martthebass

Although 40 years of playing bass have left me with cloth ears, even I can tell that my antique Naim CD player sounds shite for the first hour after powering up.

I’ve spent nowt on Bass stuff amazingly. But, as there’s been bugger all else to do, I’ve dropped too much cash on Astro-imaging gear.

Whadya mean? My £9000/metre holographic linear quantised 100% pure unobtainium speaker interconnects are absolutely essential for my listening pleasure!

That wasn't his question. You have pushed the discussion into an area that wasn't solicited. The ash vs alder tonal properties has been discussed numerous times previously....there's a search function should you wish to avail yourself of it.

To know whether it was alder or ash.........

I'd get it out and gig it before you even considered swapping any of the tronics. I've had a few and generally found that the solo'd and band mix sound can be very different so you need to do both before you decide the stock sounds work or don't work for you. IMHO I find my Starry Night PDN 4H a bit aggressive solo'd but sits just fine in the mix.

Delilah - Alex Harvey......

Tough situation Blue. Also in the gigless scenario at the moment, we usually have all the following years gigs pretty much booked by now. So far no gigs for this year that are still in the diary will take place because of lockdown 2 and pub restrictions and all next years ones in the diary are still unconfirmed. Hard times

Still abstinent and now in week 44.......might be the first year in about the last 20 that no gear changes have occurred. I've been close (very nearly sold my Starry Night Ray and very nearly my unmentionable bass that starts with a 4 and ends in a 3) but all are still present and accounted for. The above said, the stage time this has been woefully poor for some reason..................

We’ve had the. remainder of our gigs for this year cancelled now Pete 🙁. In theory the next one is a WMC gig in January but I’m not hopeful.

It’ll come back Dave, us old Glamsters have to keep the faith

3 shorties and 3 long scales (counting a 33” Rick as a longy) in my armoury. The 3 shorties sound different to each other as do the long scale. I tend to find the shorties do help speed and ease of playing but the long scale are better when I want to dig in. Element of string tension, neck width and finger style playing comes into the equation I guess. My first bass was a 30” but then didn’t play another for over 30 years....glad I got the opportunity to get familiar again.

The only gig left in the diary this year now cancelled due to tier 3....☹️

Need to see this one out and about Dan!

Thanks Dave. No I think I’ve done about 150 with the Mikey Way Mustang, it’s baring up well for a budget model!

Well, first gig in 7 months went without a hitch. Good social distancing and well organised. Amazingly we were on good form despite only meeting up 3 times since March, though I felt I was on autopilot on occasion. It blew out the cobwebs though and made us all feel a lot better. No dancing but an appreciative seated crowd. Next gig at the end of the month on a similar 9:30 finish WMC basis - assuming they don’t lock us down.....

I love em Dave, I used to use a Status Streamline when I was in an 80s band and loved the compactness and ease of using on a small stage. It clearly didn’t fit in with the glam look so I tried a few short scales. The MW was chosen for the looks but I’ve found it a great gigging bass despite its humble origins, in fact I prefer it to the much more expensive JMJ as it balances better. I occasionally take Dano Longhorn as backup instead of the JMJ but that one is much more sensitive to lighting/electrical interference you get in some clubs.

Just the JMJ and MW Mustangs left from this group Dave, the Trevor Bolderesque red one was sold to support purchase of the JMJ. Of the 2 left, the JMJ has the more authentic tone but the MW is glittery and after nearly 150 gigs with Glam Fever just feels right.

The bridge never looks right to me also. For some reason Ray copies always seem to look 'cheap' to me whereas that's not always the case for Fender clones.

Do my best mate, just checking all the wigs and glam gear hasn't been attacked by moths! Had the first rehearsal in months last night, interesting, lol. Took me 20 minutes to get used to my shorty Mustangs after 7 months of playing my EBMMs.

First gig in our 70s Glam Rock band this weekend Dave (BoJo permitting), not sure how it will work for this genre in a socially distanced/no dancing setting?

Well, after a 7 month hiatus and 3 false starts it looks like the band's first gig will be this coming Saturday. Local WMC, socially distanced and all done for 10pm. It will be odd playing to a sit down crowd but anything is appreciated after this length of time.

Ironically I do get involved in number 2 on your list (not number twos...other than when required).