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https://www.getintothis.co.uk/2020/05/dawsons-music-saved-by-manchester-entrepreneur-from-going-out-of-business/ Great Local firm - an established MI retailer has salvaged the company and staff. Made up for all of my old colleagues.

Feed every AC/DC song into an AI bot and see what the result is? Why not eh. Sounds mostly like For Those About To Rock, but the lyrics are just a jumble. The opening riff is cool tho! https://loudwire.com/artificial-intelligence-bot-writes-ac-dc-song-great-balls/

Thought my Custom Shop Chrome CTM 300 would be appreciated here

Welcome 🙂 What a beautiful pair of Jazz basses. Dont hang around here too long. You’ll end up buying loads of “essential” gear you didn’t previously know existed, discover that all your current gear is too heavy, and find yourself in heated debate about things that aren’t real like “Heft”... 😐 Here are a couple stock phrases that will stand you in good stead and save time if you copy and paste them into a handy file upfront 👍 “It’s all in the fingers” - used in reply to any suggestion that different basses / amps are capable of affecting tone in any way whatsoever. ”Jaco only needed 4 strings” - Useful in reply to any topic regarding a bass with 5 or more strings 👍 This is especially poignant as it’s widely known that all bass players want to sound and play exactly like Jaco. “It’s one of the good ones” - Used when selling a Fender bass from the 70s to assure a buyer this particular instrument was on the right side of Fenders notoriously iffy QC at the time... Although as every bass sold on BC seems to be “one of the good ones” I’m not sure where this accusation comes from 🤔 Anyway just a few pointers 🙂 ... oh and if you discover which bass is best for metal can you let the rest of us know so we can finally close the site down and get back to whatever it was we were all doing before. 🎸 🤘

For clarity I simply said most audiences don’t care for slap bass. Fans of particular genres or specific bands can obviously go all in especially when it’s such an intrinsic part of the bands style - early Chilli Peppers, Level 42, Marcus et al. There’s defo some confirmation bias going on here (well it is a bass forum, right!). I’d much rather listen to a player play in time, play the right notes and if they can season it with some style and technique fair play. Likes on YT can be attributed to fans of the artist rather than fans of a technique or simply appreciation of a musician playing well. **Cue some slap video with a million hits 😀

Wanted to share my recommendation for these basses. To my ears and experience, this would be considered incredible tone for a 1k plus bass. Just insane quality for such a low price. Tuners - nice and tight, the G peg has a zone where it gets a bit crunchy but still works well. Keeps its tuning very very well. I've installed an extra string retainer for the A string as it lacked a bit of punch, but i didnt worry about doing it on a bass this cheap. Fingerboard - no dead spots, no fretwork needed whatsoever, and the bass intonates like a dream, totally in tune chords up high with flats is no mean feat. Neck - obviously no finish makes it nice and smooth, quite thick front to back but nothing outrageous. Truss rod works great and the relief is surprisingly even on either side of the neck (so far!). Neck pocket is insanely tight - best fit on a bass ive ever seen. Pickup - really clean, traditional sound, i have absolutely no issue with the stock pickup and have no reason to change it. Electronics - smooth range on the volume and tone controls, no 'off-to-on' feeling you get with some basses. Good amount of high-end to play with as you can hear in the demo, for my tastes i could use a tiny bit more but this is an easy and cheap fix. Bridge works perfectly well, id prefer threaded saddles but the bridge was installed perfectly so I wouldnt want to change the string position if i could. Pretty ordinary weight, tuners are nice and light so very little neck dive. I expected this bass to be good value for money but i didnt expect to prefer it over my American Vintage Fender P. Maybe that will pass but right now I cant recommend these enough.

