WHUFC BASS

Got this delivered today. Its a Euro 5LX with EMG BQC pre-amp and soapbar EMG 40J (bridge) and 40P (neck) pickups. Holy crap this thing is great. Lighter than my other Euro 5LX and much more tonal variation than the Tone Pump. Got a gig on Sunday so will be giving it a blast through the Ampeg

Is it me or does that top horn look like a massive golden dildo ?

In worlds of Madge from Benidorm ... VILE LOOKING THING !!

Christ, there's some serious earthing issues on that bass for sure! It actually doesn't sound that bad but that video could never do it any justice whatsoever.

Crikey! Just looking at that natural colour bass hanging up one the wall in the background. The pickups are all over the place, looks like it was routed by Stevie Wonder, blindfolded in a dark room!

Does my knob bring the heft ?

I remember years ago when I first left school (back in 1986) and I got a job as a van boy with Currys the electrical firm. Started working there and within the first week or so got chatting to a bloke working in the warehouse about music. He was a West Indian fella, bit older than me. I happened to mention that I played bass to which he said, “oh I used to play bass in a band, still play a bit now too”. Fascinated I asked him which band and he said, “Well you probably haven’t heard of them but you’ll have heard of the singer” "Who’s the singer?" I asked “Eddie Grant. I used to play bass for The Equals”. Me being a complete prat thought “This bloke is talking shit3 - Eddie Grant never sang for The Eagles”. It was only afterwards that someone told it was “The Equals” and that they’d had a few hits back in the 60s. He was a top bloke, proper gentleman. Also, out on a delivery one day in Woodford Green, East London and we stop at a house. I knock on the door and an old-ish lady answers. “Washing machine delivery luv” and we proceed to wheel this washing machine into the ladies house. On the way in I notice some gold discs on the wall and Iron Maiden posters, specifically a lot with Dave Murray on them. “Bit of an Iron Maiden fan are you?” To which she replied “Oh yes, my son plays guitar for them”. I look down at the delivery note and sure enough, her name is Mrs Murray. Turns out he was born in the same hospital as me too. She actually complained to our bosses that we didn’t take the scrap washing machine away, even though she never even asked us to. I’ve hated Iron Maiden ever since! (That might have a lot to do with that utter helmet, D1ck Dickenson).

Get some Hammerite high temprature paint ... job done ! 😂

I am now lusting after this from Bass Direct: I've just noticed though that the export price outside of the EU is cheaper by £300. Any idea why that is ?

His chosen method for lowering action on both basses and guitars is to file down the nut grooves which is just plain daft. The whole thing about taking seven string guitars and five-string basses and converting them to be minus one string for players with "big hands" is to my mind just plain crazy. How people buy this garbage is beyond me.

You know why he's called Slash? He stinks of unrine apparently!

I can't even begin to list everything wrong with this bass ... and the price is "optimistic" to say the least! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/P-J-bass-guitar-custom-refinements/192971149387?hash=item2cedfa104b:g:YwwAAOSwTBtdGiwU

My ex reguarly used to photograph my guitars and compare them to see if I'd bought any new basses. Anyway, she's my ex now ... my new missus couldn't give a flying hairy one how many basses I own.

I bought one recently and put it on my Dough Wimbish Spector but to be honest, I've hardly used it. All my basses are 5 strings apart from the Doug Wimbish so I thought I'd need a Hipshot to compensate but I haven't really found the need to use one when I've been playing.

This did make me laugh. It's obviously been translated but it's come out slightly ... well ... funny ... "The unique body shape is an impressive balance even in an entangled band ensemble" "An important feature of the Specter base is that there is no blur in the sound concept from the first release". "Please try a solid sound with a strong core". https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SPECTOR-EURO-4-LX-Black/303203714983?_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131003132420%26meid%3Db31db68a58f147ed985d846d8742ecc6%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D254298907362%26itm%3D303203714983%26pg%3D2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851