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I don't know, but it's good for fusion, for sure...

Just remember the old bass players adage: If you like a zing - fits new strings. If you like it mellow - leave them, fellow ! (Ok I might have made that up!)

I change my strings regularly, once in 1984 then again in 2004 😁

Just saw one of these in local PMT. They really look the part - didn’t bother trying it as some local bass hero was murdering what I think was a Chilis song on an Ibanez.

I imagine toothpaste would work best on a mint pickguard

U OK hun?

It was great!! But not actually my gig...went up to see 24 Karat @bassfan's band playing a pub gig near Colchester, with a fellow BC'er, and what a treat! It was lovely to meet his bandmates, whom I've heard a lot about over the past few years, in person - really nice crew. The set-up was...well err "luxurious" is probably the best description!. The band all go through a meaty PA, including a high-end electric drum kit, with a pair of 15" tops and a pair of subs which delivered a fabulous tight but powerful low-end of club level quality and they had also set up a full lighting rig (which my lot would only roll out for functions rather than pub gigs), and Paul's Berg bass rig, which was pretty much being used as his stage monitor in addition to everyone having in-ears, would put most back-lines to shame. Needless to say the band sounded great. It was also nice to hear a whole different set of covers than my lot play - over a 2 hour set there were at most a couple of 'overlapping' songs. I also loved the way the set flowed - guitarist had all his patches set up on a full-fat Helix floor so could scroll effortlessly through the set with little "dead air time" vs the pedal board tap dancing between songs. And what topped it all off was rediscovering that you don't need a second mortgage to buy a drink when you're not in Central London!

I've got no idea what any of this badges shîte is, but I've just been informed that I'm now a 'Mentor'. Please note, BassChat HR dept. - I've met me, and being nominated a 'Mentor' is just plain stupid. I am far too irresponsible to be a 'Mentor', so respectfully request a more appropriate rank - I would accept 'Grand Vizier', 'First Admiral of BassChat', or at a pinch 'His Emminence'. Thanks in advance.

So a lunatic is going to sexually assault her and run away, and the headline will say "Nut screws washer and bolts"?

Learn the notes on the fattest string (E) and then learn the relationship of the notes on the other strings to the E. A string is 5 frets down or 7 up D string is 2 frets up G string is 3 frets down

Coffee Bitsa i love ❤️

I just hope they don't fall out once the project has finished.

Looks like a challenging project Andy. Must say, Jack specializes in delivering challenging jobs.😃

Next is this! I'm just trying to find a suitable product to use as a finish for it in Bangkok, but it's proving difficult. Needs a refin, new pots, and a professional needs to look at the truss rod... And you are right! That lurking bass is an Aria Pro II CSB-450. Its super clean and has a well rounded, slightly aggressive tone that I love. I actually bought it for my girlfriend but obviously I play it more!

It's one of my favourites! I've gained a number of badges and awards simply by congratulations posts on this thread. I thought I would keep it going 🤭

Change them when they snap, physically deteriorate, get rattly, or sound dead. If you wipe them down with a microfibre clith after playing a quality set of flats may sound good for decades.

Well, met up with @franzbassistthis morning to pick up the Player, and what a lovely bass it is! The quality and feel remind me more of my old US Std Jazz than the old Mex standard series. Nice weight, very resonant, very playable, sounds like a P should, LOVELY neck! Very happy. Great gigbag too! I can see what people mean about slightly rough feeling fret edges on these, so I'll round them off a bit at some point - it's not like it's awful though. I'm planning on customising it a little this week, will share pics once done. Thanks again for your help all, and thanks Gareth for a lovely bass! 😊👍

Wastrel, plenty of life still left in those!

Also, there seems to be a limited edition 60s Classic Vibe in Sonic Blue with matching headstock. Now that's also nice.

Folks who like super bright round wounds are the ones who change strings most regularly, flatwounds if wiped down now and again, or never if you thats your thing can just let it be. Flatwounds get better with age!

With flats you will probably never need to replace them😁

Our singer had to leave in 2019. We had been playing classic 'Dad Rock', David Bowie, Rolling Stones, Led Zepplin, Jimi Hendrix etc. We now have a girl singer who is around 20 years younger than us. Gone are all the old songs that no one danced to, we have learned (with a lot of leaning persuasion on the guitarist) a load of tracks by Pink and similar artists. They're fun and take quite a bit of arrangement to make sound good on Guitar and Bass. Lots of the tracks are keyboard and strings heavy on the originals. We have a younger audience now who get up and dance and gigs are falling into our laps, and the music isn't that hard to play, just takes some work to arrange them. It makes a change.

