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Once upon a time I was a little irresponsible.....Schroeder 4x10 AND 2x15 Where the heck did I think I was playing? Wembley 🤣 I replaced it with a "more sedate" Barefaced Big Twin T. 🤣

Jimmy bought my Smooth Hound wireless. Jimmy paid quickly. Jimmy corresponded well. Be more like Jimmy! 🤣 Thank you Jimmy, smooth transaction indeed. 👍

Thanks everyone for meeting up. I think it can be classed as a success 👍 Well done @neepheid

Scary that I'm getting more like this as I get older....

Jeez, 8 to choose from! 😮 Yes us poor Northern souls need to hire you to try out basses for us. The nearest music shop with a "bass dept" is Guitar Guitar in Glasgow a mere 290 mile round trip! Glad to hear its in great condition and I agree on the Barts being in general darker sounding. I did have a Roscoe that had a Sadowsky pre in it and that was a bit brighter. 👍

Thank you everyone for your insights, much appreciated. I've been out all day and gigging last night so here's my follow up..... Great feedback on the build and versatility. In some ways its what I would expect of a bass thats a lot of money. Not always the case so its good to get confirmation. I have a Japanese Sadowsky which I really like so to put the Elrick in the same / higher category does nothing for my abstinance, bank balance or GAS 🤣 The standard pickups and pre combination sounded a bit dull to me with not a lot of top end snap when slapping. I picked up a set of Nordstrand NJ5F and at the same time I fitted a Mike Pope pre that I had stored. Now its full souding with the snap and clarity I was looking for. I had a listen to Daric Bennets bass sound and yep I can get that from my setup 👍 I had seen that one on their website and was interested in finding out more. Some nice positive points (for me) on build quality and weight. How was it for knocks and dings? What didnt you like about the Barts? What would you change them for? Glad the Stingray made you smile....thats what its all about. Are you looking for a job as a "personal bass shopper"? 🤣 Thanks for the positive report and nice clip which gives me an idea of the tone and clarity 👍

I currently own a Cort Elrick NJS5 which is a great playing bass and I've modded the pre and pickups to my liking. The design is based on the Elrick handbuilt "New Jazz Standard" but at a more affordable price. This obviously has sent me down the Elrick rabbit hole. I believe Rob Elrick makes them all by hand himself so understandably theres not huge quantities of basses / reviews / information flooding the marketplace. I've only seen one being played live and that was a few years ago in the Bass Gallery....a certain Steve Lawson was noodling about 🤣 It sounded great, but then again Steve has the skills to make a tennis racquet not sound like a racket! 🤣 As I'm more likely to find a tame haggis in my garden than I am to be able to check out an Elrick local to Aberdeen I'm wondering what experience and knowledge the Basschat collective may have on the higher end Gold / Platinum series etc. Fit & finish? Sound & flexibility? Weight and balance? Playability? One trick pony or adaptable? Work horse or home bird? Any info welcomed 👍

I use a Vanderkley 210LNT and am really impressed what volume damage it can do in a rock band setting as well as more delicate nuances of my funky / souly / poppy type bands. However I've just done a trawl of the internet and couldnt find the Vanderkley website. Also most stockists (eg: Bass Direct etc) are out of stock. 🤔 Anyone know whats happening?

Birthday card, Xmas card, get well....gissa clue? 🤣🤣

I'm in the "electronics make more of a difference than wood selection" train of thought, so I wouldnt think chambering a body is going to make a huge change to the sound. YMMV However before starting to change the body you could get a rough idea of the weight savings you would get. Work out the volume of wood to be removed multiply it by the weight of the type of ash and it will give you an idea of whether the work will be worth it. Maybe thinning the body from the back and shaving the neck if possible as well may help 🤷‍♂️ On basses I've modded in the past I've found that the hardware / electronics / pickups fitted had a bigger effect on overall weight. It was a case of saving an ounce here and there as opposed to a lot of weight in one area. Also making the body much lighter may make the neck dive. I'm interested in seeing if you go ahead with the project an how you achieve the results. Good luck 👍

Looking forward to Sunday 👍

Patrick's just bought my Headrush pedal from me and like others above have said..."easy dealings". Great comms, quick payment. Whats not to like? Thank you. 👍

It's our @woodyratm so you're in good company 👍

Sadowsky pre would fit the description....only drawback would you would need to fit a side jack. 🤷‍♂️ Bass Direct Pre

Thanks for doing the legwork for this Matt @neepheid 👍 Random thought....this isn't a "Bass Bash" but a chance to meet up and talk so shouldn't it be called a "BassChatChat"?🤔🤣🤣

So far all ok for me except 12th July & 2nd Aug. FYI the 19/20th July is when the Tall Ships are in Aberdeen.

Yes that might just work 👍 I missed the original post so I'll tag a couple of other "locals" who might be interested @Yan_Huriey@jig@ToneFree@woodyratm Yes I did a couple of charity gigs and a number of jam nights with him. Lovely guy and very talented. When he came back to Aberdeen he played in the Gerry Jablonski Band with our very own @jig

Hi Kev, welcome to bass playing and Basschat. 👍 This forum is great for asking questions about anything bass related and I see you've already succumbed to your first GAS episode! Congratulations! 🤣🤣 There's a few of us based round Aberdeen area so don't be shy on getting in touch if you want any help / guidance / chat and we'll see what we can do 👍 Mike

Yeah, that eventually dawned on me The Anagram was quite happy with the "/" in the name so I initially didn't think twice about it. It was only when Darkglass Suite (on my PC) was trying to export to my PC that they stopped playing together nicely 🤣 All happy again now. 👍

I got my Anagram 4 week ago and I'm really liking it. Great interface and sounds, just what I wanted. I've used it at a number of home practice sessions, rehearsals and gigs and it worked flawlessly until last night......😮 I was playing a local beer festival with a multi band line up, so minimal change over times. I only needed to take my bass, wireless and Anagram everything else was provided. As usual I'd checked all my gear at home. Got to the festival, set up and tried tuning up via the Anagram.....didn't respond or tune like it had at previous gigs so no problem I just borrowed a tuner. I then plugged into the supplied Eden amp and it had a bit-crusher and high pitched wine coming through it! Arrrgh, some very quick fault finding, checked my bass, cables, wireless, amp....all OK. Last thing was the Anagram....starting to panic a bit as I use some some significant effects on certain songs......rebooted it......fingers crossed.....all OK and worked for the remainder of the evening. No idea why this happened and glad it was such an easy fix.👍😁 Also I've been struggling to get one of my Anagram home made presets to Export from the Darkglass Suite (back-up) to my PC. I'd named it "Comp/Lim/HPF" on the Anagram with no issues, Darkglass Suite would load it and only when I tried to Export it I had a problem. It appears that using "/" in a name won't allow you to Export it. I changed the preset name to "Comp-Lim-HPF" and all worked fine. Just been onto the Public Presets hub and seen my preset for Hysteria is the most downloaded at the moment......a whopping 18 times!!! 🤣🤣

I'm very happy to be able to start a feedback thread for Roy @Roy Muir who's just bought my Overwater Progress III Deluxe. He drove from Edinburgh to Aberdeen (240 mile round journey!) played the bass, had a cuppa and a chat and then bought it 👍 Easy deal, nice guy and pleasure to do business. Hope you enjoy the bass 👍

Maybe Andertons have been following the "Ruin a Band or musician's name by replacing a single letter" thread on here? Don't Fodera make a Victor Woolen bass? 🤣