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Worked on a metal festival in 2005 lasting three or four days - they played on the last day. Drunk and wrecked people were lying everywhere so we thought excessive use of smoke cannons was a bad idea and turned them off to prevent people get trampled over. The room was filled with smoke when the decision was made and it made for an interesting half hour at work. To their credit they were loud enough to make most people pinch their eyes anyway so no smoke was really needed . Man they were loud. Which reminds me of an anekdote: A friend did lights at a Motorhead show and asked their sound engineer if they were always this loud and got told they used to be way louder in a manner that made me laugh: "It wasn't LOUD, it was like -squints eyes and shouts desperatly- YOU COULDN'T SEE!!". For further interesting info , look up the Tensor Tympani muscle which is usually coming into work when people squint their eyes because of noise. I can control it without squinting and probably many here can out of necessity for blocking loud noise/music. It produces a "distant thunder like" sound.

double post. -sigh-

😁 I thought for the better of mankind I'd remove it, but I am now forced to release it. 😁 The "song" got stuck in my brain for more than a month, every silent moment it appeared, and I had to actively think of other crap songs to replace it. I hope my vaccination from being exposed to it keeps it out, and I hope this Russian weapon of madness inducing pain doesn't leave a wake of mad people here. It's on YouTube and it's called "Trololo". If you find it fascinating and amusing you are standing too close to the hellfire.

please ignore.

One of my favourite albums and I hope someone here loves it. ps. it likes being played loud and probably your preferred streaming service will sound better.

Complete stranger here, and I don't know the situation but I'm sorry to hear it's come to this for you. I maybe speaking out of place, feels like it and I hope you do not take offence of a stranger butting in.., but I think you should keep a your favourite bass or a bass you love the sound of as I think you're going to miss it. I mostly play guitar these days. No band. Sold my bass/es once. Missed it and I bought another and blew a lot of money on it. When making music and recording at home a guitar with an octaver soon becomes a reminder of..no bass. Ended up buying a new more expensive bass to rectify. Still miss the Sabre and will "never" buy another one. I wish you the best no matter what you do. Keep making music and enjoying it.

Revisiting "A Journey Into Fresh Diggin : Quasimoto Meets Himself" by Dj Troubl for the first time in years. Very not me at the time I heard it being into punk at the time (and still am) but still caught me by doing something that shook things up. I haven't a clue or any interest in who DJ Trouble is, but he did give me a treat of jazz music and cool samples. I don't know where they're from but "Come on feet, cruise for me (do your thang!) - trouble is nowhere to be!" made sense and made me smile and still does. Here's a link to the album on. Soundcloud, give it a whirl if you're into som freshness of the 90's or naughts I can't remember: https://soundcloud.com/djtroubl/a-journey-into-fresh-diggin-quasimoto-meets-himself

My best friend used to listen to him when we were in our teens, more than 30 years ago. I loved Sebastian but hadn't listened to It since until now. It really is a beautiful song. The power music has to evoke memories, takes me back in a flash.

I brushed with Steve Earl a bit more than intended when I accidentally locked him and myself in in a tiny space between two sets of sliding glass doors. His security entourage's hurried movements outside of the building told a tale of stress and worry. I'd intentionally locked them out of the building so that part went right whether they were happy about it at that point in time or not. We had a brief chat Steve and I. I said "I'm sorry about this". He said "Its ok". Didn't feel quite as good at the time as it may sound tbh. Time really stands still sometimes when in the presence of great artists.

Halla @Rolf! Welcome! Nice basses! 7 is a healthy number. We seem to share the same approach of lurking/reading/learning. I'm mainly doing that and have added the skill of releasing those emoticons. Lots of good people here. Enjoy!

Ah, I missed that (and probably more), thanks, just saw they were apparently going back to the states again soon. Seeing them at Rebellion would be cool.

Dead Boys a few days ago. Having seen videos of shows at the start of their tour my expectations were quite low, but being on tour for some time has done them a world of good - I thought they were excellent. A few new songs that were fillers/time to buy another beer/chat with people I hadn't seen for a long time. Loved hearing the best songs from Young, Loud and Snotty live. Never thought I'd get the opportunity. One of the best nights out for years for me. Looks like their last gig is in Leeds in a couple of days. If you're thinking of maybe going, I'd recommend you go.

NT. please ignore.

I had to magnify it thrice to be able to see clearly so you're not alone👀 It seems you may have got the answer from @2pods

The serial number appears to start with an F, not a P. I'm pretty sure F means Fujigen factory in Japan. I'm sure you'll get detailed info on the bass from more knowledgeable folks. It's a nice looking bass! And thanks for your effort to make sense of my previous post @Grooverjr !

