tegs07

It’s clear that the legal route is not going anywhere. How many of you would be willing to make a claim in civil court? For small amounts it’s not too expensive:

https://www.gov.uk/make-court-claim-for-money

He has never scammed me but individuals like Mr Mason should not get away with this for years on end. If this is occurring on a national level apply for the civil court to order Mr Mason to appear in person to state his financial situation. He may find himself travelling to and fro quite a bit based on the number of cases reported here.

29 minutes ago, 40hz said:

I've never understood people's problems with signature models. They more often than not, tend to offer something quite different from the norm. I couldn't give a monkeys if it's a Flea Bass or a Geddy Lee/Marcus Miller, Ibanez K5, et al.

 

People in the crowd struggle to identify what a bass is, let alone knowing the name on the headstock (another thing - how many signature models have the name on the headstock? Not many I'd wager).

 

I judge an instrument purely on it's individual merits. A great bass is a great bass and I'm not going to deprive myself of it on the basis another Bass player in the audience might know it's a sig model!

I agree with this. My favourite bass is a Nate Mendel signature P. I just find the neck really comfortable. The rest of the details that make it a signature model wouldn’t draw me in. I don’t really like the colour, the roadworn chips, the Nate scrawl on the back of the headstock but that neck is perfect  for me and it’s my go to bass.

oceans and streams - black keys 

As others have reported I’ve used their machine heads and bbot bridges. They do what they are supposed to do for not too much money. Haven’t really got anything to add. 

ever fallen in love - buzzcocks

1 hour ago, Waddo Soqable said:

You tease us.. Let's see some of those, right here, right now.. 😁

mmmm no. there somewhere in the loft and best left there. late 80’s simon gallop followed by silly nephilim style hat once hair too to back comb kind of sums things up though.

I have some very amusing photos of myself but will keep them far from the light of day. Never really called myself a goth despite liking the music and seeing Fields of the Nephilim, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Mission and The Cure numerous times in the late 80’s. I was always a bit eclectic in my music tastes and was simultaneously into punk, psychobilly, blues and folk.

water - dinosaur jr

i live for that look - dinosaur jr

never understand - the jesus and mary chain 

losing my religion / rem

17 minutes ago, Beedster said:

Think I’m still missing it 🤔

Beautiful Japan made Washburn bought from new in 1983 and not giggled since that time.

32 minutes ago, Beedster said:

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Need to read the description…

Partly this issue has arisen due to supply chain problems as well as some retailers being pretty poor with communication, particularly with their online sales. The last bass I bought (private sale) was only £100 cheaper than the new (shop) price. The main difference is I could collect it in a couple of days at my convenience whereas the shop had already messed me about for several weeks with no updates.

sugar magnolia - grateful dead 

Sleep - Godspeed You! Black Emperor 

la fille de la mort - the young gods

devils haircut - beck

heaven knows i’m miserable now - smurfs 

first we take manhattan - leonard cohen 

i don’t wanna dance - eddy grant

spies on the wire - caberet voltaire 

11 hours ago, Minininjarob said:

After picking up a bass for the first time ever (never played any other instrument either) that I borrowed I went and bought a brand new Fender Precision then a week later a really nice GK amp. 
I figured buying some nice gear would make me want to practise and it worked, I love my P-bass and I get excited every time I pick it up (although I suck playing it) and the nice powerful amp sounds awesome turned up. Makes me excited to just play one note! 
In every hobby there’s people that spend a lot of money on their first set of gear, some stick with it, some don’t. 
 

One important consideration is that different hobbies or skills have different costs and to be honest I think playing the bass is relatively cheap so you may get more people getting nice gear to start off with. It’s all relative. I have ridden MTB bikes for pretty much 30 years and I sold half of a bike to buy my Precision. I would have not hesitated to spend £2k on a mountain bike so £700 on my first bass didn’t seem so bad and I figured if I looked after it I’d get a lot of my money back if I got a Fender (and that’s what I wanted after demoing them - wow that can be a bit embarrassing when you can’t play anything!). 
I’ve been looking at a bigger amp and found a nice GK setup on eBay which is £650 - I’ve spent that in the past on a set of forks for my bike! I don’t need it but wow I’m tempted! (Need to pay gas bill first though 😂😂)

 

I reckon most people don’t mind people who have all the gear and have no idea as long as they are honest with it. Every bass player I have met has been more than nice to me and helped me along. It’s the people who have all the gear and think they have an idea, or think that expensive kit someone makes them more important. 

If it brings you pleasure then don’t worry what people think. As you say playing an instrument is a pretty cheap hobby. If you play that thing for 70 hours then get bored let’s face it in this day and age how much is there available to do in terms of leisure activities for £10 an hour? Pub, cinema, coffees out?

Even if you gave it away it’s better than frittering your cash away on the above.

21 minutes ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

The point is however that he is not actually Jaco, and just because he played Jaco doesn't mean that is the only thing he can do or that he can't also serve simpler rock tunes, or wouldn't have fitted into a band doing so.

 

It's a matter of their inquiry not proving anything or being suited to test whether he fit into the band or not.

 

For one I enjoy some complex jazz tunes as well as some much more simple rock songs. 

 

Their method of auditioning simply doesn't make any sense, there is no logical reasoning behind it (in that case it is at best faulty logic), and it is simply not a valid test, especially not for a bass player, as the alternative, as I wrote, would be him playing root notes for 5 minute straight solo, which would have proven exactly just as little (or actually it would have proven even less).

 

It would have made sense though if being able to read minds were their main criteria for a bass player.

 

As I edited in in my original reply (while you were writing your reply): 

 

It's like in that ancient Icelandic saga where a woman is tested on her wits by being told to neither come naked nor dressed, neither fed nor fasting, and neither alone nor in company for a date.

 

 

Problem is without the context we are all just guessing. We don’t know what type of music they play, what their personalities are or their political etc etc. I’m sure this could be researched in advance in the same way as say going to an interview for a hipster soho media company or a city of london bank, they will be looking for different individuals to slot into the existing team and culture. 

At college I went to join a band and after 15 minutes it was clear they were all massive football fans and wanted to be a Madchester clone band. No thanks. Similarly in later life I had an interview for a major US Accountancy firm in the city. All flash, swaggering big fancy watch  squash playing types. I would have been a poor fit regardless of ability.

31 minutes ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

Yeah, wrong choice, you obviously should have played "Smoke on the Water". 

 

Seriously what the flip did they expect, you playing root notes from songs solo in 5 minutes straight?

 

Just doesn't make any sense.

 

Makes me wonder how they auditioned their drummer and how he ever managed to pass.

 

If they wanted a bass player who doesn't womble but serve the song, fair enough, but then you would think they would have wanted to actually hear you in the context of the band actually playing songs.

 

I'd say probably for the best you didn't get the job cause obviously they were retards. 

 

Really depends on the band. Jaco would have destroyed The Cure and Dempsey or Gallop would have been useless in Weather Report. Possibly best outcome for all parties. Band may have required a really minimal player or been more interested in the aesthetic/image. Can only really guess without asking why.