Got it and still learning

For anyone enjoying this topic, a quick update. I'm waiting for delivery of my trussrod. I will need to widen my slot, which I intend to do slowly with sandpaper. I'll wait for the rod. As I only want to remove the appropriate amount and not more, that seems wise. Once I bung it in and slap the fretboard back on, the next job will be to repair the finish - or I'll be cutting myself when I play. I know the Elders of the Build have a plan in mind for reattaching the board, I assume I need wood glue, which I have. But what (if anything) should I get for repairs to the finish?

Julie's husband...

Who is Roger Walters?

When he decided to not continue with the band, instead of leaving he sued everyone to make sure noone could have it if he didn't. He lost, they continued and had quite a bit of success. If it was down to him there wouldn't be a pink floyd website for him to put his stuff on. I don't know him or them, but he doesn't appear to be that easy to work with, and obviously they do know him and can decide. And if you want someone else to do somehting to help you, I find going to them rather than just posting a video to all your fans to try and get round them is almost certainly the least likely way to get what you want.

We did a song in June last year - the bass pushes the tune - while it’s not an overly technical part, it’s one of those parts which if you lose the thread; you’re goosed...the rest of the band sat and watched me in the control room. Obviously in the spirit of “banter” etc, they filmed me and were gooning off to wind me up...nailed it in two takes. And not for mistakes - just so he had two takes. The guitarist (who’s now left) took 30 or so takes on a guitar part for the same song. I listen back now and feel my part is a bit robotic and “going through the motions”. in response to the OP - I was a huge Novoselic fan, I liked his gritty, rubbery bass sound. Lounge Act from Nevermind is still one of my favourite basslines. The isolated bass track makes very little or no sense without the other parts - the drum track and bassline sync together wonderfully - the Dave Grohl/Nevermind version much more than the “Bleach” sessions version.

I concur. There’s currently a young lady doing pretty unspectacular covers in her kitchen doing the rounds on Facebook. Her engagement figures are huge and there’s the typical male leches making the expected comments. If I played exactly the same, or indeed pretty much any of us, our “likes” or “views” or whatever measure you want to use are unlikely to get out of single figures. This isnt putting the girl down, it’s more a sad reflection on males.

I've always owned an acoustic guitar that I've used for writing purposes although I never put much effort into being a guitarist. A few years ago a only band I ever played electric guitar in (C1990) was revived and I needed a suitable instrument, I cashed in some Argos vouchers and got a Squier tele. I changed the scratchplate to black when Rick Parfitt died (we shared the same birthday) I found I actually enjoyed playing it and after the other "serious" guitarist quit last year I ended up as sole guitarist in the band and haven't felt the need to upgrade. If you think I look weird you should see the rest of the band.

I think they were only there for the pick playing 😁 Very well played though. All 3 styles executed perfectly.

It's a bit like discovering the opposite sex when you were a teenager. It's different and really quite pleasurable. After a few fumbling attempts at the unfamiliar bottom end you soon feel at home🙂

As would it be useful to have " Brought a spare and used both because I could" - which is really my answer. That said never had either of the two fail at a gig... When I was playing in a function/wedding band this was my standard setup... We'd to three 45 min sets and I'd either do alternate sets or maybe do one (or two at most) change in course of a set (which took less than 5 seconds because of the Lehle switcher pedal) depending on the songs in the set. Could play the whole set with either bass fine, of course, but hey! Like they say, you never buy an insurance policy hoping that you'll use it but, if you ever DO have to use it you'll be glad you had it...

Weird not to have an option for “Sometimes take one”. I often don’t for small gigs, or for church, but will if it’s a major gig or recording. And I have needed my backup recently - was doing a TV recording with my 64P, and had grounding hum issues due to the way they are wired - thankfully had my 60P with me.

And my final instalment - this cheep Sonicake Volume / Wah!

