Frank Blank

I purchased this book just as we went into lockdown on the recommendation of my bass tutor, slowly working my way through it. Exercises tend to bore me rigid but I like the ones in here, superb book.

My advice, several years ago, would have been buy the best you can afford but then after spending time on Basschat with the huge range of experience and knowledge available I would now advise, as many people have previously on this thread, buying one of the many excellent £300-£500 price range basses available in order to begin the (possibly life long) search for the type of bass that really suits you. Thing is the quality is so good now that there are plenty of basses in this price range that may just end up as your go to bass. Most of us have one or two (some have loads) boutique basses that we play at home but no one wants to take a Fodera to the Dog & Vasectomy only to have bitter thrown over it by a 50yr old who still hasn't come to terms with his inner mod. I've worked my way through all sorts of basses and ended up with two ACGs one of which I'd gig with but I'd still be mortified if it was damaged or stolen as it is custom and therefore unique. I am very seriously considering simply buying two Sires for gigging, that way if they get knocked about or damaged then so what. Basses are, after all, tools of work. Why spend loads now when you have no idea what you'll end up with in a few years time. I'm lucky in that I've found my GAS killing fretless but my search for my GAS killer fretted bass continues and I have a sneaky feeling that when I find it it'll be in that £300-500 range.

Cheers Sir, it's exactly the symptoms I'm experiencing, I'm just waiting for a confirmation email from my luthier and I'll see what he says but this article certainly confirms it. Cheers again.

Anyone? Before this buzzing makes me throw the bass out the window.

Well obviously the GAS, clean sanitation, and the aqueducts.

Thank you Basschat for @Teebs... ... and the roads, obviously.

Time to tap into the BC hive mind. A couple of months ago I had one of my basses set up, other than the usual set up work it was discovered the neck had a serious back bow in it, this was addressed but it still left a lot of whip in the neck. Now over the last couple of weeks frets have started buzzing and in particular (as I play a lot of chords) I’m getting fretted strings buzzing (between the nut and the fretted note if that makes sense? So behind the fretted note) in sympathy with other notes held down in the chord. Is this something I can temporarily adjust with a truss rod tweak until I can get it back to m setup guy or is a more complex adjustment needed. Note to self: - learn a bit about basic setups.

Ciao!

Absolutely, the handbags will be put down soon enough.

Thanks once again to the brilliant Late Junction on Radio 3...

Another new slice of noise courtesy of Radio 3s excellent Late Junction...

Dear @Berserker, as much as little spats like this occasionally break out on BC they often contain very good information, albeit a bit fizzy with static so to speak.

Here's my two... ...both gone now, sadly. Blimey I miss the single cut more than any other bass I’ve owned. That was dumb move.

We've had a very similar thread on here lately... ...if I were you and wanted to get started now but (obviously) aren't able to get out to try everything (which you so need to if you are spending serious money), I'd get a Sire similar to the one settled on by @pepsi-abi in the above thread and put your remaining 1k+ in the bank until the lockdown is over. Once we are free to mingle your location is ideal for hooking up with BC members to try basses and you are no doubt within reasonable distance of several music shops. Just bear in mind that if you spend that £1500 right now at the beginning of your bass career you will almost certainly regret that initial purchase within months after you've tried loads of stuff out, you might not of course but that would be a fluke. Within months of joining BC I had a whole new set of gear, top to bottom, amps, cabs, basses. Hold on to that grand until you've tried everything you can and get something way cheaper if you are itching to start playing right now.

I'd agree wholeheartedly with this, if you can't stretch to a Rob Allen this is going to be a good bet.

Hubba.

Never worry about it, all I ask is beginners questions and I'm 58.

Morning.

Obviously... RIP Dave Greenfield.

I've been gigging for just a shade over 40 years and every single gig I've ever done could have been done with the rig @BigRedX uses. Likewise I have a QSC FRFR speaker and a HX Stomp, most gigs I just use the Stomp direct to the PA unless the monitoring isn't up to much when I'll go Bass > Stomp > QSC and take a line to the desk from the back of the QSC. For gigs without a PA the QSC is fine as backline.

^^^ This, with potentially expensive bells on.

Hello *waves*... ...Rickenwhatnow?