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I'm 54, our singer and guitarist are 21 and 24 respectively. Drums 46 and keys 39. We are a function band (so cheesy pop from 50's to now) but age has never had anything to do with it. We get on together and are all around the same standard, so we fit together musically too. The drummer and I are both into heavy rock (so nothing like the music we play) but that makes no difference to the band at all. Age shouldn't be an issue.

Same here in the South-East

Added a piezo to the bridge if anyone is interested

I wish I'd managed to do it all myself, like you, but sometimes it's best left to the professionals PS. If anyone wants the original rosewood bridge then they can have it for free.

Just got the Zenith back. All I can say is OMG. It's gorgeous. Simon at GUS has managed to fit a 22 fret 5 string neck to a 21 fret 4 string bass and you'd never know. The passive EMG's and greasebucket tone mod sound lush with a threeway switch and wired in series and parallel. The piezo only has a volume pot but it's got a hidden secret. Instead of being battery run it's powered by a capacitor that takes only 1 minute to charge and this will last 16 hours. I've put the original brass bridge logo on the headstock instead of where it should be. In my opinion it just looks better on the headstock (it looked good on the original rosewood bridge but now that has been made larger it looked out of proportion and 'wrong'). Anyway, I know I didn't do anything to convert it (unlike some of the skilled people on BC I would have just ruined something that, in my eyes, is probably one of the best looking basses I've ever laid eyes on), but I knew what I wanted and luckily had one of the finest luthiers on the planet just down the road from me who managed to transform my thoughts into a work of art

Yup

Just seen some 3M black/white chequered vinyl on eBay. You could stick that onto the scratch plate

It's for a 5 string bass. 5 string is a lot more. Love it. Going out to buy some ice lollies and I'll give it a go

I was thinking of that, but the pickup is straight and the double bass strings and board are curved. Don't think all the strings will get the same volume

Yes, just looked it up - $290 in the USA https://www.krivopickups.com/store/p6/The_Krivo_Magnetic_Pickup_for_Upright_Bass.html

Rather more costwise unfortunately

Unfortunately they don't seem to do the pickup for 5 string db's and I can't find anyone who does anything affordable. Any ideas?

Please someone answer this. I don't even bother taking my db to gigs nowadays (even not particularly loud ones) as I can't even setup without feedback, so I just default to my piezo equipped electric bass.

I used to be in an originals band, and the '*unt' word was on one of the songs on the album. Even our band leader/singer, who had written the song and recorded it with pro musicians, would change the word to runt (I know, not much better but.....) when we played it live.

As Simon at GUS has been working on some 'Prince' G1 guitars he hasn't managed to get going as quickly on the Zenith as he would like, but here is the latest news. Almost there Hi John, Just a little update for you...I’m creeping forward! Have the body all wired up now and the neck sprayed. I managed to blend the heel area and then applied some ‘rosewood’ stain in the lacquer...has approximated the colour of the top pretty well?! Needs a final set of lacquer coats and then polishing.

Latest exciting bit. Just fitted a rechargeable piezo preamp - no battery needed, just charge up before a gig. Just need the volume pot wired in for this plus the magnetic pickups fitted and wired and we are almost there

I got it as well. He did send me an email calling himself Audioman. I thought it was a bit iffy. This is his email to me (he did send a picture of a Carvin AC50 which is what I was asking about): Thanks for your mail...i have attached a pic of My items as you can see everything is perfectly okay and No dust or rust well clean...i will like to know your offer incl the shipping and insurance to your doorstep with your delivery home address and Phone Number,i will used DHL for the delivery to your doorstep,My Mode of Payment is Via bank Transfer or Paypal thanks and Hope to hear from you soon

I played guitar for 30 years and have been playing bass for about 15 years and have never got it. I've had lessons. Read books. Gone online. Bought 'better' basses. I'm still a root, 5th octave player who throws in a pentatonic every now and then. I think the understanding music part of the brain is related to language and maths, and I (even though I'm 1/2 'foreign') can hardly speak a word of another language and had extra maths every Saturday morning throughout my school days (I'm not bad now, but I'm not a natural). But, I play in two bands. We get paid gigs and I'm complemented on my playing by the rest of the band (though of course, they could be sh*t too and just don't recognise if I'm good or bad). Learn as much as you can, if you can, but don't let it get in the way of enjoying playing.