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Interesting, I had never really thought of a resonator as an alternative to an electro acoustic... Looks fantastic! We're the upgrades costly?

this is now sold

Not bothered about money for these, so if you're in my area (St Albans/ Harpenden) you can have them for nowt, otherwise happy to post at cost:

Strap pins, black die cast. Just realised these are off my Kramer bass.

Graphite (??) Nut for 4 string bass guitar, right handed. Unused

All Parts Fender type bass neck screws. Still in the packet.

PM me if interested.

Ta

Comes boxed and hardly used. This is one of the early and basic versions. Would love to think I could keep and use this but I just know that I won't. And I don't have an iPhone any more so its time to give it a new home.

Please PM me if interested.

Ta

I have a set of un-used black die cast Wilkinson P Bass style tuners ready for a loving home

Fender USA P Bass pickups and wiring loom, plus tone and vol pot. Includes the "greasebucket" tone circuit which people may or may not like. Either way, £55 is a good price for the pickups alone.

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Bought ages ago for a project, one set of traditional P Bass style tuners in die cast black. Really good quality.

All I've done with them is turned the pin upside down, so to speak, to make them left handed instead of right. Dead easy to put back (it was so easy I was able to do it in the first place!!!)

Never been screwed into the bass because the headstock was too small.

Needs a good home, form an orderly queue by PM pls.

Was £30 new; £25 including postage, because I'm feeling generous.

Bought one - an excellent condition MIJ P Bass off Patch. Incredibly happy with it and so much better than dealing through eBay or whatever other channel.

Desperately trying to sell bits on there though, so far no takers :'(

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I've got a 74 Jazz - sounds amazing!....only tweak i'm doing is for a lighter body...the ash weighs too much for regular gigging so got MJT crew in the USA building a period correct body for moi
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Had to tell Kermit to hop it. Just could not bring myself to get involved having heard how utterly awful they were in the studio, live without re takes and processing would have been a huge embarrassment

My mate works in a place where they rent gear to some BIG names but that could be expensive... If possible you could buy something the producer would approve of (p bass perhaps??) second hand and either keep or sell second on at little or no loss.

I used a sponge from a supermarket pack of dish washing sponges under my strings as an experiment and it seems to do the job quite well on the P Bass, no point putting it on the Jazz. I don't often play with a pick, used to for playing faster than I could with my fingers on a couple of songs way back when, but will give it a go for this occasion.
May also ask Kermit if he wants me to audition vocals as well as bass... Reckon I could do a great hum through "walk the line" and less likely to sound like an actual Muppet

Apologies for the snoozing, I had an exam to prepare for this week and this website doesn't help with revision
Having now heard the band I'm incredibly relieved they're looking for a singer as well as a bassist. The singer sounds, in my girlfriends opinion, like Kermit the Frog. Now she's said that I just can't get it out of my head and thoughts of playing bass lines to "it ain't easy being green" and "froggy went a courting" is all I can think of, with Miss Piggy dressed as Dolly Parton on backing vox. All in all I'll be down there with my P Bass with a dish sponge lodged under the strings near the bridge. Steve Harris pups, Steve Harris flats, trace rig, isn't traditional country but with a bit of eq tweaking I reckon I can get the traditional sound.
Thanks for all the inputs, P bass seems the winner, and while I've always thought fret less could do a job on country my 80s hair-metal styled Kramer fret less may not make an appearance
Thank you kindly
I'll keep you informed of how I get on with Kermit

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The OP seems to have gone to sleep. And we still don't know what he wants to play.

This is what I think of as Country these days (as opposed to the[i] and Western[/i] type).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vulqnx4S7p4
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If you were playing country music what would be your ideal bass for tone and looks? Please also suggest a cheap option!



I'm off to play with one soon, thinking of getting a spongy mute under the flats on my P Bass

thanks guys - got to get out and about to see some good music soon anyway and fancy dusting off the guitar and singing at a few open mics. I'm trying joinmyband too.

I'm only looking for a band to play in for fun, don't expect to earn anything at all from it. My last band was not the best musicians I've ever played with but the best mates I've made through music which made it far better than the 'serious' bands i've been in before. Also I find out of those taking themselves seriously, some really shouldn't be.

Nice looking bass!! Get along to the folk jam and whip it out

I used to look at scribbled ads on the wall in my local music shop that said "Bassist Wanted". Now I've recently moved to a new town, my old band are too far away sadly, I want to find a new band. Any advice on best places to get the search started?

I don't like the website ads, you get some right nutters, but i've tried here and Bandmix and am not getting far. I used to use Partysounds but with mixed results. Any other good websites? I'd love to go to some open mic nights and jam nights, see if I can find a band needing a bass player that way. Do you look for bands needing a bassist or do you look to set up a new band?

Any advice welcome

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Sorry to say I've never heard of him. But then I'm quite sure he's never heard of me, either.
I don't get why you'd buy a bass on the strength of it being previously owned by a 'celeb'. What possibly difference can it make?
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In this particular case I think it gives you a Fender Custom Shop bass without having to sit on the waiting list.
I would only buy a used celebrity bass if it was on a track I loved or from a player I loved... this meets neither quotient

Acquired a 70s reissue Japanese P recently. It doesn't have the original electronics so can't comment on them but the build and feel is excellent. Comparing to a Mexican jazz my Japanese P has a more playable neck. It also looks stunning and just generally is reassuringly heavy and robust, including on the tuners. Grab one while you can!

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Angie by The Stones. I have created my own bass line for it, using elements of different songs I have pinched. The band always comment on how good it sounds.
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Yes!! I love that one too, sounded great with my old band and plenty of room to experiment with the bass

Bass-wise I love playing NIB, Hey Joe, She's Not There, Sir Psycho Sexy (never had a band play it sadly), Cryin' (Aerosmith), Don't Follow by Alice in chains - I used to play a huge "lead-bass" part through the second half of it

Make sure you know where it is, you're on time, strings are settled in and you can set up quickly and efficiently. If you haven't learned all the audition songs properly have a few print outs of chords for the songs you don't know too well. Have a positive and friendly attitude. Don't audibly twiddle around on your strings while someone is talking, concentrating, or tuning up.

The only "audition" I really had involved playing at a pub (that was closed) for what I thought was an established local covers band... turned out it was a guitarist running X Factor style auditions. The keyboard player took forever to set up his four keyboards, kept talking about how he plays massive stages and festivals... then could barely play a note. He had hardly heard of any bands ever but had a big bag of cassettes at his girlfriend's house (this was only 7 years ago and cassette was already dead) so might have some new tunes on those..... The guitarist proceeded like this for the next few weeks. I was the only bass player and the guitarist and singers liked me and my gorgeous Warwick bass, I was in. Weeks of random guitarists, including a guy who can't have been playing more than a few months, keyboard players and metal drummers (for an alleged funk band) came and went with the whole "pretend you're packing up, then when he's gone get your gear back out" until one night I packed up and just went tired of the charade but stupidly came back. The singers (yes, two) were good, nice girls and we got on well but the kindest thing was when she ended it (I've said that a few times before). Turns out the established funk covers band was a guitarist who knew of a girl who was a signer with a friend who was a singer... and all he wanted to play was Stereophonics covers. Main thing I learned - do your research, ask loads of questions, and if it doesn't feel right make your excuses and go.

Absolutely love Sade!! Oh yeah, bass something.

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Here's some pictures

Bump - £60 incl. postage

Well done!! Hard to find a bargain in there but always worth a look