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I recently sold my 1997 Modulus Flea with an eye on putting a deposit down on a new Wal build, however, earlier this week, after a few sherbets, I stumbled across this online at a price far too good to ignore. I don't remotely need it but I could not resist no matter how hard I tried, having always wanted a blue flake model. It's a 2004 model, with the Seymour Duncan pickup and Aguilar OBP-1. It's definitely angrier sounding and not quite as clean as the 1997. This is now my 3rd Flea. I'm not sure I'll ever kick this habit!

It's like the woman who opined that Shakespeare is over-rated, his plays being no more than a string of popular quotations.

Me checking my mic level: "1 2, 1 2". Punter at the back of the room yells: "3 4"! Punter then laughs hysterically at his own 'joke' and attempts to high-five his nearest mate who just stares at him blankly. Over the past 24 years that I have been gigging I have played a little over 1500 gigs. In that time I have witnessed this happening a little over 1500 times. 🙄

Is he still doing Thomas The Tank? - He could join the model railway thread - 😎

”the bass is too loud” do people not understand that its all about me 🤨

Sorry, I didn't realise you only knew how to use presets!

"you won't get paid but it will be good exposure"

All I wanted to do was comment on a relatively unknown artist’s opinion of a very well-known artist’s work..... (he says in a very small voice, head down................) 😇😇😇

I got myself a little blue Mustang last weekend. I am no fan of short scale basses, but this one was really neat... It took some setting up and tweaking, but now it feels like mine. (Btw, the thumb rest now rests in peace...)

Hi everybody You have all contributed well to compiling a nice list of bass with the desired profile, thank you ! After a good reflection I choose my future fiancee Ibanez Musician MC 800 NT ! Quite rare, I know. I already find one in France for 600€ (discussing for the moment with the guy). Does anyone have one in a closet ?

“Dear Fender Custom Shop, I specifically requested lollipop tuners. Imagine my disappointment when...”

I used to deliver pianos for a living and every time we unloaded one from the back of the van a witty passer by would say "Give us a tune mate!" If we weren't trying to man handle an extremely heavy and awkward object we would have collapsed with laughter every time we heard this . NOT.

Managed to snaffle a used Bassman 100T after selling my first one due to size and weight. Now I have a car again, I thought I'd indulge in the valves once more! What a glorious bit of kit it is. It really sings and the drive is very versatile. Even on 1/4 power, it pushes out decent volume; I can't wait to try it at the next rehearsal. Quite a different beast to the GK in overall character and the overdrive, both with their benefits. The EQ, with its push/pull bass and treble pots, is really useful and you can get that scooped sound pretty easily. Now the question is "can I justify keeping the GK?" Might have to grab another cab and try both at the same time.....

Mediocrity?

So a never-was is accusing Clapton of being a has-been?

There are two tiny Welsh women here who want their hats back.

It seems I'm not the only one guilty of this having read your latest post. Let's agree to disagree and leave it at that

Failure to anticipate the likely consequences of your actions is no defence

Its Basschat. Bass players have a low attention span and usually drift off thread into .......oh the news is on TV........must be breakfast time...........wonder if i can get the bike out today .......

Indeed. If only it contained some incredibly bad advice to a novice bass player that would put his / her development back several years, it would be the perfect Basschat thread.

Clapton Thread: Training Wheels for New Forum Members? I'm beginning to think that this thread should be co-opted into some sort of induction programme for new BC-ers. It's a perfect example of how the forum works and how to comport oneself. Imbued throughout with the spirit of give and take and IMO, it starts with a bold contention, garners some useful critical analysis, wanders briefly into controversy (and a promptly extinguished flame war), derails across ever more unrelated issues and finally collapses, chortling like a madman, into a stream of appalling puns. The thread shows BC at its most typical and is therefore useful instructional material.

If this is a sincere belief, I despair. 'Glass houses' and 'stones' come to mind, as do 'pots' and 'kettles'. Just for balance, I'd suggest 'pardon' and 'forgiveness' as elements of vocabulary.

Short scale Tele Mahogany body , Spalted Maple top Set neck Cream binding Smoke p/guard ..sort of transparent dark red Supro pickups Lollipop tuners String through Series / Parallel pull / push middle knob Tbx tone control Picked up from Jon's workshop on Monday...😁

"What do you mean, you want to be paid? You enjoy it".

