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Gasman
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Such a common problem! I’ve been ‘last guy in‘ with all my bands since forever and have finally learned to stfu for at least six months when the call goes out for new numbers so I can see who likes what, who hates what and I don’t alienate anyone with inappropriate suggestions. Some dislikes are visceral, our lead guitarist hates ska and won’t play it because he was a hippy and got stomped on 50 years ago by some skinheads. At the other extreme, two bands ago the lead singer was fixated on Delbert McClinton (no, I’d never heard of him either) and insisted on playing most of the numbers on one of the guy’s country rock albums and vetoed any changes or new material, to the bafflement of most of our customers. In the end I now stay Schtum because I like the guys in the current band and opportunities to switch bands down here in Dorset are very few and far between; there’s also the frying pan into the fire possibility!
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Luckily my new Sterling SUB HH4 arrived on 30th December (good old Gear4Music) and was gigged on 31st, so I’m in, and there’s no excuse for any new bass or saxophone gear in ‘23 for me! Well, not right at this moment...
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Yes, my covers band Mustang Sally played on 30th at the Rainbow by the Lake near Salisbury, and will be playing NYE at the Two Brewers pub Shaftesbury in Dorset; theme is ‘Vicars and Tarts’ so (cross) dressing-up fun for all!
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No, but I didn't tell them I was leaving - just didn't turn up at the next gig... the message got through when they asked why! -
Two original Fender Oxford Speakers in an HIIH cab, with Fender material and badge - looks very much like an authentic Fender cab. Why? Back in the day I gigged a Bassman 100 (4x12) which the guys in the band rather disliked when it came to loading/unloading from the band wagon. I came back from holiday to find that they'd stripped the speakers out of the 4x12 while I was away, screwed two of them into this cab, then sold the 4x12 cab and the other two speakers. They gave me £20 - I left immediately.... Having said that it did sound fine, and I've gigged it for years, but I've now gone to a Darkglass 2x12/Ag700, so this might as well go to a new home. It has a Roqsolid cover I will not courier this - and at this price you need to come and collect please. You can try it out in Bridport with a couple of hours notice.
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Fender Bassman 135 Cab 4 x 12 . A couple of scuffs - small tear on material, small scuff on side. All the corner shields and castors have been replaced. It comes with a Roqsolid cover. Speaker-wise it has three original Oxfords, and one replacement Soundlab L041D 12 Inch Bass Speaker 4 Ohm 350W, the fourth Oxford had died for some reason. I tested the cab out with my '77 Silverface Bassman and a Fender Jazz plus after installing the Soundlab last year - the cab sounds very nice. Reason for selling cheaply is potential loss of lockup storage; more importantly I have far too much gear! I will not courier this, you must collect it from Bridport. I might consider delivering it or meeting halfway, max 30 miles for fuel costs. Happy for you to try it out at my house( couple of hours notice needed) if you are seriously interested. Cash on collection please! -
JMB has got me into my last three bands, and a couple of failed auditions too, over five years. There have been some folk who have loaded irrelevant or multiple spam messages, but the site admin acts quickly to bar them if you take a moment to point the problem out and you're justified, so no complaints about JMB from me.
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Sorry to have spoiled your day. I hope a buyer comes along for this bass, but I think you'd have to agree that it's not likely to be gigged due to its rarity, price and weirdness. My day job? Telling it like it is, and detecting pointless sarcasm at 150 miles. What's yours? -
"What does it weigh?" must be the most-asked question in the basses-for-sale thread - and surely the least relevant in terms of the asker actually buying the instrument, especially this one! At this price it's a collector's item, not a gigger. It was a commercial failure when introduced - short neck, weird fret spacing and who wanted a C-string anyway? The weight here is irrelevant unless you're worried that it'll pull the exhibition guitar-hanger off your dot-n-dab wall... Or maybe it's just a way of bumping up the OP's original post?
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Lusted after a 4003, borrowed a pal’s to try (he was selling it, funny old thing!) but like many folk here neither he nor I could get on with what we both considered to be its poor ergonomics right arm-wise. I then bought a trans blue 4004 Cheyenne 2, loved the look but again found the sound options woolly and inconclusive, though this was nice to play ergonomically. I’m now back home safely from Rick exploration with a Jazz Plus, wonderful!
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My three months between bands early this year were hard to take, especially when finding a new band seemed impossible; yes, motivation to practice was hovering near zero and I was thinking “is it worth the hassle of gigging any more?” (driving two hours, setting up, some dodgy venues, the exhaustion on getting home at 3am etc) but then I got gigging again with a band with 50+ gigs this year and I’m back on a high! I’ve gigged for over 50 years and i realise it’s part of what I am, that’s the crux of it, being a performer in front of a crowd who like what you’re doing is the ultimate buzz and I was lost without it.
