Burns-bass

My point wasn’t to criticise people with loads of basses. Perhaps you need to have loads of basses to realise what you want in one (you can see I’ve owned and sold *lots*).

Perhaps as I get older I’m more interested in understanding why I felt the need to own lots of stuff. It didn’t make me happier, or play better, or play more, for example.

It’s interesting to know what everyone thinks in a non-judgemental environment. 

11 minutes ago, OliverBlackman said:

I could definitely get by on my 4 string P bass. But the satisfaction of wishing for a sound and having a bass that can deliver it is worth more than a holiday for a week (insert other not as fun as bass ways to waste money) to me.

I think this encapsulates it. But after a few weeks playing in the house I go back to the one I’ve always used.

It’s harmless fun as the instruments retain their value (by and large) but it’s ultimately pointless.

I’ve spent my entire musical career owning hundreds of basses but basically only really playing 3.

4 minutes ago, chris_b said:

No.

 

I played the same bass for 26 years and I've owned my current 2 for 12  and 8 years. I played the bass before these for 14 years.

 

I need to be a better bassist and owning more basses won't achieve that.

I think a visual representation of this would be easier to understand but ultimately you’ve reinforced things. 

4 minutes ago, Buddster said:

The affliction of a wife who asks why i have so many basses, but don't use them? 

Yes, I do. 

Not sure she'd understand even if I could explain it. 

 

But to your point, yes I have a favorite I play and gig that feels right, but I like the others. 

I should add, it wasn’t in some kind of cliched nagging housewife way, it was a genuine question. (She is financially better off then me and we respect our independence on these things.)

You pay for what you get. I’ve got two friends who are luthiers (one double bass the other guitar and bass) and I drive an hour each way to see them both.

Thats partially because I’m loyal and once I trust someone that’s it, but partly because the quality of their work is exceptional.

Seems Thwaites have delivered on that. When it comes to DB, you really are investing in something that will make playing easier and the sound better. 

For the last 5 years every gig or session I’ve done I have used the same bass. We’re looking at about 100 gigs or more, possibly double the practices and thousand of hours at home.

If I have to choose, it’s that one. I bought it new after careful selection and it’s been a good friend to me. 
 

I’m still interested in buying new basses but I know that when it comes to gigging or practising or anything else I won’t take it or ever use it. My wife asked why I have a lot of guitars but only ever use that one, and I struggled to answer.

Does anyone else suffer from this strange affliction?

Still for sale. Any offers? I need the space!

Still here! It’s a lovely bass, don’t be put off by the headstock badge…

15 hours ago, BigRedX said:

After all that, it's a pity that the song in question is so mediocre and uninspiring, and considering that it came out in 1987, was on the cusp of being totally eclipsed by acid house, so not really surprising that it was totally ignored at the time.

Little ray of sunshine!

The music may not be to my tastes but it’s a lovely story nonetheless.

Bristol is similarly challenging for this. I once had to carry my aluminium double bass half a mile to a gig. 3 hours later I was still knackered!

 

That's a fabulous price for what could be a fine gigging bass in a covers band or for someone starting out. Big fan of Epi Tbirds myself - when I was still in a covers band I think I had six! Now down to a much more manageable two. GLWTS. Hope it goes quick.

Thanks! I bought it for £120 and spent £50 on strings so this seems fair. I also have a set of black straplocks if the new owner wants them (free).

The bass looks and plays wonderfully well. But it’s heavy and the balance is weird (if you’ve not played a TB before)

Offers? Prefer all gone at the same time…

This is in as new condition. Bought for a few songs in the set but it’s an indulgence:

£99 collected or £112 delivered.

Here my gigged, loved, perfectly functional and fairly priced Epiphone Thunderbird.

It’s recently been set up with some new flats and sounds amazing.

No case and I can’t be bothered with postage. (Sorry)

£150 collected.

I didn’t play for almost a decade. Came back to it as I wanted a social outlet that wasn’t the pub or cycling (which I was obsessive about).

If it feels like a chore then stop. 

Just pack the gear up, put it somewhere safe and don’t worry about it.

I’ve got this K&K Bassmax pickup here. Used once but it’s not the right fit for my aluminium bass. (Now gone for a magnetic pickup…)

As new in box.

£85 delivered.

£50 delivered as I need to Declutter.

This is a spare stand that’s taking up space in the loft and I want it gone.

Never used by transported to gigs as a spare. Singer now provides her own, so it’s just left doing nothing.

£18 delivered sound fair?

Still for sale.

£65

Used to be mine and I echo what Stew says.

