Dan Dare

Fer Crissakes. A P bass is a P bass. "Grunge era" my @rse 😣

Thanks. That makes sense. I wondered what the point was. So the best advice is keep it simple.

OK, I'll try. You say you have to sell things (which presumably you like/value) to be able to afford said new toy. If you can afford to buy something with your own money, go for it, but it appears you can't. is there any chance you will make a profit on the new item (is it something vintage/desirable) when you sell it? Do you have other priorities that you need to spend money on? Do your kids need new shoes? Is your car in need of repair/replacement? Is there a hole in your roof? Do you have debts (not a mortgage, obviously, but plastic, etc) that cost you money/interest each month? Only if you are all clear of the foregoing and have money burning a hole in your pocket are you allowed to make the purchase. Fair enough?

This is magic. With the late Ricky Lawson (the best live drummer they ever used, imho) on drums.

Fender/Squier should be able to provide specs if you ask nicely. It's very easy to remove the neck (as long as you remove the strings first!). Undo 4 screws and away you go (hold the neck in place with your spare hand so it doesn't fall out as you remove the screws). When you put the screws back/re-install the neck, turn them anticlockwise, applying gentle pressure until you feel them engage in the threads in the neck and then tighten gradually in rotation, snugging each up in turn.

Bill, would there be any point in using a dual voice coil driver, apart from being able to vary the impedance? Would it affect the performance of the driver in any helpful/useful way?

You guys have got it all wrong with your coffee table bass pictures. Didn't you read his post? This is the way to tempt him from the straight and narrow:

Not really a steal. Half new retail is about the going rate for used gear in good condition.

For that kind of lolly, I'd have a Fodera.

Why not sell it and get something you like the colour of? You are almost bound to reduce resale value to nil or close to it if you do what you intend.

Sounds like a fault in the winding process. Send it back for a replacement.

Paul's spot on. Anything you get will be a bonus and you'll save on storage costs. The old HiSys cabs were decent, so someone is bound to want to give them a home.

K&M make tilting amp/combo stands. Not cheap, but well made and fold up small for carrying. There's a decent looking amp tilt stand on Thomann for around £30 (can't get the link to copy into this).

What a disappointing thread... 😉

I tried one a while ago and it was OK, but nothing special. The Lakland Skyline I compared it with was far superior and a bit cheaper.

I have a Seymour Duncan P pickup in my bitsa (not the quarter pounder or the overwound or vintage model, just the basic cooking version) and it does the job. Nice tonal balance and not expensive. Clear but not over bright with rounds and with La Bella flats, it gives me the classic P bass sound.

Throwing your instrument across the room and screaming "I QUIT" normally does the trick.

I've looked at those. They do seem rather expensive for what they are. A custom builder would not charge much more and you could specify size, ports, etc to suit the driver you wish to use. Or buy one of Bill's plans (they're not expensive) and get that built. You know they'll work, so won't be taking a chance.

I'd leave well alone if you don't know what you're doing. I'm assuming you want to go back to the darkened/aged look. It's very difficult to do convincingly. If you insist, the best advice I can give is don't stain the bare wood. Protect it with some form of sealer first to prevent the colour from sinking into the grain. You could always play it with dirty hands for a year or so and achieve the effect naturally...

Excellent head. Everything you need and nothing you don't. I really don't need another head...

You said it. You "expect" people to do what you demand. Could there be a connection between that and the "lonely life"? Not having a go at you, but I've found over 60 plus years that the place to find why we have problems/issues is inside, not outside ourselves.

Change the atmospheric conditions? Stone me. I'll have a couple. Fed up with it being cold and damp. Gets in me bones, wot wiv me being 65 and a pensioner, like.

Style over content

Mate, you need to stop obsessing about yourself and get out more. You seem (from this and other posts) to expect everyone to follow your lead and do things your way. It doesn't work that way. People have free will and can choose what they do, when and how. Switch off the computer and join the human race.

Ubit's post above reminds me of a similar situation. It doesn't qualify as a worst gig ever, because it actually went well for us.. I was playing fiddle with an Irish trad band and we turned up to play a wedding at a smart venue In Wimbledon to find not another ceilidh band but a disco taking up the entire stage. There were piles of speakers, lights, smoke machines and junk all over the place. The DJ was an arrogant fat git - when we asked if he could make some room for us, he sniffed contemptuously and refused. So we set up at the side of the stage and played and everyone enjoyed us. The clincher was that we had a high quality EV PA, so we sounded great. By comparison, our hero's massive pile of gear was the cheapest, nastiest disco equipment possible. It sounded like a portable radio, but staggeringly loud and distorted. As soon as he started playing his stuff, the place emptied. Hardly anyone got up to dance and the organisers could be seen complaining to him. Very satisfying. We just stood at the bar smiling contentedly and watching him suffer.