Cat Burrito

I think being mostly happy is good enough. I think the emphasis should be on 100% with the playing not the instrument - and that is never going to happen!

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[quote name='thodrik' post='770838' date='Mar 10 2010, 07:50 PM']I've owned an all original 1978 Fender Precision for about 9 years. I got it for £390 quid and apart from a few dings it is in mint condition still.[/quote] If you want a laugh sometime I'll tell you what I paid for mine one day!

Nice one & yes, you do seem to be building up quite the collection

If you love Fenders & you love retro vibes then yes, I say they are worth it. However you need to get advice if you don't know your stuff and can't just go in blind. I own a brand new Rickenbacker and a 1978 Precision bass. Both are great, for different reasons. It's easier to buy a good new bass than it is to buy a good bit of vintage gear

I stopped playing for a few years. I was working with a multi-instrumentalist songwriter and felt quite limited by my role as just bass. I started playing other instruments and the challenge of that got my interest more than bass. Fast forward 5yrs and I was really into my new role. I'd always acknowledged I was originally a bass player but I actually stopped playing bass within a couple of years. Then I had an offer to play bass in a friends band. I initially felt dissapointed that I wasn't asked to play something else but he knew I'd played bass before and only needed a bassist. Pretty much from the first rehearsal I refound my love of bass. The upshot is go do something else for a while. As Skankdelvar says we'll still be here & you'll be back.

I'm never really sure what I'm supposed to do whilst such musical capery goes on! Am I expected to dance?

They are good & certainly if you spend a bit on your gear it is foolish to then skimp on a cheap cable. Others on this forum will also rave about other good (expensive) cables like the chod company etc & I think these are definately up a league from your standard ones

It wound up being a 12hr round trip to London what with all the kit to collect etc but the gig was good. My rockiest gig in years too!

Yes, I have a couple. They are solid & reliable. There was a thread on them a while back, some said they were over-priced but I'm happy with mine

Welcome to Basschat - massive Steve Earle fan myself & nice to see Townes & the like getting referenced on these pages

reading his description I think he meant to list this at £150. They are nice amps, not £1500.00 nice amps, but nice amps nonetheless

Not really my thing but I love BBC4 music shows so I expect I'll tune in.

Never was but back in the 80s I only ever seemed to get handed basses in the shop by staff that were!

The image is important & I was interested reading Wil's post - I played in punk bands when I was younger & the image is very much there. I agree that both Boyzone & Slipknot have an image. You need to make an effort even if your look is "we don't make an effort". Some bands don't think about the image as such because they are all fans of the same music so the look is just naturally there - I assume this is what Wil is getting at? We're the same in my band. The drummer & the mandolin player don't tend to bother quite so much but the singer, guitarist & I are a right bunch of posers who frankly are all old enough to know better! Ahem :blush:

Welcome to Basschat Mikey

Never heard or seen those but Rickenbacker is always good in my experience. They have kept fairly exclusive and the quality always seems high.No idea how much a 2020 is worth but it's a rare Rickenbacker so I would have thought you'd do alright out of it. Google reveals it to be a bolt on neck apparently. There seems to be a bit of interest in them

I like both and own both. I was a maple worshipper for years but recently have been acknowledging the joys of rosewood. If anything I lean more towards rosewood these days after 20yrs of shouting about maple but I prefer the maintainance free nature of maple to messing around with lemon oil

[quote name='Stylon Pilson' post='764099' date='Mar 4 2010, 04:26 PM']It's a different thing. Making arrangements to share kit in advance is one thing. The ranting in this thread is about people who turn up without their amp, assuming that they'll be able to borrow someone else's. That's disrespectful. S.P.[/quote] My previous post was connected with prior arrangements & again Saturday's gig is a kit share with other bass players using my rig; but yeah it would wind me up if somebody just assumed. I hate bad manners

Looks good and I can't see that one staying at £100.

Welcome to Basschat David

Welcome to Basschat

Welcome Dave - hell of a way to go for a pint!

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