Reggaebass

My shell pink jazz 

I’m lucky my local shop would be Andy Baxter’s or a pmt about 7 miles away   There’s not that many good music shops about now 

5 minutes ago, Christine said:

The angle on the chisel varies as to what I'm doing with it but mostly its 25 - 27 with a micro bevel . I'll find some time to write something

A honing guide /gauge will give you a consistent angle 

It’s worth keeping an eye on gumtree bargains do come up now and again 

The black pickguard looks ok too

21 minutes ago, TheGreek said:

A number of these available on ebay for around a fiver. They normally sell for about £20

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SMALL-BASS-WOODEN-SERVING-TRAY/153122698874?hash=item23a6d2f67a:g:HxgAAOSwMMFbWKnT

Ideal for the man cave bar 👍

On 02/08/2018 at 00:28, Sibob said:

That trans white 55-94 and tobacco 55-14 are both awesome!! 
Very cool

Si

That trans white and ebony board looks so nice 👍

2 minutes ago, musicbassman said:

54!  Jeez, that's a roomful. Think we have a winner here, but not sure what the prize is - a larger house maybe..

Are they kept cased or do you have them all tastefully arranged on display ?  Got pictures?

Prize is a bass😀

9 but I’m always looking 

I have 6 fender jazz basses and I love all of them  but I agree I did go through quite a few before I found the right ones for me 

On 28/07/2018 at 10:59, bubinga5 said:

Francis Hylton played bass on this record. He told me via FaceBook and he is my new best friend. 😂

 

What bass is he playing there 

I think Halfords sell it 

And doing something you really enjoy 

18 minutes ago, Passinwind said:

I used to play this winery right above the Columbia River (http://www.maryhillwinery.com/) a few times a month for several years. It was perfect for my jazz trio and the owners and staff were super nice to us. Their wine is first class too, so for years I had a really nice stash at home. And we got to do tasting room pre-show stints before Bob Dylan and ZZ Top, with a few thousand people coming through before they made their into the adjacent 3000 seat amphitheater. This gig paid OK but not great (regular local scale plus a few bottles each, and pretty good tips), but it was one case where exposure really did pay off. All I had to do was tell other venues that we played Maryhill and that was typically enough to get the gig if the style match was workable. Good hours too, usually 1-5 PM, w/ four45 minute sets.

 

 

The place next door wasn't too shabby either (http://www.maryhillmuseum.org/) :

 

 

View from back:

 

 

Mostly we played arts festivals there, out on the lawn with a great family atmosphere, cool food booths, numerous juried art vendors, and good advertising in the big city markets like Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver. If your band made the promo poster as a featured artist you could leverage a ton of mileage out of that. I think we managed that three years in a row.

 

 

That’s Impressive   I think that beats my back street reggae clubs 😀

Hi do you mean it has no slot 

I was a French polisher before going into joinery  and it depends on what you’re finishing the natural oils don’t really harden they revitalise the wood and stop the grain from cracking  as opposed to manufactured oils like danish oil which harden and seal the wood    imo natural oils are better for fretboards 

I did the same to an old jazz of mine  the white pickguard went yellow 

That looks great  loving the neck too

I like my strings when they are worn ln  but if they get a bit grimy especially in this weather I use a few alcohol wipes that I use for my glasses the moisture evaporates 

8 hours ago, SpondonBassed said:

D'Addario's half rounds?

I have them on two of my basses.  As you'd expect, they've got some of the qualities of both round and flat wound strings.  They are not cheap though.

Yeah I have these on one of my jazz basses they sound great and have a nice smooth feel well worth the money 

That’s beautiful I can’t believe you’ve not had more interest 

34 minutes ago, mickhardup said:

and me that's too much for me just to hang on the wall, not called mickhardup for nothing. LOL

Yeah I know what you’re saying I’ll keep an eye out for ya 

I’ve done the whole string thing over the years and I now play with black tapewounds all the time.  you can get nice lows and the highs ,they are not as bright as roundwounds  but they have a really nice feel 

Wow  massive respect 

Hi lm a carpenter/joiner  polisher you can’t put anything over wax except wax.  You would have to sand the wax off first then varnish the floor. In my opinion the wax looks better more natural