The XL seems like a winner. All the usual good stuff of the Stomp but the added footswitches feel like that's what it was always designed for rather than being add-ons: - Stomp mode is like a traditional pedalboard that can have 6x effects each assigned to individual colour coded footswitches and still have the tuner/tap tempo and menu footswitches free (the same as the Helix Effects). (Whereas adding that many non-colour coded external footswitches to the Stomp would require quite a big midi footswitch and could be confusing without the colours). - Preset mode means you can have 4x presets as individual switches (e.g Preset #1 a b c d could be used for a single song are all there with a specific footswitch for each change). - 4x snapshots per Preset (it's 3x with the Stomp) that are easily accessed - each can have their own footswitch in snapshot mode or can be on the up/down scroll when in Preset mode, it makes using them useful and always quickly/clearly accessible so potentially one song could just use say Preset #1a and you have 4x snapshots for different parts of the song. - Edit mode means you can edit all block parameters via footswitches. - The extra footswitches means the tap/tuner button can be used for just that rather than being re-assigned (a lot of stomp users re-assign it to get a footswitch and so need to keep a separate tuner pedal). - Looper now works well with 6 buttons (rather than the tricky way it's done on the Stomp). - It's bigger than the Stomp, but no cables on the sides so it doesn't take up lots more pedalboard space (especially if it means getting rid of separate tuner and additional footswitch add-ons). The only thing I'd like to see (literally!) is a bigger screen - there's quite a lot going on in a small screen sometimes, especially in parameter editing mode or reading 4x Preset names. Overall it seems great, I'm going to try and just use it and nothing else so I'll have quite a few pedals for sale (and perhaps even my power brick if I go all in). I think it'll save a lot of money in the long run, and the main push for me to get it was it's much easier/simpler to transport on the tube to practice sessions.

My second post lockdown gig last night and we had to ship in a stand in drummer. Drummer who played the whole of the 90’s with me and after two rehearsals, was a dream to play with. He didn’t have a drum kit, so we asked a friend if we could borrow one of his spare (this is a true story), so he had one delivered for us, white Sonor kit, along with a selection of brand new cymbals. We then get a photo of the last owner of the kit, while it was on tour with Iron Maiden. 😳 Have to say, it was the best sounding drum kit that has ever graced the Horse & Jockey in Lanark. 😳 Couldn’t get a decent sound in the first set and couldn’t hear a thing on stage, but got better as the night went on. Was a good night though and looking forward to next years gigs now.

Where would Basschat be without you? It does actually feel similar to my Blazer, particularly the neck, although the body is smaller and lighter. I've just tried tweaking the neck and the rod seems to be moving just as it should... I think I'm going to make him an offer!

"we shortened our lives to create a truly unique instrument"? Arrange the following to form a well know phrase or saying: Of. Pretentious. Load Tripe. What a.

Some say his garden is a cemetery for the rhythm section from each album.

Just started a week's holiday in Buxton. Staying in a gorgeous apartment in the town centre. It has a beautiful kitchen, wifi, and a pool table. I don't care if it rains all week. *contented sigh*

Ahem…

Some Brits may well have copied the sound of the American records they liked. Many, especially Country and Phil Spector productions, favoured the ‘tic tac’ sound played with a pick, which gave the bass definition in the dense but relatively low-fi recordings.

Getting married TODAY 🥰😁

I see there is another round of Squier Classic Vibe P basses out, has anyone tried one of these new versions? I am a sucker for that gold Pickguard...

If you are going to change the strings, then many people here will volunteer to take the old ones off your hands. But the usual advice from flatwound users is don't change them.

Or toss-monkey?

Sounds like the band need a kick up the 'arris. Except you Teebs, of course. Plus, I once got torn to pieces on here for suggesting Psycho Killer should be played using the open strings as Tina W does, so I'm not going there again.

Good news is that I found the bone pieces for the new nut - a triumph for the 'I know it's a mess but I know where everything is' approach. That and a decent dose of luck So I should be able to have a play of the bass with the 35mm string spacing in the morning. After that, the neck comes off!

Looks like it's an AQB450, from this 1983 catalogue. Headstock is a bit different to the one @LukeFRC posted: Probaly not going to fetch quite as much as something similar like an Ibanez Blazer, although quality-wise it's on a par. Kawai is pretty obscure as a brand but that itself might make it collectable to the right punter. Looks like it could clean up to near new condition, think if I was selling it I'd put it up at £300 but be prepared to accept a fair bit less. But yeah, do that.

I appear to have a fitting issue.

But some electronic devices eg OpAmps don't operate to the same spec' at lower voltages. A 9V supply means that an OpAmp is running at only +/-4.5V. Let's say it needs a 1V headroom so a 3.5V peak. This approximates to a 2.5Vrms signal. A transient from a medium to high output passive pickup can exceed this. Plus spec in terms of THD+N etc is likely worse than at higher voltage supply. Then if it's on a battery then that battery voltage will fall a bit over time and make the situation worse. (How it decreases depends on the battery chemistry type). Increasing the voltage to 18V likely more than doubled the signal headroom (because the 1V gap needed to the voltage rail doesn't double) and the audio spec is probably better. Of course, if you are running some high gain "Ultra Shred" pedal it probably doesn't matter and you may prefer the result with lower supply voltage. Hence the thing about "vintage" batteries that 'sag' analogous to voltage sag in some amp designs

Good move. The criteria for upgrading a bass is that the new one has to be better. If it's not better then wait until you find one that is.

Following on from my previous post about my MIJ 75 RI i today fitted a tort plate. Not sure whether i prefer it over the black or not….

So, couldn't find a Starry Night, so went for a Charcoal Sparkle Special instead Love the black hardware with the finish, it's a beaut! It's been a while since I played a regular Stingray, but the specials feel really good. Neck seems slimmer and faster than I remember? And forearm contour feels very comfortable.