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My first Rebellion Festival was pretty special, being asked to play the biggest punk festival in world is just amazing. But the gig I’ll always remember was being asked to play for a distant friend who had cancer. We were his favourite band, we did the gig and afterwards he got up on stage to thank us, I had a lump in my throat at that point, this poor guy saying how much he’d enjoyed the evening. 3 weeks later he died. Festivals great, overseas tours great but I’ll remember playing that gig above others. Making my eyes well up typing this.

And I means moments. I was listening to Steve Ray Vaghan's 'Couldn't Stand The Weather' this afternoon and I remembered doing a gig with a band I had never played with and never rehearsed with although they played together often. The singer called CSTW and the guitar player looked at me and raised an eyebrow. I had heard the song but never played it. When we got to 'that' bar (an extended gap in the groove which is 'wrong'), I don't know where it came from but it was there. There was a lot of grinning, mainly from me because I knew I could have fallen on my derrière and didn't. I remember another time playing a 'Blue In Green' by Miles Davis/Bill Evans with a guitar player and saxophonist. We were about to play the last chord (standard V I) and the guitar player whispered 'Fmaj7#11' and the most beautiful modulation I have ever heard happened. It was a rehearsal and no-one heard it but us but I still remember the feeling more than 20 years later. Then there was the jam session about 6 years ago where the pianist called 'Beatrice' by Sam Rivers and played the SLOWEST and one of the most beautiful pieces of music I have ever had the honour to play. Playing 'Isfahan' with Tony Kofi and the band performing a most exquisite and beautifully tense ending entirely by intuition. Then there was that posh, middle aged lady that sat in at a wedding gig and did the most amazing 'Tina Turner' thing I have ever heard. It's not always the big things; sometimes it is just the magic of the moment. Does anyone know what I mean?

I assume many people on here do. For me personally, this is often about certain chord changes I not only dreamt up there and then but even got out of my fingers - something I knew I couldn't do but then did inexplicably. There were other moments too that take too many words, but the most stellar moment was the day I played a Bach piece on the pipe organ, and exactly that day I played better, deeper and with more musical expression than I've done before or after. It became very hard to even finish the piece, and I was exhausted. That was not the moment. The moment was: unbeknownst to me, a young soprano had entered, and rather than making herself known she'd waited and listened before approaching me. When the piece was done, she came up and said: - "You know, I've always hated the pipe organ, but you just explained it to me."

Done!!! So after a couple of weeks bass is finally done. It’s not perfect by any means. Electronics pretty much shi......t😂 so that would be the first thing to swap for something else (any suggestions for something decent and not so expensive? Preferably pre wired...I’m not so good with soldering) waiting for custom decal I’ve ordered (Popbass instead of Rockbass) and then...well, don’t know yet😁 ...and some pics

Strictly speaking a birthday present, but my birthday is so close to Father's Day that they tend to get merged. Very pleased 😁

Hi again, I want to presents my new STR bass from Japan, Im already have one str bass white, and for me is one of the best basses I had, Here is the white one⬇️⬇️ Body Burl Tochi(body:Ash 1P) Neck Flame Maple 3p Fingerboard Birds eye Maple Bridge Hipshot/STYLE-A Machineheads Hipshot Ultra lite Pickups STR/DC-5 w/Woodcover Preamp Aguilar OBP-3 Accessories STR Protect Case

I have just purchased another Ibanez SRH500 but this time from PMT. It was showing as in stock in their warehouse so I called and was assured this item had been stored in the warehouse unopened in its box since delivery.

The new tuners arrived today! For the new neck I plan to attach, I purchased some Schaller BM tuners which came in this very nice box. The reason for selecting these tuners is because when I took off the tuners I wanted to replace, I found that another set of holes had already been drilled. I measured the dimensions and found that the Schaller BMs would be a perfect fit making my life a little easier. The neck that I plan to attach, now complete with the Schaller's, is a little special. Tusq XL nut, maple neck, Brazilian rosewood slab fingerboard, clay dots, 20 frets and 38mm width at the nut.

