Annoying Twit

Thanks! I will try extensive experimentation with both. Over time

Why does "Bass Guitar for Dummies" recommend using the Dorian mode for creating grooves for minor chords instead of the Aeolian mode?

Is this Squier really worth £949? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1983-Fender-Squier-JV-Jazz-Bass-Guitar-made-Japan-/260630459896?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3caec935f8"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1983-Fender-Squier-J...=item3caec935f8[/url]

Ahem. I don't think I'm really qualified to give a good review of any bass. But a fretless? Erm, ...... I'll say what it looks like up close

Roadster sold!

[quote name='BigRedX' post='890728' date='Jul 9 2010, 07:49 PM']Not exactly a copy but very influenced by [url="http://www.ctbasses.com/"]Carl Thompson[/url].[/quote] I see the influence. Amused to see the "£10 million bass" on that site. Returning to the original listing, I just noticed this: [quote]This guitar is going down to intasound leicester on monday, so get youz ass down to narborough rd and try it out for yourself.[/quote] Looking forward to seeing it in the flesh/wood on Monday then.

I like this somehow. Looks funky and different. Unless it's a copy of something I'm not familiar with. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/handmade-5-string-fretless-34-scale-bass-guitar-/180531033623?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2a087cf617"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/handmade-5-string-fr...=item2a087cf617[/url]

I can't see the point of tiny little bids. My lowball bid is about £50 or so, and even then none of them have ever won. I put £37.89 on the bass pod, but expectation of winning is absolutely zero.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='890042' date='Jul 9 2010, 01:28 AM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rare-1983-Westone-Thunder-II-Passive-Bass-Pearl-Silver-/320559190035?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4aa2d11013"]Uncommon Thunder variant.[/url][/quote] I just saw that, and I was thinking to myself that I was sure that the Thunder IIs I've seen on ebay before had two precision style pickups.

I have a Canon S3 IS still camera with video function. The camera records video directly to SDHC card. I put the card into a USB card reader I got from the pound shop, and upload to youtube direct from there. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.

Visually I like instruments with through necks and finishes that show off natural wood grains. And this is far more common in basses than guitars. Except unfortunately for financial reasons I don't own any yet.

[quote name='ThomBassmonkey' post='889572' date='Jul 8 2010, 02:56 PM']I think you should re-read what people have said. The general consensus is that many people don't have the gear to do it, those that do all use different gear so you couldn't get an accurate idea of the sound and then everyone plays with varying styles anyway, so there's no way of telling how a bass would sound with your gear and your hands, whatever it sounds like in someone else's set up. Plus once it's gone into Logic or something like that, who's to say it's not been EQ'd and effected to make it sound better anyway? I know if I was recording something for selling, I'd want to make it sound as good as poss. How good a bass sounds shouldn't come down to how good the seller is at engineering.[/quote] I think I did understand the comments. The fact that the sound could be misleading (in one of several ways) and therefore may be discounted by or mislead potential purchasers, makes the sound samples not very useful or potentially even trouble-making. And hence they aren't worth doing. I may have summed up rather crudely, but I did read all the comments and can see the ranges of opinions. It would be possible to discuss this further, for example talk about in what types of circumstances recorded sound samples could be trusted, and would or wouldn't be misleading. Etc. But fundamentally people don't want sound samples on their for sale ads, neither buyers nor sellers. Therefore it isn't going to happen. And therefore it's going to be much better for me at least if I allocate the time I could spend discussing the potential minor details of posting sound samples to going off and practicing bass. I do appreciate the comments, even though they all disagree with me. Hence the smiley.

I guess that answers my question. Nobody adds sound clips to their for sale ads, because no-one except for me thinks it's worth doing

[quote name='Bloodaxe' post='889147' date='Jul 8 2010, 12:08 AM']Just goes to show that the odd bargain still happens... The Very Blue CSB-380 with case topped out at 65 Spons (probably due to the horrible colour) & the oddball lefty SB-600 (again with a case) fetched a mere 102 of your Earth Pounds.[/quote] Over on some of the forums like the Westone Forums, there have been quite a few bargains recently. Someone said that a (six-string alert!) Westone Spectrum ST for £80 BIN was overpriced. It did have amazing mojo-style wear of the finish to the side of the neck though.

