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Might as well sell crumhornchat.co.uk then ffs

I'm besotted by this thing. I don't need it... but I waaaant it. Really cool looking P/J, the right... everything. I hope I don't get to try one because if I like it I won't resist it. What a sexy beast...

At last, a few decent video of something I am involved with. The Michael Spearman Trio live at The Fleece at Stoke By Nayland. A trio gig early in January featuring guitarist Michael's composition. This one is called 'Trippin'' (as in falling over, not drug references). It's essentially a rhythm changes blow. The drummer is Essex based Tom Jiggins. The video was done with several cameras and the edited properly so this is as good a set of videos as I have ever been part of. The camera actually points at me instead of my having to wait for passing glimpses!! Apologies for the shirt (you should have seen the Docs).

Years ago I ordered a radio for the kitchen from amazon. Came home from work to a card from Yodel saying the item was left in the recycling bin. I looked, bin was totally empty. It being bin day an all. Emailed amazon, they sent a replacement that arrived the next day. Two days later the neighbour knocks on my door. ”hiya, sorry about the delay, I’ve been away with work, but I took this off a delivery driver just as he was putting it in the recycling bin. He said he’d leave a card explains where it is” So the neighbour and I had matching radios in our kitchen from then.

Thanks for asking AK, as it happens I picked it up last night! It's a ESP/LTD PJ, found locally on Gumtree for the princely sum of £150, with one of those hard foam soft/hard cases. Well happy with it, stopped by to see @Marc S on my way home and he agreed I got a bit of a bargain too. Spent a little time with it last night, changed the Rounds that were on it for some TI flats, gave it a quick setup, which I plan to re-visit tomorrow evening and check everything has stayed where I'd like it. It's an Unlined, but somewhat strangely, it has side dots for every fret position. Got a sharpie on the 2,4,6,8 etc dots and now it makes a lot more sense!

So you're asking for "feedback on the feedback"??

I wouldn’t mind this pair sitting on my bass rack:

Yes we will have the CTM 30 - Little Stubby with us at the weekend

The sideline electric bass hobby has now exceeded the upright bass hobby. Easier to hang on the wall at least. Recently added an old Dallas Tuxedo to the gang. Sweet eh?

They were ridiculous for the money new, and £150 is something else!!!

Ach come on guys keep the politics to the political threads and lets just enjoy what festivals are all about. Getting together with friends and like minded half wits getting p****d (or stoned depending on your preferences) and watching some great bands. Hail, rain, snow or sun won't be what you remember in 25yrs time. You'll only remember the great time you had. Dave

I'e got a few days free next week, so I'll be able to complete the build then. Pics will be posted soon!! Yippee.

How odd. I stumbled upon that video the other day. He's a monster player without a doubt, but I've never been fond of his tone. Sounds like Kermit on a trampoline.

I think (hope) it’s you as I’ve preordered one!

I use ABM on mine (check my avatar). Their stuff is very expensive though. ETS makes the best quality hardware in my opinion, and their headless system has a nice headpiece with a pre drilled hole for truss rod adjustment. I had to drill my ABM ones to do the same thing. That was a scary moment!

Sorry I was a bit behind on the thread it didn’t load page 3 till after I posted I do like an ebony fretboard so it will look good either way!!......

Yes. Noone else has ever felt that

McMillen 12 step would be a good thing

@mcnach if you get one then this young lady will ask to sing with you...

As far as you like. It also makes a big difference how you hold a pick. Some people hold it by the 'grip' part but for me that allows too much leverage and movement at the business end. I palm mute and hold the pick close to the pointed end allowing a millimetre or two to protrude for plucking the strings (up and down stroke). This allows much more control, consistency and speed (if necessary) and makes it almost impossible to drop the thing.

Found this on the same guy’s channel:

I was about to say “if only they did it in a 5er” ...then a cursory google search revealed that they do! Arghhh

Let the notes ring, it's so delightful ! And congratulations for your fretless bass. Good choice and terrific price. The flater the relief of the neck , the mwaher the sound of the bass and roundwounds do it even better, but the TI's are the best flatwounds with enough mwah. Use the pickup you prefer, but if you don't know where to start, use the bridge only, cut completely the tone and boost the mids to max on your amp with a pinch of treble and adjust the bass a bit lowe : instant walk over cat tails sound.

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Yep I`ve been using the triangular Dunlop 1.14mm ones, but have 073, .88 & 1.0 so am gonna try them all. I`m hoping that this will work as, in conjunction with another thread, I want to stop playing so hard all the time, just bring it in for when the guitar is soloing maybe, whereas at present I`m flat out all the time. Sounds great but these hands ain`t getting any younger.

Ive been using Dunlop or delrin 1.14 for many years. It gives me the hard front end I need without sacrificing any of my low end. I have found that even within that size and material, they do vary, which I find a little strange. But for recording I use the Dunlop John petrucci picks. Lovely!

The state of Maine is maritime. We get sun, we get rain, we get snow. Sometimes in winter we get what the Scots call "full conditions".

