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That's what puts me off to be honest. I started watching a lot of the free content on YouTube and Scott comes across as a nice enough guy, and I have no doubt that he knows his stuff just about as well as anyone out there. But after watching a couple of dozen of the videos I kind of lost the will to live. No offense intended but if I'm looking for bass lessons I don't really want to watch 4 minutes of his kids playing on a swing. I watched a video the other day, I can't remember what it was for but the subject line sounded interesting. Six minutes into a ten minute video and he still hadn't got to the point. It seems to me a lot of it is just putting stuff out there for the sake of it so he can say he releases X amount of videos a week and drive people to his site. Again, nothing wrong with that if it works. Business is business at the end of the day, but personally I'd prefer less quantity and a bit more quality. Maybe the paid site is different.

Line 6 M13. Ok not so much a "I wish I'd bought it sooner" as I've had it a few years. But definitely I wish I'd used it with a bass sooner. I bought it when I went through a wannabe guitarist phase and it's been gathering dust ever since. Just started using it with the bass and a twin amp setup ala "Royal Blood", and oh my God.......!!!!

Keh?

Well it arrived today and first impressions are overwhelmingly positive. This thing definitely punches above it's weight. I can't believe the sound that comes out of something so small. It's extremely comfortable and playable and sounds superb. The build and sound quality are excellent for the price. I would highly recommend it if anyone is thinking of getting one.

I've seen some cracking bands at Old Niks. The landlords daughters used to have a band called The Almaboobies. They were a pretty good punk/rock three piece.

Здрасти! We're right in the centre. Veliko Tarnovo region.

Yeah you're taking about Nessebar. Beautiful old world peninsula fishing town which has itself sadly become over touristy and just an extension of Sunny Beach. Although to be fair it's still very nice, if a little pricey by Bulgarian standards. It's good to talk to someone who has seen something other than the package holiday resorts. The history here is amazing. Most people don't realise it's one of the oldest habited places in Europe. The oldest gold artifacts ever found on the planet were found in Varna and can still be seen in the museum there. Don't mean to harp on but I find it really sad that to most people Bulgaria is little more than Benidorm on the black sea. Still. More peace for the more discerning amongst us. 😉

Good stuff. Thanks. I picked it up for the local currency equivalent of about 180 quid plus delivery. Which will be pretty much bang on £200 delivered to my door, and it was advertised and looks pretty much as new condition.

Yeah Varna is a great coastal town. Sadly most Brits who come here only see Sunny Beach which is a shame. There is so much more to the country than a seedy package holiday resort.

Hi guys. Sorry to start a new thread. I did find a couple of posts on the search but they were quite old and mostly about the earlier single pickup version. Anyhow, I've just ordered one of these, Gretsch 2224 junior jet ii in sunburst with the twin mini humbuckers. I have no idea what, if any the difference between the 2220 and the 2224 is and I can't find any info anywhere stating it. So, any ideas? I haven't had chance to play one because my nearest half decent music shop is three and a half hours away. But the reviews seem pretty positive, and I do like a shorter scale bass, although I'm not sure I've ever played one quite this short. But I figured what the hell, for under 200 quid I couldn't go far wrong. So, anybody got one, had one, played one? General opinions please. Cheers.

I've been back to Lincolnshire (in fact the UK) once in the past 3 years. I only went to pick Dad up and it was the longest 2 days of my life. I'm not slagging the place off. A lot of people love it and there's certainly worse places to live, but I don't miss it much. Far too cliquey. Some cracking takeaways though. That's probably about the only thing I miss.

Have the owners of the site never thought of making it available on Tapatalk? (I'm assuming it's not on there as I searched and got a forum for bass fishing 😂). It makes browsing and using forums much easier than a standard mobile site.

Just had the second practice with my new band and I have to say I'm absolutely loving it. Don't get me wrong, it's as rough as a badgers @rse and would make most "professional" musicians ears bleed. But, having tried to get something together for years with loads of different people, it's fantastic to be in a room with like minded people where it just flows. I think it probably works because we're primarily a bunch of mates who go out drinking together and happen to play instruments. Were all in our 40's and 50's and have no delusions of being rock stars. Isn't it great when it just gels. No egos. No agenda. Just playing for the love of it. Do gigging, paid musicians still get that?

I lived in Skegness for about 15 years until I emigrated 3 years ago. One of my best mates is a drummer in Skeg. There are lots of local musicians around that have played together on and off for years in various bands and configurations. The problem is its quite a closed community so getting your foot in the door can be difficult. If someone needs a bassists, or for that matter a drummer, guitarist or singer then they all know "someone". If I'm honest it's kind of the same socially. If your face doesn't fit then forget it. I personally was extremely glad to see the back of the place even though I still have family and friends there.

Well seeing as I have just joined my first band in over 25 years my reasons for quitting my first and only previous band are a little different to the ones listed so far. We were all 17, got cars and girlfriends, and at the time driving and sh@##ing seemed like more fun than band practice. Ah the folly of youth!

My first bass was 90 quids worth of pure crap. It was the cheapest second hand bass in my local music store when I was 15 and went by the name Biscayne or something to that effect. It was black and the action was so high you could hang your washing on it. I just assumed that's what basses were like having never played before in my life. I had no idea you could adjust the action. I'll say one thing for it. It gave me strong fingers. I ended up in a Metallica cover band. Try playing Seek and Destroy on strings half an inch high 😂. I don't even remember what happened to it. My second bass was an Ibanez Rickenbacker copy which I chopped in at another music shop against a 6 string when I went through a wannabe guitarist phase. Third was a Warwick Thumb in blue glaze. That was a thing of beauty.

Hi mate. Sorry to hijack the thread slightly but I was just wondering how you got on with the Ibanez 300e? I'm kind of just starting out again and I don't want to spend a load of money on gear. I was looking at the Ibanez. They look quite decent for a low price bass. Cheers Martin

Thanks. I totally agree. You will always get your gear snobs, but I can honestly say hand on heart, I enjoy playing my £100 eBay semi a lot more than I ever enjoyed playing my £1200 Warwick. Then again, when you pay like I do it doesn't make much difference. 😂

Hi all. Just thought I'd quickly introduce myself. My name is Martin and I'm a Yorkshireman living in Bulgaria. I'm a born again bassist, or at least aspire to be having not played in a band since I was about 16 and that was (cough) years ago. A few friends and I are just in the very early stages of getting a band together. I'm extremely rusty but enjoying playing again. My current weapon of choice is a dirt cheap Sub Zero (gear 4 music own brand) semi acoustic bass which has a surprisingly nice feel and is actually quite playable. And an old 1980's 100w Laney Combo. I will probably be looking to upgrade soon if anything actually comes of the band situation, but having owned (and sold) tons of gear over the years I'm determined not to put the cart before the horse this time, even though all those shiney for sale ads keep luring me in. Last time I did that I ended up with a grand and a halfs worth of Warwick thumb bass and a full Laney double stack, which was probably overkill for my garage 😂.