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[quote name='Fisheth' timestamp='1455182513' post='2976674'] [url="http://s1381.photobucket.com/user/Andyscarlettreviews/media/Jake_zpsvhnnw7yy.jpg.html"]http://s1381.photobu...nnw7yy.jpg.html[/url] [/quote] Unf! That looks gorgeous.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1455181651' post='2976659'] ...then you spend weeks wading through hundreds of emails from kids in metal bands with "industry contacts" until you find something suitable [/quote] Total LOL. "WE'RE GONNA HIT THE BIGTIME! YOU CAN'T JOIN THE BAND UNLESS YOU QUIT YOUR JOB!" Listen to links.... Pants....

[quote name='cocco' timestamp='1455180935' post='2976647'] Thanks mate. I don't get the reference unfortunately. The fretboard on mine is ebony aswell. It looks so sleek. I said I wanted the blackest Jake possible and I don't think it could have got much blacker! [/quote] That looks phenomenal, I have some idea what I'm likely to see when mine is next to the sofa now As to the reference it's from Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy. Disaster Area are the band that had the blackest spacaship in the universe. </geek>

Oh, if someone can let me know roughly how long it takes from sofa shot/last payment to delivery that'd be awesome. I'm away for 2 weeks in May and I don't want to have it arrive during that time.

[quote name='Mattpt85' timestamp='1455141677' post='2976485'] Speechless [/quote] Wow did you decide to go for an "Attitude" syle neck? Nice! God that whole package looks great.

[quote name='ead' timestamp='1455180020' post='2976634'] Does anyone know if a 24 fret Jake is do-able? [/quote] I asked and it wasn't a problem, but I had to go for 21 because I wanted an extra neck pickup.

Phwoar!! I went for the blank board too. I'm tempted to call mine "disaster area". Points if you get the reference.

I'm going to chime in with Rocksmith too. That's kept me playing when I've not had a gig to practise for and is a ton of fun. I've been playing for about 25 years and I'm still crap. That's my problem. If you decide to stick with it, here's some tips: 1) Stop looking at youtube heroes. There's a million of them out there, kids with nothing else to do but play for 12 hours a day and they put stuff on youtube and annihilate almost everyone's skillset despite the fact that they're 16. Even then you'll still get some commenter saying they suck. Ignore these people, they have nothing else in their life and it is unrealistic for someone with any kind of life to reach that level. 2) Join a band Others have said it but nothing gets you better than bouncing off other people and NEEDING to get better. Worried you suck? Who cares? There's a band out you that sucks harder than you do, go find them. 3) Technical proficiency isn't actually that important As a bass player doing stupid runs is not your focus, your focus is to keep the band together, create the groove and play what's right. That's one thing I think is unique about bass in your standard 4 piece is you're the only ensemble instrument, the rest are solo-tastic. Musical understanding > Technical proficiency. 4) You have bad days/weeks/months I have days where I play with something and feel like one of the great 70s disco bassists, and then I have days where my fingers have turned into dicks and flop against the strings uselessly. The whole point of practising in my eyes is so if you have dick fingers in the middle of a gig it doesn't destroy everything. At the end of the day the main thing is knowing this happens, so if you practise one day and it's terrible know that today you've just got dick fingers and there you go.

And of course when yours arrives photos are required too!!

There will be photos... Don't worry, there will be photos....

black everything 5 string with an ebony fingerboard, 3 Delano pickups on it, a MM/J, a P and a soapbar for the neck. All pickups have individual volumes so totally blendable, 2 band active EQ on a stackable pot. I want it to be stupidly versatile.

So anyway I'm now destined for the next few months of checking this thread, checking my mail for updates and howling like a sad dog at the door until my custom Jake arrives.

I can admit to something worse. On the first Fender Jazz I owned I had all the pots turned up and couldn't understand why it didn't sound like your typical bridge pickup jazz.

You'd think if they were asking for upwards of £1.2k for a bag of sh*t they'd at least be arsed to restring it.

LOLWHUT!

Trigger pulled. Initial payment sent. Going to join the club.

I remember when someone said, "how about we play hit me with your rhythm stick", and I hadn't heard it for years, so I said sure. I sat down to learn it and crapped my pants.

Yeah, had it since beta. Really impressive work.

Yeah, this. It took me years to realize that tone was actually worth playing with.

Nice and messy the way a high velocity punk band should be. Your vocalist kind of sounds like Joey Belladonna which is superb! Crazy bass run!

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1454927726' post='2974162'] 'learning to play the fretless' is setting up a psychological barrier that isn't there. [/quote] Especially as if you look at your playing you'll notice that you tend to play just behind the fret anyway as that's the best tone, so you're most of the way there anyway. Back end of the fret sounds terrible.

I think actually I get annoyed more at people who slate simple bass players. As a bassist you have a better defined role in a band that anyone and you know what? Sometimes quarter-noting the root note is the right thing to do. Every time I see a bass player berate a bassist for not shredding and doing root notes I think, "you're not a bass player". Sometimes simple is the right thing to do, sometimes complex is the right thing to do. Half the time self-restraint is the real power of bass players IMO.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1454678629' post='2971984'] Asda? Thought it was all Morrisons north of the Watford Gap. [/quote] Asda started in yorkshire. Of course it only sold black puddings, flat caps, cigs and leads for whippets for the first 50 years.

Yeah, the Bass Collection stuff is supposed to be cracking for the price.

Also what style do you tend to play, so what kind of sound etc... oop you kind of answered that. TBH at that price I'd try ones in music shops and see what fits.