I couldn't agree more regarding the neck width of Bass VI instruments. I have a Squier Bass VI and the neck is narrow even by guitar standards (it's certainly narrower than all the guitars I own) and that's the main reason why it doesn't get very much use. I had a look at the Music Man Silhouette Bass (it's not a very exciting looking instrument IMO) and according to the specs the neck is 44.5mm at the nut - where did you get the 47mm figure from? Also it seems to be marketed as a Baritone Guitar rather than a Bass VI, even though at just under 30" the scale length is about right for E - E stringing. However with 2 humbuckers rather than 3 single coils it appears to be voiced more in the Baritone range and it probably won't sound much like a Fender/Squier Bass VI, or your Revelation Bass VI. And so is it worth getting a custom Bass VI made to your specifications? Well given that a new Music Man is going to set you back around £1,700, probably yes. Where about in the world are you? Here in the UK there are several custom builders who would be able to make something suitable for you. It is important to find a luthier that you get on with and who you can trust to make those decisions that you know little about, in order to get the right instrument for you. My normal advice when picking a luthier for a custom instrument is to find someone who is already making something very similar to what you want. However in this case I think you may have to be even more trusting of your chosen luthier than usual. There are a couple of things that you should be aware of. Firstly any commercial custom luthier who is any good will be busy and you are probably looking at a build time in excess of 12 months. Secondly with a 52 width at the nut you are most likely going to need custom pickups to accommodate the extra wide string spacing and a custom bridge as well. That will all add to the cost and build time. There is one other route you could consider. Here on Basschat we have several talented people building their own instruments and sometimes instruments for other people. I would check out the work of Andyjr1515 in the Build Diaries section. Finally I don't think that this section is the best place for your question. I'd have asked it in either General Discussion or Bass Guitars. If you want to get the thread moved, click on "Report" on your OP and ask a moderator to move it for you. HTH

Under half the price AND you get an extra knob!

Anyway a gift is something someone took the time to look for and therefore shall never be (re)sold. Then he could discover what a bass really is. Ok, there are 2 problems here too : 1. He is a guitar player. 2. It's a Rick. I know the first is a curse, but the second could be worse.

Same here. "Dragon Attack" did it for me.

There's a fairly simple way of looking at this. You need your system to allow you to be as loud as your drummer without distorting. The reasoning is simple, you are a unit, you need to match each other and play together. If your drummer needs miking up for a big event then you'll go through the PA too so you'll never need to drown out your drummer.. Volume isn't measured in watts it is measured in decibels. A drummer will generally measure around 100dB at about a metre away so you need something that will average that comfortably. That means the loud bits might be 120dB and the quiet bits 80dB. If your system of amp and speakers makes 120dB comfortably then you'll be OK 95% of the time. Speakers generally give you the decibels they produce at 1W. To work out what they will give at full power you need to add 10dB for 10x the power and 3dB for double the power. If your speaker gives a fairly typical 95dB at one watt then at 100W (10x10) it will give 115dB, not quite enough. Doubling the power would give you 3db or 118dB and doubling it a second time to 400W would give you 121dB. The most popular amps give 300W'ish into 8ohms and 500W into 4ohms. That's not coincidence, they'll do just about anything you need into the typical speaker and at a sensible price. You'll be just about able to cope with most gigs with a single speaker. Add a second speaker and you'll be able to drown the drums and/or fill a big pub with bass. You'll get away with a little less power with more efficient speakers ( a 4x10 typically comes in at 100dB/W ) or need more if the speakers are inefficient or you use an unusually bass heavy sound but for most of us the 300/500W amp is more than enough. I have no idea why this is in italics

I'd have to say a 5-String USA Musicman SUB, if you can find one. You'll even have a couple of hundred quid left over. One of these: When I played 5-stringers, I had one and it had probably the best Low B I've ever heard.

5 strings and 35” you say? get yourself a Lakland Skyline. You can thank me later.

That looks very much like a Stingray tribute? Never seen one before. This argument about lines or not is very curious as far I can see. The argument put forward that it takes longer to learn to play an unlined Fretless is certainly not my experience - I bought mine off EBay about 10 yrs ago - I was astounded when I first played it how awful my intonation was - however it took me about two weeks of regular use to get my accuracy to an acceptable level - the dots on the top of the board are essential as location indicators - but beyond that it doesn't take long to get your ear attuned and to be accurate. I find the area about 12th fret can be tricky when standing up (owing to the angle you're viewing the neck, and also the fact the notes are so much closer together). To me the real difference is the aesthetics - I prefer a blank board. I also fully appreciate some people don't - not entirely sure why anyone thinks their choice is more correct than anyone else's.....

OK I'll just open another tin

Space Between Your Ears - Ozric Tentacles. It wouldn't have paid me, or attracted any fame, but it'd be worth it just to know created the soundtrack for so many... erm... experiences. 😊

I don't think a company could win here. Come on to what is essentially a chat forum and be uber corporate about it and it will wind people up, come across like a human speaking for the company and it's wound people up. I think the plus is they come on here, talk like a human, and are friendly ask questions and we start talking about the kinda amps and sounds that we're after - and that helps us both. Both Ashdown make a product we want, and we buy it - and we feel a connection to Ashdown. Aged Horse on Talkbass does a similar thing for Mesa Boogie.

And now... "whacking two out on top of each other" i need an eye test and to flush my filthy mind.

I've always thought Ashdown have had excellent customer service. Will never forget the time I was invited over to the HQ for my ABM EVOII to be repaired when it died a few days before a tour. Think I left with a carry bag, a pedal, a mug and an amp with a fully replaced preamp section, above and beyond. Personally speaking, I think it's great that manufacturers engage on forums, I certainly try and do that here with my Focusrite/Novation had on (where appropriate). But in any case, I also struggle to see the market here a little....or rather I see the market (recording), but can't imagine it's particularly huge?! 30 tube watts is not enough for me to gig with 80% of the time, and I'd certainly not drop £499 on a practice/rehearsal amp. Interested in it as a recording setup, but again, lots of amazing tube DI's on the market (arguably more expensive), so it's only beneficial if you want to record a tube amp through a cab?! I would need convincing. Now if a company were to fit a 100w all-tube setup into this size amp, we're talking Anyway, not an Ashdown bash, love the company, always have Si

1966 Gibson EB-2

They're fantastic cabs. I've not had cab GAS since I got my 21012L. Yes, they colour your sound. All cabs do. Some Schroeders have a mid-hump, others don't. Bottom line, ignore all posts about them and try one.