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I believe I have this bass now. It is very good indeed.

It’s a short clip of some kid playing, perhaps I missed something, but I can’t for the life of me see where this sort of vitriol comes from or what it achieves?

On the National Express there's a jolly hostess selling crisps and tea She'll provide you with drinks and theatrical winks for a sky-high fee Mini-skirts were in style when she danced down the aisle back in '63 But it's hard to get by when your árse is the size of a small country

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Your dad is a keeper

Originally custom made for Kev Hopper (like my fretless ACG), this is a stunning little bass with 32" scale and ultra slim neck (1.35" nut). Obviously the design takes inspiration from Carl Thompson. Conveniently the initials are the same as my FaceBook moniker Clarky Bass, in case I forget who I am. Plays super fast and sounds very gnarly. As does my (pictured) sausage dog Pablo

Awesome night

So today I received this beauty from my father as an early 30th birthday present. To say I am lucky to have him as my father is an understatement! Check this beauty out:

I agreed but the B did impede, in the end I had to let it off the lead

heed that i had no need so it had to be freed from my breed, but it is indeed a fantastic steed!

Fair enough. When I originally read your comment it came across as spiteful and pointless. The guy makes no pretence in the video to be a rock god and thank goodness he’s not trying to play yet another slap bass solo like Flea or sub-Jaco noodle. Seems the channel is for a guitar shop. This fella seems to have been given the task of showing off a metal bass and is doing a passable job. Just seems the forum is getting more and more clogged up with finger pointing and negativity. Perhaps I’ve just for a thin skin these days, but he’s playing bass so well done to him!

I have seen Norman himself use one live and it sounded pretty good.

I can see them from that link: https://www.dv247.com/en_GB/GBP/Sandberg-Bass-Strings-4-Set-040-100-/art-BAS0004133-000 https://www.dv247.com/en_GB/GBP/Sandberg-Bass-Strings-4-Set-045-105-045-065-085-105-/art-BAS0004134-000 https://www.dv247.com/en_GB/GBP/Sandberg-Bass-Strings-5-Set-040-128-/art-BAS0004135-000

Just don't let him get a glimpse of your drinks cabinet!!

Time for soundcheck

For reasons too long to put into words, if you like how they both play, then revert to the lowest common denominator, which is the visual aesthetic. Which one looks the nicest, which one do you think would look better on you and which one do you want to keep picking up time and again. Born from a discussion as whether Geddy used a Rickenbacker or a Fender Jazz on Farewell To Kings, Gary/cetera and I put on a bass blind shoot out at last years SE Bass Bash; 25-30 attendees tried to select the correct bass from the fifteen that were submitted for the test. The highest mark was 3.5/4 out of 15, there were quite a few zeros with some people not even recognising how their own basses sounded. It's highly unlikely that once you're in a band environment the nuances that you're applying will make any difference.

...discussion about gay anthems about blowjobs and sucking someone off to orgasm — in pride month — invariably lead to this piece of ghastly corporate rainbow opportunism...

In the long run, picking the least heavy one will be the best choice.

Yep it’s a VM. Much loved - and for the money you’d get selling it, you won’t get a better passive jazz. Great bass for either you or your daughter.

An excelent song, we introduced it and now its normally in our last or near last closing songs, never fails to go down a storm. And I don't see anything wrong with the lyrics either, it is an underage girl coming on to an adult man, and him rebuffing her, which is lets face it, what is supposed to happen. Clair by Gilbert O'Sullivan is an interesting one, which I happened to be reading about recently as I was listening to it* and thought these lyrics sound a bit dodgy, but there is a lot about it on the net, there was a real Clair, and it was a story about him and her and there was nothing dodgy about it. Both of these songs are at the risk of an understandable but very unfortunate backlash against relationships between adult men and young girls that are very important for healthy development for girls. Unfortunately because the risk of abuse (and alarming incidence of it), the pendulum can sometimes swing too far and make innocent relationships seem dodgy. I mean I wouldn't do Clair as a song because it is a god awful song, but the lyrics would seem dodgy now. * because 'alone again, naturally' came on and I realised how dark the lyrics were. Sing something in a gentle way and noone notices.

perhaps he was saying it because of the boring well overlong last 3 minutes, if he wasn't he should have been

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Alternatively, a relatively cheap travel bass may be the answer. Having seen @MacDaddy's folding bass and guitar, I bought @Happy Jack one of these and he seems to like it too.

