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I'm currently borrowing my Dad's lovely EB Stingray. I'm a bit scared to gig it lest anything happened to it as it's over 20 years old and immaculate, but my Dad's keen for me get some use out of it. 😐

For my current band my Sire V7 is just perfect and I can't dial in a better tone with the Ray. That's probably a topic for a different forum though....

Boss OC-5 in very good condition, no scratches marks or chips and in perfect working order with original box and paperwork. 

This is one that has octave down two octave down and octave up and a polymode where you can play polyphonically and you can select if it's the lowest note of the notes you're playing which it puts a low octave on. It has a bass and guitar input switch too. 

£95 posted to the UK.

@MichaelDean Total sidenote, but.. I'm total barefoot shoe convert for 8 years now so give it time. After trying a few brands I have settled on Altra, specifically the lone peak. They are trainers but super wide and comfy and more cushioned than vivos so less harsh on your feet. Can't see myself wearing much else from now on tbh. 

3 hours ago, asingardenof said:

I'd love to play in there, but it's a bit cramped for us and they don't really want covers bands. Ho hum.

Yes it's a great venue. I'm struggling to get in with other busy Leeds venues. We've played packhorse and crank studios which were nice but it's great to be somewhere that people can find you easily rather than being stuck in the top room of a pub. Any ideas gratefully received. 

Chris

Played Northern Guitars in Leeds on Friday with Heisenbug. Northern Guitars is a great venue in a busy area of town so plenty of passers by stopping and coming in. Crowd seemed to appreciate our all originals set. Chasing after more bookings now...

Check out the crazy drum kit!

Totally agree, don't practice mistakes, and sleep is the magic sauce. 

I realised I missed out step 0: make a playlist and listen to the songs as much as possible. 

Timings are interesting: I've found it quite easy to intellectualise harmony as it is lots of number relationships and I've learned about the theory, but I've not gone through that process with rhythm, probably because I've never been through formal training. So I don't have a clear mental model to slot timings into, I tend to learn through repetition. My plan is to learn how to use music notation for timings so that I can map what I'm learning onto that, like I do with harmony. I think I'll be able to remember timings much more easily when I've mastered that. 

Wow, that sounds like a really useful tool. I'll try it later, thanks.

Hi,

After playing in an original band for a few years I've just joined a covers band and had quite a few songs to learn. 

I developed a method which is helped me to learn them really quickly which is 

1. Listen to the song and write down the arrangement on a sheet of A4.

2. Find somebody playing the song with bass tub on YouTube and make a note of the chords and any key rifts that are important to the song. Look for repetition of key riffs or phrases on the bass and write this all down in tab alongside the arrangement, see below 

3. Once my sheet has got everything on it then I play along with the tab video a few times just to make sure I've nailed the timings 

4. Find a version of the song on YouTube that has the base removed and then play along with the record like that referring to my sheet 

5. Play along to the recording without the sheet. 

Has anyone else got a systematic approach that they use? I have found that I can learn multiple song in a day relatively easily doing this which is much faster than just playing along to the bass tab for me. 

Chris 

Lovely preamp that I no longer need. 

I can post it to the UK for £125. 

Thanks for looking. 

Cheers. 

So I'm going to try again to let go of this lovely bitsa jazz bass. 

It's so light at just 7lb3oz that's it's always a joy to sling over your shoulder. 

It's easy to play and balances well thanks to the hipshot ultralight tuners.

It features Entwhistle pickups, ceramic at the neck and neo at the bridge, a gotoh bridge. 

The finish is not immaculate and has some kind of paved cracking on it. 

It has a cheeky fender decal on the head but it's not a Fender neck. 

Please note that I have now removed the East Preamp and replaced it with a  passive loom, priced at £200. 

Collection from Meanwood Leeds. 

I have stuffed too many basses under my side of the bed so this one has to go. 

It has been listed on basschat twice previously, the last time under 'Jazz Bass Bitsa - just a tad over 7lbs!! '

I have added an East J-Retro 01 preamp to it which cost me £125 from this forum. 

It's a great bass, really lightweight, really comfy to play, articulates well and the preamp adds more tonal control. 

If you don't want the preamp then it's £200, but I'd rather sell them together tbh so I'll give it a few days to sell together and if noone wants that then I will replace the preamp with the original loom. 

Thanks for looking.

Collect from Leeds. 

Took these off a bass I bought in the forum. They are quite powerful! 

£60+postage 

My postage preference would be in post lockers as they are really convenient, but let me know if you have a different preference. Also welcome to collect.

I've been trying out new strings, and some I don't need any more.

SOLD £15+ postage Elixir stainless strings, 5 string set, very lightly used, turns out I don't like stainless strings, cut for a Sire V5 so 4-1 head with through body stringing. 

SOLD £25+postage Ernie ball Cobalt flats short scale, cut for a Mustang PJ, would not fit a through string Mustang. Lightly used at home, didn't get on with them either. 

£5 +postage GHS precision flats low B string uncut 

£5+postage Adagio flats cut for P bass

£5+postage Adagio flats cut for 2*2 (Vester clipper)

My postage preference would be to use ' in post'  lockers as it's £1.99 and super convenient. 

Bought this from this forum a couple of years ago, just had some home use with me.

I found it to be a very musical sounding and less synthy sounding pedal. 

£75 posted to UK.

I've got one of these , it's lovely, I put late 50s pups in it and it sounds so good, plus it weighs 6lb14oz! 

GLWTS 

Pmed

Pmd you. Thanks

Thanks both, I'll have a think...

Hi, do you know what year precision these were taken off? Was it a mexican player precision? I'm thinking of replacing my SD quarter pounders with something like this to get the classic precision mid tones. Thanks

I'd agree with all of the above : your role in the jam session is to drive the rhythm and to help the other musicians to anticipate what's coming ( which is what a good drummer does too eg any song by the pixies). So I'd be really focussing on roots and 5ths, and leading up and down to changes with runs where appropriate. Keeping it simple and in time will be much better for the group than trying to put loads of notes in. At home I'd play along to jam tracks on YouTube where you can experiment with your runs and make your mistakes. 

Please could I get these. 

Thanks

Chris

Can I get these please? Thanks

WOW that's really interesting. How did the reduced headstock affect the neck dive? I'm often wondering how much that could reduce the pull on the neck. 

I've also wondered about drilling holes in the body. 

GLWTS! 

Hi, 

I wondered if you know how much this weighs as I'm looking for a light p bass. 

Thanks

Chris 

Hi Si,

Gorgeous colour! I wondered what the weight of this bass is please? 

Thanks

Chris