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    What's your fantasy Lotto jackpot bass gear shopping list?

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    Posted · Edited by rOB
    clarity

    Nothing too unusual or expensive gear wise.

     

    I'd quite like a bass VI, a light, powerful combo (maybe a Markbass 2x10) and a single thing on the floor for tuning, drive & DI (maybe a Steve Harris sansamp)

     

    The main thing for me would be more spare time after stopping paid work so I think I'd take some lessons in home recording and get a simple setup.

    2024 Gear Abstinence Thread

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    12 minutes ago, neepheid said:

    Right, need an early adjudication for next year, as I intend to go again.  Am in the process of getting my final purchases worked out and done before the end of 2024.  Hit a snag.

     

    I have already paid for a bass but it has a very long lead time on its arrival and while it was supposed to arrive in late December the ETA has slipped into next year.  This in and of itself is not a problem with regard to the rules - the money's already out of the account in this calendar year.  The problem lies in the fact that it was supposed to be a mod project - a challenge to myself to see if I can cruft together a NEW bass for £150 and it be giggable.  This was inspired by my G4M "rat" bass which started as a "how bad can a £150 bass be?" question and ended up as a very decent £300 bass.  So I decided if I could do it again but in half the budget :D

     

    Now I fully expect the pickup to be utter bollox, so before the end of the year I'll score something cheap that gets good reviews (probably a Tonerider), but who knows how ropey the tuners and electronics will be?  It's kinda chicken and egg - I won't know until I get the bass.  But if I buy gear early next year (bass is slated to arrive in January) then I'll fall at the first hurdle.

     

    TL:DR would the body of the kirk be willing to grant me an exemption to be able to buy replacement tuners next year should the stock ones turn out to be utter garbage?  I tried so hard to get the bass to arrive this year (I ordered it on 18th September FFS!) but due to factors beyond my control that isn't going to happen (unless something magical happens).

     

    If you wanna be meanies and make me gamble I guess my spares box won't grumble, but I thought I'd ask before going down the route of buying stuff I might not need (or need but might not fit!)

     

    Thank you for reading my shaggy dog story, and I await your adjudication...

    No idea but sounds like an interesting project

    So how did your band break-up go then?

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    1. The guitarist and I both moved away for work at around the same time. The band continued for a bit with a new guitarist.

     

    2. Two of the members were nurses. One was able to arrange their shifts to commit to gigs. The other wasn't able to do that so booking any gigs became impossible.

     

    3. I went to live in New Zealand for a year and got back to the UK but had to live in a different city. The drummer had multiple other projects on the go too.

     

    4. The pandemic happened and when things opened up again our guitarist moved away. The singer lost interest and stopped replying to messages. I still jam with the drummer from time to time.

     

    All reasonably friendly. 

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