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A bit of a saga this one. In 1988 I finished my playing career. I was never going to make it and the residency in a pub on Hessle Rd (Hull reference) where the audience was mainly sex workers, burglars who wanted to fence gear and Norwegian sailors. I thought it’s time to call it a day. I was playing with a guitarist and drum machine and had two basses. A Fender P to play at the pub and another which I left at the guitarist’s house for rehearsals. So, one night in April 1988 (I remember as that famous Yorkshire song Reet Petite had just been re-released) I left a rehearsal never to return. The bass was left with the guitarist. It went out of my mind as I got a proper job and career. Fast forward 33 years and whilst I’ve resumed playing (acoustic guitar – yeah I know) I met up with a friend who knew the guitarist. He’d mentioned the bass and to cut a long story short I rang the guitarist (who at 75 does lighting and PA’s) and arranged to collect it. It’s been untouched apart from moving 6 times with him. His missus kept on nagging him “when are you going to give that bass back? Why does it move with us every 6 years?” It’s moved from Hull to Lincolnshire to Sheffield. I was in my 20’s last time I saw it. I acquired it new in 1979 by swapping a jetglow 4001. I’m now 63. He put a new set of strings on it and had it set up. As you can see it needs a bit of cleaning (where there's brass there's muck) and some screws are missing. It may be me getting old but it weighs a ton, much more than my Fenders or Rick. Still sounds good. I’ll post when I’ve got it back to it’s former glory.

I'd like - for example - a bass to only have 1 weight on the product page and not 2 very different ones. I'd also like them to get the scale length correct on all the basses. That sort of thing. Ugly website I can cope with. Incorrect product info I can't.

Sounds perfectly fine to me. You see the Spectors, you buy (at least) one of these and that's that. What else do you need to see? 😉

We should all be wearing masks in public places. Full stop.

Is that what they call a 'Status Update'?

They did an 8x10" combo back in the day... I'm guessing that's not quite what you're after..?

Don't you just hate it when a cack handed player has to use a right handed guitar 😂

I always wanted to be a drummer, but lack of funds or suitable place to practice never materialized. Got given a bass at 14yrs old so that was that. Onwards to music college, had to choose a second instrument - drums it was. Had an awesome teacher called Martyn Webber. Had a kit every now and again when practical, even gigged as a drummer for two or three gigs! Flash forward again, my eldest takes up the drums, gets kit, gets alright, chucks it in. Now, I have a partially built garden room and a Premier Olympic kit waiting to go in! 12/14/20 mahogany shells, a Super Zyn ride and some Tosco hats - all of it older than me, and sounds great!

The new Supreme range had arrived at Bass Direct. Wowza.

I have sold many items on basschat and alyways try to price competitively. But times are hard, and as much as id like to give ppl a deal, the money is more important right now so my price strategy has changed slightly. I have a mint condition chromatron that i was thinking about selling. and if i do, it will be listed at the price i paid. £3,000,000

Just this past weekend I scored an immaculate barely played PB-20 with a gig bag, 2 cables, a strap and 2 tuners (one regular Ibanez, one thoman clip-on) for 80€. After some setup (lowering the nut and action, intonation) it plays great and sounds as nice thick P goodness should. Also plays and sounds better than any Squier Affinity I've played, at less than half the price either new or used. Unbeatable P for the price.

Works fine under High Sierra and Safari for me. Personally I don't see what the problem with the website is. It might not be bang up to date with all the latest HTML, but it does the job of showing you what is in store and what can be ordered along with all the salient information about the products they stock. What more do you want? There are plenty of much nicer looking websites out there, that use all those new flashy graphics to try and cover up the fact that the product(s) they are selling aren't really up to much. The website for that vapour-ware footswitch that's recently popped up on Basschat is a prime example of looking flash while obscuring the details.

I've got one about ready. It's going to be Southern Mark Smith by the Jazz Butcher, whose main man Pat Fish passed earlier this year. He was a good friend and mentor to our singer. We'll be doing it tonight at our first gig in nearly 2 years at Oxford Bullingdon tonight. Watch this space .

