Frank Blank

Massively overpricing coupled with a steep decrease of build quality will see off even the most iconic brand eventually.

This... ...I had been playing drums for a while in various short-lived punk bands but this track made me want to play bass and I sat on the doorstep of my friends house playing his ‘bought from his Mum’s catalogue’ bass along to the single, played it over and over and loved it, I was fifteen. I carried on playing drums until I was twenty five but always sneaked a go on the bass in rehearsal breaks, this song was the catalyst.

This is very true, in fact when I saw them he was using a Travis Bean.

No worries dude.

Let's not let this thing falter half way!

*waves*

Just sayin’... https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/325336-for-sale-chowny-swb-pro/

Just a keep it bubbling bump...

Just going to see this band in an hour or so, very excited... ...they were superb.

Man I am digging this...

I have (or at least had) a £1k limit on the amount spent on a single instrument, simply because they are tools of work and as such, in the course of playing and transport, liable to get knocked about and past a grand I think I'd be worrying about damaging it... I totally agree with this only I have never desired a high end bass, not really high end anyway, my recent found love of Rob Allen basses means I'll be purchasing one from him direct quite soon but I've never lusted after a more expensive bass... apart from a Wal maybe but I'm sensible enough to know that my Wal desire stems from a love of Mick Karn and his playing and I'm not him nor do I want to sound like him when I play. Wal basses reminds me of seeing Japan and digging those albums. I found a classical guitar under the stairs in my house, turns out it had been there for the best part of eighteen years and cost about £50 back then. I took it up to the fellow who sets up my guitars expecting him to write it off but he said that under the dirt there was a nice guitar, so he set it up for me and it's lovely. I returned to him with a bass for set up and he showed me a £6k flamenco guitar that was hand built in Spain, he showed me all the bad things about it, why it was actually a dog, "I'd much rather have your guitar from under the stairs". Likewise I have a Fender Modern Player that I had fitted with q fretless MIM neck and it sounds just as good as any of the high end fretless basses I've ever played. Personally I don't understand the desire for really expensive instruments, but then I have always felt like an arriviste in any specialist field!

Done. Nice to see an online community working like this, cockles, heart etc.

Apologies dude!

Oh bollards, I put Sir first time and quickly changed it, no point changing it back, I’ve already pi55ed in my chips.

You, Madam, have class.

How odd, I was just going to comment that Joe Morello’s solo in Take Five is one of the very few enjoyable drum solos... ...in fact Joe M takes more than one solo during these four songs and they are all inventive and interesting...

I want to take down the entire Wikipedia entry for Jazz and replace it with...