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The famous 'This England' speech from Shakespeare's Richard II is much beloved by demented flagwavers:

  "This precious stone set in the silver sea,
  Which serves it in the office of a wall,
  Or as a moat defensive to a house,
  Against the envy of less happier lands,
  This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, 
  This England."

How many of them know that the speech continues thus:

  "This dear dear land is now leased out
  Like to a tenement or pelting farm:
  England, bound in with the triumphant sea
  Is now bound in with shame,
  With inky blots and rotten parchment bonds:
  That England, that was wont to conquer others,
  Hath made a shameful conquest of itself."

Shakespeare knew.

It's nice when something like a simple string change totally revitalises your bass! 

Just had some update pictures on my latest Overwater come through 😍 Not gonna share them yet though!

Scientists: We're going to send an unmanned spacecraft on a 7 month 120 million mile journey, where we will land a vehicle in a precise place on another planet to spend 2 years making detailed studies.

Public: Wow, that's amazing! I can't even begin to comprehend how you'd do that.

Scientists: Also, if you wear a simple piece of cloth ply over your face, like surgeons do every day, you can keep from spreading a nasty virus to other people.

Public: Oh f*** off, you know nothing.

F**k.
That is all.

Hi guys. Quick question about capo for bass. I need something to hold the strings on the first fret so I can measure relief during bass setups. That's all. Simple "holder". Any thoughts and advices? What should I buy to get a solid capo with bass? I always use my left hand and right arm to press strings to the last fret but it's always a pain in the a** to get good and easy measurements. Thanks in advance.

Hi guys. Quick question about capo for bass. I need something to hold the strings on the first fret so I can measure relief during bass setups. That's all. Simple "holder". Any thoughts and advices? What should I buy to get a solid capo with bass? I always use my left hand and right arm to press strings to the last fret but it's always a pain in the a** to get good and easy measurements. Thanks in advance.

Hi guys. Quick question about capo for bass. I need something to hold the strings on the first fret so I can measure relief during bass setups. That's all. Simple "holder". Any thoughts and advices? What should I buy to get a solid capo with bass? I always use my left hand and right arm to press strings to the last fret but it's always a pain in the a** to get good and easy measurements. Thanks in advance.

Small rant but when something in the FS forum is sold can the seller please type SOLD in the title. Would save a shedload of wasted time

Source Audio C4 incoming, tomorrow between noon-3pm.... wonder what I will be doing

Helix or not Helix...that's the question

Uh-oh, sent an email about a bass! 🙈

Uh-oh, sent an email about a bass! 🙈

Happiness is: picking up your custom built basses after having played an off the shelf bass for a while and realising how right you got it.

Hi, BassChatters....I will spell my name right soon! Retired now, but as the former owner of THE GREAT BRITISH BASS LOUNGE (bass guitar retailer) i never felt that it was appropriate to participate in the forum in case it appeared that I was using it as a 'selling platform'.

Been playing bass since I was a daft young lad but took a 20-odd year break to concentrate on my main career as an architect. Came back to bass about 10 years ago and, to my great surprise and immense pleasure re-formed NEW ENGLAND (www.newengland-prog.com) with some lost, lost (almost) friends.

Being a bass retailer introduced me to many, many views and ideas about bass guitars and bass playing...some sound, some  complete bunkum and, at the extreme end, there are certainly people with acute bass-related OCD!!!! Basses aren't very complicated animals (my personal opinion) and, whilst there are many people who know a damn sight more than i do, I do like to go 'myth-busting' when invited to offer an opinion.

My greatest pleasure has been helping, where I can, novice and inexperienced players and, as a retailer, making sure that they were tooled up with not the most expensive bass, but the right bass for them. I've also enjoyed showing folk how to set up their bass and not to be frightened of truss rods!!!!

Always happy to offer advice and never too proud to ask for some....ww never stop learning!

Why are there so many ACGs (well 3..) for sale at the moment?? Are you all mad??

All three are nice basses BTW.

Why are there so many ACGs (well 3..) for sale at the moment?? Are you all mad??

All three are nice basses BTW.

Why are there so many ACGs (well 3..) for sale at the moment?? Are you all mad??

All three are nice basses BTW.

I see that Bass Direct now have Super 5s with Laurel fingerboards in. 

Balls. 

Been playing with the Maruszczyk configurator. Oh dear...

E-C tuning, where have you been all this time? Loving it!

10 days and counting for the Lakland in customs 🙄

You have the greatest avatar on basschat. 😎

One afternoon spent in Bass Direct. What a shop Mark has. So helpful and let me put my grubby mitts on anything I asked. Some very nice basses in stock but that Kingston Super 5.....

One afternoon spent in Bass Direct. What a shop Mark has. So helpful and let me put my grubby mitts on anything I asked. Some very nice basses in stock but that Kingston Super 5.....