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Once during a rehearsal, and once having just set up for a gig... one a series 6 TE and the other a Mk V TE - both heads rather than combos. The rehearsal failure was a mystery. Mid song it just cut out? I used to carry a Crate Powerblock - anyone remember them? - in case of emergency and used that to finish the practice, but the supposedly broken amp was fine when I got it home, and has been ever since. The gig failure was human error... my amp and cab were as usual on top of the keyboard amp which is a huge Peavey on casters, and someone (still don't know who) pushed the lot back against a wall, and the speaker lead hit first, damaging the socket in my cab, effectively killing the rig. I got round it by going through a BD121, used as a pre-amp, into the spare channel of the Peavey - sounded a bit sh*t but got me through the gig. I should have used the pre-amp stage of the bass head, but at the time I had no idea what was wrong and 5 minutes to sort something out for the gig, so took the quickest safe option. I guess that between us all in the band we can work around certain problems, but there are so many things that could go wrong - and no realistic way to account for them all.

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+1 If we all agreed not only would it be a boring forum, but what would that say about music in general, and about bass as an instrument specifically? I hope we continue to hold and share contrary views for a long time to come...

I've always preferred playing for the song, and don't have nearly the skill, knowledge or talent (or frankly the desire) to take a solo with confidence so this resonates nicely with my approach. I do appreciate the flamboyance and sheer ability of some other bass players, and I'm genuinely happy that there are people out there pushing the envelope for the instrument, but it just isn't me - and this is a wonderfully eloquent way of stating that there is space for both styles of playing, sometimes all within the same person. We play covers, so I learn my bass parts and put in 100% to make sure the bass helps the band sound good... and that's enough for me.

Just heard about this - I was also trying to access his website, being a user of several bits of his kit. Sad news - I liked his stuff and he helped me out when I needed some repairs doing. R.I.P.

He's selling that too... a '77 apparently... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1977-White-Chevrolet-Corvette-350cu-V8-32-952-Miles-and-Simply-stunning/192620481606

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-worlds-worst-short-scale-electric-bass-guitar-Lynne/142902977609 I like this - honest, and not taking the p*ss with the starting price... note that I don't like it enough to buy it...

Not convinced by that relic job... how did the tuners, neck plate and knobs get so beaten up, yet the back (where most basses do get scratched) is practically pristeen... and beyond that who is really prepared to part with a monkey for an abused Squire?

Very 'interesting'... the shape is OK-ish, and at least a bit different, plus I like the sound of a 6 lb bass... what's with the anaglypta round the sides though?

It's good for the soul... but not the skin on your fingers!

Thanks for the tips! The fret saw I've borrowed can do curves quite nicely, but I am definitely going to take the more cautious route of using it to get the rough outline rather than try to get the precise shape at the cutting stage. I expect that there will be a fair amount of spent time sanding...

I've been reading your previous threads on this project to get some pointers on what you learned, which is very helpful - I have to say I really like where you've ended up with this version 4. So with new enthusiasm for doing my own bass I located said template in an older thread and printed it off - much better than the freehand sketch currently on the headstock, waiting for me to pluck up the courage to start cutting... typically, I can't re-locate the thread, but I think that thanks are due to Kodiakblair for uploading. I'll attach the pdf again here, in case anyone else would benefit. I've managed to borrow an electric fretsaw which seems like the idea tool for doing the re-shape - I'll post the results when I get it done. bassheads.pdf

That looks (and sounds) superb! I'm very tentatively modding one of these myself, and this is a real inspiration - especially the headstock re-shape and neck tint, because aesthetically that is the weakest part of the original guitar to my eyes. Nice job 😊

Another happy buyer from Tom's leaving sale - bought a neck on Friday, received it this morning. Very happy with it too. As a bonus, it was so well wrapped I needed help to extract it from the packaging. As others have said in the last few days, the communication was top notch and Tom is a good guy to deal with. Thanks Mate 😊

Probably a typo, but this auction has a buy-it-now price of £1... so a pick is not unreasonable... but £12 postage seems steep. However, the one photo is of a cardboard box of the type you send guitars in, and the 'Item specifics' states 5 strings and right handed? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-Electric-Bass-Guitar-Pick/283062167589 I think the seller is legit, although they are selling a lot of ex-Gear4Music items and also no-name (and no photo of the headstock) knock-off stuff which may or may not be junk, but this auction qualifies as weird.

Now reduced... don't all rush at once.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bespoke-Bass-Guitar-LQQK-Made-From-A-Waney-Plank-With-The-Bark-Still-Attached/192604702442 For all I know it sounds as amazing as claimed, although not sure about the ergonomics...

That definitely qualifies as weird or wonderful, depending on your point of view... My other half would have a fit if I brought that home, which almost makes it worthwhile on it's own!

I owned a few ESP guitars (before I made the switch to fat strings) and they were always good... some lovely quilted tops and - back then at least - pointy headstocks... Love the look of the Stream bass though!