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Do the poles stick out on yours?

absolutely but I hoped people might elaborate if they felt like it!

Thanks for playing!

Hahaha! That paints a picture

Anyway this isn't about me! I hoped to provoke others into sharing some amusing, poignant, happy memories.

#6 was a sad one actually. My father had recently died and we were playing Enjoy Yourself (Specials style) and it brougfht back a recent memory of him and mum singing along to a much older version as we drove to the last holiday we'd ever share.

Just a bit of fun. 20 simple yes or no type questions but please feel free to elaborate if you have a good bass playing related tale inspired by a question. I have, on a whim, chosen 20 all of which I could answer (surprisingly in some cases) with a yes. 01 Ever played a gig sitting down? 02 Ever gigged on a different instrument? 03 Ever shared a stage with a musical hero of yours? 04 Any fan ever had a tatoo of your band's logo? 05 Ever signed an autograph in a dressing room? 06 Ever cried on stage? 07 Ever worn a hat on stage? 08 Ever gigged with a band you hadn't met before the gig? 09 Ever been in a relationship with a fellow band member? 10 Ever played in different bands on the same day? 11 Ever had anything thrown at you while playing? 12 Ever crashed on the way to the gig? 13 Ever left a band over the choice of set list? 14 Ever slept in the venue despite it not being a hotel? 15 Ever been supported by a band clearly better than you? 16 Ever played a gig suffering from some debilitating medical condition? 17 Ever been in a band where the guitarist was your favourite bandmate? 18 Ever played in the grounds of a stately home? 19 Ever injured yourself on stage? 20 Ever been told that your bass isn't loud enough?

This is also very true.

I take your point. If it had been advertised at 16 notes post free, probably would have bought it without hesitation. I think I lost a bit of perspective when the postage came in at nearly the same price as the unit.

very nearly bought one but needed food! Actually 16 quid. 6.70 postage... The great advantage over my other options is the volume controls to quickly and easily mix instrument and track. But is that worth 16 quid

Good man. Precisely my attitude. If I can, and I want to I will. OK I have bought a few lemons and sold on some gear I maybe ought to have kept. But each rig has its own charms. The only thing I must not do any more is buy an 8x10. Even so I still want one

testing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BQlF9m9K14cl2kL3DhVd9963u9AHrWf8/view?usp=sharing The above is a little test I did with three of my P basses. 1st line = the 7ender with the new pup and Detroit Flats 2nd line = Bruce Thomas Profile with Stadium Elites rounds 3rd line = Bass Centre power bass with Detroit Flats then the three lines repeated. Had I thought to do this before the restring you would have thought the 7ender wasn't actually on the recording! Now it is right up there. The surprise is how bright the Power Bass is with those flats on. But there is very little in it. All recorded totally dry, same settings, pots wide open.

But but... that's it - the strings the pickup and the boxes they came in. What else can I show you?

For me it was bass lessons with @chrisaxe where he had me analyse JJ's bass line to Ain't no mountain high enough. The breathtaking ability - alchemy I should say - to create bass gold from the same mundane, every day scales we all have at our disposal. As a poet who, having no more than the same 26 letters that you and I employ to ask for directions to the bus stop, creates a delicate, unexpected and powerful piece of written art, so Jamerson's work, at its heart has nothing remarkable and yet is extraordinarily beautiful. The master indeed.

I nearly took one when the guts were out but figured you'd all seen that kind of thing before

Picked up a PJ in a trade. Already had my share of basses but my sale ad wasn't shifting. This was a while back and it has cut a forlorn figure, gathering dust, unloved in the corner of my room. Why so? I couldn't really say. There was just something vague, unremarkable about it. It seemed somehow insubstantial both in feel and sound. The exciting news is that I have restrung with Detroit Flats by The Bass Centre and replaced the pickup with a Kent Armstrong Vintage. Exciting to me I should probably say. It now sounds resilient, supple and exuberant. And those flats! They've transformed the tactile experience entirely. I don't know why I'm surprised that pickup and strings should be so crucial to the instrument. And yet it amazes me every time just how powerful is the effect they can have.

I've decided to change pickups in a P Bass recently as well. I have ordered Kent Armstrong Vintage P Bass Alnico pick ups. For no better reason than the Kenrt Armstrong I bought for my old Aria is fabulous. My favourite P Bass pick up is the one supplied with the Bruce Thomas Profile. I emailed to ask if they would sell just the pick ups but sadly never got a reply. I'm interested in the Entwistle's now I've read this thread. If the ones I've bought don't do the job I'll give one of those a try.