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Aria IGB68 joins the family. It's a beast ! Beautiful clear tone, massive amounts of power, I'm surprised actually, it's up there with a Spector Euro 5 I had in terms of the output from the mid/bass/treble cut and boost. Active/passive, Single/double coil, lovely dark and smooth fretboard. It's quite heavy.... it was a struggle to get the Dunlop strap buttons in, solid peice of timber. No "upgrades" required here, despite what I've read about the electrics, it sounds fabulous to me. Beautiful thing, very happy.

That'll be Frida I tend to play her for slap, but now have a 5 string version (That I've named Boudicca :D) of the same model because I've obviously got to keep up the rep

Ive been laying low in Windsor Castle since I hit the news.

So, I’m not a fan of 5 strings, they just become a thumb anchor for the times I’m hitting the E string, I’ve tried, just can’t get over it. I do love a Hipshot D-Tuner though as I like to cover a bit of grunge. I purchased a Wal the other day and like all my basses my first thought was D-tuner. After research I decided I needed an EB4 in gold… On further research I discovered Hipshot stopped making the EB4 😩 I fired off an email to hipshot asking about a model replacement number (expecting a nay and a hunt for a secondhand model) on the 28th of December (it’s the holidays, they won’t answer until the new year. To my suprise a few hours later I got a response from Oscar Yuan. please call us it’s a special order as we only have one left and in gold!! I like to think he went rummaging through dusty old boxes and emerged triumphant, dtuner held high, but he probably looked at the stock list on the PC 🤣😂 A call to the states and a quick conversation with Oscar and the item was ordered. 29th of December I got an invoice and dispatch note, it’s on its way. Oscar, thank you, Hipshot great customer service. Another happy customer.

Bending the binding... Bent binding by the body... Bent binding bound to the body during bent binding to body bonding.... binding on bfret board..

Decent progress today. It's safer to start from scratch in terms of the tuner positioning to ensure that the string runs from the nut to the tuners are going to be straight. After doing the geometry, always a good idea to physically position the tuners to make sure that is 'looks right' and also that nothing is going to clash between each unit: Then - to replicate the recess that Lull put in for the tuner washers, that's the first size of Forstner bit to use: Then simply line up the central prong of the smaller bit to drill the through-holes: Also, the first rough cut for the fretboard ebony extension to at least give me initial string clearance for my first trial fit of the neck: And this allowed me to fit the Licenced tuners: And finally, a slice off the heel to get it to broadly the right thickness. I was pleased with the accuracy of the cut as, for hard maple, this is at about the limit for my hobby-grade bandsaw: And taking that slice off allowed me to - in made-to-measure suit terminology - do the 'first fit'. It's actually pretty close for a first fit Tomorrow I will cut the nut (more of a spacer than a full nut on a fretless - the slots will take the strings to within a gnat's of the surface of the fretboard) and then I can bring the strings to tension and see how much I need to tweak the angle of the heel so that the action is correct under tension whichever neck is on without having to adjust the saddle heights (even though, as discussed earlier, the intonation probably will need to be tweaked due to the different strings that will be fitted).

Right. New amp bought 10.25am today. Buckle in. It’s going to be a frantic, short, and ultimately pathetic ride. (as I said to Mrs T last night:..)

I also quit for a few years for my own reasons (which I won't go into). But obviously I had to return at some point so I could resume losing money on buying and selling basses.

I suppose being 50% off means you can order two and hope at least one makes it to you 😂

I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) - Meatloaf

I think the best way would be to sign up to Discogs and add them all to your collection by scanning the bar codes. Then for each one you’ll see the cheapest sale, most expensive sale and average sale price. That should give you a decent indication of what’s what.

After much hinting to my wife (‘that one please!’), I am now the happy owner of a Harley Benton fretless. I’ve not had much time on it yet as we visited family. Hopefully over the weekend I’ll get to have some fun with it. first impressions were that it had the worst setup I’ve ever seen, the strings were flush against the fretboard. I’ve adjusted it a bit but I’ve got a set of flats to try on it so I’ll set it up properly with then. my other bass related gift was Pearl Jam the complete scores song book, which is both amazing and a little daunting! It will allow me to get my Ament on with some fretless songs!

