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Tell me about it... Nobody EVER listens to me and I'm constantly having to explain myself... Most often to the police...

I saw this thread and actually thought someone had bought one of those 15 grand jobbies!

A quiet bass bash? Not much chance of that 😉

WTF. This the first ever bass drop, why nobody mentioned it ? And yes Tony Levin and Bill Bruford certainly commited THE bass drop with Indiscipline ! My all time favourite tune.

Sorry, been locked up and no-one to talk to... so Let's talk about planes! They're a bit like basses, you always 'need' just one more. In recent years I've thinned mine a lot but still have around 10 or so (plus all the specialist variants like shoulder planes, rebates, router planes etc etc). Christine mentioned older Records - mighty fine they are (or can be). Pic below of a Record 'SS' No3 (SS means 'Stay-Set' and they have a 2-part cap iron which I rate highly, some others don't like 'em). Got this No3 on the Bay for around £30 a few years ago. Added a new Hock iron (the blade / cutter is called an iron or cutting iron) and spent time tuning - total strip down, seat the frog to body properly, flat the sole (when doing this load the plane up, I mean fit 2-part iron, tighten etc so the body is under working load, then flatten with the cutter safely withdrawn back from the sole). Stripped and painted my mucky green brand colour, but if you want to restore the Record blue, get Humbrol or similar 'roundel blue' - it's an amazing match to the original. This Record is now proper hot and will take 2- 3 thou shaving off cross grain, plus it handles difficult woods (reversing grain) really well. I do recommend the original 'Crucible Steel' irons on Records, but also the Quangsheng replacement irons - very fair price and excellent steels. The Hock is considerably more expensive but takes a really fine edge. The wood plane is interesting - again hotted up into a fine panel smoother (technically it's a jack plane). Note the double iron - very hefty forged cutter, supported by an equally hefty cap. Those Sheffield forged cutting irons are truly fabulous - high carbon super-hard and super-fine tool steel forged onto a malleable steel 'back'. You just can't buy planes with cutters like this now, but on the Bay you'll find one for under 20 quid. Seriously those forged irons of old are sublime. I did a box (boxwood) insert on this one to tighten the mouth a lot. Spent a good while flatting the back of iron back to a polish, and tuning the cap iron so it closes micro-tight onto the iron. If anyone's interested in planes like me, I'll get some pics of my Sparks handmade planes next - his plane adjusting hammer is visible in pic 1 best go make something now...

Even though music is my living, my band has acknowledged early on in this pandemic that our gigs and rehearsals will not be happening for some time. Watching the news now with scenes of people over the weekend blatantly ignoring guidelines on dealing with the situation because they don’t care about others or think it doesn’t apply to them makes me both sad and angry. We have to accept that things will not be the same for a long time ( if ever ) and change our behaviour accordingly.

Being a "calculated risk person" is fine if the risk is yours. If you get it wrong, it only affects you. If the risk is to others and you get it wrong that's a whole different ball game. We won't be rehearsing any time soon. We'll work on some new songs at home, then put the parts together when we can.

This is my favourite PiL era Jah Wobble tracks, the bass on this has a simple but massive groove. And here's a Covid-19 Buy One Get One Free offer, The rhythm guitar on this is actually a distorted 6 string bass according to Peter Hook's Unknown Pleasures book;

Never heard the term 'bass drop' before, but kind of get the idea now someone's used something I recognise as an example. The band I'm in is 100% Grateful Dead, and the Other One is always popular with us and our audiences.

Finally after a year of waiting I finally received my custom order MTD. Can quite safely say it's the best instrument I have ever set my hands on. Playability, tone is unreal and it looks incredible. Also incredibly light! I am now hooked.. already scouring the web for more...

As the “heart & soul" of “ALL THAT IS", us Bassists know how important the rhythm is... To the ignorant & self-absorbed, the bass is a “WTF" instrument. However, to the informed and educated, the Bass IS the ROOT of music... So what I wanna know is...... What's the BIGGEST BASS DROP, EVER?!! Something crazy, like this?... ...but obviously not Muse ‘cos they are despicable... Maybe this?... ?!?!?!?... ACTUALLY, IT'S THIS!!... Obvs... Anyways... What you guys got?!! You know “it's gotta be big..." Was gonna take the p*** with this but that IS a friendly, funky bass line!!!... GO ON... GIVE US YER' BEST BASS SHOT!!!.... * Disclaimer, mention of fish being dropped may appear in this thread.

Over the years ive sold a couple of things on here that have got lost in the post. I wasted time trying to track them down, and had to refund the buyers while i waited for the courier company to refund me. Not a smooth transaction and in one case i never got a refund so was out of pocket. I’m happy to post some items, but if i say collection only ill stick to it, because ive decided if it goes tits up i dont want the extra time and hassle of sorting it out, and possibly being a lot of money out of pocket. I’m not sure of the legal implications but I’m sure the buyer will have to do all the chasing if it doesn’t turn up. My choice and I’m happy to lose out on a sale because of it.

17 posts about a rattling bass and not one mention of the word Rickenbacker. Is everyone OK?

My two year old daughter has a clear preference for her favourite bass... based on sound not looks!!!

I use the Dunlop Tortex Triangles - essentially due to its shape you get three points on it, so 3 picks for the price of one. I`m a confirmed pick player, used 1.14mm for years, then dropped a bit to 1mm. I`ve now reduced again to 0.88mm, I find them a little bit easier to do intricate riffs with plus, and a rather strange one here, I`ve always like the sound when using the nail on my index finger to play with, and the 0.88s are the pick that sound nearest to that, so I have two reasons to use them. They also have a very cool tortoise on them.

