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So it's nearly bed time and I am browsing Gumtree,as you do. I spot a bargain bass,about 20 minutes from my house. Its a short scale Squier Jaguar,in black, Quick as a shot I phone the lad who is selling and arrange to pick up the bass straight away! There was one picture up and some sort of tape,the electrical type black tape over the headstock,but hey,maybe that's what ''the kids'' do to their guitars these days. I think,well it may be something for messing around the house with or even a cheap backup bass to keep in the car.As you can see,the lad had decided to do some mods on it.....What the actual f**k!!!!!

Bought the one on the right,off here! The one on the left came to me as a part ex yesterday,It came from here,I believe originally. Seems to have passed trough a few owners since then.It's a Basslines Musicman type pickup. I think the p bass one is as well,I know it's not the original. Both play and sound great! Didn't know until the bloke arrived at my door what colour it would be,I forgot to ask.Will put it through it's paces at next practise and see what's what!

You can never have too many. Meet the twins.

Has anyone noticed it's all going a bit slow these days? Loads of stuff on E bay,not much selling. Gone are the £10 starting prices right enough,everyone coming on with buy now,or best offers. Not much in the way of bargains. In saying that,I tried in vain to sell my Tokai Hardpuncher bass recently. Bought it for £400 about 5 years ago,not interest at £450 I was asking. Dropped to £399,but nothing so far. I guess that's what they call a keeper now...

Got mine about an hour ago..

Thought about that.....lol.

Pity about the headstock,other than that,aye,cracker!

Lighten Up Morrissey by Sparks....

Ditto....The nearest I get is to play in Emergency Exit,doing classic punk covers by the likes of Blondie,Ramones,Sex Pistols,Rezillos,etc Oh to be 17 again!

Seen another bass,can't mind what it was. The matt finished looked as if it marked very easily,fingerprints,etc and the chips show up a lot.

Great weekend,managed two gigs in one day,despite bad weather.Great fun. videoplayback.mp4

Tried one out recently,Buttercream finish. It's on my wishlist.

Well,practise over. It worked out well! Everyone in the band noticed the difference. The guitarist loved the new amp smell coming off it! Well at least it wasn't smoke! Big difference over the Fender Rumble. Plenty of lows and highs. I went for mid settings on the the amp,had the compresser on and the high/treble on. Very well balanced tone,could hear every note I played. I better brush up on the set! Looking forward to gigging it over the next few weeks.

Taking the cabs and the Veyron amp to practise,before this weekend gig. Had a go in house today,nice range of tones. Very happy with the cabs and the amp!

I think they already had those before the Warfdale one's came along. Same stuff.double the price.

Funny you should say that...Just about to sell mine. I am now going back to separates now after using the Rumble for the last couple of years. I found it lacked bottom end a bit. Certainly very loud! Added an extension cab,1 x 15. One of the cheap Wharefdale ones from Andertons. Made a massive differance and the rumble seemed to come alive! Now adding another 2 x 10,then getting a veyron amp. So,give me a shout if you are interested. I am in Falkirk and will be putting it on sale at £350. Comes with cover.

It's arriving tomorrow,used the 1x 15 with the Fender Rumble last night,the whole set up sounded ace. Managed to get the time to mess around with settings,so it worked a lot better. Still going to sell the Fender though.

Wasn't interesting,same old stuff....

Yip,at the moment,this is the route I will be going down.As mentioned I have a Fender Rumble. I play in 2 bands,Classic Punk covers band and Classic Rock covers. 2 or 3 gigs per month on average,some large gigs,using house bass rig,small /medium venues,using my own gear. So buying the Veyron and the Warefdale speakers lets me try out the seperates,maybe change the amp later or pick up some other speakers.But not putting out a lot of cash.

2 x 10 now ordered.

That's my plan now. With the cheap cabs and the veyron amp,I can give it a shot,then sell the Rumble. Great wee amp,sadly,not for me.

So how did it sound?

So how did you find it?

I have not had seperates for years,after a long lay off of about 20 years,I got back in to playing,buying a 1 x 15 Trace Elliot combo. Big sound,300 watts,used it at jam nights and gigs. Too bloody heavy,but what a sound. Moved it on bought the TC Electronic combo,1 x 15,again good sound,in fact there is one in the pub we rehearse,and I like the sound of that.But I have tried for 2 years with the Fender Rumble,venues large and small,never really getting the sound I want. It tends to be over loud without depth. Very,very loud!! When adding the cab,it totally changed the sound,with all the eq set flat,ie in the middle. But an issue with the PA and sound,ment I had no time the other night to do anything about my sound. Another gig this weekend,which will tell me which way I need to go.