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How It Works: #23 - Market Regulation CMA insists Fender cease resale price maintenance Online retailers discount the t1ts off everything Fender. Small local music shops go out of business Online retailers put their prices back up higher than they were Consumers pay more than they did before CMA pats itself on the back for a job well done CMA spod gets peerage and a consultancy gig with online retailer

Nearly there... Just picked up from Strung Out Guitars in Glasgow, who have fitted the neck, new bone nut, shielded the cavities and wired up all the electrics... Minor buzz on the E string above the 12th fret which they reckon might dissapate once the neck settles, if not it might need some additional fret redressing later... Still to fit the string tree and thumb rest, which I'm going for the functional option of above the E string along the line of the neck, rather than the aesthetically more common / traditional placement... Sounds great running through the shops wee practice amp, full run through at rehearsal tonight...👍😎👍

I wish they would. Nasty, scratchy little things..

Winner!

The watchdog fined Casio £3.7m in August for restricting online discounts for its digital pianos and keyboards. I knew they'd catch up with Casio , after all the clock was ticking.

Spray-Tanny Yammy

Manchesturd?

Fine praise indeed and I can echo all of the above regarding their customer service! Best in the biz, a cut above! Have some more eye candy...

The best cowbell song hands down or if you see how quick they go live, probably cocaine fuelled https://youtu.be/5R-voFL4ZL8

It’s almost done just need to put my logo on it and wire in the jack socket on the back I don’t think it’s come out too bad for s first attempt...........😀

'Nicotine Regret' Or 'Smokers Lung'

Personally I’d call that ‘tequila skidmark’ but I’ll vote Brown just to back you up 👍🏼

Looks stunning that Kev! I was lucky enough to see this one the first time they created it, and also post refinish / pre rebuild as mine's recently been in for a service (it may look really pretty, but I work it damn hard!). Photos really do not do this bass justice, as I think any crazyburl bass. I've had someone tell me mine looks like it's faded in the past... it definitely hasn't faded, and like I said, it's worked hard since she landed with me in March so I see a lot of it! So, some thoughts on the Alpher now it's settled in? Well, the bass still leaves me speechless. Even as my daily driver, I've had moments of "Oh I should maybe take the Jazz to this gig because I don't want to risk marking it" and such... But I just can't bring myself to not take it out. The only time I left it at home was when I was playing at Glasto this year - given that I was staying the entire weekend, I didn't fancy leaving it unattended in a camper van for a good while, and the Jazz came back covered in suncream, so no damage done there! I need to give a shout out to the guys who make it, Chris and Al. They REALLY know their stuff and the attention to detail is on another level. You could talk for hours with them about finishes, construction, electronics and come away with something new, and all this is applied to the basses too. The customer service is just as high as well. I had an issue with two of my Aguilar pickup covers splitting. Mentioned it in passing to Chris, and before I knew it, he'd got two new ones ordered and got the bass in ASAP. I asked him to put some new strings (which I provided) on it, and came away with no charge for the setup. Can't fault that! Build process, whilst being built I was kept very well informed with progress, and lots of pics too. It's always great to see it being crafted and pieced together, as you can really see what goes into it. So, yes, they're expensive... but as a working pro who's had all sorts, is it worth it? Absolutely!

It's just one or two extra boxes. Everyone knows what plugs in where and with a digital desk you just recall a saved scene and tweak. Our sound check lasts approximately 3 minutes, unless the venue is really bad (at which point it would take longer regardless of which rig), and that includes checking a song with backing track, a song where both guitars are electric and a song where singer switches to acoustic. The only time we would save by not using subs is one trip to the van. On another plus side, the subs have a smaller footprint than a tripod speaker stand so it leaves more floor space at small gigs.

Picked up this earlier in the week. EuroLT. Needed a bit of work despite only being a couple of months old. Truss rod wasn't doing anything at all. That said, it now plays nicely. This is my first foray into Spectors; initial impressions? Well it's very pretty, forking tiny compared to my Lulls, nice chunky neck profile, fairly lightweight, balances nicely. Due to work commitments (and two lost evenings working on it!), I haven't really noodled much, but it's very lively...will do so in the next day or two.

Well i’am now the proud owner of this amazing Vanderkley rig & it came with official Vanderkley amp case,covers,case & Gator gig bag with rack ears & a Korg pitch black tuner! What a lucky man i’am! All in amazing as new condition! 🤗

I went all Alpher again 🥰

This arrived this morning. 😁 I'm a self-confessed fan of BF gear after having several of their 2x12 models over recent years, but wanted to have something a little more old skool sounding this time around. Went for the painted finish as used on the 12" speaker models. The finish is superb and it sounds great (I certainly managed to get a few things rattling around the house earlier). Very pleased and look forward to gigging with it when the time comes.

Frets are on and the first coat of oil is drying

Fingerboard and head veneer in place.

No need - it's very similar to normal maple except much darker and none of mine have required any treatment whatsoever. Unlike normal maple which can show the dirt. As always, it's best for people to experience something before commenting on it - there are plenty of instruments out there in shops with roasted maple necks - just go and try one then you'll experience/see for yourself.

Yeah that's the one, the crazy burl is another option on top of that. I think the best way to have an Alpher is just have all the options. Go as wild as you can haha.

Pumpkin and Tizer turd brown and toilet duck blue That original bass in thread looks like it has a roll of Andrex where the pick up should be

Spoke with my chum last night and rewinding is certainly an option. All sorts of possibilities

Challenge accepted!

