Linus27

Hi, At Xmas I bought a Squire Vintage Fretless bass which I must say is superb. Ideal for playing around with and to start out with learning the art of fretless. However, some of the fret filler that makes up the lines just crummbled and fell out yesterday leaving a hole. It does not affect the playing but it should not really do this after 4 weeks of owning it. I was going to take it back to the shop today (a well known music shop in Guildford) but I was wondering what I should expect then to do. Will they just send it away for repair or should I expect an exchange or something else. Just wondering what I should expect them to do. Thanks for any advice.

Hi, I need to get my bass setup and maybe the pickup changed on it. Does anyone know of anyone good in the Surrey area, around Camberley/Guildford area?? I saw this chap Joe White 01252 520911 www.jwhite-guitarworkshops.co.uk Farnborough but have never heard of him and no idea if he is any good. Thanks for any help.

Nah your not bonkers. I am a massive lotus fan and Formula 1 fan.

You could do Lotus colours. You have the Type 25 which is Lotus Racing Green with yellow stripe. Type 79 with is the JPS Lotus colours which is black and gold. JPS lotus colours of Black with Gold. The Type 49 which is the Goldleaf Lotus which is Red, White and Gold. You also have the Type 23 which is white with green stripes and the Type 99 which is yellow and blue.

Hi Everyone, Here is a link to my old bands album. We were called Inter and the album is called Got My Nine. It was recorded at the end 1999 and early 2000 at Loco Studios in South Wales. It was produced by a chap called Mark Wallis who was the engineer on U2's Joshua Tree. He has also worked with many more artists including The Smiths and The Wildhearts to name a few. The album was released in June 2000 and 4 singles were released from it. Q magazine gave it 4 out of 5 and compared us to Ash and The Wonder Stuff and said we also sound a bit Radiohead and Green Day. The band went on to have a fair amount of success with lots of radio and TV work including two John Peel sessions for Radio 1. Also one of our singles, Happy Ending was John Peel's favourite song on 1997. Also, our song Boss Grasshopper was used to advertise Casio G Shock watches in cinema's. From a bass playing point of view, I loved every minute of the recording. The studio had a great Washburn fretless acoustic which I used on our track The Great Unknown. Also one of the songs has seven, yes seven bass line. Your never know though :) Anyway, if anyone want some good old catchy guitar punk pop, then feel free to download. If anyway was to leave any feedback also then go ahead. [url="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VUCKLMJE"]http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VUCKLMJE[/url] Enjoy

I started playing bass back in the late 80's when I was 16 after seeing U2 at Live Aid and thinking Adam Clayton looked so cool. I was also a big fan of The Police and Sting. I had no idea about music but thought the bass was interesting. After playing for a bit I fell in love with it and spent the next two years in my bedroom just playing bass to all my records. I lost all my old friends as I never went out, I just spent every free hour playing bass and reading everything about bass. I sort of formed a band with a friend at college and we wrote some pretty good songs. We split and I ended up joining another band which did lots of gigs including Brixton Academy. That band only lasted about 4 years but it was really good for me to try things out and experiment and gain some experience gigging. I then formed another band with my original friend from college and some other members of local bands. The band was called Inter. The scene around Farnborough was very big in the mid to late 90's with hundreds of bands forming and playing. My goal was always to record a CD, have a song played on the radio and do a gig in Europe. We ended up getting a pretty good record deal, touring the whole of the UK and some of Europe, recording and releasing an album and 4 singles, lots of radio and TV work including two Radio 1 John Peel sessions and Q magazine gave our album 4 out of 5. So all in all, I achieved a lot more that I had ever wished for. However, this all ended in 2000 and I was pretty much sick of the music industry and burnt out from playing. I wrote a lot of the songs and did most of the arrangements and I was honestly sick of it. I loved every minute of it but I had just had enough of it. So I turned my back on it. Sold all but one of my basses and all my equipment, went into hiding and closed that chapter of my life. After playing bass for a living, I did not have the energy to just go and play for fun. I didn't want to go and join a new band with a bunch of strangers as it would be to frustrating and the interest and energy was gone. Going from a band that was so locked together and knew each other inside out to just doing it casual was not for me. I ended up getting married and having a son who is now 5. My wife has been superb but hates me not playing. She's knows I am very creative and have lots of energy and hates me not having a channel to express myself. She has really supported me and has helped me to try and find other ways to express myself but nothing apart from music works for me. The break has done me good and really energised me and despite the break being far to long, I am really raring to start playing again. I started to play a little bit on my old bass but I wanted something new and fresh to play so I bought a Fender Precision 1953 re-issue bass. In the search for a new bass, I came across a beautiful Squire Vintage Jazz Frettless and I fell in love with it but I could not justify buying two basses at this stage plus I could not afford it. However, I came home one day from work and my beautiful wife had secretly bought it for me. So now I am learning to play Frettless and I adore it. Its so much fun but also very challenging which is exactly what I need. My long term plan is still not set. I really want to be very comfortable and confident playing frettless bass. I am even tempted to go for some frettless bass lessons and really develop my ability on the fretless. I would also like to get into a band of some sort just for the fun of playing in a group together. I am not sure what sort of stuff I would like to play but something thats fun. I also plan to get an electric upright double bass. Again, maybe to tinker with and maybe to play in a band. I would love to learn jazz but I have a feeling this might take a lot of effort as I know nothing about jazz and it seems very un-natural style for me to play. So thats my story I guess. If anyone wants to download my old bands album, then I have attached a copy. [url="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VUCKLMJE"]http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VUCKLMJE[/url]

coasterbass Yep, already done that. I contacted previous ebay members who he had dealt with and got the address from them. I also got his mobile phone number. So I have all his details. Fingers crossed it won't have to come to anything and the bass will turn up.