Edit: Having a closer but still quick look it seems like https://ibanez.fandom.com/ may only contains info on guitars(?). I didn't look too hard but took it for granted it would have info on basses too. Not sure they don't though. Sorry for the confusion caused. Insomnia makes the world go huh? ---So this may only be relevant for guitars, I don't know, sorry: I'm not knowledgable on this but https://ibanez.fandom.com/wiki/Ibanez_serial_numbers was a good place to start when I searched for serial numbers to make sure of what I was buying. Scrolling down it appears that: "P = manufactured by Peerless Korea Co., Ltd. (owned by Iida Gakki of Japan) in Pusan (1987–1991?)". Found it under "1987–1995; 7 characters". It may well mean something else as well but I thought it made sense to mention it in the off chance it led your search somewhere.

I held on to my first bass for years thinking I couldn't just throw it away. There was nothing to like about it, no parts to salvage to give away that would be usable for the task they were supposed to do. But there really was a lot to hate about it so it went in a skip after I took an axe to it to make sure no-one else suffered what it offered. I'd have preferred to ritually burn it but as it was lacquered it was not an option so even that was a disappointment.

Hello Shiggs. I've never tried a short scale so I can't give any advice on that, so, this may be a bit on the side but I thought body posture and how relaxed one is bodily (strange choice of word maybe) was worth a mention. My experience is it can make a big difference no matter what scale is being played. I don't know how experienced you are so I hope you are not offended by this in any way, I would have liked someone to point this out to me when I was starting. When I took up playing bass/guitar I struggled a bit unnecessarily because I wasn't aware of the fact my shoulder crept up, my back bowed sideways and my whole left arm was too tense. (As was the rest of me and I'm pretty sure I was holding my breath). I was only focusing on "pressing" down in the right place and found the fretting hand position very strange (I still don't think I do anything else in life where my left hand is in a "fretting position" (rubs chin). I think I'd have done that on a short scale too that's why I mention it. Being as relaxed as you can does help. I also find it easier to fret just behind the fret with is a hopeless sentence and may be a personal preference. (What I'm trying to say is if I play a B on the A string I fret quite close to the C, seems to take less effort). If you can, try both the 30" and the 34" and make sure the strap is nice and the basses are well positioned. Good luck and have fun!

There is this little caveat from K&M though: However with nitro lacquers which are not fully hardened it can happen in some cases that the colors of the guitars “bleed”, that means that the colors blur or fade, and can cause dents. König & Meyer is not liable for such damages! I missed that. Still think it's as good as it gets and lacquer from the 70s better be hardened by now.

Thank you @walshy for sharing. It looks like they have several stands and wall mounts that are nitro safe. I never knew as Thomann don't seem to mention it on a few of the models that I could use. Here is a list of the nitro safe stands and hangers: https://www.k-m.de/brand/en/nitro-lacquer-info-sheet/ Thank you @Jean-Luc Pickguard for making this thread. I'd given up finding something and was never going to get a custom one made.

There are so many words in my post it may give you hope I have an answer. I don't. Not even close. I look for the same thing a couple of times a year never to find anything. I have two nitro'ed old Gibsons so when I play them I put them back in the case (where they spend most of their days) which isn't optimal if I'm trying to record something. A stand/hanger would be nice. I did a short search just now only to find nothing yet again..A K&M stand with cork binding looked promising but it was plasticised. I'd had found it to look less sturdy than required anyway. The Levy's forged hanger with leather binding had leather containing chemicals and Levy's do not recommend them with vintage lacquer/finishes. (It also states it contains chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer🙂) The best I can come up with is getting a metal hanger made by a blacksmith/metalworker and have a leathersmith make the protective bits with non chemically treated leather. Or removing any non wanted material on a sturdy hanger and replace it with chemically untreated cork/leather. The one thing I think I may have learned is that the process that hurt Nitrocellulose lacquer could be caused by a process called Plastizicer migration or Plasticiser loss. As you can see I'm not even sure of the spelling. Sorry for being of no help. I'll follow this thread and hope someone will have the right answer.

Thank you Reggaebass!

Oops. That one flew over my head. I need to brush up on my English too so that is yet another benefit of lurking around here. Thanks for the lesson!

Thank you Richard R. There truly is a knowledgable group of people here, I don't think I've ever seen a question go unanswered. We have friendly neighbours but thin walls, so headphones it is unfortunately. I had a long think just now but there is no other way.

Hey Sandy! It's not something I would proceed to make a career of as it takes some sleep deprivation to master I think. Thank you SpondonBassed. Thank you ezbass. Maybe it is. Cheers nilorus!