One thing that I wonder about reading the "for sale" section is why more sellers don't include sound clips of the basses they are selling. In particular, there's a Cort Fretless Acoustic bass on sale. I was idly plucking the strings of some acoustic basses in a shop a while ago, and was greatly surprised at the different acoustic sounds from very similar looking and sized basses. Particularly for acoustic basses, I've looked at some, e.g. the poster who was selling a no-brand (I [b]think[/b]) acoustic bass for £50, and who said it had a really great sound. But what sort of sound? Put a mic in front of it and record, and then we know what sort of sound. The same could apply for some of the lesser known electric basses too. At least as far as I'm concerned. Is it just me not knowing enough about the sounds that different basses make? Or are there other people who would find sound clips on for sale threads a boon? Or is it that getting a good recording is problematic, so that sound clips (for the typical seller) might be misleading.

On another forum a 1970s Maya fretless P-bass is being offered for £200. I don't know if this is a good price. But if anyone wants to know where to find it, please ask.

I've been into Fairdeal a few times on visits to Brum. Always had friendly helpful service. I only visited Reverb in Brum once, and the two guys there were very helpful. It might be that they're shy in the presence of beauty. They do say that shyness is often confused for standoffishness. Or perhaps OP they've seen you playing and they're jealous as £&^%

I thought the bass looks OK. Wouldn't know what it was like to play. But the photos are rather creepy in that they concentrate on the pudenda.

Seems not a bad price. Though, well over my personal lowball of £59.81. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150461482634&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBUAA:GB:1123"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...EOIBUAA:GB:1123[/url]

Vantage Bass sold for £65. Looks a bargainlicious price to me. Wrong? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120586278656&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT[/url]

[quote name='Bassassin' post='884013' date='Jul 2 2010, 02:41 PM']If anyone here's interested I'll happily pull the auction - I sincerely loathe selling on Ebay these days. £80 +£15 postage?[/quote] Not me sorry, I've just had my instrument buying budget zeroed again by an object I could not refuse on another forum. Best of luck with the auction (or other sale methodology).

[quote name='Bassassin' post='883246' date='Jul 1 2010, 06:06 PM']You might want to check new Fleabay bass listings around 9.30 tonight... [/quote] Did I miss something? Searching for "satellite" "bass" only gives me this peculiarity: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Satellite-Bass-Guitar-Short-Scale-/180527059354?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2a0840519a"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Satellite-Ba...=item2a0840519a[/url] Completed listings only gives me this, IMHO even more peculiar item. This body looks "lefty" to me, but the knobs etc. show it's a "righty". [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OLD-SHORT-SCALE-ELECTRIC-BASS-GUITAR-MADE-SATELLITE-/110540977207?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item19bcc17437"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OLD-SHORT-SCALE-ELEC...=item19bcc17437[/url]

[quote name='Bassassin' post='879128' date='Jun 27 2010, 07:28 PM']Cleartone Musical Instruments was the UK one - Jim Marshall's "other" brand. The US CMI was Chcago Musical Instrument Co, who owned Gibson up until 1970, & interestingly didn't produce any copy-era guitars, as far as I know. Just to complicate things, it seems there was an Australian CMI as well![/quote] Boy there's a lot to learn in this JapCrap lark! [quote name='Bassassin' post='880583' date='Jun 29 2010, 02:08 AM']Satellite J copy, £55 BIN:[/quote] I was semi-hoping that it would look like one of the through-neck p-basses that turn up. Not that I could get down to Southhampton. But this looks much less interesting.

[quote name='OldGit' post='879256' date='Jun 27 2010, 09:37 PM']Part fretless?[/quote] I thought some of the frets were worn away. But some later views showed that the frets were there, just with a similar discolouration as the fretboard. I also noticed the economy of effort in the left hand, and wondered if his choice of a six string was to get access to a greater range of notes without fretting a string!