Right, a break through. I tried the mobile number that Ebay sent me and I got through to the chap. He was very surprised that I had not received the bass but said that he will chase it up with Parcel Force. He had his apendix out which is why he had been in hospital and he hardly ever goes online which is why he does not check his emails. He said he will phone me tomorrow by 11.am so fingers crossed I might get this sorted. I will keep you posted.

Paul Webb of Talk talk was an excellent bass player. Also a second vote for Derek Forbes from the early Simple Minds stuff.

Very interesting thread. I never really knew about this from a bass player point of view and never really listened to it until now. I did know about it from a drumming point of view as the guy who produced our album was getting our drumming to push going into either bridges or choruses.

[quote]Did you pay via your credit card through eBay? If yes, then you have a chargeback option through PayPal whereby your credit card gets the money back from PayPal.[/quote] Yes I payed via Paypal using my credit card. So when I clicked on pay, I selected Paypal. Once it had taken me to paypal, I selected to pay using my credit card.

[quote name='narnia' post='116395' date='Jan 8 2008, 06:12 PM']no problem if you used paypal, you are protected, so mail ebay ,tell them what the problem is and ask for a refund.It might take a little while, but you WILL get it back.....[/quote] It says I am only covered up to £150. I have registered a dispute with Paypal. When I try to do the same with Ebay it just takes me straight to the paypal dispute page.

I bought a new bass guitar from Ebay and the auction ended on 14th December. The seller had 100% history and so I felt everything was going to be ok. The bass was a Fender Precision 1953 re-issue and cost £320.00 I recived the email saying I have won the auction and to make payment. So I made payment via Paypal using my credit card. I emailed the seller on Saturday night to say I have made payment but I heard nothing from him by Sunday. So I sent another email to say I have made payment and to let me know if everything was ok and when I can expect the bass. I finally heard from the seller on 19th December saying sorry for the delay but he had been in hospital but the bass will be sent that night. I had still not received the bass by 29th December so i emailed the seller again so say I had not received it and can he let me know when I can expect to receive it. I heard nothing. I emailed him again on 5th January saying the same and again I have not heard back from the seller. Should I start to worry now and start taking action? I know I can contact Ebay and say that I have not received the goods and the seller is not responding to emails. What other action can I take? I also paid with Paypal using my credit card so I guess, funds were taken from my credit card and put into paypal and then the seller was paid from paypal. What other things can I do apart from contact Ebay direct?? Any help is greatly appreciated.

[quote]You have some nice stuff there linus27.[/quote] Thank you. Sadly, all I have left is the ESP 400 (the black bass). The 1973 Telecaster bass, 1977 Precision bass and Musicman Stingray were all sold long ago when times were hard. However, I am rebuilding my collection. I have the ESP 400, Fender 1953 re-issue Precison (Telecaster bass), Squire Vintage Fretless (beautiful bass) and plan to buy a Musicman Stingray again and an NS Wav 4 electric upright.

OK, my turn. I have dug out a few from over the years. Recording our album with my band called INTER. The studio had this beautiful Washburn fretless bass that I had to use on one of the songs. Playing a Radio 1 roadshow in the middle of Manchester. Recording our first Radio 1 John Peel session. Recording the second Radio 1 John Peel session. Playing Brixton Academy when I had long hair. Last gig I did a few years ago. My bass corner minus the Musicman at the rehersal studio.

[quote]Not too good on this being a bloke, but one lady bass player I vaguely knew had a bass collection[/quote] Yes, I knew some female friends who also played Bass Collections which is what gave me the idea. [quote]This is not being patronising, but have you checked out the Diasy Rock basses?[/quote] I will check them out thanks.

I have just started teaching my wife bass guitar. She seems to be really enjoying it but its early days. She is about 5'6" and fairly petit and has so far been playing my chunky Jazz bass. I would like to surprise her for Xmas maybe by buying her a bass. I am thinking that something pretty slim, light, thin neck and ideal for a female player. Working from memory, these are the few that spring to mind that might be suitable, 1. Fender Precision Lyte 2. Bass Collection 3. Warwick Rockbass Streamer 4. Warwick Rockbass Corvette Most of those are around £200 with some having to maybe be secondhand. My concern with the Bass Collection and Warwicks though is they don't have fret markers on them. Not sure if this would make learning much harder. Any thoughts on these bass's for a female starting out and any other thoughts or recomendations?? Thanks for the help.