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Perk of the job fuck wank bastard piss

Assemble a 20 piece band and see if you can drink the pub dry on freebies in the first half hour

Sorted the nut height and then put my 'see if it all fits together' set of strings on. At my action height starting point (medium) there are no buzzes at all so I think the basic levelling job was OK. When the proper strings are on, I'll set it up properly and do a double check with the fret rocker and the buzz check at low action in case there are some high spots anywhere. This is how the tru-oil slurry and buff has ended up, finishing at 1500 grit. This is an oblique shot to the light so you can see the surface finish: ...and this is tilted to see the figuring better: It's LOVELY to the touch. Still got to do the final 1500 slurry and buff on the back - and I've still got to do the final buffing of the fretboard and neck - but this is how the whole thing is panning out: All being well it should be finished by the end of the weekend

Lots of fun

Anyone fancy pretending to be in a band, taking an assortment of child's toys instruments and just taking the free food and drink he's offering while we get drunk on stage (with him giving us the booze ofc) and playing on the toys?

So we “book the gig” then show up with 10% of total BC members plus gear. Think it should fit nicely, a 4000 strong mega bass jam.

I managed to get the template cut and routed out today, I've kept the pickups positioned the same as on the original body.......... I think it's coming along nicely just got to decide on what woods to use now................. 🤔

Nice . Pics or it didn't happen! Mine - early b-day present from Mrs Teebs: Squier Jazz 70s mod. Easy to play neck, some nice tones, fab finish for the pennies. Just need to get a white pearl scratchplate & job done!

I find 99% of singlecut basses absolutely foul to look at - would not be seen dead playing such a thing - even if it was a £15000 Fedora. Really don't know why theses vile, bulbous, lumpy things, with their extra 2kg of unnecessary wood, seem so popular with people who spend huge money on luthier-built basses. Likewise basses with more than 5 strings - which funnily enough seem to go hand -in-hand with a massive exotic-wood body-plank shaped like Snoopy's head. You just know someone's going to pick it up and start endlessly noodling out anaemic, bloopy-sounding, atonal "solos" don't you?

MTD Kingston with Seymour Duncan STC-3M3 stingray preamp

Interesting interview from bassist Klaus Voormann, who played on John Lennons' Imagine album. Comes across as a really nice bloke. https://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/2019/01/11/john-lennon-imagine-interview-voorman-keltner-molland/?fbclid=IwAR3d5WAvLWfq1SDBEzwMezeMROPQHg9dglUfsaG8drFoJBVJNsgftvMTEDw

That's lush Mr T. The white looks very nice! (I'd keep the black plate too, but there's nothing wrong with having a couple in different colours). 😎 I wouldn't have chosen the "battlefield" finish for my J, but second hand choices are more limited. So I now have a false P and a false J for less than 200 quid for the pair... just need some orange paint now!

Not how I play it

I've got same bass, but in a natural finish. I've modded mine a bit with new pickups , wiring loom and bridge, but even as stock it was a damn fine playing and sounding Jazz Bass.

Very nice Teebs 👍

Foolishly I decided to transcribe Pump it Up by Elvis Costello at my last bass lesson, and I’ve been practicing it ever since, blimey Bruce Thomas was some player.

One of my bands uses a Behringer X18. we decided to get IEMs too and lose the backline. FOH is a pair of Bose L1s, each of which has a pair of B1 subs. Last gig, we decided to do without backline and go totally IEMs. I did some homework before the gig and, using X Air Edit, on a laptop, I set up the IEMs. I paired up aux 1-2 and aux 3-4 to give two stereo mixes as we have two transmitters and six receivers. Mix one is quite balance between vox and instruments. Mix two is more vocal heavy. The individual can choose his mix on his belt pack. mix one or mix two. As the X18 has 6 aux outs, we can add another stereo monitor mix. It went as well as I'd hoped, in fact some of us came away from the gig thinking, "I'm not as good a singer as I thought I was". How did I benefit as a bass player ? Everyone could hear me better, everywhere on stage because my backline wasn't being drowned out by a guitarist, I was in their ears, so was everyone. I now don't know if I'll ever use my Markbass setup again. Certainly not with this band.

