Bassassin

I don't, but I should - I tend to photograph mine (individually) on backgrounds of brightly-coloured fluffy fabric, or more recently on a rainbow rug! Request thread title change to 'Basses In Strange Places' & let's make it a thing!

I don't expect it to be easy for a moment - but like any learned co-ordination - singing whilst playing, left/right hand independence whilst tapping or playing a keyboard instrument - practice & persistence will surely open the way. I would recommend as large a clearable practice area as available, ideally with walls already in need of replastering, and using a bass that is as close to expendable as possible - or already headless. And please make certain all & any wandering pets, children or partners are either excluded or appropriately restrained. Do consider this to be a disclaimer refuting all responsibility for any adverse consequences arising from your personal decision to follow my entirely baseless and untested 'advice', should you choose to do so. Good luck!

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I'd stick with the cable - it's traditional for a reason - but work on my routine so I was performing an equal number of moves in the opposite direction. Not only would this keep the cable tangle-free but it would inject an element of variety into what might otherwise become a predictable performance. It will be necessary to make doubly sure all necessary connections are secure, and to be aware of the increased risk of inadvertant headstock > cymbals > drummer's cranium > guitarist's teeth interface.

Never played in a trib band myself, but most seem to be put together by people who are particular fans of the act & personally influenced by them. It might be an idea to think about it from that perspective with a view to starting a band rather than walking into an existing one.

This is a work in progress - needs screwholes countersunk & knob positions decided. That requires a steady hand so it's going to need to get a bit warmer in the garage first!

Vennart posted that on FB yesterday, haven't had a listen yet. Oceansize were amazing.

That's a great version - think I prefer it to Marillion's 7+ minute take!

I've had ATK GAS for years - I still remember one turning up on Ebay for £80, back when having £80 spare was a distant dream for me. I posted it on here in the Ebay thread, some kind soul snapped it up then tried to flog it to me for £200. If you're still here & reading this - you know who you are. Luckily I've long-since forgotten...

It would bother me if I'd paid full price, in expectation of the bass I received resembling the marketing images. A lot less so if I'd blagged a mega-bargain example. I'd quite like one of these, but me being me, it's unlikely to happen unless that mega-bargain turns up. And it's green.

Off the top of my head, Vester was a 90s/00s Korean brand of nice quality midrange instruments, which attracted the ire of Fender for obvious reasons, when you look at their logo & the high incidence of Fender copies in their range! Never owned one but always had massive GAS for their swoopy-looking Argus bass. There was one on here for £100 for ages, back when I didn't have £100...

Fair enough to get a 70s MIJ Precision for £69 (total bargain) but I can tell you in no uncertain terms it's nothing to do with Ibanez. That style of logo was never used on 70s copy-era guitars, and the neck plate style with the MIJ stamp on the upper half of the plate was never used by Fujigen Gakki, the factory which made 70s Ibanez. That neckplate style could point to Chushin Gakki, or possibly the Matsumoto City manufacturer's co-op Matsumoto Gakki Seizou Kumiai. That bridge is not what I'd expect to see on an MIJ P copy, so it's possible it's not the original, or might even hint that the bass is a bitsa. Some clear, detailed pics of hardware might help clarify things, but back then there were a lot of different factories making pretty similar/generic Fender copies, which were frequently sold unbranded, so it's unlikely we'd be able to pin down exactly what it is. Always cool/interesting to see though!

Just get a set of cream covers on those SDs (to match the fretboard) & that'll be sorted. 👍

That might explain why it looks sort of lumpy... A proper gold top would look ace too.

Exactly. Picture it with an immaculate gloss black top with that cream binding, matching the bound ebony board. That would look incredible. Would be a bugger for fingerprints, mind.

Nothing to do with Antoria, nothing to do with Japan. These Jag-style basses are from 20 or so years ago, pre-dating Fender's own versions & appearing with various cheapo brands. I quite fancied a 'Stagguar' as a project but never found one for the £50 I'd have been willing to pay.

One of those was the very first 5er I ever saw/played, in Denmark Street Rose-Morris, probably 1985. I had the 4 string RSB Deluxe 2, and wondered if I should've waited & got the 5 instead! That looks in great condition for a 40 year old bass and that's a very good price, considering how few of these you see.

I fully understand how making claims about the origin & pedigree of an unbranded bass is dubious & potentially deceptive - but heresy? Not sure the seller deserves actually being burned at the stake!

I guess so - but 70s JB pickups aren't exactly something you can pick up off Thomann or Gear4Music, so if you really needed a set, your only option might be with a bass attached! If the calculation was to flip the bass for around what you paid for it, it sort of makes sense.

Fair point - I never looked at the fees or calculated a total. It is definitely the same bass - on the headstock there are two chips & a scuff in exactly the same places in both sets of pics. I'm assuming it was bought just for the pickups - wonder what they went in?

Coldplay are the perfect example of a band for people who don't like bands, who play music for people who don't like music - and that's precisely why they are so phenomenally successful.

It's an interesting & quite layered question. I've been trying to think of a band/artist who's objectively rubbish on every level - but I don't have a single example. I can think of any number of bands who have members with no discernible ability - oddly it's usually the vocalist, and even more oddly (or is it?) you can be confident that if they didn't have that vocalist, you'd never have heard of them. As examples I give you Liam Gallagher, Axl Rose, Ian Brown - terrible, terrible nails-on-blackboard 'singers' but all absolutely central to their bands' success, despite the fact you're left thinking the only reason they got to be in their bands in the first place was because it was their van or their PA or something... I think I grew out of the 'that's rubbish because I don't like/get it' mindset by the time I hit my 20s, and while there's a lot of music across all genres that I don't like (I'm a prog fan who thinks Dream Theater are utter dogsh!t, for example) I think I can be analytical enough to appreciate (maybe not the right word) why something works, and usually how, even if I hate it.

Actually - just did what I should've done when the original thread was posted - and look: https://auctions.gardinerhoulgate.co.uk/catalogue/lot/882974bf7db6720157926c6e60ceb460/63b778f7668dabe928d3800924a99077/the-guitar-auction-four-day-sale-including-guitars-e-lot-267/ Sold for £620 (exc. fees) in March last year. So - did the buyer whip out the original Superfluxes, spend £5 on some plastic for a cover plate & then try to flip it for a profit - or are there two black fretless JB Tbirds with no logo out there, turning up within 18 months of each other?

Found a scan of an old JB catalogue from 1977. Interestingly there is a TB (page 10) but I'm not completely convinced the Gumtree fretless is the same. Body shape & control positions look a little different - although considering pics of both are pretty terrible, it's hard to be sure. http://vintage.catalogs.free.fr/johnbirch.pdf Worth a look for the plethroa of curious & downright bizarre stuff John did back then!