Maude

Rain in the Summertime - The Alarm 

Big Log - Robert Plant... Yes, I am childish. 😁

Up Around The Bend - Hanoi Rocks (prefer it to CCR) 

Armitage Shanks - Green Day 

10 minutes ago, kodiakblair said:

This abstinence thing, does it cover building basses from parts you already own ?

You just abstain from buying anything bass related, unless it's for running repairs. 

Building new basses from already owned parts is fine. 

That was my plan last year. I've so many neglected projects that I didn't plan on buying anything. But then ano project popped up and I bought it. Due to even more time spent helping increasingly unwell family members I haven't even touched any projects this year. 

On 27/12/2023 at 15:06, Woody1957 said:

How true my friend...... 

In my teens in the early 70's l had a Bells musical instrument catalogue that l used to absolutely drool over every night in bed, constantly wishing l could afford a Selmer amp and cab. I did end up buying a Selmer Treble and Bass amp but l had to make my own cab with an 18 inch Goodmans speaker.

I often look fondly back on those early days as a bassist.

Now, over the years l have owned a wide variety of pro standard amps and cabs and lm fortunate enough to be able to buy what l want these days.

But, l can't decide which gave me most pleasure...drooling and eventually saving month after month and the ultimate excitement of owning the item of my desire........or just going out and buying it....does that make sense?

As the saying goes, the chase is better than the catch. 

On 27/12/2023 at 19:54, neepheid said:

I'm going to do the gear abstinence thing for 2024 - got a good rig, a backup amp, a decent selection of basses and I'm not really into pedals beyond tuner/comp/overdrive so I think I'll cope.

I'm abstaining from the abstinence thread.

Last year (this year?) from genuinely saying "I'm in", and not needing or looking to buy anything, I was out within about ten minutes. To be fare I don't think I've bought a bass since though. 

1 minute ago, Tjhooker said:

Where can I find this !?

The whole thing is on YouTube, not the best quality visually but that's part of the charm. 

I'm just settling down to a Christmas tradition of Chas & Daves Christmas Knees Up. 

BB1200 loveliness. 

1 hour ago, uncle psychosis said:

 

Ha. 

 

If anyone wanted to be really, really, really, unhelpful they'd tell me which Mustang models have J necks too... 

The one that @FinnDaveis selling on here does... I think. 

Yamaha BB424X 😉

My Japan 1100s has a hex nut. 

When I bought it there was already a very handy normal 1/4 drive 8mm (I think from memory) socket on there with a pair of holes drilled right through the sides at right angles to each other to allow you to use a small screwdriver, allen key, etc to turn the trussrod like a Stingray. 

It lives on there permanently. 

A simple, but very useful idea. 

To hell with it, vanity shot, ain't she perdy. 😁

2 hours ago, Eldon Tyrell said:

 

Back in October, BassBros sold it very quickly too, one or two days, as far as I remember. 

Maybe the price was too low. I think it was £1k. 

£1200 this time and flew out the door. 

@Eldon Tyrell

Well that sold fast! 

I saw the sellers post this morning that he'd put your old 1200 on Reverb. Clicked the link all excited and it was already sold. Only listed last night. 

To be honest it was a bit steep for me as an impulse buy but must've been a fair price to sell so quickly. 

It did look fantastic though. 😍

https://reverb.com/item/77454231-yamaha-bb1200-1978-sunburst?publish_confirmation=true&fbclid=IwAR1QQaJQCVWpo0qeprZ_1VWP25vq_Qq1bffXV1tncjFzypePPnoJNf-1P4s

Johnny Remember Me - John Leyton 

It's only a cheapy but the Eden Glowplug tube warmer does exactly what you're after. 

Whether you like it's sound or not is another matter but I really like it. It is fairly overdrive heavy but set low it just adds a nice growly warmth. 

Only downside, for me, is that it uses a 15v supply. 

On 21/12/2023 at 10:31, warwickhunt said:

TBH I've been tempted to just bypass the switches and junk the plate to put in my own plate with just a stacked control for the 2 volumes.  

I too have a black Club Ignition and made a new control plate and pickguard in plain cream as I didn't like the white standard ones. 

With hindsight I think you're right and I totally should have just converted to a stack knob volume/tone for each pickup. 

I kept it standard as that's how it 'should' be but it really would benefit from actually having a normal tone control I feel. 

I tend to leave both pickups switches on and roll the bridge pickup volume up and down to brighten or darken the tone. 

I'm really finding it hard not to contact the seller. 

He wants to trade it for a 2000 or 3000 but I keep wondering if he'd like an outright sale. 

I don't need it, I don't need it, I don't need it... 

... But I want it. 😂

I confused as to how they're all Marcus Miller signatures. 

Summer Fun - The Baccarudas 😉

1963 - New Order 

31 minutes ago, Eldon Tyrell said:

Congrats! I am sure you will enjoy it. I recently owned its sibling in the sunburst finish, also from 78.
Great bass with lots of oomph. Unfortunately, I recently had to sell it to pay some bills. Sad but true 😞

Maybe someone here got it (sold it via BassBros). Whoever got it - you got yourself a great bargain!

 

 

I yours @Eldon Tyrell might be for sale/trade on the Vintage BB Facebook group. 

It's blurry as I've had to zoom in lots on a compressed fb image, but look at that dark bit of grain to the top left of the volume knob compared to your picture above. 

Yours, 

The one on Facebook, 

If that was James Jamerson's (insert other highly regarded bass player) initials then people would be raving about how cool it is to have them etched into the wood. 

Just because S. P. H. didn't 'make it' should it matter? 

It's all part of it's history/story/mojo. 

Can You Dig It? The Mock Turtles 

13 minutes ago, neepheid said:

 

*whistles innocently*

What is it? WHAT IS IT!? 

I'm assuming full fat Japanese vintage BB... But which one? 

I demand to know. 😂😂