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FinnDave

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FinnDave last won the day on November 28 2019

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  1. Thank you, it is a little powerhouse, loved playing it and sounds great.
  2. Thanks, Dave, it's been hard to accept that my playing days are over, but in some ways it is a relief - no more load-ins & load outs, no more driving home late at night - I keep telling myself that and avoid telling myself it also means no more awesome jams with good friends. The arthritis is also affecting my ability to use the clutch & front brake on my bike, so that might have to go as well.
  3. The amp is on hold pending payment, but the cab is still available for offers in the region of £500.
  4. Thanks Dougal, it was good to meet you today. Enjoy your new bass!
  5. Thank you, it has been the best bass I have ever played, it'll be hard to see it go.
  6. Happened to me about ten years ago. I had been playing with The Wirebirds for a year and a bit, getting plenty of gigs. My mother -in-law was living with us back then (no longer around) and had a carer come in a couple of times a week to take her to the shops, etc. One day, there was a new carer putting MiL's shopping into the fridge, and MiL mentioned that she (the carer) liked singing, so I naturally mentioned the band and she asked if she could come and sing with us sometime. Then she mentioned her previous band and the tours, hanging out with the guys from Led Zeppelin, etc, and I was sure she was a dreamer. Anyway, she came along to our rehearsal a week later, but then I had found out who she was and told the band, they basically said it was just a fantasy on her part. Then she came in to the rehearsal room, tiny, shy, no way a rock star. She asked if we knew 'Rock Me Baby' (well, we wouldn't have been much of a blues band if we didn't!), she asked if we could do in A, which was our usual key for that song. We played the intro, and I could see the rest of the band waiting for her squeak out a few words, then she grabbed the mic and our jaws dropped. She could sing the blues like Janis Joplin. We were getting better gigs on the back of her being with us, people were bringing her old records to our gigs to get them autographed. She was Jenny Hahn, front woman for Babe Ruth, and we played dozens of pub gigs and local festivals with her. Her she is singing Janis's 'Move Over'. I'll never equal the thrill of standing a few feet from that voice!
  7. I'll be very sorry to see it go, but I can't play any more and despite the memories I have made with this bass, it just takes up space in our small house. I can't even manage the short scale Mustang any more. I've had a good innings, though, I can't complain. The guitarist I've played with for the last 11 years come over a few days ago and took the PA and lights away, so the final clearance has already started. My wife was very tolerant about the PA sitting in a corner of the lounge for the last few years!
  8. As a result of having to give up bass playing due to osteoarthritis in my fingers, this is the final piece of my equipment to be listed for sale. My stage gear for the last few years has been a Barefaced Super Compact and an Orange Little Bass Thing, and they have never let me down. The Little Bass Thing has now been sold, but the Super Compact cab is still available. I am asking £500 for the cab, but cannot edit the original asking price which was for the amp and cab together. The Super Compact I bought from a bass chatter about four years ago, and has been used at almost every gig since then - but I haven’t been very busy during that time. I think every UK bass player knows what this cabinet does. I am including a Roqsolid cover with the cab. Due to the size of the Super Compact, it will need to be collected from West Oxfordshire or delivered to a mutually agreed meeting place.
  9. This bass has now been sold. Fender Classic 60s Jazz Bass, bought new in May 2013 and has been used mainly as a back-up to the white Precision that was my main gigging bass, purely because the the Precision was better suite to the music I have mostly played. When I have needed a Jazz bass, this has been my first choice. This bass was factory finished with nitro-cellulose lacquer in a rich three tone sunburst. This type of paint is not as resistant to knocks as the usual modern paint, so has some signs of wear on the body, which I have attempted to show in the pictures. The rosewood fingerboard has a 7 1/2” radius and the bass has vintage style reverse tuners. The bass weighs approx 9 1/4 lbs. The bass is entirely as original, except for having been fitted with Dunlop strap locks - I can include the original non-locking Fender strap buttons if required. The bass is currently fitted with La Bella flat wounds. These strings on the Jazz when played with a pick sound very 1960s! The bass will be sold with the original Fender tweed case it came with. I would prefer the buyer to collect from the Witney, Oxfordshire area, or to meet them at a mutually agreed location, but if necessary, I can send it via courier at the buyers risk and cost.
  10. 2012 US Standard Precision Bass, olympic white, tort scratch plate, rosewood fingerboard, LaBella flats. Weight is 9lb 4oz. I acquired this bass from a fellow bass chatter in 2013, it was a direct exchange for a similar age US Jazz Bass. I took it home, and used it for that evening’s gig. It has been my number one bass ever since. I am reluctantly selling my favourite bass because my years of bass playing have taken their toll and I have developed osteoarthritis in my left hand, which means I am now selling all of my basses and equipment. The bass is in excellent condition, set up and ready to play. There is a small dent on the head and a small pice of pain missing near the tone control. No buckle rash. A classic Precision in looks, feel and sound. The bass weighs 9lb 14 oz (according to my fishing scales, not really a scientific means of checking the weight, but I have played two hours per set with this bass). Complete with original Fender hard case, and the original strap pins which have been replaced with Dunlop strap locks. Prefer buyer to collect from the Witney, West Oxfordshire area as they can then test it through my amp and cab, but can arrange to meet within a reasonable distance. I can arrange to have the bass delivered by courier at the buyer’s cost and risk. as the hard case should provide sufficient protection, but I cannot guarantee that it will be safe.
  11. Thank you, it is a very good looking bass and sounds great as well. I will be sad to see it go, but it isn't getting played so is just talking up space in the house.
  12. two or three years ago I was regularly playing 3 hours or more when playing in a Grateful Dead tribute band without any problems. My picking hand is already compromised with a damaged tendon on the second finger caused by a motorcycle accident. I'm running out of options, but I started playing bass when I was 14 or 15 and I'm 66 now.
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