dmz

I always liked the intro to Juniors Eyes from the Never say Die album - In the late 70’s, a friend had that album and is the first Sabbath album I really got into. I then worked my way backwards 😇 Favourite album is probably Sabbath Bloody Sabbath but Never Say Die is still up there for me. Don’t ask me why…….

Bass Brothers have one in stock (Lemington Spa) - Be quick mind, can’t see this hanging around long ☺️ https://bassbros.co.uk/product/fender-jazz-bass-24-quilt-maple-qmt-mik/

…..and hopefully……a film about Brand X 👍

Jeez, where to begin. Mick Karn (Japan), David J (Bauhaus/Love and Rockets), Tony Franklin (The Firm etc). I used a fretless Shergold 6-string fretless in an Irish folky band (Think Pogues) in the early 90’s - but that’s not important right now……..☺️ Wish I had photographic evidence 🙄

I used to have a red Shergold fretless back in the day (early to mid 90’s) - tuned it BEADGC - loved the neck. Hope you have fun with your new instrument. I see that Burns have “bass 6” style guitar out atm - green burst is £299 ☺️ Powder blue is £349. https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/200630359817025--burns-short-scale-jazz-six-bass-green-burst

Bought an Ibanez EHB1005SMS from Simon. Transaction went as smooth as silk - did the handover at Magor services. Bass as described and plays great. Excellent comms throughout and a credit to the forum. Hope you have a lovely break in west Wales ! All the best

Sold an NS Design Radius WAV 5 bass to Brian. Transaction very easy and was great to meet up with a fellow Basschatter. Top chap to deal with. Would readily do business with him again !

Bought an Ashdown ANT pedalboard amp from Joe. Very easy transaction with great comms. Pleasure to deal with.

I’ve noted a few discussions lately on the Squier Classic Vibe 50’s P-bass, so I thought I’d post my mods to one that I did a while back - at least a couple of years ago. I’ve always had a fascination about Chris Squire’s modded Telecaster bass - since seeing that picture on the little booklet that came with the Fragile album. When the Squier CV’s first came out I thought to myself - hmmm, you could do a nice “Squire” modded version to one of those. So, the first thing I was going to do was to add another pickup at the bridge position - then things went a little bit crazy. Seeing as it is an “inspired by” rather than a clone I thought - what about a humbucker in the neck position ? A mudbucker would take up too much space, what about something alternative - how about a Ricky, given the Squire connection. After a bit of rummaging around the internet I came across Creamery pickups in Manchester. As it turned out, as well as a toaster, I ended getting a set of 52-Pbass pickups too - Alnico 2 for the middle and an alnico 5 for the bridge. A three hole telecaster control plate was bought which needed a little bit more routing of the existing cavity so that the concentric pots fitted. A Jazz Bass pickup cover was used to cover the bridge pickup. In a final bout of madness I got the luthier who did the work to add the “Squire” decal. How does it sound ? Well, the middle pickup has a lot of that early 50’s sound - great attack and definition. Maybe not as much weight as a 57-Pbass but has some nicely judged mids. The bridge, having alnico 5’s is quite aggressive but not thin and nasty. I think if you like Jean Jacques Burnel’s sound you’d like this bass. The toaster has less mids than the P-bass pickups but has a bigger bottom. With all three turned on it sounds almost active ! So, all in all very pleased with the way it turned out. Going forward I might be tempted to sand down the back of the neck for a more satin feel and get a bone nut installed. I really do like the smaller body shape on these basses - very comfortable. Sorry for my ramblings - hope you enjoy !

Alain bought my ACG Border Reiver 4-string - which he previously owned. Happy to re-unite him with this lovely beastie ! Very easy to do business with and is a credit to the forum. Had a lovely chat with him at Junction 9 on the M6 too.