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And another one off the list. And I remembered that it's best to install the luminlay dots before the final sanding of the neck! Some folks make their own, but with the material coming in stick form, it is SO easy to install: ...and looks SO good once it has been, especially the black bound version. Makes great daylight and low light visibility even if you don't charge them up for the glow:

I had a young, rather drunk lady shout in my ear whilst playing with my blues band, asking if we knew any songs by One Direction. I shouted back "Ask the singer". Her reply, "which one's the singer?". When I told the rest of the band at the break, the singer told us the said girl had then shouted in his ear (whilst he was singing) "are you the singer?" - not knowing the context, he had been quite confused.

And another 1.5 items off the list. Just-a-nut positioned and back glued, and ebony trussrod cover cut. This will be secured with a single small magnet once the headstock plate has been finish-sanded:

I'm at the stage where I can start listing out the remaining jobs. It'll be a long list, but it's a milestone to get to that stage! One of the jobs on the list was to cut the hatch rebate and cover. I've used an offcut of the poplar top and the hatch will be held by magnets: So that's one ticked off the list and only 16 to go...

The branding is meant to be a little more casual than the engineering, but if the shoe fits...

Love him or hate him, Sterling and his staff do appear to have put some thought into this redesign. I quite fancy giving one of them a try....

Stating what so many do but it still puts a smile on my face and restores just a little of my faith in (some) humans when I only encounter good, solid and genuine people on here. Have never had an issue with anything I’ve sold or bought on here. Always smooth transactions and never any issues. Good work, bass people!

Wasn't very easy getting it all in one pic, but here we go. The 'amp' here is my headphones from the VB99 synth and the BH800 under my monitor powers the TecAmp bassboard under me' chair.

Bass people are nice people. Nice club. Nice.

It's seriously nice when I hear how people enjoy the forum. It's a big pat on the back for the mods, too - it's largely thanks to them that we have such a nice community here. Well done everyone and long may it continue. Sybil

The biggest barrier I have to getting on with Muse is that I've noticed Matt Bellamy's audible gasps for breath before every single line that he sings. Once you've noticed it, it's impossible not to notice it on EVERY SINGLE MUSE SONG. There. I've just ruined Muse for the rest of you now as well.

Then I'd argue it's not football that's hampering your practice.....it's beer and women!! 😆 Si

Or to quote Jimmy Carr: "oi, I'm trying to work here! How rude to interrupt. I don't come down your place of work and knock all the sailors c*cks out your mouth"

Primus, 'Sailing The Seas Of Cheese'. I bought it to see what all the fuss was about, what with Les being this supposed bass demi-god and all. Listened to it. Hated it, I mean utterly. Disjointed tuneless bilge with horrid nasal 'vocals'. Stuck the CD in a drawer and tried to forget that I'd actually spent money on it. Found it about 18 months later, stuck it on again to see if time had mellowed my opinion... No. It's still caterwauling nonsense and I still hate it utterly. Gave the CD away.

Yes - where the fretboard is over the body, there is only room for the 3mm versions. Albeit I did them vertically (as there was no raised fretboard - the body curve was the fretboard) I did the same thing on Mick's Psilos: I put the small dots on Neil's fretboard before gluing it on. Don't fret (like the pun?) about the glue line, by the way - the joint hasn't been scraped yet:

Finished it now So, this is the closest I'll get to a love song. "Strings" refers to those strings that pluck at yer heart and all that. There's a heartbeat pulsing in the background near the end (and a fast-paced beating near the start too) and there's general confusion throughout so yeah, love song

There is at least one person living in France but I say un oef is enough

P-Retro delivered and fitted. Needed an extra hole for the second dpdt switch (amp on/off) but otherwise it was a simple job. Range of tones is very impressive - the boost is really useful and I love the split mid-boost or treble/bass boost - just sweeping that single knob gives a huge tonal range. The deep boost is really good as well. Love it. The east stuff is really high quality and Alan is a real gent. Same great lightweight feel and playability but with a totally new range of tones. And flick the switch to passive and it sounds just like it did before (perhaps with a bit more sparkle which is probably the tone cap)

Need to stop following this thread. I'm starting to realize i'm getting a severe bout of GAS.

Here’s mine ☺️

We make the git-arist stand on that, there is a lever...oh yes

I like Muse quite a bit (although not as much as I used to), and every now and then I sort of focus in on the gasping and it's all I can focus on.

To set on fire on stage?

I thought London Calling was always a tad over-rated but I bought it on vinyl again this year and FINALLY got what the fuss was about. I don't think it was the format (I'd previously owned it on cassette and then CD - twice), more just the mood struck me. The album I have tried the hardest to get along with - and believe me I tried for years - is Mickey mouse Clubhouse! Thankfully the kids are older now.

I genuinely was too! However, my own board certainly didn't have anything as incredible as say @andybassdoyle's impressive set up. I did eventually crack and take my all-time favourite drive pedal off when I made something I liked the sound of in Helix using a number of different effects blocks. Yes, it does take up room in my signal path on Helix but it's one less box on the floor. I have Native too and can confirm for those wanting to know, It sounds exactly the same as Helix hardware.

Oooooh, I knowowwwwww! Oh, I knowwwwww!

At the risk of sounding seriously pretentious, we are all privileged to be around to watch a World Cup this entertaining, this unpredictable, and this gripping. I've watched every major tournament since 1966 (that's 25 of the buggers) and I simply cannot recall anything that has been this much fun. When Japan -v- Belgium turns out to be a cracker, despite the usually desperately tight Round-Of-16 scenario, you know that all bets are off. My point? The bass-playing can reasonably be reduced or even set aside just for this short while. You'll kick yourself if you miss one of the great matches because you'd decided to have another run through Play That Funky Music ...

