Acebassmusic

Hold my beer........🤣

Looks like there's 14 badges according to my profile. No real idea what they mean or how to get them though 🤔 I'm assuming that being a "veteran" translates to "spends and incredible amount of time on Basschat instead of practicing" 🤣🤣

Ah! Thank you, every days a school day 👍 I started playing bass using free strokes but moved onto rest strokes after about 10 years and find it gives me a "better" tone and helps with damping. Theres still some lines that need playing free strokes to allow the nites to ring out.

On a Roscoe 3005 I once had, I fitted a Babicz bridge which is 19mm spacing. The neck was wide enough to accommodate the extra 2mm per side and there was no change to the string sound balance from the pickups. Its a reversable option rather than missing out on a great bass. 👍

What do you mean by free and rest strokes? I've not heard the terms before.

I bought my very first bass guitar from Deans just along from the Stage Door in 1982. It was a Kay "Les Paul sort of shaped" thing! 😁 It was awful but got me started. About a year later I part exed it for a Hondo II at Bulmers in York. Bulmers wasnt a music shop as such but sold second hand goods. As they stocked a lot of used music gear and PA it was a haven for us skint kids. Before venturing into proper music shops like Deans the closest I came to a shop was receiving the Bells Music catalogue which I obsessed over, probably driving my parents mad. 🙄 It was a sad day when I found out that a big part of my adolescent life had ceased. Another shop I miss is Mars Music in Houston. I moved to the States for a few years with work and obviously checked out the local shops. This particular one just blew my mind when I first visited it. It was huge and seemed to stock everything. Penny whistle? Certainly Sir. Double bass? Check out our selection in the string department. Bass guitars? Sorry Sir our stock is quite depleted at the moment were down to the couple of hundred on display! 😲 It even had a full stage, lighting and PA set up permanently in the middle of the shop which they put on gear demonstrations and clinics. The whole place could have been an aircraft hanger. As with many places now long gone.

Myself and the other band members use SetlistPro. You can enter in the song details directly or, as we do, import .pdf files.

11.2....pah! 11.2 is soooo last year! 🤣 One of our guitarists has just bought himself a Fender Deluxe and realised.....😮🤣

I know what you mean but I've been doing it for years and the only drawback I can see is that all my basses have gone from 34" to 35" 🤣🤣

Just like when you first started playing bass, keep it simple. Find a song you like, prefereably with just "on the beat" root notes. Learn to sing the tune seperately and then little by little bring them together. Work on this at home where there is no pressure to get it right first time. At home also means you'll be able to hear yourself better and concentrate more. Once you get more comfortable with singing the tune along with playing you can add in dynamics and singing at volume. Pick another tune and repeat the process.........👍

Yeah I got that 🤣 I was just making a comment on a drummer playing without trying to break the kit 🤷‍♂️

What? Eh? I don't understand.....a drummer who's not trying to kill the kit by beating it into submission? A floor tom that doesn't boom for days? 🤣 For me overplaying isn't simply "too many notes played for the song" but volume dynamics where ANY musician is too loud for a balanced performance. The number of drummers I know who feel they MUST hit the drums to project the sound into the farthest reaches of the universe.....aaaargh! (Actually this goes for any instrment). Grumble over 🤣🤣

What happens at a BassChat Chat stays at a BassChat Chat......I'm keeping shtum 😮😇🤣🤣

.....and of course to ensure fairness they will give up their music rights after a year? Probably not methinks 🤣🤣

I couldn't find this in the thread but for me this is a cracker of a cover. The Stones version I can take or leave but Beverley Knights take on it makes me smile. What a voice and the way it builds and keeps on building!

Number of strings: 5 Number of frets: 24 Scale length: 34 Number of pickups: 2 Number of controls (switches/knobs) : 7

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? 🤣🤣