Me testing my mic during set-up.. " 1-2-1-2 " Comedian in the audience ... " Drummer's IQ " Stern look from our drummer

The deal is back to normal now (10%)

TONY LEVIN!! Don't fob him off with some OLP. Give him a proper signature model. Like that 3 string one-off Stingray he had. No weak G string on that!

Maybe he is less innovative and exciting nowadays, but that doesn’t necessarily make his playing mediocre. And I agree, audiences tend to go to concerts by ‘maturer’ artists to hear the old stuff anyway. eg, Barbara Dickson is one of my favourite female singers, but I went to one concert where she had a very small band, and hardly played any from her well-known catalogue , instead concentrated on traditional folk stuff, with weird bagpipes and the like. Quite disappointing.

Unless I could something more expensive............................... that's fab

"Dad, do you know the piano's on my foot?" "You hum it son, I'll play it!"

Which is of course the key point here. I imagine in about 18 months time she'll be cancelled when her mutterings about Clapton are scrutinised in the context of the emergent 'Ageing Rock Stars Feelings Matter' movement

Bridges are funny things, nearly everyone I know who understands engineering tells me that all of the alleged improvements over the basic BBOT design and materials should make very little if any difference to tone, sustain in the grand scheme of things (all other things being equal in terms of structural integrity and dimensions). But I agonise over bridges, whilst my cognitive/executive brain tells me I shouldn't, my emotional brain appears to believe firmly that the magic bullet of tone is the bridge. Call it cognitive dissonance or a placebo effect, but I'd buy the Gotoh. Unless I could find something more expensive

Get out your drill...!

So much knowledge of model railways on this thread i've now started a Model Railways thread in OFF TOPICS. Save us derailing @Baxlin's thread. Dave

The Wilkinson BBOT bridge with brass saddles is worth a look. Not expensive either. https://www.northwestguitars.co.uk/wilkinson-jazz-precision-bass-bridge-with-brass-saddles/ https://www.northwestguitars.co.uk/hardtail-through-body-bass-guitar-bridge/

Been browsing top woods for quite a while and decided to do some photoshops to see what would work. For this bass I have chosen a piece of Spalted Sycamore Maple for my top. The photoshop below shows what it will look like on the bass. Look's like a bargain for £40! Thanks!

I'm not sure there is an accurate figure for such a thing to be disputed, how would this even be available? I don't think it can be argued that the Fender bass and more particularly the P Bass is the most recorded bass in history. I haven't noticed this myself, fair enough bass guitar isn't always used in modern music in place of synth but other than that I can't agree. If anything, the way bass is mixed and processed by engineers nowadays can be much better. What do you mean by fundamental? My reply that you quoted was in relation to the bass 'cutting through' which to me is not really what I want my bass to do at all, nor do many band leaders or engineers in my experience. To me, a fundamental instrument forms the base of the music and allows the rest of the instruments to build around it. I think so yeah, there's just something magical about the P Bass (and to an extent the J Bass) as it can sound unremarkable on it's own, but sit perfectly in the mix. It's not an accident that engineers prefer it. A bit like the SM58 vocal mic, it's easy to work with and sounds good in the majority of settings. Apologies for the tangent

Just an update folks....I have got an Aguilar ag4m pickup which I will install along with the east mmsr pre and see what we have in terms of string to string balance... when I get round to it 😁.....oh, just to say, the pickup pole pieces are all flush with the cover.

I wouldn't recommend it. Seeing how luggage is treated in general, I would be worried even if it was in a flight case. If it's valuable to you, pay extra as hand luggage or, if not allowed more than one item, find a way to put the contents of your hand luggage in the hold and have just the bass as hand luggage. Absolutely don't risk it.

☹️ Sorry to hear it's still not sorted. I'd contact @KiOgon who can supply you a solderless loom very quickly and very reasonably. He supplied me with a replacement for my SB-R60.

This is the reason I sold my Stingray a few years back. Adjusting the pickup height didn't seem to make any difference to mine. Adjusting the EQ did, but that was useless, as I was then limited to a sound I didn't like. Real shame as I loved everything else about that bass.

A very interesting read and I have seen that first hand (60's legend picking tomatoes). I was a taxi driver between tours.

I'm now finding it difficult to N-gauge with this thread.

I would look at a Spector with EMGs rather than the Barts. Different kettle 'o' fish and the stand out by far.