bassbloke

Depending on genre, any physical format is viable, just make sure you have a quality digital option available too. Popularity of different formats varies a lot by country too. Vinyl is big in Europe.

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Interesting. You can only sell so many new guitars, so makes sense to get piece of the used market.

Avantasia at the Roundhouse. Not the most inspiring from a bass playing perspective, but that's not the point of seeing Avantasia. They played for nearly 3 hours with a vocal lineup that included Tobias Sammet (obviously), Eric Martin (Mr Big), Ronnie Atkins (Pretty Maids), Bob Catley (Magnum), Tommy Karevik (Kamelot) and the incredible Kenny Leckremo from H.E.A.T. Even the three backing singers were incredible, especially Adrienne Cowan. VID-20250325-WA0000.mp4 VID-20250325-WA0012.mp4

I bough my main bass on a holiday to the USA/Canada in 2003. Fender US Deluxe jazz 5 for £650. Them were the days. My advice would be to spend your holiday money on a trip to Japan. Exchange rate is very favourable for visiting westerners and you can pick up a good deal on a flight. Tax free shopping is a breeze - your tourist visa includes a QR code that you use at point of purchase to exclude 10% sales tax. Tokyo is full of great guitar shops- Ishibashi in Shibuya and Shinjuku for example. The best deals are on Japanese instruments. I picked up a near mint non export Aerodyne Jazz for £450. The shop staff are incredibly helpful and will even disassemble a bolt on instrument, slacken truss rod and bubble wrap body and neck to keep it safe. I brought mine back in a carrier bag and stashed in the overhead compartment . Clothes shopping dirt cheap too. Granted, I was there for work, but a friend went on a leisure trip and claimed his shopping savings covered cost of his flight.

I recently discovered Drumble on YouTube. It's in a similar vein to Drumeo, but the majority of drummers are gospel musicians (i.e. ridiculously good) However, they've recently introduced rhythm section playthroughs and a couple of the musicians are an absolute joy to watch https://youtu.be/bEk8QItRJeo?si=pioJaPdQBL1uvOb8

If you're a fan of Pete Trewevas, then check out the last Transatlantic album. It has a great line-up - Mike Portnoy, Neal Morse and Pete on bass. Some lovely melodic playing.

If you're feeling particularly self loathing, there's Pirate Studios in Earlsfield. Depends how much you like getting passively stoned.

Crack Generators in Nottingham have just dropped price of this by £500 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/316340774022?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=dnkgldbls_g&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=kLXvS28vT3i&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Am I imagining things or is it dodgy as f**k?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/polar?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=MiF36qWITr-&sssrc=3418065&ssuid=kLXvS28vT3i&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Ebay shop with a selection of GK spare parts at v reasonable prices. I picked up a full replacement preamp for my son's MB500 Fusion for £20!

What a surprise. I was bidding but wasn't prepared to go above £300. Someone won it for £302, but either it was seller putting in fake bids or Mr Crackhead wasn't happy with selling price as he appears to have promptly cancelled and res-listed.

Ask him whereabouts in London he is based. Plenty of forum members in the area. If he is a legitimate seller he'll understand why a potential buyer might want reassurance and allow someone to go and view. Or, old fashioned approach, ask him to post a photo of himself holding it with a newspaper or something.

They aren't asking for £42. They're asking for £18K

Nothing that screams scam to me. Ken Lawrence basses were much more prevalent back in the late 90s/early 00s. The other instruments are exactly what I'd expect from a Japanese guitar store. I just got back from 10 days in Japan for work and most guitar shops have a section for expensive/over priced US instruments. Saw plenty of eye wateringly expensive Alembics. There's a market for it.

Late entry, but a strong contender. This one's a belter and manages to offend fans of Spector, Fender and ESP. I have two purple basses and love the colour. They've even managed to get that wrong.

Well, new used bass day as opposed to new bass day. Picked up for a very good price from Ishibashi Music in Shinjuku, Tokyo during a recent business trip. They had the grey and red in stock and whilst I preferred red, it had a few sizeable dings and paintwork chips and only around £10 price difference, so grey it was. Still very nice though. It's a non-export model, which IMHO, looks nicer and more balanced. The black scratchplate and control plate contrast nicely against binding on the body. Light, heavily contoured basswood body, very slim 70s profile jazz bass neck and a lovely punchy sound. If I was being picky, I'd say the jazz pickup sounds a bit thin - a common criticism - but it adds some bite to the sound. The P pickup sounds lovely and it's nice to finally have a bass I can use for the precision bass sound. Only other complaint is those silly plastic knobs. Will be replacing with chrome domed ones.

£235. Someone has picked up an absolute bargain.

Some serious 90s bass and studio kit there. If you have the bass and core strength, you won't be disappointed.