ROConnell

Definitely theme from shaft! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q429AOpL_ds

Update. Spoke to Fender UK, they pointed me in the direction of Darren Riley guitar parts in the US. They have the screws available so will order from there. Earlier I ordered a set of knobs (!) from eBay.

Managed to find some on eBay from an international seller. Thanks for the help anyway guys.

Does anybody know if you can order parts from Fender by part number?

I need a screw (just the one fgs!) for my Deluxe Active Precision Bass Special control knob, and I can't seem to get them anywhere. It's for the stacked treble control knob on the bass and as it's smaller, no other screws fit it.

Cheers,

First festival was Isle of Wight 2014. Came out of exams at school and then rushed down to the festival to play a 7pm slot!

[quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1498458359' post='3324670']The Sherlocks stand out to me as one to watch.
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The Sherlocks are brilliant, played with them in September and they're superb.

I don't think he was that great imho. Needs a band to fill out the sound. Also his guitar is horrible looking and sounding.

Won't comment on the bassist as I don't know that much about that kind of bass playing style. But the drummer really laid it down well, so tight and on the money and some great fills and grooves in there. And his speech about Nile Rodgers summed it up, what a brilliant performer and legend.

All of the Day and All of the Night - The Kinks

Somebody tell me how these basses are meant to be attractive.

Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison

Moved by it all. Doesn't matter whether you're a fan of some of the music or not, everybody absolutely nailed it. Music brings people together and this definitely has shown that.

Credit must go to the production team for this event, it was less than 8 days they had to put this together!

Never heard of them...

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1496244594' post='3309890']
Lots of great basslines in pop chart crap. Here's a very unlikely favourite of mine... but perhaps now old enough to be considered 'vintage':

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOZuxwVk7TU[/media]
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That is nice. Maybe this should be a pop chart crap bassline appreciation thread? Here's another 'vintage' I just thought of...

[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9Wv4SCBiTE[/media]

[quote name='acidbass' timestamp='1496237468' post='3309799']
Pop has always had great bass, just look at ABBA! It's often how session jazz guys make a living.
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That's true! I didn't mean all of pop as whole, I was just trying to describe the music in the charts.

.Attention - Charlie Puth

The song is somewhere in the charts, I don't really like it. [b][size=5]But that bass![/size][/b] Nice and funky, ridiculously catchy. Sounds like it has an octave down effect on it?>

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In5sTeZlGho"]For those who don't know the song listen to a guys cover here [/url]

Anyone know if it's sampled or original?

Jazz Squares

Not a band intro as such but we have a song written about an old science teacher from way back when we were all at school, we literally though he was crazy and he was going to snap any minute and kill us all. So the intro to that song is always "This is a song about a science teacher... and murder,". Always seems to get the audience warmed up.

Shameless plug, listen to it here - [url="https://soundcloud.com/thecommonjets/class-of-none"]https://soundcloud.com/thecommonjets/class-of-none[/url]

Selling an all original basschatter, found it in my uncles loft... has been knocked a few times but still has plenty of life in it. paypal gift only, will courier by means of legs.

Hi, would you potentially ship?

Buy it on a credit card then open a dispute about buying stolen goods? You still have title to them.

[quote name='walbassist' timestamp='1494234694' post='3294115']
The [url="http://www.jerzydrozdbasses.com/akcndfr54jdhrei567/Ultimate_Guide_ver100.pdf"]Jerzy Drozd guide[/url] is pretty good.
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[quote name='acidbass' timestamp='1494236314' post='3294133']
I bought a Cruztools Bass Guitar toolkit, which came with a handy guide as well as all the necessary tools referred to therein. One of the best purchases I've made. Only thing missing are radius gauges, which can be had quite cheaply.
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Thanks guys! All useful! Toolkit purchase pending.

[quote name='bassjim' timestamp='1494238652' post='3294151']
I would recommend getting a cheap precision/jazz copy. Take it to bits. rebuild it. Mess with the truss rod. Mess with the bridge. Get to know these components and the limitations, if any, on the cheap bass. You may even find you improve a bass and start to experiment with what works for you. Get your hands dirty and if you break something, no biggie. At least you know how far to bend or turn something before it gets dangerous.
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Great idea! certainly am one for tinkering so I think this will be the first step I take before going 'live' if you like on one of my gigging basses.

More advice and links appreciated!

Just wondering if there's a book out there that anybody recommends for setting up a bass guitar? I know there is so much advice on this forums but often conflicting opinions or different methods so I just wanted to find a respected guide to give me the basics.

Cheers,

Have the mods been deleted yet? I want this resolved.

I have supported established touring bands where it's been 25 mins ish or up to 45 mins. Whatever it is, if you want to carry on supporting them and get on their regular list, give it your all and take what you can get!