scrumpymike

I have 4 BF cabs - 1 x One10, 1 x Two10s and 2 x SC3s. They are all brilliant (for me anyway) and I've stopped looking at other cabs. My view was endorsed by one of the Basschat self-build cab team, who told me at the end of the last S-W Bass Bash that the sounds coming from my Eden WT550 Traveler thru the SC3s was the best he'd heard.

Bugger! Just heard our only remaining gig of 2020 has been cancelled by Minehead Council - Saturday 29 August outdoors on the big bandstand in Blenheim Gardens. I'm guessing they're anticipating a local 'spike' following the re-opening of Butlins ☹️

Don't worry guys, unless the risk is manageable to the point of being practically negligible we won't be going ahead. There is NOBODY more risk-averse than me and Mrs Scrumpy when it comes to covid-19. We're moving forward on the basis that it's still on unless/until it's called off, and the only reasonable approach is to decide closer to the time, say around the end of August.

I'm not a P-bass guy myself but I'd say it could go somewhere in that direction especially with flats. Others please correct me if I'm wrong. Trouble is the only thing that does P-bass convincingly is - a P-bass.

It will be great to see you there - second wave permitting 😱

On the windows I'm guessing - would be Stranger On The Door (I'll get me coat 😐).

Brian just bought my Mesa D800+ and it's been a pleasure dealing with him. Would not hesitate to recommend him to others. Mike

Chris just bought my GK Fusion MB800. Dealings could not have gone better, totally recommended! Mike

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I've always had a preference for the shorter scale length. Back in the day it was the early Gibsons rather than Fenders that floated my boat - probably because two of my heroes played them (Jack Bruce and Andy Fraser). I moved on to Fenders in the '80s but then back to s-s Gibsons. Nowadays there's a huge choice of s-s basses and I wouldn't play anything else. More comfortable to wear and play and I prefer the subtle difference in sound that comes from the different s-s overtones. The only word of caution I usually add is that, if you're a P-bass worshipper, don't expect any s-s bass to give you exactly that (although I can get close enough with some of mine).

Just had what could be a decent idea (I normally manage one or two a year). Obviously this topic doesn't see a lot of traffic outside the Bash season but, given its regional following, why don't we also use it as a kind of S-W notice board? For example, we could: post details of our own or other interesting gigs (we wish!!); share details of tried and trusted local repairers; flag-up something decent that we have seen in a retail outlet; link ads that we have posted on the FS forum. In the latter case, we obviously can't do that INSTEAD OF posting a FS ad in the normal way but, speaking personally, I would always be interested in knowing what's on offer within a collectable radius from home rather than using a carrier. What do we think?

That will sound great with the La Bellas - my favourite strings. Mustang length should be right for thru-body stringing too.

I'm feeling the GAS pressure going up 😋

Me too, that's bloody gorgeous! So is the black.

Let us know what you think.

Just picked this vid up from Talkbass, where there's an awful lot of love for this s-s 'Ray: https://www.talkbass.com/threads/sbmm-stingray-short-scale.1443247/page-31#post-24187790 I'm still loving mine too!