bassatnight

You have a picture of my wife on your musicpage!? ;-)[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='1066933' date='Dec 22 2010, 04:17 PM']very good. I posted that same pic as your avatar on my music page lol.[/quote]

Don't worry he wooden't hurt you ;-)

A very underrated band who a lot of people have covered, much like another great underrated band Talk Talk.

Lovely babes and better weather!

Folks, I need a replacement nut for my Fretless Jazz after the previous one split after fitting a new bridge. Anyone know the exact dimensions without me measuring it? Ta, Steve.

Pino Palladino on Fretless, those were the days.

Some gone, some still here:

Cheers for the advise, I could do with finding a local experienced techie or bass master living local to me, just moved here and don't know anyone least of all a fellow bassist. Anyone in the Ely, Cambs area who could have a look for me? I do great tea and cakes! Or a cold beer and crisps if you would prefer!

Apologies folks, I had just been talking about Gotoh Bridges and still had this in my mind I guess, but I of course meant nut!

Folks, For the first time since playing Bass I have managed to break the nut. After putting on some new strings I noticed a crack in the slot for the E string. I literally touched the crack line and it came away in my hands. I now require a new nut, the Bass is a Fender Jazz Fretless can anyone advise of a high quality replacement, I have seen plastic ones, Brass ones and even chrome I just don't know where to start also what size would I require? Cheers, Steve.

Came accross this heading on E-Bay: [b]Bass Collection Active Bass Guitar Used by Muse Bassist[/b] Wow thought I, an actual bass for sale used by Chris from Muse bet that goes for a few quid but upon reading the description the seller states and I quote: [i]This SB330 Japenese Model is the exact model that Muse's Chris Wolstenholme used on the early Muse albums[/i] So by that logic I am going to sell my Fender P and state as used by Palladino, Entwhistle, Jamerson Trades description anyone!?

Appreciate this is an old thread but I have to say the Badass is very overpriced in my opinion. They retail over here at a hundred new, they are changing hands at upwards of £60 on E-Bay! The Gotoh is a real all rounder and a tidier fit in Fenders and less than half the cost of a Badass!

I think the great thing about the VM and Classic Vibes series is you are starting off with a decently built bass and for a small outlay it can be upgraded to the quality of an american series. I myself have recently decided to sell off my high end basses and purchased a couple of Squiers to upgrade. I have now managed to turn the Natural VM Jazz into a 75ri in all but name. Changing the pups to DiMarzio Ultra Jazz, the bridge to a Gotoh 201, removed the horrible chrome control knobs to the classic black skirted ones. Added a pup guard ala Marcus Miller and bought some 75ri tuners from Gumtree the changes are stunning its one of the nicest basses I have played and for the price of a MIM. I may even look at changing the neck as I have no intention of selling her and wouldn't get back what I paid but it was a real pleasure to finish this project. Just got a Squier P for £175 with duncan quarter pounders, a Jazz neck (supposedly a Fender mim but have my doubts) Schaller tuners. It needs some tlc and rework as the pups have a buzz when cranked up and I might change the neck as the frets do not have a lot of life left in them but it should be a pretty decent P when I am finished.

Almost embarressed to say but I had a Fender P 1978 model back in 1986 I got it in a swap for some cheap Wilson golf clubs I thought it looked clunky and ugly (This was the age of streamlined Aria SB's and Warwicks) had no idea about tone at the time. I swapped it for a Rayleigh Racing bike which was probably worth £40 tops. I Reckon that P would be worth a few bob these days!