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Wow! I'm a bit late to the party here regarding Fodera basses but I have recently started to develop a huge (and potentially bankruptcy inducing) love for them. Enjoy!

Dead Goon by Mr Bungle. It took me 25 years to get the verse bassline sorted!

Just bought a pedal from Jose. Top bloke! He gave me a few pointers on how great the pedal is and how it works best. Smooth and easy transaction. Cheers Jose!

Pete Loaf My favourite one ever.

Justin bought my fretless jazz bass neck. Great communications and speedy payment. Effortless! Highly recommended. Cheers!

Just sold James a preamp. What a stress free transaction! Great communications and quick payment. Highly recommended! Cheers James!

Hello everyone! Here is my Harley Benton Jazz Bass kit build from Thomann. I got it at Christmas and have never found the time to put it together until a couple of days ago. It took me about an hour and a half get it sorted, apart from some sheilding paint in the pickup/control cavity done earlier this week. It's light, a touch over 6lbs. Nice and easy on the back! The neck fits like a glove in the pocket and I really like the feel of the neck. It's held it's tune really well over the last few days. The pick guard holes are a bit off, this means I haven't been able to put all the screws in. The pickups sound nice, the circuit is solderless so was a piece of cake to assemble. I haven't tried it out at full volume yet in a band situation, but first impressions through my Hiwatt practice amp are that it is astonishly good value for money. The Thomann site today lists it at £76. The headstock needs shaping, I will probably put a KiOgon wiring kit in and some different pickups. Great fun so far! I'll try post some sound clips later.

I'm on my way, train from Wakefield to Kings Cross is on time, I was a bit worried when I saw the fresh snow this morning. Looking forward to it!

Interpol - Antics Sugar - Copper Blue

Gallon Drunk?

Soundgarden would have been a good gig. Would love to have played some of the Badmotorfinger songs live.

Mr Bungle

Jaco had it all. He had so much grove and soul. The improvisational stuff sounds like a bassist playing trumpet bebop. Good, but not for everyone. Without Jaco....

Not the band you are in now. What I mean is, the band that come to mind when when you think of who had the greatest impact on you. You feel like they are yours and untouchable, even though they may be flawed in their output or as human beings. For me it's Nirvana. Blue will understand what I mean when I say it's because I was there at the time it all happened. I've loved bands more since, but they will always be the ones that had the biggest impact. Yours?

Agreed, from beginning to end.

The room is a big variable in my experience. I always sound like me when I play, slight variations depending on the gear maybe. The best live sound I ever had was at The Duchess (RIP) in Leeds, 1996 supporting a band called Sensefield as in recall. I had a Fender Precision Lyte (everything on full) through a Trace Elliott 2x10 with a 1x15 cab. No effects. On stage I knew that the planets had aligned with the sound. Then even the sound engineer said the bass sound was immense, imagine that! That's the one and only time in my years of gigging that the bass sound has ever been mentioned. I've played tiny pubs to the Hammersmith Apollo since then with countless different set ups and never got close to that sound. The OP is spot on that the parameters are wide. It's been fun though trying to get near that sound again though.

He was at the London Bass Guitar Show in 2016, quite tall as I remember. I use YouTube to find things I am interested in. The recommended videos are often really useful. I'm not forced to watch anything, I type in or click on what I want to watch.

Pretty much every second of this album. This too