Easy choice for me... my 1985 Mk 1 Wal Custom Bass... been my go to bass since 1992 when I bought it... Though, to be honest I love all my basses...

Bass player is absolutely killing it in this, theres a looong intro and the song actually properly starts around 1min37s , I suspect this has been tweaked but even so..Damn I know what the next bassline I learn is gonna be [youtube]

Well, it's not quite a NBD as I've had it over a week now and wanted to get to grips with it before saying anything. Anyway, I saw this on guitarguitar at a decent price a couple of weeks ago and pulled the trigger. I'd been eyeing up a jazz for a few months and was thinking of either the G&L or a classic vibe Squire and have to say that I'm really glad I went with G&L. It's a lot of bass for not a lot of money. I managed a socially distanced jam on Friday so got to crank it up to decent volumes and loved hearing that jazz honk! My only gripe sound wise is that the tone knob is a bit on/off, but I'll live with it for a while and if it's a bother I'll give ki0gon a shout. The neck is erm....... a jazz neck, so you know where you are with it. I had played the blue version with a Brazilian Cherry board in Andertons and thought it may be a bit chunkier than the maple? I could well be remembering that wrong, but either way it's a joy to move around. I really like lacquered/finished necks and there's a nice grain to the maple too. I've never owned a sunburst bass before and really like the 70s look with the black guard and blocks. The grain in the body is well matched and its not as red as the pics show. If I was to be really picky there's a few blemishes in the binding and a couple of dot markers that look to be cut in half (tried to show them in the pics below), but nothing to worry about and nothing you'd notice unless you were looking for it. All in all I'm over the moon with it and wouldn't hesitate to buy it again.

Snap. Nice little surprise this morning. Well done my babies❤️.

Truss rod sorted. Thanks guys for all your tales and remedies. I was working in the garage today with my hand belt-sander when I remembered something else to do with it. I tapered the end of an Allen key/wrench down as squarely as possible. Unscrewed and lifted the neck of my old Encore E 83. Rod turned first time. 3/4 turn did the trick. Brilliant result. Thanks the poster who suggested this method.

One more...with family😂

Spoken like a proper Dad. I'd also add that her skirt is too short and all the blokes look like girls.

She's very good

EVO-X5 SuperM Logos applied 😉

As one of my friends says, there's an ar$e for every seat....

I love this German bloke’s voice - cracks me up!

Well, you're not missing an opportunity to dig up the old "I don't get it" / "am I missing something" post 😜

Because we can’t really go out anywhere my sons made various curries and dishes and brought them round, and gave me this card 😄

My (34 year old) baby daughter knows me so well....

Hi friends, I want to show you my new bass from china made by dtc basses, I'm a huge fan of this basses from 2018! Here is mine✌🏽 Dtc #072 Artist SCSA 5 BODY: One-Piece Swamp Ash TOP: Ovangkl FB:Birdseye Maple NECK: Maple PUS:Aguilar Super Single PREAMP: Aguilar OBP3 TUNERS: Hipshot Ultralite USA BRIDGE: Hipshot B-Style SCALE: 34" STRING SPACE: .750（19mm） WEIGHT：3.5Kg

Last week I got the new 4k version of the Blues Brothers, which has 5.1 surround sound Pleased to report that whoever mixed the sound has (perhaps lazily) put the bass through just the middle speaker in the set up, while the other instruments are spread around the rest of the speakers in the room. What this means is that because the middle speaker is typically the loudest (because that's where most of the dialogue goes, and I tend to tweak it a bit louder to help with mumbling actors) the bass is literally front and centre on everything. Gloriously loud! Biggest revelation for me was that the bass doesn't play all the notes in the Peter Gunn riff, and in fact is playing some quite interesting variations Thoroughly recommended

I'm baaaaack! The first two pictures are me showing off. Obviously everyone else can hand plane a square face on a bit of wood, but I'm new enough to it to still be pleased by it, so tough! So having learnt from doing the legs that cutting the slot for the scissor mechanism after you've glued the leg blank is a pain in the derriere I'm doing them before applying any glue. I've screwed the strips together and once it's ready I'll use one of the strips as a template and drill for dowels. I don't think it'll need them, something else will break before the chop gets anywhere near it's limit. Hacking the hole out. I cut the ends and then a series of slots for splitting into. I'm not sure why they all lean though, I thought I was being careful with the saw. The end ones are fine, which are the important ones. I also went shopping to increase my tool stable. 4 chisels from vintagetoolshop.com, they look like they've been used to open paint tins or something, they're all rounded off and a router plane from eBay.

