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2 minutes ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

Fair cop guv. DJ Ssadow.

DJ Sadow

We played one in a bar where everyone was dancing and we went down well. When our singer offered to rebook, they told him we were "too mellow" for a Saturday night (the only night they did live music). He's not normally an onanist (in public anyway) so we took that to mean the staff didn't like our act. Random, but there you are.

On 20/11/2022 at 15:21, Piers_Williamson said:

If bitsa bass count...these are quite famous stickers (Paul Simonon's London Calling 78 Precision)

 

Missed this the first time round, but surely one like this could be Fender's most lucrative reissue yet

On 30/05/2023 at 18:57, Lord Summerisle said:

When I first heard this on the radio I thought the chorus was “How’s about a date?”

 

 

I honestly heard this as "a*se about face"

I think last time this came up, we decided it was OK for some but not for others.

This chap may well be one of the others.

Arriving: Left Bank Two by the Noveltones.

Reflection: Stoneage Dinosaurs by Cardiacs

File-out: The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica), Captain Beefheart & his magics

Hopefully someone can sort this out when I cark it. Cheers

Now sold, thanks all for looking 

Looks better than I was expecting. Kind of trompe-l'œil. Maybe it just needs a coat of slightly transparent colour for a Foto Flame effect?

NoJunkMailHereBucker?

16 minutes ago, Tim2291 said:

I have an explorer bass, no idea what brand it is, bought it off ebay years ago, but it doesn't play badly at all and has a single P bass pickup so sounds pretty P bassy. Needs all the paint stripping as whoever had it before me tried to paint on a wood effect... it looks awful! 

 

I'd love to have the time to do the work on it and then use it at the most inappropriate moments. Jazz gig... crack out the explorer!

Someone painted a wood effect on to … wood? This I have to see

At least his Ofsteds are OK …

https://www.sblacademy.org.uk

Not sure about this new string to the bow, however: https://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/

On 26/07/2023 at 16:22, Phil Starr said:

Don't forget to adjust the DFA knob.

you called?

Just a thought, but the preamp in this costs £200+ to get from Warwick. So, if you just want the preamp I can happily supply an awful RockBass 2-band pre along with this bass. Then all you have to do is swap them round, keep the pre and sell on the bass for £350 and you're laughing.

I don't think I'm being serious, but you never know.

Diversification has already started, apparently

Pay day / benefits day type bump ....

More frequent marketing emails.

Scott's Banjo Lessons?

Still here. I'll do it for £500 for Basschat people only (plus cost of your chosen delivery service if required).

Still available more expensively elsewhere if you prefer, of course ...

Pics or it didn't happen.

Hey Plankton -- great (I assume) handle. Reminds me of a tannoy announcement I once heard at a festival: "Can Pond Life please go to Pond Life's mum's tent."

Fun fact: there are no muscles in your fingers. Powered grip is supplied by the forearm muscles, while those in the hand govern precision grip. It may be that your problem is simply forearm strength, in which case the tool mentioned above may well help; alternatively it may also be a function of the size and shape of your hand, in which case you might need to modify your technique to compensate.

It's hard to move the third finger in isolation for anatomical reasons, so if you're struggling it may be because of the way your fingers align over the frets (especially the lower ones). In which case, if you try to force things you risk doing yourself a mischief. If this is the case, maybe continue to use the workaround you've already found, and experiment with the position of your thumb behind the neck to see what's most comfortable.

Without knowing more about the problem it's hard to give good advice -- can I suggest booking in with a tutor who can look at your instrument and your technique?

(Starting this again, as I think my previous response sounded ambiguous and/or rude).

Is it the stretch that's causing the problem, or just being able to do 1-2-3-4? You could rule out the former by starting at the 12th fret, for example.

Can you do the opposable thumb thing, touching each finger in turn on to your thumb?

3 hours ago, TheGreek said:

Have I seen this on Gumtree??

Might have.

Matt bought a Squier pickup from me and was thoroughly straightforward and pleasant throughout. Even when the courier tried to stitch us both up (but failed).