AndyTravis

Things may have changed…but there used to be a warehouse in Essex (East grinstead…) Shops would be invited down to b-stock sales and receive big discounts which would be passed on in store as “b-stock” sales. the level of discount would obviously be according to the level of b-stockness 😏 could well be different now.

californication, by the way and stadium arcadium were all done with a “clean” John Frusciante…

dad was 40 in 1994 - 43 by the time I was listening to oasis/playing bass.

I remember getting ridiculously giddy over a price list I saw which came out around the time of the Korean made Jazz 24, lite ash tele/strat and esquire gt guitars - all about 2003/4… ”Set Neck P Bass (MIK) - £599” I kept phoning Fender GBI and they eventually said “yeah, it’s not happening”. Sometimes they announce/list stuff - and then pull it. Judging by recent redundancy rumours etc at fender; maybe these will be a casualty?

I remember being in a club somewhere absolutely smashed out of my tree - it wasn’t my usual rock night dive… It was what I’d call a “Scally dive” - think I’d broke up with a girl and was trying to play the field… Anyhow, “Zephyr Song” came on and the entire place went mental… I couldn’t get my head around that song, and I always skip it if it comes on. I went to see RHCP live for the 5th/6th time soon after - and the crowd was more chavvy/scally…and again, I just couldn’t get my head around it. They’re just a going through the motions money machine now - and that’s sad. I actually enjoyed the stuff they did with Josh. The Getaway specifically. My daughter keeps on talking about this phenomenon when Running Up That Hill/Master of Puppets crops up following Stranger things bringing the tracks to a new audience - she says “urgh dad, you’re such a bitter gatekeeper…” Apparently I’m now my own dad who used to slate Oasis as “a crap Beatles cover band” in the 90’s.

Borderline parody level… not enjoying this new John era. and I know that makes me sound like a grumpy bugger, It feels very “by numbers”

Hides a multitude of sins…

Blegh 🥴

Now then… I had a nice old Tort guard with the same issue. I took some pictures of the tort, I sent the pictures to @TimAl who made some plugs… they worked a treat - I can’t find any pics…

Yeah that’s the one. the six is now at 2500, obviously nobody wanted it at 2900 🫣

I had one for about 4 seconds in 2009. I arrived home to play it and the ex had quit her job and we had to pay back maternity leave pay…it was a deluxe walnut like this…

Finally. Back in the club. A (not battered) burner. 1993. Looking forward to arrival.

absolutely skilled gents! Wonderful stuff

I’ve really enjoyed this process mate - and your skills will be much appreciated here. might give @Andyjr1515 a break 😂

I spent several years as a guitarist/singer (only playing bass for fun) after being a dedicated bass player for 6/7 years from the beginning. It taught me 2 things. 1 - bass needs to support rather than poke through all the time…I was like an cut price energiser bunny Flea from wish.com when I was a kid… 2 - I much prefer being a bass player

That’s very….erm…brokened 😂 as a point @javi_bassist the machineheads are tension adjustable on the bb414, a little Allen bolt can stiffen them up - they’re actually pretty decent. i changed the bridge on mine for a random Yamaha one which was marked as “ATT-Bridge” in Yamaha packing but was used in the mid 90’s on a few models…

@lee650is selling a Stingray 5HH, having played it I was pleasantly surprised how far removed from my SR5 in terms of versatility it was. well under budget too.