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Aye that's true. Dunno what the strings are but they do have that feeling they're old but they've been boiled. I'll fire on new strings today.

Thought I'd introduce the new member of the family! My current first bass is an ACG 31.5" scale and I absolutely love it. It's an incredible instrument and the easiest bass I've ever played. So much so I've basically not touched my other bass in a year. However, it's only single pickup and had an urge to get something with a bridge pickup. I was open to anything really but the jazz was an obvious choice. I also really fancied trying a 33" scale but there's not a lot on the market- or at least not in the more budget market. I could only really find this model. It was going to cost £660 plus postage brand new, which was a bit more than i was hoping to spend so i sat on it for a week or two, then I saw one pop up on Ebay, so I pounced. And here it is. I've probably paid a bit much for it 2nd hand once the fee's etc are factored in, but should come in under £500. Good points: I love the 33" scale. light Finish on it is lovely Tuners seem extremely high quality, and the other bits seem good enough. once set up, plays fine. came with a good quality soft case Bad points: When i received it, the neck pickup was almost flush to the pick guard. When I brought it up to where it should be, it was really loose and hollow feeling. I've had to put sponge underneath to stop it from moving. I've not touched the bridge pickup yet but that's loose too so will probably need the same treatment. I think that's how they would have been out the factory because I don't see anything to suggest the previous owner had been dabbling about in there. The knobs are really stiff The pickups are ok but a bit uninspiring. That might be though because I'm spoiled with the active circuit in my ACG. But still, assuming they are standard size, it might be a future upgrade to be considered! Overall, I'm happy, but I still think I overpaid, and I'm very happy I didn't buy brand new. It's not a £660 bass in my view, but then again if you want a 33" scale there's not a whole lot out there to choose from! Not seen anyone else play one on here, so thought Id show it off to you all!

I've went between 4, 5, and 6 over the years and I'm back to 4. I've came to realise that the 4 is enough for 99 percent of tunes, and when it's not, I just need to accept that I need to play up the octave. I use octaver a little bit but even that is just for a wee bit of colour, not necessarily to extend the range! Saying that, it's very satisfying hitting the b string on a good 5string through a big pa! It's a head turner! 😂

I've been playing alot more! Partly because it's a hobby, so it gives me something to do on the evenings! But also partly because I got a medium scale just before it all kicked off and that has made me really push my playing! Whether this stuff translates into my playing in a live setting I'll need to find out! I've also done a few wee collab things with my band and other muso pals. All just for social media fun. So I've been keeping myself busy!

I'd agree with others though. If you listen to his isolated tracks on Dean Town etc, the tone is not particularly inspiring. It's the dynamics in his hands that makes him sound like him!

I'd roll off the super lows and boost the mids a touch.

Stu hamm I'm sure

Brilliant piece of kit! I had one for ages, it was my comp /pre amp / tuner and normally octave! All in one pedal. Brilliant.

loved that!

If you've done it in your credit card then s75 claim could be attempted. Although I suspect they'll reject it without any real concrete evidence to back what your version of wvents. If they do, then go to Fos. It might not work, but it's free! If you've done it on a debit card then your out of time to do it via the bank

For completeness, thought I'd post this too. A wee Halloween number * *although I didn't know the vampire movie reference but apparently its quite famous!

For me, it's almost always a close approximation rather than note for note. mainly because I know the drummer won't have learned it perfectly, the guitarist will be playing his or her interpretation, and so on. There's no point in spending time nailing something note for note when I'll need to adjust anyway. Saying that, I do kinda wish I put the hours in years ago learning stuff note for note, cos I do think there's a benefit from doing it. I think there's a level of satisfaction when you can play something exactly how its recorded and I do think it improves you as a player.

Some rough bits, but some nice bits! A lot of work though! Really can't see why this has been the one singled out as being that awful.

I can't be bothered going back to quoyte, but I'm sure someone said that his constant need for improvising puts them off him. But my point is, oa bass playing YouTube channel, teaching bas, then that's to be expected. I'm sure his own sesh work is nothing like that. His ability allows him to go from flashy ott lines, to playing rhcp lines with ease! Whereas flea for example, could not do what Scott does. Hence Scott is not over rated. Flea is.

if you ask a load of non bassists who's the best bassist in the world, you'll pretty just get a list of the most famous players. McCartney, flea, sting, Entwistle and so on. All excellent, but none do anything which is easily replicated. Probably by quite a decent number of bcers! So I'd say there's a strong argument for all of those guys! The people saying Scott devine, I'd be interesting to hear how much of his non bass orientated stuff you've actually heard. Clearly his YouTube stuff is aimed at bass players wanting to learn, so I don't think it's a fair representation of what he does on other stuff! Not that I've heard anything either to be fair so I might be miles off with that!

That actually sounds excellent!

I was forced by my mum and dad to go to piano lessons as a youngster. I very much regret not taking advantage of them the way I should've! I'm an OK player, but should be far better! They also bought me my first 6 string electric, and my first proper bass. My bro also bought me my first proper bass amp! So really they helped me out massively! Although oddly, they've never really got me into particular bands or genres and whatnot. They've never had a record collection for me to learn from. Basically I got my listening from mates at school!

I agree that a jazz neck pickup would be close enough. Perhaps not side by side. But it's in the same ball park. If the op doesn't already have a p bass, he'll maybe have a jazz. It's worth a wee go!

Also. Remember not to eq to just the bass in solo.

Sounds fine to me. Doesn't sound muffled to my ears. The tone is a bit lifeless though so I'd be sticking it through an amp sim.

Fantastic! Very authentic! Especially the vocals!

Got it last night. Only had a play about with it but you do seem to get alot! The 8x10 cab is excellent! What a time to be a musician! Thanks for the heads up!

Excellent! No idea what it is. Or how easy it will be to get. But excellent!