Grahambythesea

I’ve travelled with a guitar on both EasyJet and ElAl. No charge but size limited and a bass would be too big. I have a 12fret parlour guitar which is just right. Saw a guy trying to get on with a bass in a soft case once. How he got past the ground staff I have no idea, but the cabin crew would not let it on and were offering to put in the hold!!!!

I should think devising that design was pretty difficult too. I don’t want to be rude and each to his own, but that’s probably the ugliest bass I’ve ever seen.

Reduced from $10k+ to $100 - yeah sure. I smell a scam.

I think it’s interesting that despite the world and it’s sound engineer going on about the P having the pickup in the perfect sweet spot, the world’s most recorded bass has the pickup moved forward closer to the neck.

After 20 years of playing 5 strings I seem to have graduated back to 4 strings, partly driven by my acquisition of a NS EUB .

Just at present there is nothing I want or need. If there was I’d have to sell one, one in one out.

Look in any window - The Hollies

We gotta get out of this place - The Animals

Hanging in the telephone - Blondie

The tailpiece looks like the one on the 12 string George Harrison had before the R tailpiece was introduced. An R type would have been more attractive. I didn’t realise it had come out a while ago, I must have missed that memo 🤔🤣.

Now this is a semi I wouldn’t mind, just don’t have a spare £5499 handy. But I bet someone has.

Thanks Maude, I’ll give it a go.👍🏼

I only have eyes for you - The Flamingos

I am a boomer and I’ve owned 2 vintage basses. I traded both for something else which was not vintage and I have no gas for anything vintage. I want playable reliable and affordable. I do not want to be worrying about losing my priceless bit of kit.

Night boat to Cairo - Madness

Old man river - Paul Robeson

Just to say the Behringer does the trick perfectly. Signal much enhanced and I think the tone is improved too. Thanks for the tip @Jean-Luc Pickguard I got it at a cracking price from Gear4music.

Gibson EB has 2 good humbucker/MM style pickups and does growl. There is also a pull pot on the volumes that converts the PUs to single coil which sound like a jazz. Probably the cheapest US made bass you can buy.

New York, New York. Ole blue eyes

I don’t want Togo to Chelsea - Elvis Costella

I used to play tenor using Irish tuning ( like a mandolin). Think of it as a backward guitar, you can literally reverse chords. Friends play with Chicago tuning and therefore use the “top half” of chords. Many of those turn out as 1 finger shapes so couldn’t be easier and you can buy suitable strings.

I think I’ll just have the guy’s suit, so cool.

I’ve bought the Behringer AD21, it arrived today but haven’t tried it out yet. I will report on performance in due course.

Food glorious, glorious food. - Lionel Bart : the cast of Oliver!