I think it's quite common to fit a mittel E with the weich set to strengthen the bottom end response

I have had a 4HH and a 5HH on order for a while so this has increased my GAS and excitement. The finishes on offer are great as well - the 4 will be Aqua sparkle and the 5 Cruz teal. Can't wait to get my hands on them.

Can’t beat this up loud in your Jeep or your Benzo’s

I've tried to listen to Jaco Pastorius many times, awful.

Anything by Jaco Pastorius, especially the Best Of double album. Frankly, I'd rather listen to The Bay City Rollers.

Very Probably Nigerian.....i think 🙂.

Afternoon all, I took delivery yesterday of a wonderful SKC Bogart Blackstone bass. This is, I have discovered, a wonderful instrument with a rather interesting history. First of all, some background. SKC Bogart basses were/are made in Germany by Stefan Heß. Mr Heß has an extensive background in building carbon fibre parts for instruments. He was the carbon fibre man to go to in Germany. He even made carbon fibre necks for Schack and Clover basses, and the complete monocoque shell for Clover's 'SKC Slapper' model. The Bogart basses were Stefan's creation, renowned for being incredible instruments. They went out of production for a while but are now being made again, now with a full wooden construction. My Bogart Blackstone is, I have discovered, either 1994 or 1995 model. I'm not sure how it came to be in the UK because, so far as I can tell, there was never a UK distributor for these instruments. It was purchased by Stuart Clayton at the London Bass Guitar show in 2012 and he kept it for a few years, doing a really cool cover of Alain Caron's 'D-Code' on YouTube with it. Stuart had it refinished from it's original black and blue paint scheme to a very cool metallic blue colour. The paint on it at the moment is absolutely incredible - it has depth and shimmer, and is even to a tee. I think the original paint scheme would have been black with blue flecks of paint splatter, one of the abstract finishes Stefan was fond of (I love those). The bass itself is just delightful. Light and well balanced, it plays well when seated or standing. The neck is wide and flat, with no radius, and it's very thin, an advantage of it's carbon fibre construction. The headstock holds small screw-in string clamps, while the bridge holds the ball end of the string for tuning. The neck has a smooth satin finish, like a Zon, rather than the gloss gel coat Status use (I have owned both Zon and Status basses in the past). The body is 'Blackstone', a epoxy foam injected into a synthetic shell to give the consistency of alder. It's very light and resonant. The pickups are Bartolini, and the preamp is now a Noll. The bass originally came with a German preamp (the name was something like Karaundt, though it escapes me). This was the standard Bogart preamp at the time, but it was replaced with a Noll after it failed. The Noll was a good choice as it became the standard fit item for new Bogart basses some time after the turn of the millennium. Controls are standard three band with a push/pull for acting and passive switching. I missed this when I first bought the bass and it was only after reading about the Noll preamp online that I thought to try this out! The tone of the bass is thunderous. Very clean and hi-fi with that 'lossless' resonance of carbon graphite. The bridge pickup is very articulate, producing very distinct notes but without the harsh, treble hiss of string noise that some carbon fibre instruments make. With both pickups active, there is very little loss of tone through phasing. It sounds like a sledgehammer and it absolutely drives my Markbass CMD 151P Jeff Berlin signature combo. The sustain is incredible and the wide, flat neck makes for a very pleasant feel all over the neck. The slap and picked tones are equally exemplary, but I play fingerstyle with the bridge running solo 95% of the time, so I'm pleased to confirm the bass delivers in that respect. To have found this for sale at The Bass Gallery in London was a lucky strike as these basses are very few in number, particularly outside of Germany. Those that own them often have a couple in their collection. Are they a bit of an undiscovered secret? I think so. In doing my research on this bass, I discovered a lot of old 'for sale' threads on the internet where I had been posting trying to buy a Bogart, that obviously had never worked out. I'm glad to finally have added this bass to my collection and I would love to hear from other Bogart bass owners. Some pics and Stuart Clayton's video can be seen below.

Well, now you can have both. Strap yerself in - price tag is scary https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Electric-Guitar-Company-Bass-Aluminum-Neck-acrylic/302760756288?hash=item467df28440:g:OJQAAOSwA~VaORiP

The Clash, by The Clash - and to be honest most of the early punk albums. In comparison to Never Mind The Bollocks by The Sex Pistols, The Clash sounds really dated/of its time, whereas NMTB could have been produced anytime onwards of 77. Not that I dislike said Clash album, far from it, and in some ways I think the rough production shows where punk really came from, but listening to the production now it sounds like a demo imo. But a bl88dy great demo.

Thank god I'm not alone in hating the 'gasp' thing,

Dream Theater - Falling Into Infinity. Melodic and classy.

It’s the interval but he never stops.

I think that`s Precisions in general, it`s always amazed me that the pickup is situated in the manner it is. I rarely play on the D or G because of this, as I have a very twangy aggressive sound anyway. Additionally I had Tone Riders in a MIM Precision and didn`t notice any extra thin-ness on these strings. I always raise the D&G pickup higher than the E&A, this seems to deal with it a bit.

I don't know, maybe there are going to be some american kids who get a not very good bass but learn to play it and end up in a band. Probably not bad.

It sounds like it could be a phase issue, have you tried swapping the connections of one pickup?

Steve and Alan's tribute band 😁

Led Zep, I like a few songs but feel that I should really like the band and all they`ve done, but much of it just passes me by.

Let's not forget Goodfellows..... I sold my Rumour so I could buy back an Overwater that I'd sold a couple of years previously. Beautiful and very playable bass - TBH I was very precious about it - I didn't want it to get damaged.