Roger2611

I sort of get what you are saying, maybe the seller didn't really want to trade and would have preferred a cash sale but thought rather than just sit on it (as times are hard cash wise for many at the moment) maybe a trade would be considered, personally I would have offered up the bass you wanted to trade and see what the seller came back with, if you felt the offer didn't represent a fair trade you negotiate or walk away?

The mega rich have got to have something to spend their money on!

I think it really depends on what you are playing on a song by song basis, in Yodaclub where I am using a Precision or a USA Stingray Sub straight into a Mark Bass LM3 I found the MXR compressor strangled all of the expression and feeling out of my playing, both me and the rest of the band hated it so it was sold...In the rock band Saving Amy, again a Precision into the LM3 I use a Boss GT6 effects pedal and find I use compression on most songs as the bass seems to have more punch with it in place...whether that is down to there being two guitars to contend with or just the style of music, I am not sure...so same set up, two different bands compression works for one and not the other. I don't use compression when actually recording the bass as I can't see a need for it at that stage however it will be added at the mixing mastering stage and for that I use a "TRacks" software compressor which is brilliant and gets used for drums, guitars and mastering....I have a nicer software vocal channel strip for the vocals.

Fit a Jazz neck, my favoured gigging Precision has a Mexican Jazz Neck fitted, fortunately I have no issues with "gnarly" joints but a Jazz neck is just easy to play, sadly you're a little far away from me otherwise you would be welcome to come and have a play!

Or you could use a standard 13 hole plate, cut off 3 pick guard screw heads and glue them into the holes that don't correspond with the holes in your bass, that way you can use whatever guard you want without needing to make extra holes in your bass....I have done that with my road worn which has sported a black 3 ply and a nice 3 ply tort guard,,,,but is back to original gold at the moment.

I wonder if it is just a Jazz bass thing, I find a Jazz very uninspiring sounding when I am close to the amp, yet I hear one at normal gig listening distance and it is a different beast all together, I pretty much never gig my Jazz as I am not confident I will be able to hear it onstage unlike a Precision, but on the rare occasion I have gigged it people have commented on how good it sounds.....does that make any sense?

I took a big fat Gretsch 6210 on holiday to Cornwall with me a few years back as the day we came back I was booked to play a festival in front of 6000 people, so I wanted to just run through the songs whilst away, Mrs2611 took some lovely photos of me sitting in the sunshine on the veranda of our chalet strumming away, it gave Mrs2611 time to do her writing so we were both happy. Take the bass with you, there's bound to be a little down time available where you can put in a bit of practice whilst she drinks Pina Colada's?

Based purely on aesthetics I prefer the maple board bass, to me it just looks more expensive than the sunburst bass IMHO

The ultimate short scale!

My trouble is that I would have ordered one and by the time it arrived I would have traded the amp head, sold the bass, changed to a different stomp box and the new stuff would not fit... That's GAS for you! The case looks great BTW

On the other side I put an East pre-amp into a Sterling Ray34 and was unimpressed with it, probably better than the original but not the improvement I hoped it would be! Surely a good pre-amp will happily cope with with all styles of playing? I put a Glockenlang into my Bass Collection 802 and it sounds ace, however the original didn't work at all so anything was going to be an improvement!

It's funny, I was talking to friend of mine this morning who had just come back from the Coventry gig, it was the first time she had seen them despite being a fan as a kid, she was waxing lyrical about the whole experience!

I had messaged him much the same as others, but couldn't remember what the brand was, Musima is not a name I recall but I remember having a cheapy copy with the big wheel truss rod adjuster.

I found it on Ebay and emailed the guy pretty much exactly what Bassislife 16 said, he came back to me with much the same as above to which I replied £200 tops! Boy, we are good on here!

On first glance the sunburst finish on the body looks correct for a genuine Fender finish of that era, looking at the guys description and feedback he looks like he knows what he is doing and reading through the spec for the rest of the bass it is probably a decent price, I am not sure he will get that for, what is, a bitsa bass but I bet it makes a really nice instrument.

Theatre of Hate on May 18th Chameleons Vox on May 22nd Stiff Little Fingers tonight in Leamington.........I have been a good boy!!

The Napalm Death collaborative album with George Michael had it's place in history but made for difficult listening especially as George did the music and the Napalm's provided the vocal harmonies

I really like the cut and growl of the Nate Mendel pickup which I think is basically a Seymour Duncan SPB3 pickup with a bit of ageing to the slugs, I have a Nate Mendel in a red Precision and an SPB3 in an old Squier Mike Dirnt bass, I have had good comments whenever I have gigged either of the basses.

Mrs2611 and I went to the Roadmender in Northampton last night to see Theatre of Hate again, as I was playing a charity do in the early evening we didn't book tickets in advance as we weren't certain we would get done in time to make the gig, anyway we ended up playing earlier than expected and were finished earlier than inspected which meant we got to the Roadmender in time to catch the support band....whoever they were.....well it turned out to be none other than Derek Forbes (he of Simple Minds fame) what a cracking bassist he is! We ended up stood right at the front watching him play.....in my books I call that a right result.....Theatre of Hate were excellent as we expected

I keep telling our singer to F off every time he starts a four four song with one, two, three, two, two, three, much to the enjoyment of our drummer!

I agree with all of the above but would like to add one suggestion: Agree on a set list asap and a running order, then ensure you stick to it on the night and rehearse to it in advance it's surprising just how well the brain remembering the end of one song then triggers the recall of the next song. I have always insisted on a set list in advance especially when working with unfamiliar material and the above has always made me more confident. Good luck, enjoy the gig...it will be fine

I have properly run out of room for anymore music gear of any form in the house, but has anyone ever considered just how many snooker cues take up the space of one bass......thought not

Hooky is a huge influence of mine and an inspiration in many of the basslines I write, he has a big history playing Yamaha basses, from memory his chosen weapon was a Yamaha BB1200 bass, I know he appears using a Rickenbacker (or copy of) in the Love Will Tear Us Apart video, just to save you a world of pain, in my honest opinion that style of bass looks far better than they play (yes I know some will disagree) if you are tempted you have to try one sitting down AND standing up with it on a strap! Enjoy playing up the dusty end, it brings very different dynamics to a band especially if you have a keyboard player to hand who is happy to fill in the low end duties whilst you play the lead bass parts! As Hooky is a big influence to you, can I also suggest a listen to Stuart Morrow on the first New Model Army album (Vengeance) it is full of hooky type riffs and runs which he played on a Westone Thunder Jet (very similar to a Thunder 1A mentioned in other comments above)

Work out what kind of bass you want, modern smaller bodied "rock" or the more classic shapes of Fender and Musicman (amongst others) If you fancy the more traditional then as mr4stingz has suggested the Vintage brand offers a lot of guitar for the money, if you fancy the smaller bodied bass then I have to add the original Japanese built Bass Collection SB basses to the list, they are a stupidly good bass for so little money, you will not go wrong with one of those! If you are around the Northampton area you are more than welcome to pop around and try a few different basses out