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Purchased yesterday from simon88wilson, thereby filling the gap for an appropriate passive instrument in an otherwise all-active bass collection since the sale of my Squier VMJ, MIA s1 Jazz and Yamaha Attitude. Satin maple neck and maple board. Sonic Blue (although it sometimes looks minty green) over Mahogany body. Feels solid and substantial but not heavy or clumsy. Biggest surprise is how well the two control layout works without a tone control. Just tweak the volume controls a bit and there's plenty of useable tones, certainly more than a 3 position switch would give. Hardware and pickups are really chunky. Tried it briefly last night, and it sits nicely in the mix. Until you push the volume control/s, and it comes out fighting. All in all, a simple, tough and well-thought out bass. Only minus point? They don't do a 5 string, so I might drop-tune it to DGCF to cover a bit more low-end territory.

Another rebuild. Running order still the same apart from the TU3 added so can use wireless or lead a lot easier. IN/OUT/OUT locking jacks mounted to the back. Matching purple boots on the jack plugs ........ New (don’t know what to call them, plastic bits underneath for the cable ties). They were previously bits of random mismatched wood covered in black tape, worked fine the last ?? many years but now custom cut matching plastic bits of thingy

Does anyone do this? I only play 6 string basses, I have done for fifteen years or more. I’ve often felt that the high C never quite sits right, tonally. I’ve also never really liked over-bright strings - I also dislike thuddy sounding strings. Some double bassists have a mix and match approach to strings, mixing different brands to get their ideal sound and feel. I recently read an article about John Patitucci where it listed his gear. I was already aware of most of what it listed, and I knew he used two different types of strings on his double basses, I was surprised to read that he used the same approach with stringing his electric 6 string basses. I knew he used D’Addario half-wounds, apparently though he only uses the high C string, using nickel round wounds for the other strings. Anyway, I tried it and I’m really happy with the results. I’ve used D’Addario nickel .130 and .105 round wound strings for the low B and E strings, and a D’Addario half-wound set for the rest. I’ve previously found the low B and E in the half-wound sets to be very dull, almost dead sounding, whilst the top strings in a round wound set tend to be too bright for my tastes. This hybrid approach though solves both of those issues. The strings don’t sound too different. The low B and the E sound full and focused, whilst the higher strings sound clear without being too zingy.

Aww no. I hope your health improves/stabilises. An Aria Sinsonido bass might allow you to keep your hand in? they weigh about 2lbs, but are still full scale and have a wire frame body to sit and play x

Thoughts are with you mate, please stay on here and continue to share your wisdom and humour with us though 👍

50 percent of people who buy tickets to see The Cure actually end up watching Placebo And they enjoy it just as much. c. Gary Delany

I have owned a few Westones!!👍😃 An 84 Thunder 1A bass in Black..to be honest always preferred the the mega punchy passive tone..total workhorse!! My first, to me anyway, serious bass!! A Westone thunder 11 86ish!! medium scale (32) in a greenish tint.. Westone super headless 86 which sold on basschat in 30minutes!!! lol Absolutely stunning..Guess I wanted one since I was a whipper snapper! Didn't disappoint though, headless wasn't my thing.. Also a thunder 111..Brilliant but mega heavy.. I personally play with a low action and light touch and all the Westones I owned, were able to deliver that with aplomb!! They can be great value and are wonderfully made instruments..👍😃

Ok, not bass related but musical instrument related. Last week I bought a Gibson SG Standard, great guitar but realisation hit at the weekend, I’m not in a band playing guitar, and very unlikely I will ever be so having a grands worth of guitar seems a bit extravagant. So I ordered an Epiphone SG Standard which arrived today. I was hoping it would sound ok and play ok, if it didn’t I’d send it back but hopefully it would do for my needs. Would it do, it’s amazing, I prefer it to the Gibbo! Now I’m not a great guitarist, I can play rhythm pretty well but that’s my limit, but this Epi just works, and out of the box with no tweaking at all plays and sounds fantastic. Am well chuffed, my mature decision to offload an expensive instrument and replace with a cheaper version has paid dividends.

Yes, but the KISS ‘End Of The Road’ Tour has been going on for years 😎. I wish you all the best for the future 👍

New to the bass but recently picked up this VT4 California Heavy Aged Medium Scale.

So sorry to hear of your situation. I can do nothing but wish you all the best for the future. I can't imagine how it must feel but easy to see what it means for you.

