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Nope. I like flats on a jazz bass. Currently have La Bella flats on my Japanese jazz and it sounds great.

@BlueMoon beat me to it. They are very good basses, they're just a lot easier to get hold of than some of the other models.

Yeah I am not going to get too excited with it... I have some individual hangers to fit elsewhere in the room for the "posh" instruments!

The screws are much longer and better quality than I was expecting. I have been very careful with this and will continue to be, only the lightest weight stuff going on there. I think four guitars on there is too many, I will only keep two or three on there at a time and none of the expensive ones!

Warwick do a 6 string lefty, I think I've seen one at the bass gallery (fretless) and one on Thomann. I think ESP also do one but not sure. No idea on quality but I bet the Warwick is decent. The only six string I've had was a Brice years ago... I think if you're going six string you have to spend the money to get a decent instrument, it's harder to get round any cheaper bits like uncomfortable neck profile, fingerboard shape, bad bridge... Etc. in my opinion.

They're kind of resting on each other... I probably need to add the third back panel if I'm going to keep more than three instruments hanging here. The set comes with three back panels and five hangers. They stick out almost a foot from the wall which is... Different.

Temu 5x guitar wall hanger (I haven't fitted 1/3 of the back plate yet), my absolutely dreadful DIY skills... What could go wrong??? There's a stack of soft cases on the floor just in case the worst does happen!

Sax player wanted for 80s covers band. 80s covers band, presently three piece (guitar, bass, drums) would love to add a sax player to really give the band a massive boost. We are looking for someone, maybe from a jazz background, who is comfortable without charts, working out their own parts, and perhaps having to try to work out other instrument parts and melodies to make up for gaps in the line up... Think about little keyboard motifs in songs and playing them on sax rather than having to hire a keyboard player... If you can sing a bit too that's great. Looking to do pub gigs and local festivals, nothing extravagant, but just want to be very, very good at it. If this appeals to you, or someone you know, please get in touch!

Very early days but me (bass) has grabbed the drummer from my current band and guitarist from a previous band to get together and play 80s covers. Ages from early 40s to early 50s. We have played together a bit as a three piece and we work well together, we now want to add a singer and a sax player further down the line. Looking to do local (Herts, Essex, Bedfordshire) pub gigs and festivals, nothing too ambitious but we want to be a good quality band. Current set list is very guitar driven but it's early enough to change things based on the singer who comes in. The singer we are looking for: male or female we don't mind at all, just as long as you have stage presence and can confidently sing a range of tunes from the era; must be excited about being in an 80s band because the music of the decade is awesome; age is not important; available to rehearse in Hertford weekly or every other week; comes to rehearsal with a good idea of how the agreed songs go and where the vocal cues are; has sung in bands before; plays a part in song choices musical arrangement; I think that's it! Going to do some rough recordings soon to give an idea of the feel we are creating so far.

A "pro tip" for Bandmix... If you're a bass player who does backing vocals, don't add "bass vocals" to your profile, unless you want to join a barber shop quartet or something!

Nice!! I have the same one. And a white one with blue and red stripes... And a shiny "bronze" one. I think they're great, I love the little pick pockets too, really handy.

It will be for sale shortly for not a lot of money... Just need it gone.

Thank you for this!!! I just discovered what the bass I bought on eBay was modelled on! I really need to get round to finishing this project...

Does anyone here have a sax player in their band? I've got this idea... I'm forming an 80s covers group with a drummer and a guitarist I've played with previously in different bands. I am allergic to keyboards and keyboard players, but I hear sax on a lot of the decent songs and some keyboard motifs would be great recreated by sax... But I've never played with a sax player before. How do you find one? What are the pitfalls of having a sax player? Are they happy sitting out the bits where there's no sax? Is it possible to get just one or so horn sections only travel in groups? Any advice, experiences to share, as well as horror stories, very much welcome! Thank you

Personally I love flats on a jazz bass. I've got a second jazz bass just for playing with flats... It has La Bella flats and I love them! Now TI Flats... I loathe them! Lots of people on here love them but I just couldn't get on with them at all: sticky, expensive, thin and just did not sound good (for me) at all. I'm sure in the hands of others they do sound just as good as everyone says but for me they are just lifeless, sadly.

I kind of like using it but I guess I own a P bass partly because I feel I ought to, as a keen bassist... But I don't really need it. To be fair I don't need most of my gear at all. I am probably going to go back round the loop of shedding basses and other gear down to a minimum just to build it all back up again. "Stuff that needs repairing" is something I've been inspired to acquire but I have not the time, skills or tools to do this. I have just felt the need to buy an 80s Aria Pro ii with a broken neck, all the components of a bitsa that ended up looking great but costing more than a Sire that would be a much better instrument, and some weird kit bass I bought and tinkered with. All completely unnecessary and almost a total waste of time.

Very nice! I was watching a documentary a while ago and saw a bassist using an original like that with the ashtrays on and ever since thought it was a very tasty looking combination on a Fender Jazz.

1. Green basses 2. Blue basses, but those basic poster paint blue ones, not Daphne blue, Miami blue, dark night 3. "The Sansamp sound" I just don't get it 4. Not all the best stuff being made in left handed 5. Effects sounding great sometimes but terrible others for no logical reason 6. Really bad looking exotic wood tops like on the new Sire basses 7. Guitarists thinking they can play bass but really they just play root notes with very little expression 8. Coloured bass strings

My thinking exactly!!

It looks nice, it's a Sandberg so it will be excellent quality... But something about it just doesn't do it for me. And it certainly doesn't do it at that sort of price point.

Close my eyes forever is a great song