FinnDave

I used a bar stool to sit on for gigs after my prostate op a few years ago, I only looked as if I was sitting if you looked at me from the waist down. I did the same a year later after my bike accident. No one complained.

Thank you for the suggestions, but I would find it difficult to adapt to a different way of braking, especially in an emergency. I ride a Harley FXD, I have tried other bikes since my last Harley (involved in an RTA nine years ago) and nothing really does it for me like a Harley does. 

I found it in my inbox, though.

I met Steve at a pre-arranged time and place at Beaconsfield services on the M40 today for the handover of my Barefaced Super Compact. There was a little delay due to roadworks (I think) around Watford, but the rest of the meet went very well. Steve was happy with the cab (as I have been for a few years) and no cash changed hands as Steve had, amazingly, trusted me sufficiently to have paid for the cab yesterday. What a decent and trustworthy chap he is - it is easy to see what people are like when they treat others as being as honest as they are themselves.

Glad you like the cab, Steve, hope it gives you many years more gigging pleasure.

Dave

The amp is on hold pending payment, but the cab is still available for offers in the region of £500.

Thanks Dougal, it was good to meet you today. Enjoy your new bass!

34 minutes ago, snorkie635 said:

Bump, for what looks like a fine little bass.

Thank you, it is a little powerhouse, loved playing it and sounds great.

27 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

Sorry to hear you're having to give up one of your main hobbies Dave.

Fully understand your thinking and i'll do the same when the time comes one way or another.

Cracking bass too. I'm guessing its the wider neck.

Pretty sure it won't last long here

GLWTS.

Take care.

Dave

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. 

44 minutes ago, merello said:

Sorry to hear about your painful condition. That bass is a stunner.

Thank you, it has been the best bass I have ever played, it'll be hard to see it go.

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!

2 hours ago, goonerjoe said:

I have the LBT and play it through a Super Twin, been thinking about getting a Super Compact for a while too. And I live in Witney.

 

Must... Resist...

resistance is futile!

13 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

Looks great Dave, if only regular scale basses were an option…

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!

The Barefaced Super Compact and Orange Little Bass Thing have now both been sold.

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.

This bass has now been sold.

Thank you, that's very kind.

2 hours ago, jonnybass said:

Thanks for sharing Dave, that sounds like a journey you are going through and I wish you all the best with your hand.  Its very early stages for me however, i think if it was my fretting hand or my middle or first finger I'd be struggling, as it is the ring finger on my plucking hand its less important for me anyway, however I have noticed that my hand is fatiguing earlier than it would.  3 hour pub gigs may be beyond me.

 

Jonny

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.

44 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

See if you can borrow a short-scale bass to see if that helps. If movement is the issue then less movement than usual might be beneficial.

I managed to play two gigs last year using a Mustang bass, but my finger have deteriorated further and I can't play 30" either now.

I have pretty much given up bass playing after 50 plus years because of osteoarthritis in the fingers of my fretting hand. I have been (still am) taking turmeric & black pepper capsules, and calcium with vitamin D, but it is impossible to know whether it's doing any good or not. I still can't play, but it's possible that the arthritis would be worse with the capsules or not - there is no way of cloning myself and not allowing the clone to take anything for it, and see what happens.

I have resigned myself to selling up all the gear and fading into the background.

I hope that your situation is better than mine, life is not the same without bandmates and gigs.

You'll need to apply a defroster 😇

10 hours ago, WalMan said:

Well now, if it’s still about at the end of the month I might have to consider a detour on the way to the Wirral 🙄

You're welcome to drop in any time. My wife has relations living in Wallasey, we go up there once or twice a year.

1 hour ago, Davy said:

This is the best colour on this particular range in my opinion.

GLWTS and sorry to hear about your health issues.

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.

Fender Player Mustang Bass, bought new at the end of May 2023 and has been used for two gigs since then. It has not been touched since last July.

I bought it in the hope that the shorter scale would make it possible for me to continue to play despite the onset of osteoarthritis in my fretting hand. Unfortunately, this has not been the case.

Condition is perfect/as-new with the original strings and no sign of wear or tear on the body, neck, or frets. The scratch plate still has the plastic protective covering on it. It is a versatile bass with Precision and Jazz bass pickups.

I bought a gig bag from Thomas which is a good fit for the Mustang and will include that with the bass.

I would prefer the buyer to collect or to meet them at a mutually agreed location.

An opportunity to buy an as-new bass for only £500.00

My Vintera Jazz bass weighs 4.5 kg ready to play (incl strings)

On 27/01/2024 at 21:27, mihangle said:

what is the weight of this bass please?

Sorry, didn't see this when it was posted, I'll weigh it today.