Mudpup

It could be a UK courier thing. Since Tufnells went bust a few weeks back all the other ones have been deluged with extra work and are way behind in general. Throw in customs and international purchasing......

Plan H New P bass with a heavier body It's much more fun getting new basses than new straps! 🙂

Although I would generally agree with you I think maybe there is a difference between a festival appearance and a 'proper' gig. If I've paid good money to see that bands particular gig I would expect them to deliver the goods. But if they were part of a multiband line up I wouldn't be so bothered. Looking at the TV footage there seemed to be thousands of people enjoying Blondies set regardless. A bit of sunshine, a few drinks and a feel good vibe singing along to a load of songs that brought back your teen memories is not a bad afternoon for most of the general public.

I didn't know it was Matt Bissonette on bass for Elton. I saw him with Dave Lee Roth in the late 80's replacing Billy Sheehan

I enjoyed Maneskin. They really got the whole crowd going. A bit samey but fun to watch. And Victoria is a solid bass player.

Debs is doing ok. Much better than some other footage I've seen recently. She's always been a bit wobbly but she can get away with it to a point I think The band is killing it on Rapture

I switched on late yesterday and caught the second half of Mariam and Amadou. Totally not my thing at all but pretty good - got the crowd going and the bass player was good to watch. He was doing the funky chicken walk around the stage effortlessly - he was sliding around all over the place with his hat at the perfect funky angle. I got to thinking that they would be better if Mariam and Amadou got into the spirit of things a bit more and ran around a bit like Axl does. They remained rooted to the spot for the whole slot. Anyway, they finished up and the drummer and bass player both went and grabbed their hands and walked them off stage. I didn't realise they were both blind! Bloody hell! Imagine being led up on to the stage, being told 'Don't move, there's a 20 foot drop right in front of you' and not being able to see the 50,000 people dancing along to your tunes.

Sounds like the bass is in tune but the player isn't. Authentic punk vibe brownie points.

Looks like an old Aria maybe?

Generation Sex. They're loads of fun. Making it up a bit as they go along, a bit out of tune and screwing it up a bit but enjoying themselves in a grumpy way. Proper punk in front of 100,000 people 🤣

Try a suede backed wide one. Suede is grippier than neoprene or leather

Just playing to a click and probably recorded some previous shows.

Carly Rae and the Arctic Monkeys have just had their Glastonbury ruined. Imagine finding out you're going on after the Foos 🤣

That was dreadful from old Debs.....shocking vocals Haven't we got a 'well beyond the time to knock it on the head' thread somewhere? Reset your memories here

They would......it adds a further few days to the process and confuses the issue because the tracking will indicate that the courier has completed the delivery back to Thomann. If the box went missing the process would show exactly at which stage of the delivery it went missing.

Genzler Magellan 800 Orange 4 Stroke Quilter BB800 (The Orange is probably the cleanest out of that lot)

Maybe try and isolate what's important to you sound wise? Do you prefer something traditional like a Fender P or J or maybe something a bit more modern sounding. If you want something that's old school but very useable in most situations and will hold its value if you flip it look for a used Mexican Fender maybe. If you want something a bit more flexible then maybe a more modern active bass (maybe with a passive switching option) would be a good plan. Once you're up to the £500/600 budget you'll struggle to buy a bad bass (especially if you stick to buying used from the classifieds here - it's a buyers market at the moment. Not much is moving so there are some bargains about). The mid range quality is amazing from most manufacturers generally. The likes of Yamaha, Sire, Cort, Ibanez are very consistent quality wise - they're mostly pretty safe to buy without playing them if you really have to. Fender maybe a little less predictable - there are good ones and dogs and you'll only find them if you play them. Sterlings seem to have a few more QC issues than they used to - dodgy tuners and suchlike. I would recommend trying to sit down and play a few if you can though. You can have the best sounding bass in the world but if the neck or ergonomics don't work for you and you find it hard to play physically you won't enjoy playing it and it will slow up your progress. Take a day out and visit a few decent stores (maybe on a weekday whilst they're a bit quieter if you can). Call ahead to see what they actually have on the wall to play. Make sure they have a reasonable bass amp to play through too - I've been to a decent music store to check out a £1000 bass in the past and they only had a tiny little £100 bass practice amp to play through!. Try PMT/DV247/GuitarGuitar/Bass Direct or any stores local to you. Maybe go to a local jam night or some pub gigs and see/hear what people are playing. Talk to them about their gear - muso's are usually a friendly bunch and like to geek out together. It's a great time to be a bass player!

Lovely bass and a steal at that price! Nice.....

I've tried a few over the years and finally found something that does what I thought it should do in my head. The ones that fell by the wayside were an EBS Multicomp, a DOD Milkbox and then a few modelling options in a Zoom MS60 pedal. More recently I sold a Seymour Duncan Studio Bass Comp although that lasted the longest by far. The ones that are floating my boat now are the built in compressor on my Orange 4 Stroke amp (I'm not sure it works as a 'proper' compressor but it certainly does nice things to the sound without losing any punch or presence). And I picked up a Source Audio Atlas too. That one is a game changer for me. Bonkers depth of adjustment is available on it if you want to geek out but just using the factory presets and turning a couple of knobs yields great results too. The studio and optical presets really make a nice difference to my sound. Fattens it all up, keeps a nice glassy top end, doesn't lose any cut through or bottom end and just beefs up any sustained notes. Loving it....

This.....

Broken string on the first note of the first song at a well paying NYE gig about 10 years ago. Grabbed the backup bass and was back in the song before the end of the first verse. And I've had one dodgy jack socket as well. I've always taken a spare bass to every gig since I've been able to afford such a luxury