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[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1429274162' post='2749916'] Wow... a thread about tonal differences between basses on BC and 50 posts in so far noone has trotted out "it's all in the fingers anyway" yet [/quote] Or "What fingerboard material for Metal?"...

Just relieved Gareth of a minty green scratchplate for my Squier CV60s P. In perfect / as new condition (still got it's placky film on), great comms throughout, solidly wrapped / stickered to stop postie bending it and sent securely asap after the holiday weekend. An all round top-notch transaction, highly recommended!

Niiiiice......

And now the ultimate accolade, an RB tribute band courtesy of our local serial-band-former Hector... [url="http://www.gigwise.com/features/99281/royal-blood-tribute-band-interview#.VRWD510Q7VA.facebook"]http://www.gigwise.c...10Q7VA.facebook[/url]

If your taste is for "classic" / NWOBHM-style metal, then [b]Ascalon[/b] might just fit the bill. Here's a description I've nicked from a live review... [i]Preston based Ascalon take the stage next and they’ve brought a good following with them. Old school heavy metal in the vein of Iron Maiden is the order of the day here but with a modern thrashier twist. They deliver it well and inject a good bit of humour along with their catchy melodies. Clearly having fun, the band run through their set, bantering with the fans and coming across as genuinely nice people. It’s infectious and they go down a storm. Special kudos goes to the guitarist with the broken arm. It’s the perfect warm up for tonight’s headliners and after their set closes they join the rest of the crowd to enjoy…… (the headliners)[/i] Here's a vid from that same gig.. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqLRReA37r0&feature=youtu.be"]https://www.youtube....eature=youtu.be[/url] And yes, that is a Fender Musicmaster the bass player's using - sounded pretty darn good when I saw them supporting Evil Blizzard last year. Don't think they're on iTunes, but they do have a Bandcamp page... [url="https://ascalon.bandcamp.com/releases"]https://ascalon.bandcamp.com/releases[/url] And here they are on FB... https://www.facebook.com/Ascalonmetal

I can confirm that the Strat set alight by Graham Oliver at Nottingham in 1983 was a Squier rather than the Fender he used the rest of the time, 'cos me and my mate, accompanied by a roadie, were dispatched to Carlsboro Music in Leicester to collect the poor thing for him before the show. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY-lyxqHzNM"]https://www.youtube....h?v=wY-lyxqHzNM[/url] 37:14 I guess these days it'd probably be regarded as a "vintage classic" rather than a cheap sacrificial substitute......

Another top quality obbm instrument cable added to the gear box, a pleasure to deal with Dave as always!

Absolutely gorgeous! Think that has to be my all-time favourite model and look for a Jazz - I'm still kicking myself for not grabbing a CIJ / MIJ lookalike that came up for sale on here about the time I joined...

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1424711855' post='2699473'] These are the basses I currently own: [i]{pics snipped}[/i] [/quote] Blimey, you must also have an interesting selection of cases to go with them!

[quote name='Johnm93' timestamp='1424023524' post='2691671'] A Festy sounds like the way to go, Tony M. Our drummist has some Go-pro footage of the set. There are "..a few jazz.chords.." apparently. I think he means busking bass lines.... [/quote] Yeah, I occasionally take our stuff in a slight "jazz" direction, but usually manage to find my way back to normality before there's too much damage done!

Nice one! We're still just messing about at the local open mic each week (honing our craft, I think it's called... ), but are angling for a spot at a local festival some time during the Summer for my first "proper" gig.

Welcome phaty, but be warned - you will indeed soon have more basses than singlespeeds!!!

[quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1422191718' post='2669616'] Not sure if this has been posted before, but here's a little glimpse into Norm's collection, some fine vintage stuff here, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. I'd love to spend a few days looking through that lot, although I did manage to prize the stack knob from him shown in this video. Not sure he'd be happy watching the manhandling of some of them though?? [/quote] Yeah, he's a bit blase about it all isn't he - yank out a case, wave several thousand dollars-worth of bass around in one hand, then stick it back in the case without even bothering to latch it closed.

At the local Open Mic we do, the house band consists of two, occasionally three, guitarists and a bass player who also sings. They provide the backline and PA, while either our drummer or another guy provides the kit - whoever's kit it is acts as house drummer for the night. The house band usually knock out three or four tunes, then we get up and do four or five. Once we've ruined everyone's evening, there's usually a local singer-songwriter who does his stuff supported by the house band plus our guitarist, and then a chap in his eighties who does half a dozen jazz / "rat pack" standards with the house band. It then becomes more of a free-for-all with folks calling out tunes and seeing how they go or just jamming around. So far I've always sat out this bit, but my ambition for this year is to join in and see how I get on... We do get a few folks turn up to listen rather than participate, and have also had a few other musicians join in on a couple of occasions, but usually it's just the same faces each week. That said, whilst my bandmates have been in umpteen gigging and recording bands over last few decades, this is the first time I've ever played live / in a band so am finding it good experience.

Liking the Journeyman Jazz, would be my perfect YOB bass. Oh well, back to sending the begging letters I guess...

According to Man from Fender, it's a question of how heavy or light your touch is (fret discussion starts about 3:55)... [media]http://youtu.be/hPezdXuiYAs[/media]

Not really a set list, more a setette of tunes with which we've been ruining everybody's evening at a local open mic recently... So You Wanna Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star (The Byrds) I Can Tell (John Hammond / The Pirates) Dirty Water (The Standells / The Inmates, re-written for local references obviously!) Muswell Hillbilly (The Kinks) Teen Angst (Cracker) plus a couple of originals Assuming the next stage of our plan for global domination (i.e. a support slot with a friendly local band) falls into place in the new year, then we'll be dusting off a couple or three more originals, plus some or all of these... Get It On (T Rex) Ring Ring (Abba) Begin The Begin (REM) Wall of Death (REM arrangement of Richard Thompson) From a Silver Phial (Gene Clark) Willin' (Little Feat) You Just Gotta Know My Mind (Karen Verros) Season Of The Witch (Donovan) Lined up to be worked on / given a good kicking next are Oh Darling (Beatles) and Dead End Street (The Kinks), followed by whatever gems the guitarist and keys/drummist can dredge up from their monumental record collections.

As you're probably already aware, Wizard pups are now being made by Hot Rod Pickups... https://hotrodpickups.wordpress.com/index/bass/ Looks like they offer a similar custom / bespoke build option as Wizard used to, so they could maybe do you summat beefier than 64's, but not as dark as 84's?

Nice one Karl, look forward to hearing it being given a good thrashing some time!

Well, after a chance meeting at a beer festival back in February, I finally ended up in a band! Things haven't progressed quite as intended due to my drummer mate's inability to commit as much time as he wanted to, but fortunately our keys player also plays drums, so we've dropped his keys-led vaguely psychedelic originals and instead have been ruining everybody's evening at a weekly local open mic with a selection of more straight-ahead guitar-y Shed Rock covers and originals (it's kind of Garage Rock, but we're British dammit so have sheds!). Great fun (for us anyway... ), and we keep adding to our repertoire so may be in danger of actually having a full set together sometime in 2015.

Dave Bronze?

Not very scientific I realise, but the one fitted to my '77/78 Musicmaster (S/No. S83nnnn) is the lower style, with the screw hole at the middle of the top edge, so if I had to choose between them, this is the one I'd say was correct.

Ooh, shiny... [size=2]Note to self: you do NOT need another one!!![/size]

My first proper amp from the early '90s, still got it sat right next to me as I type. I very nearly took it round to the keyboard player's house a few weeks back for a practice, but then realised how heavy it was so took my 5-15 mini-rig instead.