@xilddx @Tinman @Mrs Tinman @OutToPlayJazz @ShergoldSnickers @discreet @Zoe_BillySheehan @Josh @jakenewmanbass Of course there was @OldGit, who will always be missed. I seem to recall their being someone called The Butler who was in a band called Midas Fall, bought their first album which was very impressive. There was The Funk (?). @discreet is one of the funniest people I know. I don't think I've met anyone else who's got a euphemism for almost everything. I'm probably in a small minority of the people, who've been here long enough to remember Beefy, who found him to be a complete derrière.

A whole page and no mention of @BigBeefChief !

I’ve been told to spend less on bass gear in 2022 so I’m buying a 70s P bass in parts! I was thinking about putting this in a stand as a shelf object in the man cave but for now I’ve hung it on the wall. Pretty cool I think! The tuners are original but the s/n has worn off so I don’t know anything more about it. I might have bought this whilst pissed over Xmas. ped

I know of a couple of Conductors/MD's who would 'literally go fuc*%ng nuts' with the arranger or, engraving company, if presented with that last bar in a score they were working with...

My dad was a cabinet maker, and said a workbench should be the height of your bumhole. A man of eloquence…

The Duck And Roger The Horse - Cardiacs

While sorting out the 4-year warranty extension from warwick.de on my new-today Gnome i Pro, I saw in the drop down produect option menu a 'v2 300w Gnome Pro' and a '600w Gnome Pro'. Coming next year?

Thanks everyone - I've now got a nice clean-warm tone based on the mic pre settings from @krispn . I'll now go back to some of the cabs & IRs and play with mic options as well - thanks @ratman

My current bass setup

Make sure it's not structural!

I was only five, but already interested in music. Don't worry, it was the Hit Parade for me, but 1970 was the year of this jazz milestone. Miles Davis : beaches Brew.

My Sweet Lord - George Harrison

I was not around in 1970, so, I did some googeling and saw that this song got released in 1970. It has one of the first basslines I learned to play and I still enjoy playing it on my 74 P with flats:

I took a risk recently and sold off my Stingray 5 and Rivoli and have ended up with this from Bass Direct. It’s a 2021 Nash PB-J 63 in Fiesta Red. Apparently the first owner already had too many basses. Lucky for be though as it plays like a dream and sounds amazing…

+1 @Phil Starr will be along shortly to explain that the Laws of Physics prevent anyone building a 600w amp into the footprint of the Gnome. What appears to be in train here is the creation and building of a sub brand for Warwick. ( et al Volkswagen / Skoda/ Seat). Maintain a premium for the house brand and outsource the manufacture of sub brands through OEM / ODM to low cost centres of manufacturing. Maintains turnover and competes with other brands through low margin products. Makes it much more difficult for competitors to grow their market share. Having had first hand experience of executing such a strategy product quality and reliability tend to be the first areas to suffer. It will be interesting to see if Warwick can control their chosen partners effectively.

9.7k replies, well done Sarah, it’s a great thread ☝️

I went left field in the end.... This was drawn to my attention and BINGO!!

Pearloid.

Hell of a find! As said above, control knobs non-original. Coincidentally; one sold only recently on here: Thats a Kramer 450B in the pic, I think he was more usually seen with the 650B (as in the TOTP studio footage of “Rat Trap” )

If you are going to try and sell them on Discogs, make 100% sure that you are listing the correct version. The sorts of people who buy on there (especially rare versions) will demand that sort of accuracy and won't be happy if you sell them the wrong version, even if it is a genuine mistake on your part. I speak from experience.

When I first joined Waynepunkdude was very active, and another chap with a hard to pronounce name - lots of Xs. I remember Mr Xs won a Squier Jaguar and customised it with the Lion of Judah. He made a point of leaving IIRC, his posts were getting very confrontational.

The BOD plugin is free and works great. The only thing I would point out is that we trouble ourselves so much with 'getting the tone', but by and large once everything is mixed, the nuances we strive to achieve in isolation, just get lost in the final mix (that is, of course unless you have passages where the bass is just playing on it's own).

