Angel

I've had 8 basses over the years. A modest number, but a reflection of the fact that I see myself as someone who plays bass occasionally rather than a bass player. Anyway, it occurred to me that I have no idea of the scale length of any bass I have owned, including my current ones. I see the odd post where someone doesn't want to buy a bass because it's this scale or that scale, does it really make such a massive difference? Am I the only person that doesn't even consider it around here, or are there more like me??

[sup]I had a squier strat body and the finish was rock hard. Red nitromors failed. I took a blowtorch to it and that failed too! It bubbled up furiously into a very thick sticky gunk that still refused to scrape off! It was like a mega-thick treacle. Gave up in the end and body is buried somewhere in the garage.[/sup] [sup]Did a fender strat body once and the blowtorch was brilliant. it was all just pinging off as I scraped. Whole body done in no time at all and the burns looked so cool that I left it like that[/sup]

I used one to patch up my sons bass. It was white with 2 'massive' chips missing, I filled them then sprayed over. Not brilliant but good enough on a cheap instrument.

Doh, I recorded something ages ago and forgot to post it - was pretty appalling though!

Not really my sort of guitar shape but I'm loving the thread/info/pics. I so want to do this myself one day.

I'd say once you play notes that fit and play them in time. That could be a single root note all through a 2 minute punk song!

At work all day just thinking about getting home and picking my new baby up. Can't wait!

I have Status 30-90 on my bass and I absolutely love them. I kind of feel a bit of a heathen using them as they are soooo dead skinny, but the feel just seems to suit my style. I originally went for very light gauge as I get a lot of finger pain with the nails on a couple of my fingers often pulling away from the nail-bed, very painful! The lighter strings seems to help. Anyone else go that narrow?

The 65 looks best to me - a lovely looking bass indeed, the 63 a runner up - nice colour. Another 63 baby here, but I didn't let it sway my opinion!

Big Fan. Superbly crafted songs and some top notch guitarists over the years. An amazing band.

Le Feedback thread.

I love his playing style although I have to admit that Level 42 songs don't generally appeal to me. I rather like some, but I can't listen to a lot of them in one go.

I can totally understand that, I seem to listen to my stuff a lot! The best bits are where I surprised myself with some improv that seems better than my usual standard! I usually play all the instruments to a very average standard at best (!) but there's just something about a track that you have done all by yourself. I feel quite proud playing them to non-musicians but I shy away from playing stuff to people who are any good as they would realise what a hack musician I am!!

[quote name='dmz' timestamp='1350337947' post='1837633'] Stanley Clarke ....... Find Out [/quote] I love that album!!!! Great great bass sound. Unfortunately my copy is vinyl, so I haven't played it for a decade or so. I must buy that again on CD. Thanks all for the many great suggestion!

Bought a bass off Steve. Great transaction, good communication throughout, and I'm one happy customer!

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1350305251' post='1837001'] Depends where you are, but Terry of TJC Guitars, in Stevenage, Herts, will relic a bass for you. So you can buy the bass you want, then factor in a bit of extra cost for the relicing. his prices are good, and his workmanship is excellent. [url="http://www.tjcguitars.com/"]http://www.tjcguitars.com/[/url] [/quote] Does he??? Doesn't say so on the website. As it happens, Stevenage is close to me.

[quote name='iiipopes' timestamp='1350276217' post='1836637'] The best way to get a "relic" bass: buy a new one and gig it regularly for 20 to 30 years. [/quote] I just don't get why people trot out that tired old phrase. MODERN FINISHES DO NOT "RELIC"!!!!!!!! Doh

[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1350242400' post='1836302'] BTW it's a Chinese knock off and to be fair he never says it's an MM [/quote] Well, not in the blurb, but it does say MusicMan Bongo on the headstock!

I like the Sheehan quote! Met him a few years ago, great guy.