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[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1489677571' post='3258911'] [media]http://youtu.be/7v2GDbEmjGE[/media] [/quote] OT and all that, but I've always liked the sheer bonkersness* of that Hamer: Bright red Explorer body? OK...8 string? Fine... Fretless? Yeah, why not... * Not a real word, I know, but...

Man, that's a good-looking bass

Update to mine: two amps, one cab: still the Magellan and the Walkabout, but just a BF Super Twin. It does everything, very very well.

Sold three Bergs to Chris, a completely pleasant and straightforward deal. I know sometimes folk on the UK end of Basschat twitch at deals out of the U.K., but Chris and DPD Couriers made this one a dream Deal in confidence, folks, Chris is one of the very good guys.

Ooooo, that'd be a Hondo II Precision copy with a .88mm pick, via a curly lead into a HH VS100 head and a no-name 2x12. Possibly '79...

YYZ - it's a tricky set of riffs, but then there's another step up to try and make it sound like a song rather than, erm, a set of riffs... Oh, and those intro riffs to Spirit Of Radio...it's only been thirty years, dammit...

Mine's fairly straightforward, too (apart from the basses): Dunlop .88 picks Any two of four basses (two Shuker Horns, Dingwall ABZ4, Shukerbird), all have East U-Retros OBBM Cable Mesa Walkabout or Genzler Magellan OBBM Cable BF Super Twin Plus a 'just in case' Behringer BDI21 in the gigbag...oh, and a clip-on tuner

Dunno if this has been covered particularly well previously, but following on from a sub-discussion on the Thunderbirds thread (nooooo, not Gerry Anderson/-related, sorry), what's the worst culprit for neck dive you've experienced? I'll start the ball rolling by submitting the Washburn B20-8, which literally anchored your left hand to the neck: if you let go, it plummeted to the floor. I'm always amazed it got past the first prototype stage, it was that bad...

I have to admit it'd niggle at me, especially for the reasons given - Prog? It's not like you're a fully Stetson'd Country Band, or it's as extreme as a BC Rich in Lozz's example...there's a ton of precedent for non-Fender basses in Prog, fer Chrissakes... The BL sounds like a control freak to me, which can be good in a lot of ways, bad in others... Oh, and 99.9% of the punters (even Prog punters) won't give a toss... Only you know whether it's worth caving on this one...does the BL have 'opinions' on anything else you do/use?

Looking at those new Epi models, I don't see a strap button in the usual 'pointless neck dive inducing' position, so maybe that's finally a thing from the factory... It's easy enough to negate the neck dive with a button move....

I've had a few Fenderbirds (and Thunderbirds), and they're a long bass (not the neck specifically, just the shape overall) and not the most ergonomically perfect - it kinda depends on your playing style and how you hold a bass. I've handed mine to people at jam nights and they've looked a bit flummoxed, to be honest I love them, though...

Depends. In a band context, it's Geddy. For tone, it's early JJ Burnel But there's only one bloke I love to listen to playing bass on its own, and that's Bobby Vega.

I'm currently playing in two very different bands - the third (originals) band is on a semi-permanent hold at the moment, so I won't bother with that (different again) situation. One band is a primarily function/wedding band, uses a fair few very high quality deps (drummer and guitard, very occasionally bassist when I can't make it) and never rehearses. It's well organised, the arrangement and key of the songs are set out from the start (a single reference version is circulated) and it works very well. There's a proper professional attitude taken to it all, and playing with a great dep really lifts everyone's game,and is a unique learning experience. The second band is a Rawk band with some old friends which is having its first gig this weekend, so we've had maybe six or eight rehearsals as much as a social night out as anything, and that works very well, too. We expect to gig maybe once a month, and once we're gigging, I can see another rehearsal once a month to introduce new songs - we tend to rework stuff to suit ourselves, which is again a different, enjoyable experience. I think the OP's issue isn't specifically with the methodology of the setup, but that he feels out of his depth with it, which is understandable given the pressure and time constraints he's under.

[quote name='prowla' timestamp='1487619613' post='3241293'] Chris Glen has put on some weight... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoA2vudHFi0 [/quote] Y'see that's not even a Gibson... :/ And yeah, he's erm, chunked out a bit... :/

I've got a triple stand but a double gugbag, so I take two basses and magnanimously let the guitarist use the spare stand neck... :0)

Anyone remember the E2 Explorers? Binding and nice wood? A Tbird or even better an Explorer bass in that...lovely...

I'm waiting for the Fender Road Worn Rumble Series to come out....

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1487604849' post='3241114'] Yep, massive rat look scene and 'oily rag' restorations, have a Google. [/quote] God almighty... It'd be interesting to cross-check Relic fans with people moaning about BF handles and finish chipping, mind...