I was 13 so this was pretty much my last year of preferring singles (we called them '45s') to albums (we called them 'LPs'). Arrival - Friends - 01-70 Badfinger - Come And Get It - 01-70 Shirley Bassey - Something - 07-70 The Beach Boys - Cottonfields - 06-70 The Beatles - Let It Be - 03-70 Black Sabbath - Paranoid - 10-70 Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay - 09-70 Blue Mink - Good Morning Freedom - 04-70 Blue Mink - Our World - 09-70 Bob & Marcia - Young Gifted And Black - 03-70 Bread - Make It With You - 09-70 The Brotherhood Of Man - United We Stand - 02-70 Butterscotch - Don't You Know (She said Hello) - 05-70 Glen Campbell - Honey Come Back - 05-70 Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe - 12-70 Canned Heat - Let's Work Together - 02-70 The Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You - 10-70 Clarence Carter - Patches - 10-70 The Chairmen Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time - 09-70 The Chairmen Of The Board - You've Got Me Dangling On A String - 12-70 Chicago - I'm A Man - 02-70 Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4 - 08-70 Christie - Yellow River - 05-70 Christie - San Bernadino - 11-70 Jimmy Cliff - Wild World - 09-70 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travelin' Band - 05-70 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend - 07-70 The Cuff Links - When Julie Comes Around - 04-70 Dana - All Kinds Of Everything - 04-70 The Dave Clark Five - Good Old Rock 'n' Roll - 01-70 The Dave Clark Five - Everybody Get Together - 03-70 Deep Purple - Black Night - 09-70 Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want - 09-70 Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie - 11-70 Sacha Distel - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head - 03-70 Joe Dolan - You're Such A Good Looking Woman - 04-70 Clive Dunn - Grandad - 12-70 Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - 01-70 Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking - 11-70 The England World Cup Squad - Back Home - 05-70 Fair Weather - Natural Sinner - 08-70 Horace Faith - Black Pearl - 10-70 Family - Strange Band - 10-70 Don Fardon - Indian Reservation - 11-70 Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown) - 06-70 The Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself - 04-70 The Four Tops - It's All In The Game - 06-70 The Four Tops - Still Water (Love) - 10-70 Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song - 09-70 Free - All Right Now - 06-70 Frijid Pink - House Of The Rising Sun - 05-70 Marvin Gaye - Abraham Martin & John - 06-70 Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky - 04-70 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Chile - 11-70 Herman's Hermits - Years May Come, Years May Go - 02-70 Herman's Hermits - Lady Barbara - 12-70 The Hollies - I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top - 05-70 The Hollies - Gasoline Alley Bred - 10-70 Mary Hopkin - Temma Harbour - 02-70 Mary Hopkin - Knock Knock Who's There - 03-70 Mary Hopkin - Think About Your Children - 10-70 Hot Chocolate - Love Is Life - 09-70 Hotlegs - Neanderthal Man - 07-70 The Jackson Five - I Want You Back - 02-70 The Jackson Five - ABC - 06-70 The Jackson Five - The Love You Save - 08-70 The Jackson Five - I'll Be There - 12-70 Jethro Tull - The Witch's Promise / Teacher - 02-70 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Chile - 11-70 Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon - Sweet Inspiration - 08-70 Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon - Blame It On The Pony Express - 12-70 Tom Jones - Daughter Of Darkness - 05-70 The Kinks - Lola - 07-70 John Lennon, Yoko Ono & The Plastic Ono Band - Instant Karma - 02-70 Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life - 01-70 Marmalade - Rainbow - 08-70 Lee Marvin - Wand'rin' Star - 02-70 Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock - 10-70 McGuinness Flint - When I'm Dead And Gone - 12-70 Melanie - Ruby Tuesday - 11-70 Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi - 08-70 Gerry Monroe - Sally - 06-70 Gerry Monroe - My Prayer - 12-70 The Moody Blues - Question - 05-70 The Move - Brontosaurus - 05-70 Mr. Bloe - Groovin' With Mr. Bloe - 06-70 Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime - 06-70 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed - 12-70 Freda Payne - Band Of Gold - 09-70 Peter, Paul & Mary - Leavin' On A Jet Plane - 01-70 Pickettywitch - That Same Old Feeling - 03-70 The Pipkins - Gimme Dat Ding - 04-70 The Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy - 09-70 Elvis Presley - Don't Cry Daddy - 03-70 Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You - 07-70 Elvis Presley - I've Lost You - 11-70 The Rattles - The Witch - 11-70 Cliff Richard - Goodbye Sam Hello Samantha - 06-70 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tears Of A Clown - 08-70 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Something's Burning - 03-70 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough - 10-70 Diana Ross & The Supremes - Someday We'll Be Together - 01-70 Jimmy Ruffin - Farewell Is A Lonely Sound - 04-70 Jimmy Ruffin - I'll Say Forever My Love - 08-70 Jimmy Ruffin - It's Wonderful - 11-70 Shocking Blue - Venus - 02-70 Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water - 03-70 Edwin Starr - War - 11-70 Status Quo - Down The Dustpipe - 06-70 Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - 03-70 Cat Stevens - Lady D'Arbanville - 07-70 Ray Stevens - Everything Is Beautiful - 06-70 The Supremes - Up The Ladder To The Roof - 05-70 The Temptations - I Can't Get Next To You - 02-70 The Temptations - Ball Of Confusion - 10-70 Ten Years After - Love Like A Man - 07-70 T. Rex - Ride A White Swan - 11-70 Nicky Thomas - Love Of The Common People - 07-70 Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come - 09-70 The Tremeloes - Me And My Life - 10-70 White Plains - My Baby Loves Lovin' - 02-70 White Plains - Julie, Do Ya Love Me - 11-70 Roger Whittaker - I Don't Believe In If Anymore - 05-70 Andy Williams - Can't Help Falling In Love - 03-70 Andy Williams - It's So Easy - 09-70 Andy Williams - Home Lovin' Man - 12-70 Stevie Wonder - Never Had A Dream Come True - 04-70 Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours - 08-70