Er, one.

I've just ordered the Ibanez SRH500, I'll report back.

You can't say that these days... they all look gender neutral using non-gender specific pronouns...

It's a good groove but it's built just using octaves and chromatic runs. Guy Pratt uses similar stuff in this song:

Tort scratch plates are the bass equivalent of a beige cardigan - put one on any bass (but especially a natural wood one) and it'll soon be passing you a Werthers Original and smelling faintly of wee.

Not bad. quite enjoyed the video, but personally would like to hear more fingerstyle and pick playing. for me the slap is of no interest.

Sounds fine to me through headphones. Great bass tone. I hear reasonable low end there, but with enough clank to cut through 3 guitarists and a drummer. Job done.... Maybe those who hear no low end aren't listening back on the right device..

Who cares? This is the better version anyway.

This is how to measure a bridge placement copy pasted from my ‘files’ Bridge placement 34” for reference this is for a 34" scale 4-string bass: * if you want to protect the finish from scratches/nicks, not is the time to cover it with something like blue painting tape or similar * insert the neck into the neck pocket and clamp it into place. be careful not to squash your frets with the clamp and clamping fressure * using a long straight edge, draw a line from the neck to the body butt for each side of the neck. accurately measure from the last fret position about 3" on each line. do this again for a reference measurement that is near the butt end of the body * accurately connect each pair of measurements to their counterpart on the other line * accurately measure the center point of each connecting line, and then draw a line thru these two points - extend the line from the end of the neck to the butt end of the body. if you were accurate in all of your steps so far, you now have an accurate reference of where the centerline of the neck passes thru the body. this is critical for your strings to be aligned on the neck properly * measure from the nut back 34" to obtain your theoretical 34" scale reference. accurately draw a line perpendicular to the centerline thru this point. extend the line several inches on each side of centerline * determine the forward most travel of your bridge's saddles, move it back 1/16", and measure the distance from the string witness point on the saddle to the front edge of the bridge. draw a line parallel to the scale reference line (towards the neck side of the line) this same distance. you now have the front edge aligned for the bridge. * measure the width of the bridge and draw a pair of lines parallel to the centerline that each are half the bridge with away. now you have your bridge aligned side-side I know this seems like a lot of work, but it's really not that difficult. it's critical to measure and draw accurately, as any slop will easily be seen every time you look at the bass. it's also important to note that the strings will always intonate longer than the 34" scale, not less, and thicker strings will intonate farther than thinner strings. because of this, only the G string will be relatively close to 34" ... the others may be as much as 34-3/8" from nut to witness point all the best,

It’s a whole big bag of cliches, but my daughter (4) likes this song so I sometimes play along with it while she’s dancing. The bass player here is a monster and doing a great job. I certainly can’t play it cleanly and with the confidence he does. And he plays keyboard too!

Thank you very much for all this. I love your CSL! I am going to keep digging and see if I can figure out who manufactured those parts. If I did, would you accept that as a form of payment? 😉

My son made me a card and got me a mixed case of local beers, I suspect that my wife might have helped though as he is only 3 😁

I enjoyed that. It’s nice to hear the guitars for a change.

...So I’ve been putting her together as she is now...few more setup tweaks, find some new knobs and put the truss rod cover back on...pleased as punch! Can’t plug her in yet, little ones decided they wanted to sleep the gits!!! anyway, her she is pre-proper finishing... thank you @Andyjr1515 for the sterling filling/routing work and anyone else that has given advice to help me finish technically, my first bass build (please excuse the wayward cat fluff in the the pictures) now to finish my ‘51 slab precision build...onwards and upwards as they say...