Hi Mr Telebass - your post made made me stop for several seconds and offer up an incantation of gratitude to whichever deity is keeping an eye on my health and well-being. Having just turned 69 (and still gigging) it was also a timely reminder to think about the right way to lift and move my own gear. I wish you well for the future sir. Chris

Chuck Rainey was on a film score session, and couldn't read ledger lines very well. There was a very busy couple of bars with a lot of ledger lines. He fluffed the first take and Tommy Tedesco stood up and apologised. Chuck fluffed the second take as well. Tommy stood up again. This time, when he sat down, he whispered to Chuck, "Next time you're on your own, kid!". On take 3 Chuck didn't play those bars. To his amazement, everyone on the session was playing the riff and no one in the control room noticed that he'd stopped playing.

Yes, we drummers have the same issues. Which kit to take this evening..? The Ludwig Vistalite or the Premier Oyster..? Maybe the Gretsch, for a change..? Nah, the trusty Yamaha Oak always goes down well; I'll take that (with a Slingerland as spare, just in case...). Now then, about the cymbals... You're a funny lot, you bassists. ...

Made all the more sinister by the human entrails hanging from Paul's mouth...

So sorry to hear this @Telebass. Always sad to hear of ageing / health woes, and especially among fellow BC members. Just wondering whether it's worth considering a really small UKE bass, or some similarly tiny, lightweight option - perhaps for some acoustic jams? Or maybe even just noodling at home on the sofa? I only suggest this as I know just how much I would miss playing music. Take care, look after yourself, and all the best.

1kg = 2.2lbs 1" = 2.54cm 1 mile = 1.61km Oh and the Babylonians also invented a great system based on 6 rather than 10...check your watch some time. 12 hours in a waking day and the same again for night, a bit like 12" in a foot? Now why would anyone divide something by 12 instead of 10? As for 7 days in a week and months being a random 28 to 31 days in length...and, God forbid, that you might wander into your local and ask for a "pint"?! That's what I am speaking of. 😄

Alan of ACG proposed Paulownia for the body of my last build. It was a great choice looks and feels fantastic & only 6.4lb

Testing out the new boys ready to transfer to the big board,and have made a lovely little "Bare bones" setup 😁 FEA Optifet IE subterranea EBS Unichorus EBS Microbass 2 Leads would need tidying though!

Respectfully, to counter the common argument that the polar pattern (response versus frequency versus axial angle) of a speaker depends only on the diameter of the driver and the spacing to adjacent drivers, this is only partially true. It is possible (and commonly done in the real world) to alter the polar patter of a driver at higher frequencies by changing the cone depth, shape and the size/material and location of the dust cap. All of these elements contribute to the non-theoretical aspects of a driver's radiation pattern, and is why 10 different 15" drivers will have 10 different polar patterns. As an extreme example, the JBL D-130 utilizes a shallow, light weight curvilinear cone, and an aluminum dust cap that is directly bonded to the top edge of the bobbin. This dust cap acts to radiate the higher frequencies differently that the cone itself. As another extreme example of what could also be called a secondary radiator, the "wizzer cone" concept is a dust cap with a radiation element that is bonded directly to the top of the bobbin and can extend both the frequency response and polar pattern by an octave or more. Polar patterns are something that designers consider when developing transducers for practical applications.

If we're talking bass driven Cure tracks then this has to be the winner, Shirley? The Cure have been a massive part of my life since first hearing Charlotte Sometimes, and they still are to this day.

Hiya SD Beware of the casual reference to bre*it - it's not popular to mention the biggest act of political & economic suicide in history, which is why I never mention it

Helloo BC'ers! Since I'm in the depths of my longest lockdown, I've started a few different projects. One of them is something I've wanted to do for years - I have a project bass! It's a 1978 Yamaha Pulser bass, in bad cosmetic condition, but it plays reasonably well and sounds incredible. I bought it in Bangkok for about £60, which is a great deal for something I anticipated would be much more screwed up than it actually is. Anyway, the plan is to strip the body and neck, refinish, refret, replace rusted hardware, scratch plate and these awful new tuners. Thankfully the electronics are in great shape. Also the body appears to be one piece of ash or similar wood. I'm thinking of going for a natural finish with tru oil. Basically I wanted to a project bass which had a very low possibility of ending up any worse than when I started Any advice from anyone more experienced on any part of this project would be greatly appreciated. Here's the 'before' pics:

This is a bit of a revelation for me having never owned a P Bass before. Right away ive noticed that this bass makes me play very differently. I don't know what it is about a P Bass but the feel/neck and the tone makes me slow my playing down. Im quite amazed that you can buy a bass of this quality for this much money. It seriously is a very well put together instrument. Ive been playing it all afternoon and im at a loss to find anything bad about it.

