Low End Bee

I wasn't completely sure what this is worth so lets do a Turquoise Thursday Price Drop. Let's go £375. These list around £900 new.

I've got one of these. It's really good. Great price.

As it's in a hard case I guess I could post?

On hold pending the usual.

4 minutes ago, Stylon Pilson said:

I'm of the opinion that the bass is a part of the music, and can't be separated from it. Geddy Lee is a fine example - while I can logically and dispassionately acknowledge that what he's doing is technically very good, there's no way I would ever describe myself as "enjoying" it. I am not ashamed of this.

S.P.

Exactly.

I like songs and music. I don't think I'd like Rush just because they had Paul Simonon on bass for instance. Although that would be funny.

Lockdown has put this back in use. I'm keeping it

I bought this new in 2003 when I was helping out a band on 6 string duties. Interesting LP Junior/Telecaster hybrid. All mahogany.

I upgraded a few bits. A Seymour Duncan JB at the bridge. An uncovered tele pickup I bought in Seattle and can't for the life of me remember what brand it is but it's a good 'un. Coil tap for the JB. It's a great rock guitar with a slim, fast neck.

Comes with the hard case.

The usual Tech 21 excellence. This is a great Swiss army knife of a thing. Comes with a fancy uprated PSU that will defeat a ceiling full of fluorescent lighting.

I'm back and forth between Brentford, West London and Holbeach, South Lincs every week. Will post too.

You don't see many of these. Pics can't pick up how nice the metallic turquoise finish is. Has the odd bit of gig wear but no issues. Sound great. Comes with the Eastwood hard case.

I'm back and forth between Brentford, West London and Holbeach, Lincs every week.

Not looking for trades. Too much gear.

I used it to record this. 

Let's go £250. I feel the need to go as minimalist as my basslines.

Great bass but I'm cutting back to 1 Precision and a back up so it has to go.

The medium scale is fun to play coming from 34" and Just feels a bit quicker without much brain adjustment required. Nice full sound with a slight 'woody' overtone. Sits well in a band mix. The neck is great. Strung with medium scale D'Addario Pro Steels.

Good played in nick. Usual headstock chip and a single scratch on the back. Apart from that very nice.

Comes with:

A neoprene padded strap with schaller locks. Can go from Hooky to Mark King length.

A beaten up Rockbass gig bag that fits it well.

Skull sticker courtesy of 13 yr old.

I'm back and forth between Brentford, West London and Holbeach, South Lincs every weekend. Would prefer not to post.

Not looking for trades. Too much gear already.

Sweeper

Some tips that have helped me become the Tim Rice of Middlesex on Thames.

Find something that piques your interest. Wikipedia random/on this day. Stuff in the news. Nutters on a bus. Whatever.

Find a song you know well and like. Write new lyrics that fit that tune on the subject. Fit the syllable count so it doesn't sound forced. Leave it in a drawer/folder for ages so you forget what you originally wrote it too.

Don't be precious and edit ruthlessly. Sometimes a verse from one song will fit the chorus from another.

They don't have to be epics. My favourite of the lyrics I've written has 57 words in total.

Oohs, Aahs and repeats can be your friend and even make a song. Masterpieces like Wimoweh and Tiger Feet prove this.

They don't always have to make it. I have written 5 sets of unused lyrics to each song that has got to a structured state. Some of them are being used in my new project. Keep everything.

I had to learn on the job when a singer/lyricist left the band I was in about 10 years ago. I volunteered to have ago and now I love the words nearly as much as the music. If I can do it with very little formal education anyone can. 

I use TC cabs. The RS210 & RS112. They do indeed colour the sound but I really like how they do it.

They are quite old school warm and middy to my ears and handle drive really well.. Then again I never have the horns on. Probably not the best if you want clean, flat response from your cabs.

Top quality gear. Exquisite technique. Songs that move the very soul.

Then the person on the desk makes you sound like an elastic band on a shoe box.

Yep.

That song sounded like cats being tortured by Yoko Ono screaming at them whilst scraping her nails on a blackboard  but the bass players tone was epic and the bubinga really made a difference said no one ever.*

*Apart from a few BCers of course

Of course gear matters. I need all the help I can get.

In seriousness. I'm happy if I can get within the ball park of the sound I like. Not too fussed on the actual gear these days. That's why they've got all those knobs on the amps. Songs are the important thing.

That volume control...Massive knob.

Aurally either is fine to me if it suits the song. Not fussed.

Probably just me but when I see a bass player playing with fingers it just looks weird and all wrong. I am a follower of pickering.

I've made a conscious decision to listen to albums recently rather than the greatest hits and compilations playlists I've drifted into.

This weeks LP's

Ian Hunter - Ian Hunter

Radio Birdman - Radios Appear

Mighty Diamonds - Right Time

Edwyn Collins - Gorgeous George

New Order - Low Life

The Soundtrack Of Our Lives - Origin

Paquet Courts - Wide Awake!

Borrow a back up that you know will be loud enough for the first outing.

You are both correct. I meant the return of course. I was having a Chuckle Brothers 'to me -to you' moment.

And it's worked a treat on those share an amp gigs.

I've always just shoved my Tech 21 pre amps into the effects send of a standard head. Is this a bad thing?

An acoustic drum kit with a volume control.

3 stick out. Who on earth thought it was a good idea to match a high speed noisy new wave punky stuff &...

A Crosby, Stills & Nash tribute - Disaster. Felt like uniformed cops at Woodstock.

Gloomy 80s goth guyliner multi band night - Not too bad in the end. Even the undead need a little light relief I guess.

Jazz funk fusion 11 piece - Worse than the CSN&Y debacle. A genuinely confused audience who didn't seem to like either band.

You'e just the bloke with the big guitar to a lot of punters.