This thread is not for me - I would turn up to a country or acoustic gig with a BC Rich Mockingbird or something because I'm a stirrer I'm an industry standard stirrer, if that helps?

Someone at work just gave me this, that’s me sorted for Fizz Christmas songs 😂

Just spent a lot of time today discussing with my family whether I should pull out of a decent gig on Saturday due to infection rates. They said 'Pull Out' and I sent a very apologetic email to the rest of the band explaining my reasons. 5 minutes after I sent it, got an email from the bandleader explaining the organisers had decided to cancel it anyway!😅 If I'd waited a few minutes I could have saved myself the torment....

Or living it up, living it up

Just had an update RE the Backbeat G2 It will use a user replaceable 18650 battery giving more power and charging will be via USB3! Still sounds great - I’ve put myself down for the pre order in Feb. Waiting on info re cabling maybe next.

I must confess I adore the Mariah Carey ‘all I want for Xmas is you’ song. It’s everything I need from a festive bop; 12/8, sleigh bells, revoltingly cheery etc… Love it.

But it's nothing to lose your head over...

There's an Eden Ext112 in the Marketplace (not belonging to me or anyone I know) that would probably do the trick for not much money.

I was looking for something a bit heavier and more impractical, thanks anyway

I am struggling not to buy one of their new sparkly silver, twin humbucker Tele guitars. We live in the golden age of lutherie.

My thumb never goes above the a string (I think) so the e and a are muted by the thumb more or less all the time. Sounds like it's an issue worth fixing in my opinion!

Sounds like an interesting pub 😁

Djent - Bass - Dingwall Combustion, Dingwall D Bird, Dingwall NG2, Dingwall NG3 and anything in between, I guess there's no standard Bass really. Amp - Darkglass Cab - Darkglass Effects - Darkglass Adam, Darkglass B7K, Darkglass Alpha Omega, Darkglass Microtubes X, Darkglass Alpha Omicron, Darkglass Hyper Luminal. Anything goes really, there's no particular pattern or feature in common. Jeans - Tight T-shirt - White, ripped

Just got a Harley Benton Kahuna U Bass. This Thing is Fun. Sounds huge when plugged into an Amp. No sharp fret edges and the strings are all even loud, when amplified. For that money really a "no brainer"

They are going to streamline their production perhaps....

They do that a lot. And they also have links that go to the wrong place quite often, and then within the text describing something there will be contradictions because someone has cut and pasted and not checked the info properly.

Motown. P bass with high action and well worn La Bella flats via custom preamp direct to board. Sorry, B15 fans, but the amp was only used for monitoring in the studio (to enable the rest of the musicians to hear the bass). The sound from it did not go to tape.

Goldmine dub

I generally opt for Hiscox as a first choice, currently have 11 of them for various guitars and basses. Hiscox are having supply issues at the moment as there is a shortage of the raw materials they use to make the cases but they are fairly easy to find secondhand for about 50 to 60 quid (i have bought them for as little as 30 quid in the past) most bass cases are fairly generic inside so will fit a wide range of basses, some companies supply movable pads to adjust the fit, I believe that hiscox will if you ask. Matt

You know what they say about men with big feet... ... small basses. But seriously, I've always just put my B2 down on its feet and leant it back against something. One of those might be worth getting, but I think I'd open up the arms, so it didn't rest on the tuners.

Depending on your budget, I'd look at either a Novation Bass Station 2, or a Moog Subsequent 25/37. They are both excellent synths for playing bass.

My IK multimedia came with modo bass. It is very versatile. Has range of basses, selection of playing techniques, pick, finger style , slap. String selection including fresh and old string m you can move around the position big pick ups. Have a look in You Tube and see what you think.

And the front.

For a generic, hard wearing and very protective case the Hiscox ones are difficult to beat, plus not too expensive either.

Just a shout for Spaldings Fasteners... found em on the bay... I've had 3 sets of Bridge Screws from them, Dog Point for less scratch... bargain and quick delivery... something like £2 posted... ideal to swap for over long or rusty adjusters...