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Utterly gutted by this. Same age as me, what a loss.

19 hours ago, lemmywinks said:

Scale length is probably going to be the deciding factor, my daughter is a tall 11yr old and 30" is ok for her. An Ibanez TMB30 might be a good shout, they do some nice colours too.

Really good choice ^^^ I had one and sounded fantastic for the money. For around £100 second hand they are a bargain.

3 hours ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

 

That's probably the tamest song on the album. 😆

It’s a great album and so different from so much of the stuff around when it was released, a real breath of fresh air.

22 hours ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

I love Bloodhound Gang's Hooray For Boobies. 

It's extremely purile, which would normally be a big turn off for me, but it's so well written and just so damn catchy!

 

Also Tenacious D. I've always thought Jack Black has too good a voice to be in a comedy band. 

 

One thing I don't like about humourous bands is when they have talky bits between tracks. It soon gets really old after repeated listens. 

I love Bloodhound gangs discovery channel, always makes me smile.

Rehearsals should be for getting everyone playing well together NOT to learn the parts but sadly so many people don’t seem to realise this / care.

I am very much a mediocre bass player, I never have any nerves before going on, never had, even the very first time. No idea why. My best mate is a musician of truly stunning ability across several instruments but he hates playing live. He gets nerves so bad he will throw up and feels the stress is not worth it so rarely plays live. It has always struck me as such a waste that a man of such talent suffers in this way, whereas a person like myself can just go ‘F it, it will be ok’ and just get stuck in and enjoy it.

I find it varies song to song. For some the lyrics are absolutely key but there are others where I still have no proper idea what they are after hearing a song hundreds of times but I just love the song so it doesn’t matter. And there are those where I thought I knew the lyrics then see them written down and clearly didn’t.

I use my conservatory as a practice space as well. I do not keep any of my basses in there. However, I was given a cheap crappy Strat copy that lives in there 4/7/365. I have been surprised by how little the temperature has affected it, it must get down to close to freezing on a bad night and stupid hot on a bright summers day but there has been little movement to note. By contrast our lead guitarist left his guitar in a car on a hot day and it was totally unplayable (but did settle back after about a week). I wouldn’t leave a bass in there on purpose but don’t think any major harm would come to one over a short period of time. Long term storage may be very different though.

I may have missed it, but can’t remember seeing gaffer tape. I always take a fat roll of it and a few cable ties

2 hours ago, itu said:

Historically the bass (tuba etc.) has been the lowest sounding instrument. But nowadays we have multi string instruments, we have piccolo strings, short scales, synthesizers and so on. I think that if you use your instrument like bass, it is a bass. The form or the design does not hinder us, bassists.

 

(By the way, check g-word players, most of whom are doomed to play only Stratos, Teles, and LesPauls. Maybe there is some Youngster trying to play an SG, or even a PRSantana, but those instruments may be too radical in the long run.)

As a serial bass and guitar purchaser I SHOULD agree with you regarding the g-word bit, but if I could get a bass that gave the flexibility and variety of tones I get from my 79 Strat I would be a very happy man indeed. And even my stupidly cheap Tele clone (try less than £100 including Artec pickups and all bought new) does a great range of sounds. I have others as well and am looking for a Les Paul, just coz, you know but could happily live with just the Strat.

Looking good! Have you tested the different materials back to back? Just wondering as copper, brass and SS have quite different densities. Wondering if there was a reason for the choice or if it was purely cosmetic?

I prefer a lighter pickguard on a darker bass as well, the Ultra I have comes with a vintage white (or some other stupid name for light cream) and it works well I think.

I love my EHX hot wax, it’s a combination of two others in one package. Each can be used individually or they can be combined for more fun. It gives a very flexible combination of options.

Or keep dropping the odd note whilst looking at the guitarist and shaking your head in disgust.

5 minutes ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

This is a definite case of ripoffery. The hofner case was there to reinforce the lie that it was a hofner. The person who bought it could have done a bit of due dillegence and compared the headstock shape with a real one, but you can't blame someone for not knowing what they don't know.

 

I did report this as a counterfeit instrument as it has a fake logo which it shouldn't be sold with, but as usually happens, ebay seemingly chose not to do the research to confirm what I told them - which could be done in less than a minute on google.

That matches my experience precisely. They do not care in the slightest and are so big that no one will be able to dent their profits. I have lost count of the fakes I have reported that they ignore. Even when it’s a clearly illegal sale, e.g. pile of rust and a V5, or ringing kit as it should be known, they don’t care (although in that case the DVLA certainly do).

If you have a conservatory then a couple of weeks in there should sort the colour (but obviously only if you can keep the temperature reasonably stable, don’t do it in August!)

55 minutes ago, tegs07 said:

They can eg The Aerodyne range. I guess it’s the traditional way of making them and the scratch plate and control plate covers the route anyway. There are pros and cons. I find rear cavities and covers a little ugly as well and have never been decided on the Jaco look of just a control plate either. It looks a bit “unfinished”.

Same here, hate the rear cover and the lack of a pickguard just looks rubbish. But each to their own And all that…….

Just now, fretmeister said:

That is a lovely finish. Quite innovative for Fender too!

According to the guy at Guitarguitar in Birmingham when I was looking at them they were selling as many in that colour as all the other colours put together. Nice to see Fender being a bit braver with the colour options.

One expensive one and few crazy cheap acquisitions.

1 hour ago, Old Horse Murphy said:

I've only played it for a short while but it actually sounds quite bassy to me. I'll take it to rehearsal on Monday to try it at a bit higher volume but it certainly didn't sound thin. 
 

I don't mind the sound of Jazzes on their own, it's as part of the overall mix that I find it's a bit lacking to my ears. It will be interesting to see how I fare with it. 

I tried one in that exact colour but ended up going for the ultra instead. I certainly didn’t find it lacking bottom end either. Build quality is superb and the colour is very popular so should be easy to move on if you choose to.

My Gibson EB3 came in one of those (2013 vintage), damn good bag, mine took all sorts of abuse with no problems.

I use stringsdirect or northwest guitars

13 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

Dear Lord…is that cobra blue?

It is indeed! It looks so much better in real life than on the Fender website.

Just now, Reggaebass said:

Thanks T Bay , that’s exactly what I’m finding 

It’s most likely the same preamp as the ultra is pretty much the same as the Elite. It really does work incredibly well live though and I have had a lot of positive feedback on it. At home I like a bit more low down so just dial it in.

I love the colour of yours, this is my one-

If the preamp is like the one on my ultra, then I find it is naturally heavy towards the top giving a brighter sound than in passive mode, I just dial up the lows and mids a bit at home, but keep the brighter sound live as it’s cuts through better.