Yeah good prog. But i am a fan of SC's tubbing. Tight as a Mallards chuff. Listen to The Police - Next To You

Really enjoyed the Stewart Copeland episode on drums, well put together programme. Sheila E was great.

Why is it that this gets trotted out so often? A P bass fits in some standard mix that a producer uses as often as he can better, but it doesn't fit in every mix better, otherwise everybody would use the wretched things.

I have one of them Rickentractor basses and, much as i love it, I've always been frustrated by the lack of anywhere to anchor a thumb while playing the E string (I use the floating thumb technique but do like a good solid place to rest the thumb while I'm on the E). On my Fender Jazz, there's a nice chunky pickup to rest on, ditto my Sandberg. But the accepted place to rest a thumb on a Ric is the top of the pickguard which, for me, is too far away. I saw the Zero Mod which is available from the US but it's £20-odd quid plus postage and it just runs along the top of the PG so doesn't, in my opinion, solve the problem. So I got some modelling putty and made my own as a prototype - once I'd got a shape and position that worked i passed it on to a mate who has a few 3D printers and the appropriate CAD software and received back this. I'm well chuffed with the result - OK, the shape could follow the PG slightly more closely and I'm a bit annoyed that I managed to scratch it when i was drilling it but i reckon it's pretty good for a first attempt, especially as I'm a cack-handed plonker who generally breaks anything I touch. Prototype And the printed article:

I'll come straight out with it -I cannot pick up a p-Bass looking bass and try it. The style just doesn't inspire me, despite knowing there are some top-notch ones. However THIS Base really makes me want to pick it up. Do you have bass prejudice too?

Hi. I live in the state of Florida in the USA. I have been playing the bass for 42 years. I play a lot of Cream, Hendrix, Trower, Sabbath, Mountain, SRV, Allman Brothers and the like. I play Gibson EB-3 basses.

Gorgeous bass! I really like the mods you've made. Mmm... *brain whirrs* 💡

This is mine. Apologies for the dodgy pictures (I was standing on the bed trying to get as much of the bass into the frame as possible - not the most stable platform) I actually think, visually at least, that swapping the stock metal knobs for classic black plastic ones may be the favourite mod that I made.

Looks lush in natural - played one in PMT Norwich - lovely bass! Shall be modding mine in due course - bridge, scratchplate, but I quite like the stock tone. So far only new design Schaller strap locks.

Noooo! 😁 I love it with the black plate, proper 70s. Plus you've got black binding and blocks. But it ain't my bass is it Guv'nor, so whatever makes ya sun shine Sunshine 😊

..and we have sound....

That’s the barefaced dubsters, I heard it from east London 😀

I go direct from wireless into an XR18 (with IEMs & no backline) & have done so for the past 8-9 months at quite a few gigs. I split my input into two channels (one for FOH, one for IEMs), insert the stereo Sansamp guitar effect Into the input channel and run a cab sim on the IEM side and none on the FOH) and it works for me with pretty much zero setup time (as it’s all racked). I also use the inbuilt parametric EQ, compressor and noise gate on the separate channels - it basically replaces the Helix LT I was using as a glorified non-changing pedalboard and now I have no cables, no buttons to press and it sounds the same at every gig and I couldn’t be happier The XR12/16/18 as a bass preamp is a great idea imho. I realise this doesn’t have much to do with FRFR (apart from possibly using the PA) but I did use a Yamaha DBR15 as a stage monitor for a while using a similar setup (via an aux channel on the XR18) - it was only for the rest of the band to hear and now I just send the bass via their own monitors and the drummer has it via his IEMs and his P&D drum throne.

For balance, here are the 2 SB’s I had last year

I use an MS-60B which has digital presets. As previously said though, if you're very happy with the Fishman then you'd probably want to keep it. Another option, if you want to physically connect two basses, is: bass 1 → pre-amp 1 → LS-2 input #1 bass 2 → pre-amp 2 → LS-2 input #2 LS-2 output → QSC You can use any AB switch here instead of LS-2.

