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More legal shenanigans. Guitar.com reports that Heritage Guitars of Kalamazoo, Michigan are counter-suing Gibson after the latter accused Heritage of trademark infringement. This is despite the existence of an existing 30 year-old legal agreement between the two companies that allowed Heritage to make guitars that looked pretty much like Gibsons (apart from the headstock). Guitar.com story here. The irony is that Heritage only came into being when Gibson shut down their Kalamazoo plant leaving behind the workers and the machinery that had produced the classic old Gibson electrics. In a sort of local MBO the workers kept the plant going, turning out guitars that many believed were equal to or better than modern Gibsons. This is the latest in a round of litigations initiated by Gibson's new team. Yet, in December 2019 Gibson exec Cesar Gueikian claimed: '“We inherited, from the previous owners, a legacy of confrontation and litigation, which we have essentially now been putting to bed. There are literally just one or two situations that we haven’t been able to resolve amicably, and not because of a lack of intention on our side. But everything else, why not collaborate with those who are doing really cool things?” Some people might suggest that aggressive litigation is very much at the centre of Gibson's 'collaborative' ethos and that despite their many emollient pronouncements to the contrary Mr Gueikian and his hirsute boss Mr James Curleigh are in fact lying f**kface rat bastards, spawned from the sphincter of a satanic 'luxury brand' hedge fund that's more interested in shutting down competitors prior to selling the company on at a profit. These accusers would - of course - be completely wrong. It is plain to the meanest intelligence that Gibson merely wants to be everybody's friend and just concentrate on channelling their passion for really, really great guitars.

Watching that was like having sex. A long, drawn out, torturous procedure ending in a predictable and disappointingly brief eruption.

Come across this a while ago - The Bass of Spades?

Touché

Looks like a bass with a beer gut. The way its dressed in white and gold kind of reminds me of Elvis in his final years

I can't stop thinking about these chaps for some reason...

I prefer gold on white. Warms it up. Chrome just looks cold.😉

But I guess I can't complain: I spent a while discussing the P7 model with Andertons and then the guy offered me a discount based on V7 pricing and managed to send out a V7 rather than a P7 before I spotted what he'd done. Happy ending is that they're going to swap the basses to get me the P7 I was after but stick to the discounted price they had given me. So apart from the slight inconvenience and delay, it's not a bad result!

Anyone with an Apple device who doesn’t own this needs to get this now as it’s been made temporarily free! https://apps.apple.com/us/app/minimoog-model-d-synthesizer/id1339418001

Afraid it looks like a child has drawn a melted wax candle and got some old fruit and nut wrappers to make the hardware. Dimensions seem to be based on my fat bum. Not a winner in my books

I was having a scrabble around a local music shop today and this track came on. Immediately my ears were on high alert when this record came on. Imo it is just superb. Fantastic groove bass (I think) by Cameron Dawson. .. Amazing voice he has also.. Ive no idea why there is a Jack Russel running around.

This is a touch unusual being white blonde ash with rosewood. You can just see the grain in some lights. These pics make it a little lighter than it is in the flesh. Very few of these made as far as I can tell. I just play bass for fun and on recordings. This has some old flats on it and it does that deep warm Motown thump and bump wonderfully. Lovely smooth very dark chocolate rosewood with hints of chestnut. Ebony wood pull bar. Very nice pickups and has a sort of vintage vibe look without being vintage or a reissue. Anyone else have one?

Finally after 18 months of talking about it. It’s here. Arrived this morning and I’m very pleased. Quick play with the Status. Paired with the CN212 and it sounds awesome. Intuitive to use and very small! I have a gig tonight and it’s coming along!

But he looks so cool!... Mummy, mummy.. look at me, I'm Elvis Presley. Jim-Jim go poo-poo now mummy.

Does look nice doesn't it? Amazing how much a pickguard changes a bass.

I just remembered this one.

So only a couple of weeks later I’ve now found my second SR. An 1805 Premium bought from @Wilco of this parish. Over the moon with these two.

Officially, two Lulls, two Spectors, a Hamer, an Aria. I think my wife suspects this not to be accurate.

