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  1. Beedster
    Lovely gig with a lovely bunch of people (most of whom can really play their instruments and sing) in a lovely music bar. I walked in (sans bass), and the lady behind the bar looked at me and said "You must be the bass player, would you like a beer?" My kind of bar
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    Not just a function of Rics though, I've owned two Rics which had quite literally thunderous E-strings and one that really didn't. I've owned more than one vintage/contemporary Fender Precisions with exactly the same problem, and I wasn't always able to resolve it with set-up, EQ or string/bridge selection (i.e., it was a whole instrument thing down to the way the neck/body resonated). The absence of bottom end on one of the Precisions was to my mind more a fault than an idiosyncrasy, although given it had been built in 1972 and I was about the 8th owner, returning it to Fender wasn't really an option!
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    Something tells me they probably are
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    Absolutely, a glorious tone that no other bass can do
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    Which is true, but I guess one has to see it from the POV of the keyboarderist
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    Bands: 99% political 1% musical. It's the way it is, you just have to play the politics slowly but surely. I've been in two potentially pretty decent bands in which performance and progress were significantly hampered by the fact that a member in each owned the PA and the van respectively. In both cases, we were f*****d without them, they knew it, and there was little we could do about their attitude to rehearsals and gigs. Both were also completely unnecessary musically; one a twiddling lead guitarist who played solos so much of the time that after a while you simply didn't notice that he was there, one a rhythm guitarist who so swamped his sound in reverb that it was almost like the sound was coming from a pub down the road. Both of them outlived me in each band
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    I didn't say you could, but it's still an ERB in terms of sonic range, as you can hear in the above vid
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    Technically a 12 string bass with octave strings is still extended range, as the lowest note to highest note range is at least an octave greater than on a conventional 4 string.
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    it wasn't unusual in the day of steel pedal bikes for riders to drill holes in relatively unimportant components such as pedal cranks and handlebar stems to save weight. Quite a few ended up in A&E following the complete collapse of the part in question. That headstock ain't going to put you in A&E, but I certainly wouldn't want to put a set of La Bella Deep Talkin' Flats on there
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    I posted this a while back Since posting, three BCers have PMd saying that they bought one and that they can't believe how good it is
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    I'm outrageously organised, although no-one appears to see that as a positive
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    Lovely. Can't help thinking it needs an unlined ebony fretless neck
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    Clarky's back. The world makes sense again Welcome back mate, been far too long C
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    Sounds like a generic bass to me, and to 99.9% of people who will ever hear the track. Could be Jazz, Precision, 'Ray, even a Ric. Great example of how we get really obsessed over something that, in real terms, isn't there
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    If I needed a few quid, had a relative who was related to the Stones, and a couple of really stinky poo guitars that no-one but an idiot would buy, I wonder what I might do........? Check out the OP mate, the seller talked all sorts of crap re provenance (e.g., "Father bought it new") before it suddenly became an ex-Stones bass
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    I suspect from Jack's post that there's a legitimate connection with the Stones/Wood, but given the story the seller initially told me, it all smells a little post hoc
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    If you ignore the dirty great cracks along the top
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    Great show, really uplifting
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    I've done Skype conversations with potential buyers, and I have to say they were all extremely pleasant and life affirming (in part because on a couple of occasions I was complimented on my technique, which is something my bands rarely if ever did). I think there's a fine line however between a buyer's reasonable expectations of a seller and a serious red flag; there've been a couple of people who've contacted me over the years whose comms have suggested to me that, should I sell the bass to them, they're going to be a nightmare buyer. That instinct was honed by a couple of very uncomfortable transactions on here in which the seller's expectations were simply unreasonable. For example, the guy who wanted to return a bass, and threatened legal action if I didn't agree (this in his first email), because he claimed the action was unplayable. I assumed something catastrophic must have happened to the bass in transit for the neck to bow to the degree that it was unplayable, until he sent me photos indicating that in his opinion the action was too low to be playable
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    Fender FM-63 Mandolin, quite hard to find these days and this is quite a nice example. First fret is starting to lift a little (please see close up photo) and I imagine the whole instrument would benefit from a refret at some stage in the future, but playable as is, and a nice strong instrument for gigging. It's not a vintage Gibson for sure, but it's a decent instrument for the money. I bought it used and am selling it for less than I paid for it on eBay
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    I bought this a while back with the intention of stripping the body back to bare wood, and finishing the build. I simply haven't got around to it and have so many other 'projects' lying around I think I'm unlikely to. Very high quality parts as you'd expect of Warmoth (the neck - which is pretty much unused - retails at more than I'm asking for the whole project). Please ask questions if you're unsure as to any of the components/condition. For £450 and a little work you'll have yourself a very very high quality Tele. The only component that is missing is the output jack and plate, which can be picked up for a few pounds online (circuit is solderless). Components Body: Warmoth Chambered Swamp Ash Telecaster with three contours, a belly cut out, a right forearm chamfer, and a slight reduction in the thickness of the heel. The neck pickup rout is for a standard humbucker, the bridge rout is standard tele. As you can see, the previous owner put a trans blonde/butterscotch finish on this which is now largely gone. There's a number of options, but it doesn't look too bad as it is to be honest. Neck: 59 rounded profile, 1.75 inch nut width (44.5mm), 22 frets, some flaming on front and back. Full gloss Warmoth varnish both front and back, frets are SS6150 stainless, 10-16 inch Compound Radius, Abalone face dots and Abalone side dots, Graph Tech White TUSQ nut, 25.5 inch scale. Very slight (1mm) knock in back of neck that I've tried to show in the close up of the neck, this doesn't notice when you're playing. Fit between heel of neck and body absolutely perfect! Bridge: Gotoh contemporary telecaster bridge https://www.wdmusic.co.uk/hardware-parts-c1/bridges-tailpieces-c2/tele-bridges-c98/gotoh-contemporary-tele-bridge-p691 Pick guard: Warmoth, black/red/black 3 ply, unused still with plastic covering, standard tele configuration with 8 screw holes, exact fit for the Warmoth body Front PUP: Bare knuckle, Stormy Monday humbucker https://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/pickup/humbucker/stormy-monday Back PUP: Lindy Fralin standard tele bridge pickup, stock output, potted (waxed) https://www.fralinpickups.com/product/stock-tele/ Warmoth switch plate + knobs + 4 way switch. Circuit: Toneshaper solderless. Enables pretty much infinitely variable tone choice at the flick of a switch (full instructions included).
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    +1
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    I think in many forms it has, that is in performing it many bands are making a nostalgic/historic statement as much as a musical one (clothing/hair etc). Only safe genre really is country. It get us all in the end
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    This should keep us entertained over the bank holiday weekend I kinda agree, but is it rock per se, or simply current rock bands/genres?
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    Courier achieves successful delivery of incorrectly addressed package, that's pretty impressive
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