Lovely board! That wiring brings me tears of joy 😂 Mine will never be that perfect.

Tomahawk Kid - SAHB - Best Band I never got to see .......

If I had been asked I would have guessed that normal headstocks were restricted to the CLF models and custom shop, but really its not something I've taken much notice of. I mean, I *like* that pointy headstock Edit - nothing mentioned here

I like the original G&L headstocks but never quite 'got' the bottle-opener look. I'm a self confessed tart and these things matter when you get to my age... I don't want the bass aesthetics to detract from my boyish good looks! However, I'm still off to Google the Kiloton!

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Something I enjoyed about the live performances from the 80s was how the early ish songs could take a significant amount of rearranging without losing their quality. Here's Primary from when they had an extended line up. PS when I was eighteen and having to get from Milan to Florence, I took a detour to the Rhone valley in France, just so I could visit the roman amphitheatre where the Cure had recorded their Live In Orange video 😁

Not me. No, not ever!

Plus 3 days every 10.000 years to be very precise. Bloody dyslexic mathematicians.

Basses come, basses go. The one there is not, the chase only there is. If you will always reach for the MM then the other two are not going to be used. Flog them (or trade - better VFM) and get another MM as a backup. >I know it's subjective, and could be a sprawling, non-sensical ramble, but that's BassChat isn't it? Ain't THAT the truth. In 40 years of playing I have NEVER been asked "Do you have another bass to try for a different flavour" in a band or in a session. I am sure those situations exist but I have not seen it. For my personal satisfaction, yes. To the rest of the world a bass is a bass.

Coincidence? I reckon Gallop has gone to his dream gig of Steel Panther.

Sorry to hear this. Is there no alternative, like one of those stands that holds the bass and you just stand behind it and play? Keyboard bass?

You also have the 28 system based on the moon, the 60 system based on minutes and seconds, the 365 system based on the sun which must be corrected every 2 years, the 5 system based on your fingers, the 12 system based on the months and the delirious royal system that has been abolished in 1999 after a whole century to adapt to the MKS system (apparently it didn't work at all ). From now on, I shall speaks in halfhands for weight, in peenuts for time based on the time between two pees and semilegs for distance, so it will be very clear. All these new measures won't be fixed, but will depend on my mood, the speed of the wind and the amount of rain per day.

They don't - once I got used to mine it seems so obvious. Made me question why any bass needs a tone control.

I have always liked the Cure but the Prevention are better!

The Cure & Steel Panther find themselves sans bassist - Basschat membership, “Hold my beer, I have auditions to attend.”* *Or at least you’d hope a few might.

It needs a muzzle. One time when I was soundchecking with one of these, the sound guy asked me if it was active OP: Welcome (back, if you've been here before) to the G&L club.

G&L instruments are so good! You really get the feeling that they're the product of a lifetimes worth of work and experimentation.

First night gigging with the UE6... They certainly didn't fail to impress.. They're extremely comfortable and there's no movement whatsoever on stage once they're in. Excellent seal and I barely noticed them in. I was using KZ ZS10 Pro before which used to slip out in my ear and move around a lot. In terms of sound the biggest difference I noticed coming from universal KZs is the clarity. I could hear every instrument perfectly and the seperation between everything was excellent. Bass was not overpowering or boomy and had just the right amount of low end. I panned both our lead vocals L/R and they sounded very crisp and clear. I was hearing parts of music on our tracks that I never even knew existed. All in all I'm very glad I made the move to customs and I'd highly recommend the UE6 to anyone wanting a superb sound. Thanks again for the recommendation @EBS_freak

All mine are under 4kg these days, which is just the way I like it: Fender P bass - 3.9kg Yamaha BB604 - 3.9kg MIJ Mustang - 3.6kg I once had a Tokai T-Bird that weighed as much as my house, and I couldn’t even finish a set without swapping back to a fairly heavy P bass I had at the time which felt like a feather in comparison.

The specs are on there. In the main menu, click ‘Information’, then ‘Specifications’.

Put it on our calendar, mentioned it again to dear partner so think I’m okay for this NOT bringing white jazz as it’s been parted out. Bringing a p bass and a Vintage stingray clone that’s been worked over by a luthier. It punches far above its weight