Technically, it's the reverse of a coil split, splitting the two coils of a humbucker into singles, or combing two singles into a bucker, in this case. A coil tap would split both coils part way through, lowering output and thinning the sound whilst remaining a humbucker. The two are often confused, but not the same thing. I don't doubt the bloke's passion, it's the misjudgment of the value of his output which is the headscratcher. Most would be embarrassed to show these things off in public, let alone sell them. I know we were discouraged from discussing his listings as he is member here, but this stuff is put out and advertisd in public, at what most would consider disproportionately high prices. If I didn't want opinions expressed, I'd play alone in the house, but I head out numerous times a week to do it in front of people. If they like what I do, great, but if they think I'm crap, well that is their opinion which they are free to express, to others or directly to me. I know that if the majority of feedback was that I wasn't any good, I might not put quite so much stock in subjecting people to my racket! I hope, and am sure, in fact, that he enjoys what he does, but that is where the value of these really lies. As items in their own right they are laughable at best, and often a bit unsettling in their butchered and bodged nature, which is why they garner the responses they do. Everyone needs a hobby, and it's a free country- but these listing deserve everything they get, here and across the internet. Sorry Mark, if you're reading any of this. Passion, enthusiasm, and creative thinking are to be encouraged and celebrated. It has to be tempered with a sense of perspective, though.

I wouldn’t worry too much about giving your age away. Those things came out years after I started playing. In my day it was Kays and Hondos, with the odd CMI or Aria if you were lucky.

Tobacco burst (light brown with a dark brown edge) so not only is it brown, it's two different browns

Reminds me of the ochre smudge of pollution that sits over Manchester on a bright day. So marketing probably called it Squitburst. Or Honeyturd.

God, that would suck wouldn’t it.... ”I hate brown basses” *buys brown bass* As an aside, I had a brown bass once. Don’t anymore though.

I've already got too many basses, I'm already in the process of selling a couple (perhaps 3 now) And I do not need another bass, I do not need another bass, I do not need another bass.... But I want one of these......

Done a bit more yesterday......... Just need to cut the bottom and cover with some black faux leather I’ve found at work............😀

I remember the ’Woolies’ stuff too. Think a lot of it was marketed under the ‘Audition’ brand IIRC. I had a similar amp to an Audition, which was badged as a Zenta. Separate 10 watt head that clipped onto a speaker cab. The amp had reverb as well! My first electric that I played into it was a no name red 335 style guitar, followed by an Avon Les Paul copy and then a sunburst Antoria. Soon after that ( aged 14) my mate wanted to buy a guitar so we got a cheap day return on the train to London, where we spent the day up and down Shaftesbury Ave and Charing Cross Road. After trying out endless guitars he settled for a Columbus SG, I think in a brown colour. Bolt on neck meant he didn’t need a whammy bar..... 😄

I have a downer around the small jazz jam scene, at the moment. But If you are serious about being a competent all round bass player you can't ignore Jazz. In fact i go one step further and say it is the most important skill you will learn. So it should be studied, you will find every other form of music you get involved in, will benefit, all the jazz tools will come in handy. Country R&B Rock. I much prefer big band standards and reading arrangements in the larger band situation but many parts that you will be presented with will contain white space ( chord passages where you will be expected to improvise) which is why i put myself through the agony of Jazz jams - keep the tools sharp +1 for Kind of Blue is the best jazz album I have.

I really think it all comes down to whether you have someone to spend enough time and effort to set it all up and to run it on a gig , to run a full frequency PA , micing it up and have someone out front mixing it, is just way more prone to grief than getting a nice tight sound from a minimum of kit. the idea is great in principle , but when you are doing mainly £250 pub gigs we were not fussed , if you were commanding big money functions with a sound man , it is possibly another story

TInkering for tinkering's sake, like adding odd coloured knobs or jamming inappropriately sized pickups into existing routs. There'll be some spiel in the description about aiming for specific tone goals or improving player comfort, purely to justify incessant bodgery and the urge to replace parts for no real practical reason so he can claim he built the instrument and write his name on it in biro. On the rare occasion he can leave an instrument alone they look alright. Way overpriced and play/sound like sh!t going off the videos but you could gig them with a bit of work and a new nut. This thing though, if you turned up to a gig with that you'd be sectioned before the end of the soundcheck.

We've played Wembley and managed just fine without subs! ...ok technically it was the Jubilee Line Underground 😂

This has just turned up on the website http://www.basscentre.com/british-bass-masters/bbm-betsy.html

Don't forget to use snake oil on your roasted maple neck...

One. Happy. Customer

I assume this is how you roast maple...?

The Beach Boys’ Good Vibrations, magnificent from start to finish

In fact, if you are anywhere in the vicinity of a Bass Bash you can try all sorts of basses and talk to a load of folk who know their stuff in a far less freaky atmosphere than that of a music shop surrounded by people who are interested in a sale rather than you finding a bass you really like. One of the brilliant things about this forum and the Bass Bashes is that since I’ve been a member every time I’ve entered a shop to buy something I am fully informed with brilliant unbiased info and can make my choices with a wealth of BC knowledge behind me. Go to a shop or a Bash try out everything, discuss any issues on here with the vast hive mind of experts and then buy a bass from the BC marketplace where you’ll get a much better bass than you may be able to afford if you bought it new... ...I sound like a fanatic don’t I? It’s just BC has completely, top to bottom, revolutionised every aspect of my bass playing experience. I wish I’d had access to something like this when I started out but, there were steam engines then, weren’t there.

Don't talk to him....he's one of them... OK, maybe just a little bit....but watch what you say 😉😉