Frank Blank

Blimey, what happened there? Have I missed a post?

See, the thing is, this is far truer than you think. It’s very easy to just keep trying them out and they are such rare beasts (you’ve done extraordinary well already) you could keep going and going. I don’t think you’ll find better than the MB2 or the Shuker and if you are spending that kind of money I’d definitely speak to @Andyjr1515 or @skelf about getting something built to your exact spec.

Carl’s tone is all in Carl’s fingers.

Carl! 🤢 Is the fingerboard made of toast?

When I first joined BC I owned a Godin A4 and both a fretted and fretless Fender Modern Player Jazz basses. Since being a BC member I have tried out many, many beautiful basses, bought a few and sold a few. I have discussed some detailed technical details along with the aesthetic nuances of various basses. I have met many lovely people and have enjoyed being part of a community. Now I own two unique beautiful ACG basses neither of which I play very much at all. I do all of my writing on my Rob Allen and when I write something on the Mouse that I want to transfer on to a fretted bass I find myself wishing I had a bog standard Fender. Again, before BC, BBC if you like, I had a rule, no instruments over 1k, simply because I didn’t want to be precious about them, they are, after all, tools of work. Yet here I am with two basses I don’t play enough to really justify their cost, as beautiful as they both undoubtedly are I increasingly find myself scouring the BC for sale section and the Bass Direct site looking at Fender Precisions and Jazz basses. Does anyone else find themselves with basses the like but don’t play? Does anyone else have the recurring thought that if they spent as much time practicing as they do gassing on BC they’d be Pino Pastorious?

Karl Bartos, ‘nuff said.

Carl don’t surf...

The whole band sound like a bunch of Carls to me. Fixed.

No worries, definitely try some of @Andyjr1515’s wares before you make your decision. Another builder who could maybe make you something to your own spec.

Yeah, break it with poo.

^^^ much as I agree with all the above I’d still have backup revenge that involved the smearing of poo on one or more instruments.

You’re right, actually...

I say do it, but I would insist on the proviso that keyboard players mate isn’t there when you rehearse picking up tips on how to do it until he thinks he can hack it. If it looks like they are going to fvck you over again then come back to the BC collective for some ‘now I’m definitely leaving, how can I let this lot know how I feel’ tips.

@Basilpea I gave you the wrong user name yesterday, it’s @Andyjr1515 who builds stupendous basses.

Return that erroneous purchase, get one of these and there, you’ve found your brand.

Try everything you can before deciding.

Not at all, my pleasure, thanks for the chat and coffee Sir.

Calling @ezbass

...as is every track on the album.

Oh delicious extended goodness. Steel Pulse - Handsworth Revolution, one of the greatest albums of any genre imho. Here with several dub versions and BBC sessions, thirty tracks of heaven...