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Hey gang! I'm a P guy, but one of my bands needs a J really, so I've been on the lookout for something for a while. Was hoping for something LPB or Charcoal Frost, but this popped up, and I couldn't resist. It's a Custom Shop Journeyman relic, so think closet classic with slightly less shine and the occasional ding. I know relics are polarising, but I think they nailed it with this one - it glows. Medium-weight alder body (guessing 9lbs or thereabouts), quartersawn neck, slab board.. and stacked knobs which will take a little getting used to in the heat of the moment. Haven't gigged it yet, but it sounds gorgeous so far. Really rich and resonant. Roll on next weekend! ]]

EHX English Muff'n (which is not Big Muff based, despite the name, but based on a Marshall preamp, and is a genuine tube overdrive).

And how did she sound? Forgive the question, but somebody had to ask.

Love Shark - Acid Drinkers

I saw them many years ago in my youth with a friend who was a big fan, from what I can remember he was playing it just as in that video, very fast player

I have a P bass that I've owned for some time now and never had this issue before, so why would it suddenly happen? It's not a slight buzz, it's a full blown rattle, I've checked with a metal straight edge over the three frets (6, 7, & 8), and there is no rocking, so they appear to be level. I've tried filing the next fret a little bit, I've tried adjusting the truss rod, and I've tried altering the bridge height, all to no avail. Any ideas on why I suddenly have fret buzz on just one fret? Thanks in advance.

Not being a listener or player of anything metal related I've noticed this "good for metal" phrase being used a lot and I'm assuming its all tongue-in-cheek,Talkbass is where I first heard it. How did it all originate or is it just playful banter? Just curious ☺️

You've just analysed all my composition work!

I would love to believe that some studio trickery was employed and that Mr Watt-Roy’s efforts were ‘assisted’. But this video suggests maybe not: Back to the metronome…

New addition

The 2 MK1’s that are now forever connected!

Did the first of a run of 4 gigs this week (tiring). Very cool little pub and was a fantastic gig. Got out of there at 12:30.

Haha, that’s mine…(and I didn’t do this!) Long time ago I traded my MK3 fretless 5er for an MK1 fretless plus an extra fretless neck with British bassist Ian. the MK1 had a rosewood fretless fretboard and the extra neck was ebony. I swapped the necks because I prefer ebony for fretless. After the swap I contacted Ian again to ask where this neck came from. He also had the rest of this bass, the demolished body, electronics, pickups and bridge. He got this bass from some punk bassplayer who found it to heavy… so that guy cut it up..😬😳. I finally bought the parts together with the body and in 2011 I send all the parts plus the rosewood neck to Wal and had Paul build me a new body for it and had the rosewoodneck fretted. So now I have 2 MK1 basses. All this time this poor body is lying in my room and i can’t look at it. So i thought I’d give it a try and see if there’s someone brave and crazy enough to buy it and make something out of it… I have no idea if there’s someone who wants to pay for it anyway so I just started high … why not?

Thanks Dave - it's always a blast, as we only play in town four times a year. The SLF always goes down the best - we've added Alternative Ulster this time, which will have them reaching for the Voltarol today......😲😆

https://fusionbomb.lu/ Luxemburg's very own old school thrash metal band put on a spectacular show. Their bassist was rocking a Sandberg when I was at their show a couple of weeks ago.