Owen

Baby is due in 8 weeks. Panic has started!

Gigging drummer for 40 years. heart trouble meant I had to give it up. Suffering from depression, and aged 57 I got a rubbish 2/2 foundation degree in popular music. Eventualy, after doing some private tutoring and stuff for a while, bored now,  I took up bass as a challenge and have been experimenting for some time. I started out with a heavily customised stag 24 fret 4 string (Seymour Duncan 1/4 pounders , grover tuners and decent strings etc.} and a Laney RB4 160 watt amp. , learned a few classic rock tunes  and did a couple of pub gigs with three like minded oldies, but I was forced to move out the area, and the band really wasn't that good it warranted travelling for. Living on my own and with no musical contacts I took a more serious approach and I now have Quicy Tolouse 6 string through neck active, with a mark bass little mark lll and a pair of Hartke 210 XL cabinets, and I am trying to teach myself to play Bach Cello parts with a view to teaming up with a flute player. Okay I always did have ambitions beyond my abilities but if you don't try you'll never know 🙂 All of this brings me to the point of my signing up to the forum., so I'll leave this and head over to my first attempt at a post.

NBD tomorrow....!!! 😁

NBD tomorrow....!!! 😁

Please check out the latest video featuring Abigail Zachko and Colin Cunningham.

OMG! Jamulus actually works (kinda)

Spending my entire bass fund, plus a load extra on a bass will make me feel better about 2020 won't it? 
This is a shite year

Work desktop not turning on

NBD - industrial radio MidiBass!!

NBD - industrial radio MidiBass!!

So glad I'm back with a Demeter amp again.  Such a wonderfully clear, warm tone.  Impossible to get a bad sound from it.

Please may I have seven more follows on my (new) YouTube page so I can finally get past 100 subscribers?

@DanVeallBassist

This is my own page, which is rather empty as all of my gear reviews are hosted on the Guitar Interactive Magazine website and YouTube channel @GuitarInteractiveMag

So, mine is a bit empty. I'm starting from the ground up and need your help ❤️ 

Please may I have seven more follows on my (new) YouTube page so I can finally get past 100 subscribers?

@DanVeallBassist

This is my own page, which is rather empty as all of my gear reviews are hosted on the Guitar Interactive Magazine website and YouTube channel @GuitarInteractiveMag

So, mine is a bit empty. I'm starting from the ground up and need your help ❤️ 

Help! - anyone got experience of shipping a bass from UK to France - carriers, likely cost approx, who's good, who to avoid. Any help appreciated.

Wondering what happened to my old 6 string Shuker? Sold it on here (or previous incarnation) over 10 years ago, but it's not in my Feedback...

Just adjusted my double bass bridge down to where the strings are 5-8mm off the end of the fingerboard. It really brings out the growl, it's easier to get around, and it's a bit kinder on my hands given I don't get as much practice time as I'd like. But I feel like the old-school "real players dig in" guys will disapprove!

So, the ever present question: Do I sell all these bits of kit that I don't actually use anymore, or keep them on the off chance that a band (job) might require them in the future. I could do with the cash frankly, but the value of the kit could mean that if I buy again in the future, I could end up paying more in the long run. Hmmmmmm

Is it not against the rules to post an item for sale on here asking for the buyer to send money through Paypal Friends & Family? If not, it should be!! I see at least 1 scammer get called out on Facebook per week and it's ALWAYS because the buyer sent payment through F&F. 

I have an Items Wanted ad but not everyone reads that forum - so is anyone looking to offload a 4 ohm (only) Euphonic Audio NL210 Gen III or Wizzy M-line 112? Thx

I have an Items Wanted ad but not everyone reads that forum - so is anyone looking to offload a 4 ohm (only) Euphonic Audio NL210 Gen III or Wizzy M-line 112? Thx

Really GASsing for a 5 string Wingbass, or similar very small / short scale bass

Really GASsing for a 5 string Wingbass, or similar very small / short scale bass

16 gigs came in today! MD'ing 13 of them too 👌

Hello, Neil Williams here, new to Basschat. Been playing since 1979, - early heroes Jim Lea of Slade, Jean Jacque Burnell of Stranglers, Suzi Quattro; then all manner of brilliant players - Stanley Clarke, Jaco,Victor Baily, Anthony Jackson, Abe Laboriel, James Jameson, Carol Kaye, Bootsy, Marcus Miller, Jack Bruce, Tony Levin, Chuck Rainey,Tal Wilkenfeld, Nathan East,  Neil Murray, Jimmy Bain, John Paul Jones,Tina Weymouth, Chris Squire, Les Claypool, Billy Sheehan, Jimmy Haslip, Danny Thompson, Mo Foster .... the list is an endless upward spiral, but when it ends, it ends with the god on earth that is, of course - GEDDY LEE.  Anyway, I play a '79 Precision, - I bought it in London in '81. I was after a Ricky 4001 a la Geddy, but the guy in the shop persuaded me to go for the Fender. He didn't have a  4001 in, so he had one sent over in a cab for me to try and compare. Good man, there's customer service innit. Anyway, - I've been using a Warwick CCL 250 combo for quite a while, and more recently a Trace Elliott GP7 with a slotted front, both with my little Aphex Bass Exciter/Preamp/DI Box thingy. They both sound great and are real work horses, but they're pretty weighty and I aint gettin any younger, so I've decided to take the plunge and go for a new Ashdown combo as replacement for them both - great sound, simple controls, loads of oomph and sooo light - its between the Original C210 300 Kickback, and the RM 500 T 210 Evo. The Warwick and Trace are up for sale, I'll put them up here first if anyone's interested. Any Ashdown users/ex users with any advice/thoughts. Would be most appreciated. Diolch/Thanks