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Mononeon Nick Campbell Destroys Gabriel Severn

One of my p basses is a JV in black with white guard and it does look a bit Argos tbf

I know it's irrational and it's all down to personal taste and I know I'm the d!CK here but this is s safe space right? Custom colour fender basses should have white/mint guards , look in the books , nearly all white guards , why oh why do people put tort on them, sunburst, yeah tort of course, Olympic white beautiful, fiesta red OK I'll let it pass there is the odd one (although more than likely a sunburst bass refinished by the distributor like selmer or kitchens to order when new) but Daphne Blue , all wrong .Candy Apple Red are you f***!ng serious, Shoreline gold, I feel sick Apart from looking all wrong the celluloid tort is really hard to replicate unless you drop a fortune on a spitfire, why oh why do fender put awful cheap looking tort guards on custom shop custom colour basses , with an aged mint guard you'd have to get close to tell it wasn't the real thing ,with a tort one it catches my eye a mile off Sorry everyone! (I must admit I'm part of the problem here, I too am complicit in the illegal fender trade, one of my 5 p basses is a surf green Custom Shop which has a 10 hole gold anodised,all wrong , what were fender thinking, it would look the nuts with white/mint and with the period correct bevel , oof , but can I find a 10 hole mint guard , can I f***!!)

Very cool bass , apologies that this isn't what you're asking about but are you sure about refinishing a valuable vintage bass ? Is it one your keeping forever?, it's not my favourite colour either but it is very period

When I read the title I thought unless it was sold as book matched then don't worry about but having looked at the pics it would bug me too , that said I'd way rather have bass 2 than bass 1 given what you said about the fret work and neck relief

Looks legit to me , would of had a white pickguard though I reckon

I fly with a bass regularly, just add a 20kg hold bag and put it in a hardcase and check it in

Second hand prices do seem very low , that ACG on here seems crazy cheap to me but I guess they've never held their value like fenders etc Why do you think they're dead OP , I'd actually say people are a bit more open minded about them now than 20 years ago when they seemed particularly out of fashion

Cool bass , great pic , what year?

Check this one out , bit of a bass feature in the Paul Jackson mould Funnily enough I did a gig with Tom the band leader last night doing a jazz thing , great player and really nice guy

I'd say insurance is definitely a must , if you're sending them in a gig bag!! Sorry to be nosey but what's the situation , how did they end up on the other side of the Atlantic from the owner

https://youtu.be/cltDqc-lPsw?feature=shared Interesting vid here of a guy who bought 2 basses from AliExpress , I've bought football shirts for the kids from DH gate and was interested in the basses but after reading reviews it was mainly horror stories, that said you might get lucky, how much is the Duff bass ?

Just watched this , interesting that he's being perceived as grumpy and pissed off , I'd suggest that's viewing it it through the prism of modern day content, I found it striking how candid he was , just hanging out with a fellow enthusiast being natural , nothing to prove , confident in his abilities but we've become used to seeing anyone on camera straining really hard to be loved , liked and subscribed !

Get a bigger amp and turn up a bit after every song!

Yeah you'll be fine , personally I'd find swapping basses or using tech more off putting than learning a few tunes a semitone up , odds on playing it a semitone up on the detuned bass will end up as a horn key like F, Bb, Ab , Eb and that's great practice for us bass players!

Sorry I assumed they were in E , what key are the original key ones in?

I'd play it all tuned down a semitone, being a rock band I wouldn't use a 5 cos there's something about that low open string for riffing with the guitar and I play alot of jazz so I like playing in F , annoying though that the band do that , out of interest what are the tunes they play in E with the guitar tuned to Eb?

It does seem inevitable that the old fenders will drop off but I've thought that for years and they keep creeping up and up I wonder if Sei and Shukers will go up a lot in years to come , they're mad cheap 2nd hand at the moment for what they are

A bad setup on a new bass is rubbish but I don't see the link to postage costs , I'd imagine the big companies that offer it "free" must be building in that cost to the price , £15 to send a bass sounds cheap to me I've always had great customer service (except once when Mark was on holiday) and they've really gone above and beyond a few times for me and Mark has given me great advice, he has opinions and I don't always agree but I like that and I'm pleased there making it work , I would say I'd be willing to pay a bit more to support an independent but TBF I find their prices really good

Just watched it , brilliant, thanks for posting

Green day "When I come Around" off the record and Cream "Badge" from a transcription in bassist magazine ( I could read a bit from playing the trumpet) Both really great inventive lines that taught me loads

You'll be spending nearly as much as the bass is worth to devalue it if you get it defrettted , I'd get a fretless sire on here and if you don't like it you can get your money back