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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.

If there are they must be deaf! I've only used it with at 8ohm with a laney 4x10 and even outside, I dont get it past around 200w. Although I'm sure theres some people on the forums who have said they have run x2 4ohm cabs without issue.

Erm, I traded it for a Warwick Thumb. I am immensely happy

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Hi all , the first 4 String bass is still in progress, just a few minor adjustments done on the neck ...

He's messing with my head again. . . . . . .

I think there's a lot of confusion here, no one is saying you either go clean or use an amp, what we are saying is what is this signature bass tone that the amp and cabs are creating that can't be created any other way other than a huge amp at full volume. The clean DI can go to whatever processing you want either at the desk end or near the actual player. I'd wager there's a bass player out there getting a killer Lemmy sound without an amp.

Hi all! 19 yo from UK, been playing for almost 4 years. Started out on my brothers p style Gear4Music bass, (I didn't know good guitars at that point!!) then after about two years bought an Ibanez GSR180 and loved it. Recently bought MIJ 62 reissue Fender Jazz which I am in love with. (gotta thank student loan for giving me the ability to buy one) been playing bass in my past two church bands throughout the 4 years, and have enjoyed every second of it!!

Looks like a Vintage Modified Indonesian made model from 2010 according to the serial number. They have Duncan Designed on the pickups.

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.

Well here you go folks, here's my 3 31.5" scale ACC 6 strings. I'm delighted with them, and I'm also going to be adding an ACG 5er soon too. Eude

I've recently started a podcast with and about bass players here in NL and I really enjoy the responses I get. Very positive.

https://www.dv247.com/en_GB/GBP/brands/sandberg

Update to the update: Used the Player at the gig and it went fantastic. In the past when I’ve used basses other than my US Standards although they’ve been ok I’ve not felt entirely comfortable. Tonight I did. That for me says it all, and am very happy with this result.

Slappy through the ages. 16 years old with a fag, to 57 with specs! Check the mullet

Like this? I swapped out the non oem pearloid white scratchplate for a black one....