mr4stringz

As are the Birmingham ones…

Might be a case of waiting for one to come up given they weren’t made for long, but seem to remember the last Fender Modern Player Jazz shortie that was for sale on here was up for about £500. PJ config plus contours…just a thought.

A few thoughts - 1) Take into account the short attention span/immediate results expectations that many have now online . That’s why there are loads of vids that will move you to playing songs at a gallop rather than a canter. If it feels to fast to do that then yes, take a step back. 2) What’s your playing position? Assuming you’re playing seated at present look at where your bass is positioned and where the neck is compared to players in seated positions you see elsewhere. It’ll help as a guide to ensure you’re nice and level and not playing with the neck loads further down (or up from) the body for example, and that you’re not getting j to bad posture habits early on, which all can make quite the difference. 3) How long are you playing for in a stretch? As has been suggested above, shorter sprints might be better for you than settling in for marathons. 4) No one set formula is going to work well for one person to the next. But listen to your body above all else.

Wowzer. Love these. All I’ve ever had left behind in houses I’ve bought are dodgy wiring and glossed woodchip! Tell him I’ll have it for 50p and a pickled egg.

Quite. Majestic front to back (as was most of NY’s 70s output). This one will always get me.

Overarching reactions are - 1) It’s largely unnecessary 2) Also, there are no rules. If it works better for you, either by ear, technically, physically otherwise, use a fiver. For me, back when I was I was doing stuff that worked around the borders and couldn’t gel with fivers, a P-bass with EB Beefy Slinky, set up and with a nut cut appropriately, felt ‘right’. A 5 string didn’t.

And that, frankly, is that. It all ended up in ‘Rock & Pop’ way back when. Anything over and above is prejorative. Except STP. They weren’t (and aren’t) grunge. 🤣

That’s left my feline a little queasy.

I may be reading way too much into STP’s omission, but while very close in time, they were after the fact. All of those ‘classic grunge bands’ had albums released a good year before Core as an absolute minimum, plenty of them well before that. They also weren’t from, or congregated in, Seattle or Washington. And as I seem to remember, copped a fair amount of flak and suspicion at the time. But anyway, that’s only actually one grunge band, isn’t there…

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Looks great. Competition stripes are the one thing missing from any of the current plethora of Fender Mustang options.

All joking apart, how long ago are we talking this work was done? Weeks, months, years? Did you supply the parts and they just fitted them etc… If this has been done in recent times I’d suggest picking back up with them, although (and not excusing any lack of good workmanship that may be evident), I also wouldn’t accept any bass back after work being done until I had fully checked it and been 100% happy.

Only potential purchase on my mind just now for next year is a BF One10 and maybe a couple of pedals, though out of nowhere and for the first time ever I’m currently feeling drawn to the Hofner Club. Hope that passes though as I really and genuinely do not need another bass.

Is “The next layer of sweat” an acceptable answer?

TUNE!

I like to tell people I’m a bassist so they stop talking to me and move away.

Kudos to you. Didn’t know that was a thing.

These look great together!

Looks like an ornate (and ‘orrible) beer pull with a bass attached.

Quick question for any Danelectro Longhorn owners out there. Any tips on what flats work well? I know there’s a La Bella specific set, but wondering if there are others people like and use? Opinions on the web seem to suggest that the slots on the tuning pegs won’t accept all strings? Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Always loved the look of the TE Tramp! Think a JMJ Mustang is all I’ve bought this year (pics elsewhere on the shortie thread), but it’s one of the best bits of gear I’ve bought in 30 odd years so a definite highlight. I’ve sold two amps and a cab this year, so mostly a year of rationalising, given we’re coming up on 2 years since I last gigged. THAT’S my biggest gear letdown! 🤣

Don't know on that one, but Clapton’s use of a racist term when talking about Hendrix predated the Birmingham diatribe by some years.

Whether by extension due to an overly litigious legal team or whether directly, Clapton once again showing what a complete tube he is.