Mykesbass

Bridge pins can break very easily. On a £99 acoustic bass it would probably be an idea to upgrade them - allparts have some for £3.99.

Wurl, itsa good question.

I have one of these, recommended on here when I was looking, and been very happy with it for years: https://dslstraps.com.au/product-category/premium-straps/garment/padded-garment/

Funnily enough, my reaction after a rehearsal a few weeks back was"Wow, I'd have loved to have been watching that set". I guess, after a lot of hard work my band is getting to be where I want it.

Are we related?

Hard task master is he?

Nice to see Tim in action - cracking guitarist. Oh, bass player was OK too

Loads more work for acoustic duo/trio being advertised. I don't think anyone is excluding bass players, but it is them and drummers who are going to go first, and the drummers (not so daft despite all the jokes) have come up with the cajon, an effective tool to keep them in. Shame for us an upright is so big and expensive, and everything else needs plugging in.

No, strings were OK, just for me, a completely uninspiring instrument. I'm sure someone else would have loved it, but it didn't do it for me even before I knew how much it was selling for!!

Played an F Bass in Bass Gear when I bought my Carvin amp there. £4000+ and was very ordinary. Amp was great though, and still use it.

Bob Dylan's Must Be Santa - could take you all to Christmas to nail the vocals

Shuker. My 5 string fretless is all the way up at the traditional end of the spectrum, but Jon makes great basses in many shapes and sizes. Quality is fantastic and he is a great guy to deal with.

Very happy with the carbon reinforced neck in my Shuker 5 string P bass. Very stable, no floppy B, and almost comical how well it stays in tune.

Yep, can't beat a pleasant surprise. Played a pub in Bognor Regis - really no what to compare Bognor to for you @blue but it is a rundown seaside town that doesn't have a great reputation. Got to the pub - it was a strange Sunday early evening gig - 7 to 9. Pub had about 5 punters in. Joe Longthorne (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Longthorne) was playing on the jukebox, and three people at the bar were discussing the merits of Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Dean Martin. We were due to play some blues-rock, having made our set a little heavier from what it originally was. Discussed this with the singer, and we decided to keep volume down, and kick off with a couple of lighter songs. Played the first song, and, from out of nowhere, the pub had filled up. Raucous applause for the first number, so we launched into the full set. People dancing from the second number, and the most amazing response we've ever had. Played the place once more - not quite as good, but still a great gig. Unfortunately the pub was yet another victim of the greedy Pub Co syndrome, and closed as the managers couldn't agree new lease terms.

Sorry, I didn't mean it that way at all, was just trying to continue the conversation, hence quoting Cato's post. For any bad experience we have in a music shop the guys in the shop can probably trump us every time.

And just think of what the shops have to put up with. My mate could fill a very entertaining book with some of the punters he gets.

Not the luthier's madness in this case though...

I'm sure we can find some bass related luthier tomfoolery. Disappearing frets, whammy bars on bass, Wishbass (although they have their fans on here), and of course there are a couple of favourites in the Ebay section - the Tennessee, and he who shan't be named.

Thanks Kev.

Thanks Len.

Thanks Lozz - email already sent to the King Billy.

Thanks!

Thrilled to say that my band will be playing the Introducing Stage at the Great British Rock & Blues Festival, Skegness in January. Would love to find a gig on the way up from Sussex, so Peterborough, Cambridge, Corby, Northampton all seem like sensible choices. Anyone have any suggestions/contacts they would care to share - looking for Friday 18th Jan, original Blues Rock, but can throw some covers in. Thanks!

This. Don't understand economics, especially the constant need for growth. Small company building highly desirable items at a high, but reasonable cost. What's wrong with that?

Went to a gig a couple of weeks ago at Under the Bridge (under Chelsea Football Club). Fabulous venue, no expense spared on sound and lighting. There were a group of people at the back, talking loudly all night. I went up to the promoter who asked security to have a word with them. Security asked me to point them out. When I did he said sorry, not a lot I can do, they are the club management!