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The cyclic thing is the truth , there are cool people in every generation 

I saw a Squier Telecaster recently on a subreddit called r/guitars that was even more noticeable and that was down to the wood used 

Sounds like they want to hear it in winter as well. Tell them the can listen for free if they provide the snacks

I work as an engineer in a large fast paced food production facility and this place makes it look like a corner shop 

For someone thinking or considering taking up bass i'd suggest second hand or something far cheaper than 2k.

Yamahas are excellent basses and there is no shortage of them for sale.

Such as this one: 

You have come to the best place for advice. 

Undoubtedly someone else will come along with some proper recommendations for you.

Have fun shopping around!

How does something like that even happen? who could possibly have thought that is a good idea?!?

Wow thats a real beauty!  Had it been later in the year i'd have torn your arm off for this. 

Good luck with the sale , i don't think it'll be here for long

3 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

I play with a really low action and occasionally I’ve had to add a shim , many say that if it was built properly you wouldn’t have to do it 🙄, but depending on your set up  preference I don’t see anything wrong, stewmac sell them 

This is what i bought for my recent P bass sorting out, excellent shims if a little on the pricey side for what is essentially a wafer of wood 

49 minutes ago, Ricky Rioli said:

 

 

 

Guess I'm out, with knobs on

Oh wow that's really nice! is it a G&L? or have i misidentified the bridge perhaps...

Edit: any chance of a NBD thread on this? genuinely interested in this , particularly this colour combination 

Yeah they can be fun. They can also be annoying , but being irrationally angry at something i can just turn off is a non starter for me.

One i watched a few months back was a nice posh lady who was listening to Panteras Cemetary gates. I enjoyed it.

Edit: one channel i do really enjoy watching is Pat Finnerty, he does the whole Beato thing (sort of) but with humour. Great vids, especially the "what makes this song stink"

21 minutes ago, Bunion said:

Possibly you need a good set up and your pickups adjusted.
you can do this quite easily yourself with information from you tube without doing damage, just be careful if you get into the truss rod adjustments don’t force it. 
 

Reckon you're on the money there Mr Bunion sir. A good setup solves many woes 

I have both , not fussed over either really. As long as the bass plays well, to me that's the main thing

I currently have a thing for fretless and the ones i'm drawn to are waaay out of my price range, not that i'm looking to buy anything right now but i sure like looking. This one is currently top of the fantasy want list...

Iron Maidens song lyrics are cringey and cheesy

Dave Mustaine was the real talent in Metallica 

The Ibanaez btb fretless 6 caught my eye instantly. Already sold and probably for the best, thats what i'm telling myself anyway. I'd prefer a fretted 5 but i do have Primus aspirations 

I love this swear filter 😂

Holy stinky poo that's beautiful. If you EVER sell it PLEASE pm me!!!

I only have 4 and i'm still collecting. So many basses so little time.

Just one? Inconceivable for now 

Just now, stewblack said:

This is in my top 5 favourite basses. I think you were extremely unlucky as mine played beautifully out of the box.

I love how it looks so haven't felt like changing anything, but man, that gold looks amazing.

The best thing , besides from how it sounds , is the silence. The almost complete lack of any unwanted noise. It is a free noise gate 

That's really nice. Like really , really nice 

Hey!  Hope this is in the right place , the luthier section seemed a little off for what is essentially a few mods.

So, for my birthday the Mrs treated me to a bass i had my eye on and i was happy. Then it arrived and i could not for the life of me find the arrows for the 4 sting bow i had been sent. Neck angle was waaaaaay off and even with the bridge saddles absolutley slammed the action at the 12th was about 6mm...  Unfortunately i have no pictures of just how bad it was, i'm not one of those who photos everything and shows the world what i had for dinner last tuesday. The finished pic i had to take for this post, its been finished for 2 weeks now.

I had my eye on this bass as a project, a cheapo wonder to be improved upon with as little as possible spent but all new parts. 

Wanting to do things properly, or as properly as i know how i opted to copper shield the bloody lot. Turns out it was possibly the best £7 mod i have ever made and every instrument i own will be treated to the same eventually.

The bass was £105. The parts (pickup , knobs , bridge , tuners ) inc. delivery were £74. Neck shims and p bass wiring kit delivered from Stewmac was £45. The time was my own , and it turns out it was well spent. This bass is incredible, Incredible to play, incredible sounding. I have never owned a P bass before and have been looking for this sound, Wow. Action is really nice too , the 1 degree shim was perfect.

I honestly did not expect results like this and am kind of blown away. I still have a couple of high frets to deal with and they all need a good polish but that'll be sorted at next string change cos i can live with it as is until then.

£30 quid a bloody pop for strings damn sure i can wait.

Parts used were Wilkinson bridge , pickup. Northwest guitars gold tuners and knobs, Stewmac wiring kit with cts pots. Strings are DR fat beams. Sound is heavenly. A friend who had a go today commented it's so quiet its like playing with a noise gate. For a first go i think i did alright.

Hi John 

38 minutes ago, Machines said:

 

 

 

 

That is stunning! the colour , the shape , the fretboard...everything! 😲

Nothing for me since sunday either. Desktop , Win10 chrome, white theme

Edit: this post was taking a long time to appear, hit refresh and it was there instantly

There are readily available converters on Amazon for around £20 at a quick glance. Can't link as I'm on my phone at work (shhh) and it's refusing to let me copy/paste here