Go to a real (I insist on the term real, because there are so many clowns around) luthier and ask him how much he would really charge you to hand craft the exact same bass. No need for electroshock, you'll get it for free. You know, the least expensive part in an instrument is the wood... If you want a list of retail prices for a similar bass or any high end boutique bass, here it is : Mike Pope preamp with the 3 switches : $374 USD Hipshot bridge : $155 USD Knobs : $60 USD Dunlop flush mount Straplok set : $22 USD Aero pickups set : $500 USD Gotoh tuners set : $100 USD Custom Fodera tool kit : $30 USD Teardrop hardshell case : $220 USD 2 way truss rod : £13 USD Slotted bone nut (in case they can't make it themselves) : $17 USD Stainless steel frets : $14 USD Aliphatic wood glue (hoping they are not using anything else) : $6 USD AAAA body woods : $300 USD AAAA neck woods including fingerboard : £250 USD Inlays : $20 USD Fodera strings (Anthony Jackson Signature, which are really good and the most expensive) : $71 USD Lacquer, masking tape, sanding paper and finishing supplies : $45 USD Screws : $3 USD Grand total for supplies at retail price : $2200 USD Cut this in two for their buying price as I've taken real high retail prices : $1100 USD Don't you think, they are making huge profits !?!

It's a shame the 'Select Wood' series doesn't get to the uk. This one is gorgeous:

You're not looking for a clean sound, then..?

I've got an Aria PE Elite guitar - it's quite nice. OK, so it's not an original 70s PE-1000, but I'll manage to live with the disappointment.

Warm soiled state? 💩 As per the other thread, digital modelling can accurately emulate a valve pre. The only part that can't be replicated is a valve power stage. It's hard to get the bounce of KT88s or 6550s digitally.

Except for vapers. For my sins I still smoke rollups. I'm constantly surrounded by people billowing clouds of sickly smelling steam, whilst excitedly discussing the latest coil upgrade, battery capacity, or homemade blend of vaping liquid they have brewed. <Yawn>

I can see it now...a few excited phone calls..."Hey, you see that gig at the Highwayman ? You did ? Yeah...I thought we could give it a go too. Is Jo still playing drums ? Brilliant...I'll bung them an email. Hope we've got enough time !!!" A slightly haphazard gig of some old crowd-pleasers, the band have a blast - old fires rekindled, the crowd dance the night away, totally oblivious to the bum notes here and there. Two weeks after the gig, the band get together and talk about how much they enjoyed it "Hey...you think we could do this more often.....?" Now, isn't that a nice picture ? That's what popped into my head when I read the ad.

I think I am the same. My MV4 was £1500 or so back in 2009. The same bass was £1200 or so when I started lusting after it in about 2006. The rising prices are a similar theme for lots of brand though so it really isn’t just a Sadowsky issue. At £2500 or so now, I don’t think I could justify buying a new Metro if the Metro Express quality is really good. That is saying something because the MV4 has been my main gigging and recording bass for nearly 10 years and will probably still be my main bass in ten years time. The Xotic basses look really good value for money as well. Though wooden pick up covers are not a deal breaker for me. It’s a great option though for folk looking for a sub £1500 bass. The fit and finish on my Metro is exceptional. The only thing that lets it down is that the wood neck and fingerboard is pretty plain and doesn’t have any fancy figuring or flame that you would expect on a ‘boutique’ jazz bass. I have seen NYCs with necks like these though, so I think it might be a design choice by Sadowsky to go for a very ‘clean’ look. The main thing that keeps me going back to Sadowsky is the Sadowsky preamp. It isn’t for everyone but I love it.

I had a friend who, when asked why his band was charging so much to play on New Years Eve replied: “You try calling out a plumber and see what you’ll pay...” People like our landlord friend here are parasites. If you can’t run a business properly by paying people a fair wage then your business doesn’t work. I have the same argument against design agencies failing to pay their interns. It’s just not right.

you are only ever a half step away from a correct note

headless conversion

You're welcome Tony. 👍

Probably the most important thing/things I’ve picked up along the way are playing what the song requires, rather than being flashy and showing off my chops so to speak, and getting the sound I use to be the right sound for the band.