On 26/01/2024 at 16:16, Andyon bass said:

Hi all. One of my best friends played left hand bass. I play right hand. Sadly he died last year and his widow has asked me to sell his gear. I’ve left it a year.  Couldn’t face it. Anyway, he recently bought a fender American professional ii precision bass left hand. Never used it. Any advice on best place to sell it and value?  Much appreciated 

You can try and sell it here or give somewhere like BassBros a call. That’s the easiest way I guess, and you’ll likely get a fair price and an easy sale.

Sorry to hear of the loss of your friend.

On 18/02/2024 at 22:08, bubinga5 said:

I find some of these comments bizarre.. "the tuners aren't in line".?  dont get that one..(probably best to realise that the pic is probably computer generated on certain parts) "The top looks like particle board".  So it looks like MDF.? Really, does it really look like particle board.? Its an Artisan Custom Shop Fender..Thats what an Artisan Fender is.. So they use different parts that you wouldn't find on a period correct Jazz bass..

 

Im certainly no Fender fan boy but they are damned if they do and damned if they dont. I find most of the basses they keep churning out are just the same bass with a different paint job TBH..    If this was a Sadowsky or a Lull im betting everyone would have their pants down, but a Fender doing something different with a Burl top, Roasted flame maple neck and non period correct appointments... Oh no.. cant have that.. 

I’m all for Fender doing cool stuff. I own and play one of these and have owned it from new and it’s one of the best basses over ever played.

Pickups, neck, finish and set up are incredible. 
 

https://reverb.com/uk/item/42965899-fender-fsr-american-pro-jazz-bass-shell-pink-rosewood-neck

It’s quirky but coherent. The other one doesn’t have any sense of identity or logic driving the decisions.

Another thing that gets on my nerves is the holes in a pickguard for a rest on Japanese basses which is both on the wrong place (on a 62 reissue) and doesn’t have holes underneath.

I love the fantastic wood finishes nuts it a bit over the top this one.

8 minutes ago, digitalscream said:

Just spotted this - I'm the unfortunate schmuck who runs thefretboard, and this particular set of scams (there were more than one) came down to accounts compromised through two vectors: one was a man-in-the-middle attack, and the other was simple password reuse from other sites that have been breached. The scammer would compromise an existing user account with good reputation, change the email address and then get scamming...thus bypassing all the in-community protections.

 

Given that enforcing MFA would destroy the site's traffic, and forcing everybody to change their passwords would be...unpopular...the simple solution was to prevent users changing their email addresses (they have to come through admin requests now) until I can finish rewriting the forum software to actually not be junk.

 

Just on this other point...

 

 

There's a very good reason, and we had one scammer in the early days who took loads of people for a total of thousands - he'd do it across guitar forums, photography forums, even a Jack Daniels enthusiast forum. The point is that Action Fraud don't care unless there's a pattern of high-value crimes; even when presented with all the evidence they need to make an open-and-shut case, they won't touch it when the value's that low. His approach was depressingly simple...he'd just sell the same thing over and over again, and post an empty envelope via Royal Mail Signed For to another address on the same street. Because they only tracked stuff by postcode in those days, he could "prove" that it was signed for, but the buyer would never know that there was nothing sent and RM would back up his story.

I was the one who shared the issue here to protect people and I’d say that your actions to support members was really appreciated, by me at least, and others I’m sure.

I just wanted to share what’s happened to help others avoid the same thing.

Love the Fretboard!

3 hours ago, BigRedX said:

The best file format will depend on the graphical content.

 

Vectors are ideal because they will scale to any size without loss of quality. However not every design works well in vector format. Of all the examples shown in this thread only the "Foxtrot Uniform" round logo works in vector format. Everything else would have been created and supplied in a bitmap format. The problem with bitmap formats is that they need to be at least 300DPI at the size you intend to print them. Trying to enlarge them beyond what was original created will result in pixelation or blurring neither of which is a good look. For really big items like backdrops or banners you may get away with a lower resolution as the printed item will be viewed from some distance. 

 

The other problem is colour gamut. Colours that look good on screen such as vibrant blues, greens and oranges rarely print as well, so the colours on your wonderful logo that you have approved on your phone will look dull, dirty and muted when printed on posters etc.

 

The problem with most amateur designers is that they won't appreciate this as they spend most of their time designing on screen and on a home printer, and wonder why their fantastic logo looks blurry and dull when printed out on a banner for the band.

There’s the cheap way and the right way. 
 

This above is the right way!

Recently spent several thousand pounds rebranding my business and the expertise of a graphic designer was so helpful.

You won’t need to spend this much, but a few hundred quid could provide something you can apply wherever required.