Short scale then 😁🎸

I’ve had half an hour with it today, still lovely

This. 15 seconds in. Boom.

Are you Fieldy?

Well, I've received all the supplies, and finally pulled my thumb out and made the first steps towards my apocalypse /quarantine project last night. It will be having a respray (experimenting a bit, but fingers crossed it'll work out okay!), I'm going to attempt to make a pickguard, and fitting new knobs. Did toy with changing the pickups and pots, but in all honestly there's nothing wrong with it at all! Will keep you updated with my progress. 👍 N. B. Excuse the nappy bags, they were just handy to put the hardware in!

I think you’re right, it’s going to be a very long time. I can’t see travel restrictions being relaxed until well into the autumn. Social distancing they reckon could be for a year. If that’s how long it takes, then so be it.

If it is a bass, I'd like to see some stats - weight, width of neck at the nut, spring spacing at the bridge.

Lucky, you might have found it a little quiet

An interesting take on the Beatles Paul. You’ve got us thinking. I freely admit I’m biased but I think every song of theirs has at least a flash of gold. For example, Yellow Submarine is an absolute pinnacle of lightweight kiddie-pop. Bloody annoying after 2 minutes though.

Just listened to the Bach prelude from cello suite 1. Just feel it could have had a bit more expression- it was very metronomic, and zero changes in dynamics. Just my opinion of course, but sometimes you have to question why you are performing such a towering masterwork if the instrument you are playing it on cannot express what the composer was saying.

The bass intro which starts at just after 5:00 in this version often featured the biggest Phil Bombs, especially during the Wall Of Sound era. Always loved playing this myself in various hippie bands I played in over the 70s and 80s.

Not at all boring, dear Mr Toad, not in the slightest... but it's kind of “a given" that Flea is gonna inject something... Where & what, who knows?... Seriously though, any track that this particular Siphonaptera is a part of WILL very often be pretty darn A-Awesome!! Oh my!!!.... BIG BASS DROP!!!! 1:40 (if you can't wait) Such a despicable band... Hate to love ‘em!!

Just smile and nod politely... 😄

Contender for best thread title of 2020.

I cant work because my tools are for service and all the shops are closed due coronavirus.but here is a pic holding the two 5ers

You can have synth fun with a bass. Every now and then I have a listen to this to remind myself that a bit of commitment to your instrument never hurts. Damn youngsters with their commitment. 😁 Using a Source Audio Hot Hand on bass.

Personally, I think bands practicing is a no no in the current situation.

As pointed out its your list So no such thing as a bad choice. But cut Eleanor Rigby? Seriously? The string arrangement is wonderful.

This since I got it a year ago....immediate bond.

I dropped a bass once. That was the last time I trusted blummin' schaller strap locks.

Can't decide whether to look up 'bass drop' to find out what the expression is intended to signify or ask here. Maybe I'm better off not knowing.

I can always find more The unique Percy Jones on fretless P bass

I think it says a great deal that I'm writing this very positive comment on a recent deal with Andy on p6 of his feedback. Each page is a glowing testament to this man's credibility, integrity and good nature. This is a very good man (with immense talent to boot). Our most recent deal (there have been many) involved the delivery of a case. As ever, the transaction was faultless and the item is in much better condition than I'd thought. This titan of BC even delivered personally on a Sunday afternoon. Legend.

@yorks5stringer is right. If you use the search function, there is still a thread explaining! An annual sub is £20, then you can sell as many items as you want, no additional fees.

Welcome Andy. We call that a bout of GAS (Gear Addiction Syndrome) in these parts. The gear rabbit hole is a whole other euphemism. I'm so glad you didn't say you had been up the gear rabbit hole else we'd have had to shop you to the RSPCA.

Looks skilled, but no, I can't listen to this. Well, its probably too mainstream and boring, but, Flea immediately injects energy into Aeroplane with his bassline and, my goodness, the full bass solo is funky, full of character and perfectly formed. It's like listening to his best advice on how to be a RHCP. Funky, underrated, damn tight and, I think one of their best musically.

Bakithi Kumalo didn't play that break. They edited what he did play and the second bar is just the first bar backwards. He said he tried to play the break but couldn't do it. He approximates it on stage.

Wow! Beautiful!

Probably Birdland (swung like the version on 8:30), or Mike Stern's Chromazone. (Tom Kennedy is awesone btw)

I had an MIJ Squier 32" Precision - which had previously been through the hands of many on here - and it was one of the finest sounding P basses I have had. Really organic and woody. And it does make a surprising difference even though it is only 2" shorter. I currently have a Frankenstein bass that has the body of a cheap double cutaway bass with an Entwistle precision pickup married with a 32" scale neck from a Hondo II. It also, surprisingly, sounds like a Precision albeit an aggressive one. I have also had a Fender Musicmaster that had a P bass pickup installed - a Wizard Thumper as I recall - and it sounded great but more like a Mustang than a Precision. Not a bad thing, just different. Perhaps (cow poop theory alert) the reduction to 30" scale changes the fundamental Precision bass tone no matter what? But having said that there is absolutely nowt wrong with a Mustang, tbf. They have the old school Fender vibe and sound. I currently have a Squier VM Mustang that had a Nordstrand pickup upgrade and it sounds bloomin' lovely. Which, if you happened to find yourself in the Essex Riviera at any point, you would be welcome to borrow for a while to see if it was a fit.