LukeFRC

Stop showing us it - it’s beautiful!

He had a sunburst P on too before it but I missed seeing that

They both Look great - how does that P sound with the dual soap bars?

I graduated in 2007 just into the Great Recession with a degree in sculpture. i was lucky - I was on the best course, in the best 5 year block where for a while we were really good and had great tutors.

whereas our tutors encouraged us to do whatever we wanted, as long as we did it properly. My old band formed out of a project we were doing.

I think you can - I was. i went to art school and was literally trained to be creative, and then given tools to keep being creative and coming up with new ideas - even when I had no inspiration. Admittedly to be admitted to art school I had to show an aptitude towards creativity and a level of skill - but even that I would argue was nurture rather than nature. My mum encouraging me to be observant from a young age made a big difference. my education also gave me the knowledge of the rules and history of art and why to do things. Of intentionally breaking the rules and knowing why those rules are interesting to break. I started playing bass as a creative outlet that had no demands on my to reach a certain level - There are big gaps in my skills. But as I’ve learned to play I can tell that most the better players have a theoretical knowledge that means they can Play better.

Ild like the P... just saying!

Scary to think that I think when I registered for basschat 13 years back I would have been mid 20s ... It’s been weird having all these older folk with disposable income selling things for secondhand prices to upgrade the starter basses to being in the position to buy those expensive instruments myself. But it’s been fun, I’ve tried everything I want to try, know what I like and for me personally know that gear is not the thing holding back my musical genius... it’s time, talent, practice, commitment and ability

Part of me thinks that the lifetime membership to SBL would be a better prize for me. Ild use it, and then surely if I’m one of his customers Ild stop seeing his face before EVERY YouTube video I watch

it's my 40th in 4 years too! Shall I start saving for a secondhand Navy blue sadowsky PJ ?

I think the lockdown has led to a lack of traffic on basschat - we’re falling down the Google listings - so Ped is ordering nitro finished basses and starting fights about boutique American luthiers that’s only a handful of us have played... to get more traffic.... you wait, I predict Paul McCartney related thread next. thats my conspiracy theory, feel free to brand it on the back of your headstock!

It was the one interesting thing about this thread. How deep into internet wiredness will we need to go to find out?

So You are arguing that the meaning of the word in the English language can change from a lute maker to a bowed instrument maker when the style changed, but not from a bowed instrument maker to a solid body guitar maker? I am pretty sure that in American English, (and probably British English) the term Luthier would be used to describe the maker of stringed instruments with necks, eg guitars. Likewise Hamilton won the title last year - even though the Firarri was a quicker car and Alonso was getting better results than that awful McLaren disserved. But you are right going from a AC to a Stenback, to a Harley Benton will not make you a better player. me changing my Golf to a Mercedes Benz, or Citroen C1 will not make my commute to work any quicker. Some people will justify the cost of the Merc. The Citroen driver may look at me and wonder how I can justify the cost. So even though we probably agree that the bass, or car, is not the determYou are basically arguing that your choice of fender custom shop (like my Golf) is far better than the Merc (which you’ve never driven) because the merc is unaffordable (to you)?

What I’m really confused about. Why don’t you go and buy what I presume is a 70s fender precision bass like that man in the picture and Er play it and be happy. you could then make a thread along the lines of “look at my lovely precision bass like my bass playing hero of mine, it makes me really happy to own and play it” - and you need not concern yourself about other manufacturers that you’ve not played, and can’t justify buying and - well you’ve got a lovely precision bass so you’re happy ...

The oddest thing i find is starting an odd “they are expensive and crap and not with the money (though I’ve never played one)“ thread is picking a slightly obscure American luthier who I don’t think that many of us on basschat will have played either. not enough to care passionately about

So what was the question? TRS will have a common ground and two rings - one for each switch or Pedal. Which is why summing to mono didn’t work. work out the wiring and any pedal that works in the same way will probably work

You need to look up which ring is the ground - I’m pretty sure you can hook up two expession pedals, or two switches

it's all got a bit stupidly out of hand over the OP not realising that properly-done nitro was shiny, and said nitro getting a crack in transportation hasn't it?

this thread has taken a strange turn

No more knobs!! wait did I quote the wrong post? 🤣

Andy - ever felt a deficiency in amount of knobs you have on you bass? Marcus and sire can help!

It’s a Marcus Miller jazz - it the pickguard that is making it look a little clunky- not the screws that at least give the pickguard a useful reason for being that shape otherwise what you are describing is a blue Sadowsky jazz with 70s spacing and a maple neck!

what he said. At the end of the day, you got a bass you like. If you dwell on the attitude of the maker too much you'll end up not liking it.

lovely. I thought I had it bad with one two year old!

you not finished yet?