Hello to all !!

It certainly was an easy gig playing this bass, thoroughly recommended.

That toggle switch sounds like a great idea! I have a Metro and NYC and have always thought that a toggle switch would be preferable to the push/pull system on the VTC knob. Black hardware looks sweet as well.

There's just something about the maple isn't there.

4hrs ?? jings i'd struggle keeping that up for as long. Well done Blue. Shame about the accomodation. Good to see the gigs still coming in for you. All the best Dave

You'd hope that the sound engineers in the venues you play at would know the requirements of mixing bass for different genres... but to be honest, if they can't do that, thats still the least of your worries! To be honest, with the tech available today, you should be able to rock up with a DI feed that outputs exactly that you want. If you need to carry around a small monitor do so... but if your sound is that important, get your pedal board in line, get a speaker emulator on it... and work on your tone being right out that DI. Then anything you need on stage, FRFR it. I still don't understand why people are so reluctant to make use of tech that will actually make them sound better... or correction, make the whole band sound better. Exactly - the biggest benefit you can get from IEMs is in small, problematic venues. Less bleed into mics, you can lose the monitors - which gives you a load more headroom before feedback. Experience is defo a large factor here - having been on both sides of the equation, the benefits of low stage volume is defo rewarded at FOH. I can't understand why any band would want to compromise on their FOH sound just because they must have their on stage racket (and still complain they can't hear properly). At the end of the day, these are the folk that have all got tinnitus coming to them... The best thing I ever did was buy a set of IEMs that cost more than my rig. And you know what, they sound better too. And I don't have ringing ears after the event. And I can hear everything else on stage... and I got talk back so there's no shouting trying to get heard.

I'm sorry... Ashdown... transparent?

Go with your heart. If you gig a lot nobody will be able to tell the difference in any case or maybe

How about some nylon tapewounds?

Played a pretty empty football club last night. But those who were there enjoyed it. And we worked hard and got people dancing which I regard as 'the job'. I'd spent the day playing with various configurations of pedals, planned out an outrageous two amp set up, just because. Then left the pedal board at home and of course being the PA guy I had no time to set up my gear anyway so went with the tried and tested Trace/Barefaced combination.

I was searching Google for "medium scale fender precision bass", and it came up.

Just back from practice, where I had my first real chance to test the quilter on it's own, and tinker with the sound. All other times have been straight into a gig and away, so I used helix presets. Tonight I used just the quilter units own and wow. Amazing clarity. And I mean amazing. You know how you can normally hear your open e string with authority, and other strings and notes are less noticeable? Well, it's like an open e on every string. I'd been playing with the gain and master to get a rich, slightly compressing sound, and boy, did it work. I seem to suck the mids out of whatever bass or amp I play, so tonight genuinely was the first time in 25 years I've had a great sound that also sat great in the mix. Lovely and even and crystal clear without being harsh. I've been having gas for a full on svt, and svtii for the last 3 weeks. Nearly bit the bullet a few times. But after tonight? No. Not interested one bit. I've found the tone I'm after. Love it. Any who, for those interested here are 2 sounds I had. The first was at very low levels in the house, playing just the bass. The other is at practice in the band setting. Playing through a g&l lb100 and laney 4x10 n cab. Interesting how live in the band setting the bass is rolled back, and mid/high lowered.

Sunburst (any burst) guitars should be put in their own grubby little thread where they can't offend me. I've lost count of the number of times (at least twice) I've read the description and told myself "I've always wanted one of them". I open the thread and see that the price is right, "NOW you've got my attention". It's not a million miles away, "could this be the one?" Scroll down the first image to reveal the headstock..."yes'm"... neck... "yep, it's a neck"... body... "no chance" It damn well breaks my heart.

Here's a shot of me practicing, with unfeasibly short legs. I'm actually 6 feet tall but somehow look like Tattoo in this picture. 😂

Makes them pretty secure but hard to get them off the wall when you want to play them!