I've had 30 mins with it so far. First impressions - it's remarkable, and not just for the money. The Low B is full and fat and not twangy. It's genuinely up there with my Stingray - and it has the same D'addario strings. I haven't set the action up to my usual as yet but out of the box it plays very well. Will only need a tweak or 2. The neck profile is lovely. 18mm bridge spacing (I find the Ray at 17.5mm a touch tight. Amazing what another 0.5mm can do!) and a nice C shape on the profile. The Flat tone is very balanced and nicely away from the over-bright trend that seems to afflict many modern basses. The EQ is ok. Bit noisy with the treble boosted to max, but 1) it's a cheap bass, and 2) that's not my sort of sound anyway. I would say that the bass is good enough for an EQ upgrade in future if I feel like it. However I tend to set my sound up on the Amp and then only tweak on the bass for the room if needed - and most of the time that will be to cut rather than boost. P pickup alone is very much like a P except I think the pickup is a little bit closer to the neck (difficult to assess on a different scale) so it's quite deep. Similarly the J seems further from the bridge so it's doesn't quite bark as much as a J on my other basses but it's a good sound, if not quite full Jaco. So far I've tried it with my Helix using a "straight into the desk" sort of DI sound with compression, then into Yamaha HS7 studio monitors. I'll try my real amps and other amp patches later. And for those of us afflicted with age and injury... it is 6.9lb - that's nearly 2lb lighter than my PJ-Ray 5. I have a youtube playlist of the tunes my Jazz band plays so I'll be cranking it after work for a proper run as close to being in the mix as I can. I am now seriously considering getting the other colour as well!!! @therealting

Hi all, not sure if this is allowed, but I just wanted to send a shout out to Hercules Stands. In October 2017 I bought one of their wall guitar hanger on Amazon, the ones with the wooden block. A few weeks ago I realised that a metal part snapped, so that the whole hanger was all wobbly and unstable. I emailed their customer service, they asked for a photo and my details, and in just 3 days I got a brand new hanger. Great great customer service, I know which brand I will choose when I need a stand or hanger in the future

Yo, northerner/ex-midlands'er (Midlands is real dammit!) here, I've been lurking on these forums and the bass forum from across the pond for ages, ever since I thought about getting into bass. I play drums - or used to, but have been living in flats ever since I left home for University, so I'd been looking for something to fill the void, and I always leaned towards sexy basslines and the rhythm of things over killer riffs (still love a good riff though, I'm just awful at it). Been playing about a year now, and I feel my appreciation for music, and ability to make out the bass tones in less well-mixed tracks, has grown greatly, along with my ability to play the thing! Learnt a lot from this site, some really helpful forum posts (and some "unhelpful" ones, GAS is real - although being left handed helps, no signature guitars to pine over). Looking forward to learning more, and maybe actually contributing. Currently working on my pick technique as it is woefully behind my finger style. See you around!

I’m a bit baffled by those who think that because they have the tools to fix anything, it’s problem solved. If your bass fails mid set, are you going to whip out a soldering iron? Ive been gigging since 1980 and in that time I’ve only needed a spare 2 or 3 times, but it can happen. Once it was a wire that had come astray, mid song. Strangely enough I don’t tend to check the wiring (rather complex in that particular case) before every gig so hadnt noticed one was coming astray. Another time a jack socket in a vintage bass failed on me. And another time, a jack socket on a modern bass failed on me. And then there are batteries (one of the reasons I tend to avoid actives these days). Still, I don’t always take a backup because sometimes it’s not practical (I don’t drive, for a start).

I thought that this would have inspired everybody to call him "Wodger" in subsequent posts... I think you should all edits your posts...

