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22 hours ago, alex_1_2_3 said:

Wow that’s cool, do you have any audio? I’d love to hear it!

Me too. 

Tried to find some on YouTube, no luck. 

What's the scale length and string spacing? 

What's the weight? 

Do you have sound samples? 

Thank you. 

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1 hour ago, Marcray said:

The Serek Sacramento is the model influenced by the Rickenbacker.  🙂

Yes, but I was talking about the Rick 3001. The Midwestern looks exactly like it. And even more similar to the Newport, like it was said before. 

Thanks for the information, I thought it was the Rick. 

Nice to know. 

And yes, it's a stupendous bass. 

The model that inspired Jake Serek to do the Midwestern is the Rickenbacker 3001.

The waiting time for these basses is now over a year, he's becoming more and more in demand, and the basses are incrising in value.

But I want to buy a new DB, so this one has to go. 

Sold. 

SOLD. 

According to the kitchen scale, it is approximately 4.180kg, which is 9.2 pounds. 

I don't know if this is a good weight, or not. It's the first time I weight a bass. 

17 hours ago, contra said:

Hello, what is the thickness of the neck at the zero frett and what is the weight?

Thnx Wouter

HI Wouter, sorry I didn't answer before, I'll have to weight the bass, I don't know. 

45mm at the nut. 32".

When you pickup the bass, you feel the weight majorly in the back of the body. 

This makes the bass balance in an optimal way, both seating down, or standing. 

52 minutes ago, lownote12 said:

The markers are on the note, and you only get the main markers - 'frets' 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 15, etc.  Check your markers against a good tuner: for some reason my 12th marker(s) was out by a centimetre, although the others were all accurate.  I had this checked by Bass Gallery who expertly 'moved' the markers by drilling and filling. I would also factor in fitting a KiOgon solder-less loom, which massively upgrades the wiring. 

Thank you, that was very helpful! 

On 11/06/2020 at 08:14, lownote12 said:

I have the fretless P bass, one of just three go to basses I've had in the 40+ I've owned. £199 new is crazy value for money: IMHO they considerably exceed Squier for quality, and the Entwhistle pups are excellent. One of their main dealers is the Bass Gallery in London, one of the UK's most respected top end bass shops and luthiers, which must say something. 

Hi! 

Nice bass! 

I'm seriously thinking about buying one of these. 

Could you please tell me if it has fret markers, where the frets should be? 

Could you take a picture of the top of neck, where the dots and markers are? 

Thanks! 

A guitar. 

Up. 

Thank you for the suggestions. 

The bass I want is here, that's the problem. 

38 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

Yes, import duty and VAT are applied to every item bought, whether from a shop or a private sale. The Seller has to declare the value in the forms filled in for the dispatch.

31 minutes ago, Mickb1773 said:

However If you buy new from a shop , you should only be charged Vat on one side . Either the shop will collect it from you or if not you then pay the export price and then generally the courier will collect it from you

All the best Mick 

Thank you both. 

That's brutal. 20% on a private sale, it's insane. 

So, if I understand correctly, if I buy a bass from BC from a private seller in the UK, I have to pay import duties anyway? 

How do they know the value of the item? Does the seller have to declare it? 

Very, very cool!

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1 hour ago, adamg67 said:

The bass in Come Together is pretty melodic. In fact it's more melodic than any of the other instrumental parts, and so is less of a bass line than the bass part in Dean Town, which has the same amount of melodicness as the other parts.

That's illogical. You're just trying to be right, now. 

Let's leave it like this, then. 

46 minutes ago, adamg67 said:

If you want to convince people, just stating the same thing again and again isn't usually the best way. You could maybe refer to the definitions of bass line and melody, but then you'd find that the definition of bass line is pretty much "what the bass is playing".

I'm not trying to convince anyone, I thought it was pretty obvious that the famous riff is the melody of the tune.

It doesn't matter who plays it, it's still the melody.

The melody is the “tune” of the music and it’s what most commonly defines the song’s identity. It’s normally much more “obvious” than the bassline. It’s probably what you would sing if somebody asked you to sing that song. For example, the song “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” has a simple melody which you can probably sing – but you were asked to sing the bass line you’d probably struggle!

The bassline underpins the harmony of the song. It most commonly provides the root note of each chord, so that listening for the bass line is closely related to listening for the chord progression. The bassline helps provide the solid, predictable structure which the melody then wanders freely on top of. 

So, yep, it's the melody. 

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/how-do-you-hear-the-difference-between-bass-line-and-melody/#:~:text=The melody is the “tune,“obvious” than the bassline.&text=It most commonly provides the,listening for the chord progression.

A good example of a bass line that a lot of people sing is McCartney's Come Together. That's a bass line. 

They can call it whatever they want. 

Unless they are just referring to the sixteenth notes played at beginning (which it's obvious not the case), that is the melody. Played first by the bass, then by bass, guitar and keys. 

Just like Teen Town. It's the melody. 

38 minutes ago, adamg67 said:

https://www.talkingbass.net/dean-town-joe-dart-bass-line-tabs-tutorial/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bass/comments/5ika4m/is_dean_town_by_vulfpeck_considered_a_difficult/

 

Thanks, but I already know how to play it. 

It's the melody, played by the bass, guitar and keys. 

Just like the melody it's based on, Jaco's Teen Town. 

On 07/04/2021 at 21:38, adamg67 said:

I came across this earlier, I know Dean Town might be a bit overposted but that’s the first time I’ve ever heard a crowd singing along to a bassline, any other examples out there? Seven nation army doesn’t count, it’s not a bass (and its not a bassline either)

 

They're not singing the bass line, they're singing the melody.