YellowLedBetterBass

Better tell Ashcroft then. Turns out the drugs do work 😅

To this day I still don't know how your bass actually worked. Andy used the force or something.

Aye, it is actually lying on my bed next to while I try and figure out which wall hanger to put it on. I've spent the evening arranging and then rearranging a few basses to make the room look less empty - I've sold some stuff recently so there's a lot of empty space on the walls at the moment.

Well I have my own horse in this race, so please excuse the bias.

I can't recommend Andy highly enough for things like this - knocked it out of the park for my "Not-a-Harley-Benton-Any-More" Jazz bass and looks like he's done it once again here. Wish you all the best with it Mike, if it's even half as good as it looks it will be an incredible instrument. Here comes the "I'm gonna ask Andy to do XYZ for me" thoughts again *sigh*

Shameless self promotion I know, but I have an Ashdown 75w amp available on the marketplace here. If you want to come to North Birmingham and have a go then you're more than welcome to.

Glad to hear you're enjoying them mate 😊 On the topic I think I'm going to get a PJ or new JJ set in a few months to go into what will be my bass for Uni - cheap enough to fit in with student budgets but plenty good enough for if I get into a band there (which I plan to do). Long and short, if it wasn't for me getting an amazing deal on the super hot Duncans (SJB-2s I think?) in my signature red Jazz bass, it would still have the JBXNs. The best (at least for me) set of J Bass pickups I have heard that you can get for under £100 for the set.

Hi Dazed They are a lot louder and a bit brighter than some Jazz pickups I've used, put possibly also my favourite Jazz pickups. There is a video somewhere on YouTube of someone using them in a sherwood green fender Jazz bass. Give it a watch if you're interested. I last week sold a set of them in the marketplace here, but can definitely see me buying a new set in the not too distant future. Cheers, HB

https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Jedson-IMPACT-Electric-Bass-Guitar-60-s-70-s-Made-in-Japan/332503536010?hash=item4d6ac1518a:g:9Y0AAOSw8UZaR3xF Looks cool and fairly cheap - Anyone know anything about it?

It certainly looks nice anyway Robin, and I'm sure it can be made to play good too (if it doesn't already) Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and welcome to Basschat!!!

Such a shame, I'm only playing 6-necks these days.

most folk here don't know difference but aye

to be fair he was a big part of the early days of UK hip hop. The likes of Kano, Dizzee Rascal, JME, Sway, Skepta, Tinie Tempah, and more recently Stormzy, have all worked with him

A nice member of the honours list for me is local lad Charlie Fogarty. He was a youth footballer for the Birmingham academy when he was involved in a car crash that left him in a coma and severely brain damaged. A few years on he's done work for disabled football teams all over the midlands and set up Solihull Moors disabled open-age team, and hopes to get into the Paralympic GB team. All aged just 18. To me, these are the sorts of people that deserve all the credit.

"You know how I'm your favourite child?..." Current debate is Renegade vs Rockinbetter. Both are the same price but only one can win...

after a very promising start of the year (new band with very talented musicians), I have ended the year on a grand total of 1.5 gigs - one as a stand in for a friends band and the half a one being from what was a rehearsal being put on the venues stage and about 25 people coming in and watching (although probably because the bar was in the same room as the stage). Still, the bar for improvement in 2018 is currently set quite low.

Or Bruce Foxton fanboys like me dad.

out of my budget unfortunately... I think I'm going to bide my time and save for a bit and hope the right one comes available.

The Hondo has been pulled off ebay this morning anyway

I've just read that Peter Hook (Joy Division) used a Hondo II Rick copy ad opposed to an actual Rick. That's done nothing to help my GAS 😅

one of the ideas I had a while ago was routing a standard cheapo Harley Benton Jazz or Precision type bass or similar to take the Seymour Duncan RB pickups, but then it's losing that good old rick styling. I'll let you know how my quest goes. I have put in a bid on the Hondo and at current am the highest bidder Am I allowed to do a NBD of a faker?

we'll see how it goes with the Hondo anywhow - that is the colour scheme I am after I think.