Do it. Over the last couple of years I have taken a few TE heads out of combos and built cases or installed them in 19 inch racks. It makes classic old gear portable and usable. I use my Trace heads with Barefaced or Vanderkley lightweight neo cabs, they sound superb (better than original combos!) I do not like butchering classic gear, but you can keep combo cabs to retrofit in future if you feel the need and have the space! There is a very limited market for heavy old Trace cabs whereas the heads stiill seem very popular (especially with me!) Good luck.

Does that explain the shortage of tissues and toilet paper ? Asking for a friend............

Yep. Working on modes and minor scales.

Off the chart, bottom left.

I asked. Simple as that. I got the bass from Thomanns, who didnt have the bags (as they aren’t supplied with the basses outside the USA), so i emailed the CEO of Sire to ask how i could get hold of a couple, as i planned on getting a second bass. Obviously i hyped my enthusiasm up a bit, did a bit of gushing etc, and he said he would send me two, all i had to do was pay for delivery. We worked out that delivery was going to be quite and bit so he said forget paying that and just got them sent to me. Now THATS customer service.

Looks like you, me and Sylvia will be plenty warm when we get tied to a stake and burned. The irony is that it will be by folk who think relic'd basses are classy. 😁

"I promise I won't noodle over your bass solo" "This one's in G"

Tell that to Jens Ritter... 😉

Ideal for playing at the local hop.

Srsly?

Only place Gold hardware ever looked good was on BA Baracus

Oh dear. Not Marcus Bell (Employee at SIMS) - otherwise known as @OC-2 ?! 🤦‍♂️ I know Sims have chanced it before with promoting their wares on here without paying - I've turned a blind eye even after emailing and being ignored... but this is pretty low. Enough to put me off ever buying one, anyway. Guys - one last time - if you want to advertise, pay like everyone else...

Ashdown Little Stubby into a Baer ML112 ❤️❤️ As punchy or as smooth as you like, depending on how you set the feedback control on the amp, and the 6" driver in the cab gives a real presence to the sound in the mix. Plenty loud enough for me to gig with, too.

I did just that & it arrived this morning. What an amazing bass

I’ve just acquired a Stomp (again) and looking forward to going full IEM for the foreseeable future. I still have a good rig for when needed or a special occasion but having had an amp failure a few weeks ago and having no option but to go direct it was grand and I’m happy to embrace it.

Congrats!! I very nearly bought that bass off Paul myself! They really are superb basses. You've caught the bug** haven't you? You'll soon be surpassing my modest hoard of 3 Ibbys and Woody's stash of 6,359 which he keeps in a shed together with 6 months' loo roll and tinned bean supplies 😁 **Ibanez not the OTHER one...

I started using an Ampeg SVT-7 Pro recently, and it’s much more grown up in its power delivery that the other light weight amps I’ve used in the past. The tube preamp, compressor and ultra high/low buttons give it bags of personality. It brings my instruments to life in a way to date none of the super small heads have. And as far as willy waving goes: 1000w at 4ohms! Let’s just hope it doesn’t break like the early models did! In the event that the SVT decided to fry itself, I carry a Quilter BB800 around as backup- a little rough around the edges in terms of sound but also punches well and is very small if that’s important to you. The Tonehammer 500 would also rank highly on my list, but only if you plan to run it either at low volumes or through big cabinets- it gets a bit shouty/out of breath at high volumes.

Ah well, he came clean in the end. Not worth getting angry over. I’d suggest that Sims/Marcus need to sort an affiliate page up. Love a lot of the things they do as a company - and we’re a captive audience for a lot of their products. We can be a spiky crew at times - I think we need to chill out; Marcus, have a word with Martin and set up a nice Basschat discount code - then I can find my donor BB for the poo brown sparkle bass...

Speaking of NE2s they really do look completely crap when they go for white with gold , far worse than turdburst, don't they? Can't imagine any self respecting bass player touring with Eric Clapton or Phil Collins would ever be seen dead playing one. Amateurs eh?

When I had my all white bass built, I did contemplate white pickups - but my OCD wouldn’t allow the slight mismatch of white. And I went with a nickel nut to match the frets.

Ok, no more wonky stick, it's done. It's a lovely looking thing but I bit off way more than I could chew with this one. I'm going back to basics for the next one for two reasons - a) to get a real sense of my progress since the first one and b) because I actually need another solid giggable bass!