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tegs07

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  1. 10 hours ago, Burns-bass said:

    I’m lucky to live in a city like Bristol where live music is everywhere. The costs of living here are insane. 
     

    To illustrate, the cost to rent a single room in a shared house on my street (£600) is equivalent to a mortgage payment when we bought the 4 bed house (in 2013).

     

    Couple massive demand from students and young professionals with a buoyant BTL sector and you get a housing crisis - which is what Bristol is experiencing at the moment. 
     

    Yet they’re still out there doing it and I’m massively impressed.

     

    From the young people I meet doing gigs and who I play with, music isn’t ever going to be a full time career. Arguably they’re much more commercially savvy and less egotistical than (from what I’ve heard) musicians were in the 70s and 80s. And if my mates are playing in a band, I’ll still go (don’t like lager)
     

    To the young music makers: I salute you!

     

    Yep. Remember when St Werbergs, Montpellier, Southville etc were cheap rent? Same with Kemptown, areas around The Level in Brighton or Camden Town or Nottinghill in London??

     

    Same pattern throughout the country. 

     

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  2. The biggest problem is the cost of accommodation. Low rent areas in most cities have been gentrified and even really dodgy areas are expensive. In many cities that have a creative hub even those earning a decent income with secure jobs have difficulty paying their rent until they have several years experience and a couple of promotions. 

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  3. 41 minutes ago, SteveXFR said:

    After a busy year with the band, writing, recording and our first few gigs including a support slot with a thrash metal legend, I've come to realise gigging isn't for me.

    I enjoy the actual gig but get stressed out for a couple weeks before and I've decided it's not worth the stress. We've got two more gigs in January and then I'm out of the band and selling my gear. I'm not much of a home noodler and don't really enjoy playing along to songs so I guess that's it.

    Sad to read this. You did really well getting to this stage. Maybe some virtual recording. Guy I used to work with collaborates writing songs with one guy in the states and another in new zealand. they “met” on some song d sharing platform or other as he writes tons of songs (but never finishes them)! obvious issues with gigging but they put it out on the internet and have fun.

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  4. Second hand instruments tend to keep their value and keep pace (or in some cases ) outpace inflation. A decent buy won’t leave you much out of pocket even with a short turnaround. I guess the question is will the hunt and purchase bring you more pleasure than a couple of pints or a take away?

  5. 7 minutes ago, thebrig said:

    I have recently built two P basses with Fender bodies and Fender necks, so can I actually call them "Fenders" because the Fender decals were applied by Fender, and the bodies have Fender stamped on the back under the neck plate, again applied by Fender?

     

    Seriously though, I would never try to pull the wool over anybodies eyes if I was to sell them, and to be quite honest, these two are the best playing, and best sounding basses I have ever owned, and I've had a few over the years (at least 25), so I can't see myself selling these until I stop playing completely, I'm a P bass fan and the 38mm J necks just make them a perfect fit for me.😏

     

    Here's the specs:

     

    Sunburst/Maple

    Fender P-Bass Body in Brown Sunburst 

    Fender Roasted Maple Jazz Bass Neck

    Fender Custom Shop ‘62 Precision Pickup

    Schaller BM 4L NI Bass Tuners

    Ki0gon P-Bass Wiring Harness CTS Pots/0.047 Cap

    D'Addario EXL165 Bass Guitar Strings

     

    Arctic White/Maple

    Fender P-Bass Body in Arctic White 

    Fender Roasted Maple Jazz Bass Neck

    Nordstrand NP4 Precision Bass Pickup

    Schaller BM 4L NI Bass Tuners

    Ki0gon P-Bass Wiring Harness CTS Pots/0.047 Cap

    La Bella Low Tension Flexible Flats 42-100 Bass Guitar Strings

     

     

    Sunburst3.jpeg

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    Arctic White1.jpeg

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    1 Fender Bitsa.jpeg

    2 Fender Bitsa.jpeg

    Nice

    Technically they should be sold as Bitsa’s albeit made from genuine parts (ignoring the fact that all bolt on neck instruments are Bitsas anyway)!

  6. 12 minutes ago, ordep said:

    I once heard a story about a session player who always had trouble with a certain producer with his bitsa bass, saying that the guy should consider getting a proper Fender bass. So he installed some Fender decals to it and suddenly the bass sounded “right” 

    I think Robert Smith took that one step further and took the Top Twenty pickup from his Woolworths guitar and installed it into his Fender to make it “sound right”

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  7. 7 minutes ago, neepheid said:

     

    Yes, because everyone who buys basses is deeply knowledgeable about all things bassy...

    Opinions vary. For me making a kit car or replica Rickenbacker/Fender/Mona Lisa is all fine. Selling it on knowing it’s a fake isn’t OK. True somewhere down the line someone may get scammed.

    Which I guess is your objection.

     

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  8. Just now, neepheid said:

     

    And therein lies the problem - even if the original decal applyer is on the level when they sell it, who's to say the next person will be?

    Whoever bought them would have noticed there was no serial number. They would also be getting a bass as good as a Fender, properly set up with decent pickups and most likely for less money.

  9. I’ve played a few bitsa’s that had Allparts or Mighty Mite necks on them with Fender decals. The owners weren’t trying to fool or scam anyone. They just didn’t like the aesthetics of a blank headstock and didn’t want one with their name or some humerous Fender derivative.

     

    Each to their own as long as they don’t try scamming on re-sale. Sticking fake serial numbers on is definitely a no no. For what it’s worth the basses I played were as good as or better than a lot of genuine Fenders anyway. The necks are licensed by Fender for a reason.

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  10. Why is there a market for any counterfeit goods?

    Why do poorer people often desire clothes and brands that signify wealth while the uber rich often “whisper” their affluence?

    Why aren’t all cats grey?

     

    I suspect that there are many different reasons why people do this.

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  11. They are just a bit of entertainment rather than being meaningful in any way. The best guitarist is highly subjective and also requires that they are well known so usually rock guitarists.

    Carlos Santana is a great (rock) guitarist but I wouldn’t put him on any list as I wish he wouldn’t endlessly widdle over every song. Others may disagree.

  12. 11 minutes ago, TimR said:

    What about the poor bass player who fell on hard times and had to pawn his bass?

     

    And now finds out it's worth $80k. 

    If we are going down that route I’ve sold a mini cooper, a vw camper van, golf gti (all for peanuts) and many others that would be worth way more than $80K now …

     

    Absolutely pointless to look back with what if’s …

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