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Thanks for organising, we learned a lot. Loved the Victoria Sponge.

Planning to come. I've never been to one of these.

I've used rubber solution contact adhesive from a bicycle repair kit successfully, with a cocktail stick to apply. £2.49 from Aldi. Apply to both surfaces, let dry then push back down. Or one of the water based Tolex adhesives = but much more expensive.

We are seeing the emergence of new bass stars, who don't gig, maybe don't record, but who are still very successfully monetizing their skills - welcome the increasing numbers of online bass teaching resources. Guys like Scott are having a huge impact on how people spend money and are increasingly important. Bands - less so.

I have started with Rockschool - doing grade 2 bass at 59...... I actually quite like the "learning the technical stuff by repeated playing" parts. But I do find most of the pieces a bit dull - though there are some standout exceptions. My daughter is also doing Rockschool grades. Her teacher's view is that Rockschool is great as a start, but that Trinity is a better long term bet. TBH, it probably doesn't matter initially very much which one you start with - starting at all is what counts.

[quote name='ToolOfIgnorance' timestamp='1491491866' post='3273482'] Hello there, couldn't help but notice that you're in Woodhall. I'm not too far away in Scopwick. I'm afraid I don't know much about grades myself but good luck with it, I'm sure you'll nail it. By the way, who makes the donation to your daughter? Could it be worth a 50/50 split? Thanks for mentioning the Suspicious Pigeons, I'll keep an eye out for them. I've not come across them yet. [/quote] Thanks for all the welcomes. Re daughter bet - I thought it might encourage her to have someone to compete with. So the deal is that she gets a prize if she gets a better grade in her guitar than me on bass. Things are looking bleak I'm afraid - she has all 3 pieces nailed and technical stuff mostly done - with nearly 2 months to go. But I'll go down fighting.....

I'm struggling a bit, but plugging away. I've come to bass from saxophone, so I have some transferable skills, but its very different having so many different places to find any given note. I think I might tape over the tab at the bottom of the score on the stuff I'm working on, as the temptation is to just use the score for the rhythm and tab for pitch.

I am very out of touch, but Lincoln itself is pretty lively. Locally, its quiet. Though I heard a really tight Lincoln band called Suspicious Pigeons in Woodhall a month a month or so ago. Haven't enjoyed myself as much in ages, and really made me miss playing. I payed saxophone years ago, but have lost so much top end hearing that I just can't play in tune anymore. I am really enjoying my pathetic attempts at bass and wish I'd started when I had enough time left to get competent.

Hello. I am in Woodhall Spa and have been lurking and posting infrequently. I am a very bad bass player. Yesterday I found out that my wife has entered me for Rockschool Grade 2. My daughters get money if I do badly, so I might ask for help. But I think I have Dr Cocoa nailed.......

I am a novice bass player. I am enjoying using "Alfreds basic bass method". Its very logical and nicely paced - good place to start I think, and not just a load of pieces to play. It actually gets you thinking as well as playing.

Well I don't know about pinnacle but this one always brings a smile to my face. Kim Deal. Pixies. This is a cover with tab. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9ndqv6e-Jw"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9ndqv6e-Jw[/url]

[quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1476387106' post='3153927'] We stopped off at Louth to see the singests family on the way home (darn sarf) and lost all our gig money in the bookies after lunch. Last time I have ever bet on anything, [/quote] Don Nobles? I work in Louth, great town, great people.

Plunger thats very helpful thank you. Two follow up questions. Are there any issues with placing the bridge and neck pickups right next to each other, touching? Or is there a minimum spacing required between the two? I could get very close to the correct positions for both pickups if I used a narrower bridge like a soapbar or dual coil jazz and put them touching, and just routed out completely new cavities for both pickups. I have routers. I can make templates.

I think, but not 100%, that I'm going to go for the Nordstrand Dual Coil soapbar - they do a narrow one that would just fit inside the ears of the current J. It would mean a small extension to the J rout, but no pick guard to hide holes. I already have a Pribora precision split coil for the neck.

OK, thanks I think the slimmer humbucker idea is going to work best.

I have a Mikro too, its great for me as a new bass player. The problem I have with mine was that pretty much everything sounded exactly the same, regardless of pickup or tone control setting. The only thing that seemed to work was the volume. I swapped the pickups for some cheap Wilkinsons as an experiment. I now have a big difference between pickups - the bridge one is very underpowered and anaemic compared to the original, but the neck P pickup sounds great, much more tone and detail. I have a spare preamp and P/Us from a Rockbass so will try those when I get a spare day.

As title. Here is a link to an identical bass to mine, my first proper bass. [url="https://www.gbase.com/gear/warwick-rockbass-fortress-4-strin-burgundy"]https://www.gbase.com/gear/warwick-rockbass-fortress-4-strin-burgundy[/url] It's an early Rockbass Fortress. It's very comfortable and I love the shape and neck. But it also now has a few technical issues and there are some things I've decided I don't like anyway, so I'm giving it a bit of a makeover. It currently has active MEC pickups and some sort of onboard eq that has started to play up intermittently, so all of those are going to be replaced. I have bought a Glockenklang preamp and am sorted for the P pickup. While deliberating about the Jazz pickup, I started thinking about something a bit more radical. Do you think a Stingray type humbucker would work in place of the Jazz pickup, or would it end up too close to the bridge if I keep the P pickup in the same place? Any thoughts welcomed. This might be a very stupid idea.