The NIN pedal

Forgive the background. I'm pretty happy with the way this is turning out. There are a few things still to do. The stupid EMG jack didn't fit into the jack plate I planned on using (it's a threaded one, so it's not just a case of widening the hole, so I either need to get a different jack or a different plate. One possibility is to make one from the same material as the scratchplate and control plate, which could be a nice touch. I'm still waiting for the neck ferrules and screws to arrive because I somehow managed to forget about them when I was first sourcing the hardware for this, but as it has the extra screws under the scratchplate, I was at least able to attach the neck just for the sake of seeing how it looks... ...and also checking the balance, which is perfect 😀, due, I assume, to a combination of factors all absent on my last build: long upper horn, small headstock, body shape that allows the bridge end strap button to be positioned quite high. I managed to file the saddles to accommodate the heavy strings, which is good. I lost a bit of the black coating along the way, but that was to be expected. I could paint them but I'm not really bothered. This bass will be gigged (if that's still a thing in the future!) so I'm sure it'll be all kinds of relic'd before too long. I also have a much bigger volume knob on order, so I'm going to try them both and see which I prefer aesthetically. I've roughed out the nut but need to level the frets before finishing it. Then I'll add the string retainer and we're good to go.

J with flats!

plus at some of the gigs (remember them?) I've done there is not the space to put the bass back in a case.

Lol, me too. So you're basically my BC twin. Right, enough thread de-rail. Apologies to the OP!

Main advantage being that you can beat the crap out of someone with it, confident in the knowledge you won't need to re-tune it afterwards.

I stumbled upon a documentary on Prime last night :- Searching for Sugar Man and was astounded by the fact that I had never heard of Rodriguez,the songwriter featured in it before. I am 62 ,the Seventies were "my era" ,I love Nick Drake ( another artiste that didn't get the recognition he deserved then), and I would have lapped up this guys work. Oh I was happy enough listening to all the rock bands of the time but I like a good singer songwriter too. It's a fascinating story, give it a try, there's not much else to do at the moment . 😉

Hello everyone, just wanted to offer apologies for my perceived rudeness. I have been targeted by courier scammers on other platforms so may have become over sensitive. Sorry. I should have been clear I will only sell in a direct meeting and that’s not easy in these crazy times. Having said all that, the bass is still there and I’m sure I can work out how to deliver to the lucky buyer Best Mike.

That’s exactly the point - you cannot look at the view numbers on the videoS and say, yep people like slap because it got X amount. Brandy won’t hit the same heights, it’s not as popular - she has 280k subscribers so getting 80k in a day is probably par for the course. She is a nice player for sure, the more popular the song, the more views no matter what technique is used. No offence to her but I would say Bobby Vega Is an infinitely better player and those 3 videos I posted involving him combined don’t reach one of her pop covers. Pick, finger, slap n pop, tapping, finger slapping like Doug Wimbish-horses for course - done well at the right time sound great

I'm quite partial to a Strat.

Another good shout docT! Here she is on Dua Lipa's latest track - loved her use of slap from 3.02 into this. Literally just 30 seconds of slap to finish off and it provides real energy and contrast to her bass line. Bravo. She posted this just 4 weeks ago and has since had nearly 800K hits and 57K likes. Who say's the public doesn't like a bit of slap bass?

Practically speaking you don't want anything heavy, it may hit harder but you'll wear yourself out quickly and be slower to recover from each swing, leaving yourself open to counter attacks. You also don't want anything too large or unwieldy either, in case you've not got much room to manoeuvre. Medieval maces and warhammers were a lot lighter than people expect for these exact reasons. In my opinion, the ideal combat bass would be something along the lines of a headless Steinberger-type.

I'd argue that in many ways Communique was even better. Some really dark blues sounds on that one. Where d'ya think you're going and News are just superb tracks, perhaps the pinnacle of the original Dire Straits sound before they allowed keyboards into the band from Making Movies onwards.

Valhalla Supermassive - Reverbs, Delays and Modulation with a some SFX presets. It's free!! Also, no sign ups or emails required. https://valhalladsp.com/shop/reverb/valhalla-supermassive/ EDIT: I've just set up an arpeggiator pattern in a Synth and run through the presets in Valhalla. I must say, it's pretty impressive for something that is a free gift to the community. 👍

What about a Yamaha Attitude, if you prefer that neck sound?

'Everything I do is etched in mud'