hellzero

      Hellzero

      Love this song, took me some time to understand the Austrian German used, but love it.

  10. Just found DR Fat beams on eBay for £4.70 result! 

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    2. LukeFRC

      LukeFRC

      I think it's real ... find out soon enough

    3. LukeFRC

      LukeFRC

      @SpondonBassed - new unopened pack of fat beams arrived today....  and got an unexpected bonus at work yesterday (company passing on some of Trump's tax cut!) it's a good week so far!

    4. SpondonBassed

      SpondonBassed

      That's good news for a change.

  11. Just randomly listened to my old bands recordings for the first time in year. I really want a '57ri precision again. 

    1. gjones

      gjones

      They do sit nicely in the mix.

  12. My two year old daughter has a clear preference for her favourite bass... based on sound not looks!!!

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    2. prowla

      prowla

      Either it's a Rickenbacker or you're a bad parent!

    3. LukeFRC

      LukeFRC

      It’s the Sadowsky jazz she likes - didn’t like the Warwick streamer. 
      to be fair she’s right

    4. prowla

      prowla

      I played a couple of Sadowskys at the Brum Guitar Show - they were rather nice.

  13. not sure I like Chromes on my L1000... do I not like Chromes or not like flats? 

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    2. Sibob

      Sibob

      Chromes are quite 'modern' as flats go, nice strings if that's what you want. I had some Chromes on my '71 Precision, and they started sounding pretty decent after a couple of years of constant gigging (and we're talking 1-2 gigs a week), in total I had the Chromes on that bass for around 5 years.
      When I put a La Bella 760FL set on the same bass, they sounded as good if not better (with a slightly nicer tension IMO) out of the packet as the 5 year old Chromes, and they're ageing really nicely.

      So yeah, it's all about La Bella IMO.

    3. Clarky

      Clarky

      PS, looks my TIs are sold anyway, soz Luke!

    4. JapanAxe

      JapanAxe

      I use Chromes on one of my Precisions (EB Cobalts on the others). They can be quite harsh and 'boingy' at first but soon settle down.

  14. so fed up with 2020 I bought a skinny stringed G****r   

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    2. Burns-bass

      Burns-bass

      I recently picked up a new Mexican Player Series Stratocaster. Lovely, lovely guitar.

    3. LukeFRC

      LukeFRC

      Japanese from 1988....

      IMG_5649.jpg

    4. bassfan

      bassfan

      🤦🏻‍♂️😂

  15. Spending my entire bass fund, plus a load extra on a bass will make me feel better about 2020 won't it? 
    This is a shite year

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    2. MacDaddy

      MacDaddy

      Cheaper, but not cheap? 

    3. gjones

      gjones

      I had a windfall a year ago, bought some lovely basses, haven't had a gig since early March and I just sit there looking at them and feeling miserable. 

      So the answer is no.

    4. DiMarco

      DiMarco

      Bought a Fodera and a Stingray neck through 5 since the corona crisis started.
      I am ecstatic by now, man!

       

  16. Strip and refinish a bass body (in nitro) - roughly how much would that cost? 

    1. Drax

      Drax

      £300 or so, give or take 

  17. Work desktop not turning on :(

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    2. LukeFRC
    3. Owen
    4. LukeFRC

      LukeFRC

      its a wipe the hard disk and start again job... luckily most the work was backed up in the cloud or on a hdd. 
      Still will loose me over half a day reinstalling stuff

  18. Work meetings you don't need to contribute in are really good to sit and practice scales!

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    2. JapanAxe

      JapanAxe

      Couldn't possibly comment...

    3. gjones

      gjones

      I was playing guitar, while supposedly participating in a team meeting online and somebody said, 'where's that music coming from?'. I'd forgotten to mute myself.

      Ooooops....

    4. Sharkfinger

      Sharkfinger

      @gjones wins this one

  19. @Clarky - exactly, he's the best bass gear reviewer out there. I flipping love him. Good old @Dood

    1. Dood

      Dood

      ❤️ 

       

      Saving this one lol :) 

    2. andybassdoyle

      andybassdoyle

      I think I've just woken up in a parallel universe

    3. Dood

      Dood

      It's ok, the cheques went out in the post that morning... 

  20. :(my amp started making a fluttery noise like mobile phone interference... turned it off and it won't come on

    1. JapanAxe

      JapanAxe

      What amp is it?

    2. andybassdoyle
    3. LukeFRC

      LukeFRC

      @JapanAxe Hughes & Kettner QT600 

       

       

      @andybassdoyle who knows, caps needing replaced maybe? 
       

      it’s well built and designed so will be fixable unlike some modern stuff. 

  21. £53 on Amazon/7 days to spend or loose/what bass things are worth it on there? 

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    2. jimbobothy

      jimbobothy

      Jamiroquai books by Stuart Clayton, always nice to see the dots to some good tunes 👍

    3. Kev

      Kev

      Get yourself a solid single pack of strings for that....

       

      Isn't being a bassist fun.

    4. tayste_2000

      tayste_2000

      NUX Mighty Plug (great for practice when travelling, especially if you already have IEMs), Clip on tuner poly/unitune, Strings (as mentioned above), EBS patch leads, Quality cable.

  22. After 15 years of buying and selling stuff online I’ve finally had one go a bit wrong on me. My learning- the ethos of how you act on basschat as a good seller isn’t the same on other music forums :(

    1. hiram.k.hackenbacker

      hiram.k.hackenbacker

      Hope you get it sorted.

    2. Reggaebass

      Reggaebass

      I haven’t had any problems here and I’ve spent quite a few thousands buying, I suppose there’s always a first time, hope you get it sorted Luke 

    3. LukeFRC

      LukeFRC

      For clarity my purchase isn’t on basschat.

      probably why it’s gone wrong 

  23. Bought a Hellborg amp off one of you in a dream last night... who was it? can we talk in real life? 

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    2. TheGreek

      TheGreek

      I'm still waiting for the payment you promised...😉😉

    3. Kevsy71

      Kevsy71

      Luke, if you go to 'dream Basschat' tonight you can check who you bought it off in the 'dream feedback' forum

    4. LukeFRC

      LukeFRC

      just for clarity the dream was about a new bass amp, and I dreamed of meeting someone from here and discussing if I wanted the cabs and they might not fit in my car.... 
      I was not actually dreaming of being on here talking to you lot! :D 

  24. bought a pedal before breakfast - this pedal board build thing is getting expensive! "replace my HX stomp with a few pedals" didn't stay that simple....

    1. Chaddy

      Chaddy

      Trying to buy a 2nd hand HX stomp that isn't £25 quid off the new price is also a pain :D 

      Passing trains in the night 

       

    2. LukeFRC

      LukeFRC

      I sold mine a few weeks back for £300 - stick a wanted post up on here, I replied to one to sell mine

  25. Congratulations to @Sarah5string for the status update status update 🤘

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