paul h

Haven't been here in years but thought I would share my Jake. Vintage cream, roasted maple neck with flamed fretboard. 38mm nut. Monorail bridge. Matching headstock. Haussel pickups. Couldn't be happier. Bang on 12 weeks too.

Bought another white one It's a Hofner Shorty, short scale, light as a feather [attachment=252010:shorty.jpg]

Just picked up a Hofner Shorty in an attempt to save my back from giving up completely! Light as a feather and fun to play! Terrible neck dive of course but that's to be expected. [attachment=251917:shorty.jpg]

I used to gig with an Epiphone Rivoli back in my younger, indie pop/rock days. I'm considering going short scale again due to my back problems. There is a lovely looking Mensinger on Bass Direct!

Nice tip Jakester Just looked into it and it looks like the Tech21 Trademark amps are the ones you mean. The Trademark 30 is ridiculously light too...probably not loud enough to gig though. Although my 30w Gear4music ss combo is crazy loud!

Doned.

^^^ That is lovely

Epiphone 339 Pro? Small version of the 335 shape and the Epi has the advantage of coil taps too.

I can barely play at all solo...I sound terrible. Hopefully I don't sound too bad in a band situation though

I have some experience of playing along to backing tracks...but never to a gigging level. The singer I was working with used [url="http://www.karaoke-version.com."]http://www.karaoke-version.com.[/url] He downloaded the full track and then used his DAW to filter out certain instruments. I played mainly acoustic guitar over the tracks and I have to admit...I just didn't like it. I like my music to have a bit of push and pull and a bit of spontaneity, all of which is missing when using backing tracks. Also, I'm not the greatest guitarist in the world...I'm pretty terrible., so that didn't help However...if you can handle the discipline to stick to exact tempos and structures...backing tracks are a good way to make your music sound massive! The times that we got it right it did sound awesome!

That's how you 404!

A couple of new pics of the bass that started this thread off! I cannot express how happy I am with how this bass has has aged! I have added an old photo too so you can see the difference [attachment=246435:WP_20170601_15_10_52_Pro.jpg] [attachment=246436:WP_20170601_15_11_21_Pro.jpg] [attachment=246437:SN851481.JPG] EDIT: Sorry for photo quality and orientation!

Stunning.

I use the Hypergravity with guitar. Absolutely love it. I edited a toneprint to sit between the Spectracomp and Vintage settings...which are a bit too bright and too dark respectively. It makes the bridge pickup on my Tele sound massive!

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1495910343' post='3307533'] Dave, Hopefully our gig with Frampton will give me a higher local profile. Blue [/quote] Oh baby, I hope he loves your way...

I absolutely loved these when they came about...I was a massive Kiss fan at the time.

I've quit a few over the years The first time it was because it finally dawned on me that we weren't going to "make it". It turned me into a bit of an arse and the guitarist and I ended up at each others throats. I finally left because our friendship was more important to me. And I had just met my future wife and I kind of new I would be moving away to live with her at some point! The last band I quit was because I put in over 12 months and we never managed to get a working line up. It was heart breaking really because it's something I really wanted to do...just couldn't find the right people

It's looking amazing so far....can't wait to see it finished

Needle nose pliers and lots of patience

Congratulations! What an awesome thing to happen Great looking bass too. I enter sooo many competitions....waiting for my turn

Ooh...sorry about the back. Make sure you look after it at all costs! Many years ago...actually before my back problems rather ironically...I fitted castors to the bottom of a Trace Elliot 15" combo. Best thing I could have done. Can't really remember exactly what castors I used but they did have an insert that they pushed into....which made them removable.

For me it's mainly about the melody...and specifically the chorus. If anything get's stuck in my head, it's normally the chorus. What actually makes something catchy escapes me but the symptoms are pretty obvious! In terms of a "use by date" I think that applies to musicians more than "norms". We tend to get jaded by dint of the repetition of certain songs. It's not something punters ever really seem to suffer from

My latest requirement seems to be just letting my mate finally talk me into it And being allowed to play guitar

I would have done twenty odd years ago but not now. I did fall out of a pair of ripped jeans on stage once. I had no idea until two young ladies thanked me for extra show