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    Your best (and worst!) bass gear purchases of 2021?

    in General Discussion

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    2 hours ago, Clarky said:



    Worst: R*ck 4003 (2021 edition in jetglo) - looks cool AF but I just can't get used to ergonomics and can't even sell the damn thing on BassChat!

    They do vary

     

    i had a white 1983 that was an absolute dog

     

    then got a 2000 fireglow which has that Chris squire tone

     

    i agree the ergonomics take some getting used to

     

    ive had great success selling on fb

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    Unhappy

    in Bass Guitars

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    12 hours ago, TheLowDown said:

    It will pass. It sounds like it's not the basses you're dissatisfied with but something closer to home. Sometimes if I'm whizzed off with life or people or whatever, I find I will 'transfer' it onto something else and then blame the stinky poo out of it. "The garden looks like crap", "the tone on my basses really don't do it for me anymore", "family are doing my head in", blah.

     

     

    We’ll probably never know as the OP has made no further posts since starting this thread

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    Mike Dirnt Squier P-bass, anyone?

    in Bass Guitars

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    On 23/11/2021 at 12:38, GrouchoMark said:

    So, I bought one of these recently, cost about £270 plus postage but I see they regularly go for anything up to like £500-600, which is MENTAL!

     

    It IS a thing of beauty... BUT.... All the money is really in the 'signature' which isn't actually there 😂 and the unique style of it- the Tele headstock, the old pickguard config  and the split pickup etc. But if I'm being honest, it's a bit cheap feeling and sounding... Don't get me wrong, the neck feels great! It's really nice to play. But the body is quite lightweight (a bonus to some!) but the pickups sound pretty thin, and they actually somehow look a bit cheap and nasty too. I think I just feel like it's a cheaply made bass with a pretty big price-tag just cos of the Mike Dirnt association. 

     

    In saying all of that, I'm treating it like a project bass... it's getting a paint job, a new bridge, new pickups, new pots, and I'm treating the light weight as a bonus for those longer gigs! But I think if you had £400 to £600 kicking about, I'd figure something else out. 

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