Hmm. I'm moving to a significantly smaller house in 2022 and need to consolidate. As the owner of two basses, one amp head and two cabs I'm not sure I have much chance of competing despite my intention to keep one bass and offload the rest. I recently donated a small bass practice amp and a small guitar amp to a local school. Do I get bonus points for that? Oh, and Happy New Year to you.

I hope those two people never travel together!

I've always seen New York hardcore as a completely separate genre to British punk because its so completely different. Were The Jam even a punk band? I thought they were new wave / pop. Maybe it would be simpler to just categorise music as good music or bad music.

You’re not John Taylor, are you 😎😀

I was six so my taste in music was abysmal in 1970

Excellent choices, Sir. Also: Ladies of the Canyon - Joni Mitchell Third Album - Led Zeppelin Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel Fun House - The Stooges After The Gold Rush - Neil Young Man Who Sold The World - Bowie In Rock - Deep Purple Band of Gypsys - Hendrix

I too had the Black Sabbath album - there roadie lived in the flats near me and their white Ford truck was often parked outside. For me in 1970, a snapshot of music interest was - Free - Fire and Water; Jethro Tull - Aqualung; Ten Years After - Watt; The Faces first album. This track has what I consider one of Alvin Lee’s best guitar solos - from the album Watt - bass is pretty good as well. https://youtu.be/cwQp9CEGplE

Maybe they just got tired of our sh*t For whatever the reason I hope they're happy, healthy and still playing Bass.

Thanks Stew. The Stomp arrives today so we’ll see how I get on. I was resigned to the fact that at. 75 I would probably never find another band, especially in a new area where I knew no-one. However someone I chatted to whilst walking the dogs knew someone who knew someone who had a band and was looking for a bass. I made contact, went along to a rehearsal and that was it. Nice folks and interesting music, slightly funky blues. Strong Bonnie Raitt and Keb Mo influences. First gig next month, COVID permitting.

Its the most sensible thing to do I've read some of the earlier posts were people have said they have to gig and need the money but on the other hand they know the covid risk is very high no gig for a few quid is worth the risk to anyone I've not earned any money for 12 months so I understand how they feel but it's to risky to put lives at risk Sorry if I have offend anyone it's not my intention just my personal view

My new power supply arrived a few days back so I've rejigged the board to accommodate it. The Sony wireless is now hidden under the top tier. And I reckon there's just enough room for a bass synth pedal to complete it when something pops up in the classifieds.