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  1. Burns-bass
    The 10,000 hours thing is cow poop from Malcolm Gladwell. There is no evidential basis to it, in the same way as his tipping point phenomenon it crap too. The guy is a pop-science king but has no support in the scientific community. There is no shortcut to success. But spending 10,000 hours will make you great depends very much on you.
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    Bristol is absolutely full of bands and some incredible venues. I think it’s the concentration of both two universities coupled with the sheer number of creative spaces that makes it. Some of it is junk but some of it is sublime.
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    That is utterly preposterous. AB had a 1965 Jazz up at £6750 a few months ago…
  4. Burns-bass
    I’ve had (or have) all these and they’re absolutely amazing. The Parker book itself has about a decades worth of learning in it.
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    To be fair to Bass Direct, building an ecommmerce site with stock management and all the other stuff they need will cost tens of thousand of pounds, and it’s a lot of money to drop when inflation is biting. So they’re not as slick as Thomson or Amazon, but the cash is going to bass players not bald weird billionaires.
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    It’s missing the bullet truss rod end. It may be that this has been removed (or the neck is fake, hard to tell). But a later 70s neck would 100% have one - so find out why before you buy!
  7. Burns-bass
    It’s like the air we breath, or gravity, or why some people find Rod Stewart attractive: it’s better not to question why.
  8. Burns-bass
    Nobody seems to like brokers anymore but I run businesses and we always use them. If you chat with someone who actually takes the time to listen to you and understand your position you can get insurance at a reasonable price. You will almost always be ripped off by reductive algorithms. As an example, I was quoted £1600 for liability insurance online. After calling a brokers (in this case, Gallaghers) I was quoted (and agreed) £475. You won’t pay unless you take out the policy, and you won’t damage your credit rating either. Speak to a commercial insurer and you’ll hopefully get a better deal.
  9. Burns-bass
    These look awesome!
  10. Burns-bass
    I have the matching jazz version as a backup for gigging and it’s an absolute beast! Looks great, sounds great.
  11. Burns-bass
    Meant to be seeing the Mondays later this year. Must say, always assumed it would be Shaun. Great band, shame:
  12. Burns-bass
    Gretsch Electromatics are great. They’re light and cheap!
  13. Burns-bass
    Exceptional amp great price!
  14. Burns-bass
    Tone wood?
  15. Burns-bass
    There may be a few collectors who have vintage instruments as an investment but for the main part it’s normal people which are seduced by it. Fender for their part indulge it by producing Roadworn instruments. Strikes me as indicative of a society in decline. It’s a belief that somehow things were better in the old days, and we won’t get it back. Despite all evidence to the contrary that manufacturing techniques improve over time.
  16. Burns-bass
    We had a gig booked there once supporting Rik Waller. We arrived to be told he’d only sold 8 tickets and the gig was off! Would love to have seen Macca. Co grate to anyone luck enough to get tickets.
  17. Burns-bass
    Bricks and mortar Music shops have a tough job. So many people use them to try something out then buy it cheaper online - I’ve done this in the past, but not now as I’m nice. Like any business, service can vary, and while some people love an attentive (obsequious) salesperson, whereas others (like me) prefer to be left alone. I’ll normally give shops a couple of goes. John Lewis, on the other hand can do one. I went in to buy a new oven (£3,000 SMEG range) and the sales assistant looked me up and down and heard my kids rattling around and walked away without chatting with me and asking me any questions. Thankfully, my local store had one in stock and did it cheaper than JL.
  18. Burns-bass
    Great buyer, lovely chap no hassles.
  19. Burns-bass
    If it’s a single line solo, the sound will be thinner so you’ll need to fill out the sound. Play too far up the neck or too complex lines and it’ll suck the body out of the sound. Keep root notes and focus on the bass grove. Use dynamics such as syncopation and digging in to help push the solo forward. If it still sounds week, get a volume pedal and boost the signal when the solo starts or add an effect (depends on style!) If the solo is in an open string and you’re in a rock band play the open string and raise your fretting hand the crowd like a member of The Darkness.
  20. Burns-bass
    Here is my super-heavyweight and incredible sounding Marshall 3650 Silver Jubilee head. The output stage features two 300 watt power amps. The sound, as you'd imagine, is thunderous. You have a lot of control with the 7-band EQ. This is an anniversary model created to celebrate Marshall's Silver Jubilee in 1986. These were built for touring musicians and it appears Marshall spared no expense building it. The chrome cover is in excellent condition, with little use. I bought this from a pro (with the 4x10 I sold a while back), and he actually had two (and a lot of roadies, I think). I'm selling as I'm going 100% Class D now. I'd like to keep this if I could, but I must be realistic. The amp itself (in the Marshall sleeve) weighs 25kg. Inside the flightcase it must be over 50kg. I simply can't send this as I don't know of any courier that would take it. I'm based in Bristol and happy to drive out to meet you somewhere nearby. I will advertise this on eBay now but it'll always be cheaper on Basschat, so grab it here if you want it.
  21. Burns-bass
    Also consider getting a compressor.
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    Nah, lollipops were late 65 to early 67. In no way am I suggesting an error in the listing, I’m just surprised they were used on a bass as late as 68. Looks wonderful.
  23. Burns-bass
    Lollipop tuners that late is interesting! Looks like a beautiful bass.
  24. Burns-bass
    On the other hand I had a seller message me and explain why I should only send a bass in a cardboard box which was then covered in bubble wrap and placed inside another, larger box. While the principle is great, the practicalities weren’t. I sent it in a case (to someone else) and it arrived unscathed. Guess 20 years of online sale ma have taught me two things.
  25. Burns-bass
    These are absolutely glorious things.
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