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Fender 3 bolt to 4 bolt neck conversion
Gasman replied to Aiden Mustafa's topic in Repairs and Technical
I'd agree with Chris7273 - transferring the four neck holes accurately from the neck to the body wouldn't be a trivial job. whereas spotting through the three holes in the body into the neck would be easy. My first Fender bass was a hybrid like this; someone had mated a three-hole Mk1 Tele body with a four-hole '60s Precision neck. The fourth hole in the neck was just visible (could have been filled but wasn't) but no matter - the joint was as solid as a rock! Lovely bass, but a bit of a shoulder-buster at around 11lb! -
Breaking into the pub scene in my area is very, very difficult unless you know a landlord or a landlord happens to hear your band and like it while they are at another venue where you are playing. Why? Because they like bands with fans and a track record of playing music that will get drinkers into their bar - and that’s fair enough. For a previous band I canvassed ten pubs in the area with links to recordings and video, offers to play a trial gig for expenses, but zilch. Finally got a breakthrough after playing a local festival- a landlord who had totally ignored me got in touch and offered us a gig saying he loved what we did. I had to refuse because ironically that was the band’s last gig before its break up...
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Has anyone bought a bass on a whim just cos of its looks?
Gasman replied to Barking Spiders's topic in General Discussion
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Good advice here - thank you, guys!
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The JMB user interface is so much more logical and easy to use than BM, but in the end they are both clogged with old ads that should have been taken down months or years ago, and also replete with dreamers, Tosseur’s and vague-mongers. However, sifting regularly through JMB has provided me with a regular ska gig on sax and three longer term bass gigs (one after the other over four years) including my present covers band, for which I am very grateful given the scarcity of opportunities down here in coastal Dorset... I soon realised that I had to be flexible musically and be prepared to travel 40 miles or so to rehearsals and gigs if I want to keep playing, which of course I do as it’s been part of my life for over 50 years, so don’t lose heart!
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The band I’ve just joined is definitely a covers outfit, but performs anywhere that will pay us a decent wage, so maybe that makes us a function band too! Last weekend we played a pub, this weekend we did a private party, followed by two daytime gigs at a countryside festival, with another 40 gigs in the book through to NYE. The band has a good local reputation and features a very popular female singer, which seems to be the key element...
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Or the Sax in the Web forum - https://www.saxontheweb.net - probably the biggest sax players resource of all. As a sax doubler, I find it very helpful for advice on issues like this
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Absolutely agree, Mr Zilch. If my covers band decides to add a new number to the set, there’s unlikely to be any sheet music available, but a version of the essential chord charts are usually available onlIne as a starting point, as are the words. The skill of non classical musicians like us is to hear the whole number, deconstruct it into the various parts using whatever tools (including our ears!) we have, then rebuild it as an exact copy or an interpretation as suits our purposes. Post-modern Jukebox are masters at the latter! Funny thing is, although classical instrumentalists are superb technicians at reading parts and masters of their instruments, not many of them can or want to play by ear, busk or do the decon-reconstruct tricks that the rest of us do. My dad was a concert violinist, but could never get his head around a 12 bar blues...
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Apps or software for working out bass parts
Gasman replied to Waddycall's topic in Theory and Technique
Good old Audacity works for me. Tempo change retaining pitch, pitch change retaining tempo, looping, lots of other options and it’s free! Very useful last week getting to grips with ‘Echo Beach’... -
Has anyone bought a bass on a whim just cos of its looks?
Gasman replied to Barking Spiders's topic in General Discussion
Oh yes, a Trans Blue Ricky 4004 Cheyenne 2, the only bass I’ve ever bought new, imported from Germany, Bass porn perfection visually. It looked great on the wall and on stage, but somehow the sound and ergos just weren’t right for me so down the road it went and a Fender jazz plus took its place... -
Many thanks for the tip - I'll definitely look at those strings!
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Hi! I bought my first five string bass during lockdown (a Fender Jazz Bass 50th Anniversary edition) from Andy Baxter. It's mint but of course has the five-in-a-row tuners, which I understand is not the best config, especially for a responsive B-string and that's been my experience so far. Before I offload the bass for something else I'd like to give it a fair chance, so as the strings that came with it now urgently need replacing I'd be really grateful for your recommendations for the best balanced and responsive set of strings to try. Many thanks in anticipation!
