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Found them!!! These are they...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/282620066140

2 hours ago, Matt P said:

they're usually just called velcro cable ties (sometimes hook and loop ties as velcro is a trademark).,

 

I make my own using double sided velcro tape which i fix on with a jeans rivet, I can take some pics when i get home if you want.

 

Matt

Oh yes please! 

2 hours ago, Dad3353 said:

 

Looks a bit like that hippetty hoppetty music to me. 

33 minutes ago, snorkie635 said:

Give me all your basses. Give me all your basses. Do it now. Do it now.

🤭

Doesn't seem to work in that direction... only when people are trying to sell ME stuff. 

2 minutes ago, Barking Spiders said:

and people pay to go and watch this shyte? 😕

What should they be paying to see then?

7 minutes ago, warwickhunt said:

Aldi or Lidl do packs of 50 / 100 for a few quid on their fabled centre isle, might be worth a look... just step away from the cheap screwdriver sets! 

 

I have to avoid that isle - I am weak and suggestible.

I've become a bit obsessed with the bassline on About Damn Time by Lizzo. It's a pop/disco/funk masterpiece, is what it is. There's some good bass playing in pop at the moment.

Hi. Can anyone help? I've had a couple of nice quality cables recently that have come with these velcro tidy things and they're brilliant. I'd like to get a few more to tidy up all my other cables but I don't know how to find them. Does anyone know what they're called? I've tried searching eBay and amazon but not found any like this - they're all just sort of like velcro cable ties. Anyone got any ideas? Cheers!

Bought a very cheap bass off Lawrie and would like to say what a great sale it was. Thank you so much! Fantastic process. Cheers!

Played one of these in GuitarGuitar Camden and it was fantastic. GLWTS. 

I was at a Pirate Studios rehearsal room last week that one of these and it was fricken' awesome. Absolutely gorgeous tone, really lovely with controlled but extended low-end and the lower-mids were *kisses fingers* mmmmmmm. And loud?! You could do a festival with one, for sure.

I’m afraid I’m in London so not that close but not impossible. I’ve asked the nephew if he’s cool with a pink bass… will let you know! 

Hi. Is this long scale? I’m interested in a starter bass for my nephew who liked my bitsa-jazz so looking for something really cheap but full-size. Thanks! 

Have checked it and it all works - all the channels are okay on the desk - mic and line, the tweeters are fine. It weighs a lot though!

Collection from New Cross, London SE14 or I'll deliver within the M25 for £2/mile from home

Bloody hell this is good value… I don’t want or need a cab but this is a stupid good deal…

3 hours ago, Musicman666 said:

 

curt smith is bass player for tff....how can this be possibly be a surprise?

I’d never seen them live and he’s not pictured with a bass in the videos I’d seen. 

21 hours ago, lonestar said:

Wilton Felder

Trumpet player with The Crusaders played the classic Jackson 5 I want you back bass part

That is one of the loveliest basslines in Motown. Technically got a lot going on, but so melodic and catchy it's easy to miss what a tour-de-force it is of playing. Amazing stuff.

1 hour ago, Maude said:

I'm in the UK but I was only jesting. 

 

Seriously now, I don't think I'd buy one set as although £20.70 is still a good price, two pairs puts them in Olympia territory at £16.70 which, as you say, is more like it. You can get the Olympia ones for £15 and they're actually very good. 

If placing a Thomann order then adding a couple of set's of the HB flats is a great idea. 

Hmmmmm. Tempted… my guitarist has a gritty bass that would love a new set of strings. I’d like to treat him… 

5 hours ago, Maude said:

The trouble with buying these is that I'd have to pop a new bass in the order to get free shipping. 

You in the US or UK? It's only £8 postage which is fine if you buy a couple of sets. US... no idea!

55 minutes ago, Elfrasho said:

 

Aye, I suspect 99% of guitarists could play bass to a certain level so it's not a complete surprise to see some of them give it a pop!

 

 

I recon Elvis is probably the most surprising one here. Maybe he just liked the look of it, but he seemed to enjoy being pictured with a precision.

I think people forget that Keithe Richards was/is a hellva bass player

25 minutes ago, Dazed said:

Yes, recently saw this on a tv music channel. Never had a clue. Considerable talent, singing playing and dancing simultaneously. I can barely do any individually 😄

 

 

You went straight for disco royalty!!!! Great choice!

Did you know Chaka Khan played bass from time-to-time when she was in Rufus? Also played drums. I remember and interview with Dave Swift where he said he was super-careful to nail the basslines 100% accurately for her as she was a bassist herself, but I've never been able to find any footage or a recording!

Okay. I have this thing where I always get quite excited when someone I never know was a bassist turns out to have form on the old four-string. I'm going to kick off with Demis Roussos. Yes. Forever And Ever, him from Abigail's Party. Described once as “a fully-laden banquet table beneath which a frightened lady appeared to be bleating for deliverance”

Well, I knew he was the singer in Aphrodite's Child but I'd never really clocked that he was the bassist and I'm going to stick my head above the parapet and say 666 is one of the best prog albums ever recorded. And Roussos was the bass player! 

So... have you been caught out by surprise? I've got a couple in mind...

1 hour ago, PaulThePlug said:

I'm a fan of Adagio and Olympia strings... I have Budget Rounds and Flats on Bass and Guitar, Acoustic and Electric... As all my Bass and Guitars are cheapies..

I really like Olympia. A bit less tension than LaBella's and not as pingy. Very nice. And cheap!

19 hours ago, BigRedX said:

 

Thanks. In Isolation have a gig booked at The Fidler's Elbow in December. Come along and say "hello". I'll be using my CAR Gus.

I may well do. I'm following this thread so post date up nearer the time and I'll try and get up that way.