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(I offer this without further comment) We’re getting rid. Doesn’t help load in. Doesn’t help load out. Applies minimal effort to something he’s “passionate” about. Never responds to urgent gig related messages. Can’t drive. Never, ever, ever buys his round. Ever. Never offers petrol money. Writes questionable lyrics about his man parts. Cannot remember the practise schedule (same place, same time, fortnightly). Zero ability to think for himself. Has less game than a three-legged badger with a heroin problem. Get the idea? We’re an established, gigging originals band around Bristol, Swindon and beyond. Influences: From Alice in Chains to Meshuggah, Pink Floyd to Kyuss, Metallica to RATM and anywhere in between. Will send over tracks to genuine enquiries. If you’re a relatively normal functioning human being who can sing and wants to be in a band, please drop me a message. Previous work/tracks required please. Profile13 points
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Musicman Bongo 6 HH in Candy Apple Red. A six to replace a Streamer LX6 that was sold to cover legal fees. Arrived 43 hours after I ordered it from Bass Direct, securely packed and delivered on time (DHL) Lovely neck. Weighs 9lb 6oz, so not too bad. I thought the 18mm string spacing might prove problematic, but it's not. It's very "polite" sounding, but in the context of the other instruments I own, that's not a problem. Issues? Fingerprints show up really badly! If you rest your forearm against the body, it damps a smidge of the resonance out of the sound. Everything else is either fine or not a issue for me, so it's all good so far.10 points
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But back to @Stub Mandrel's topic. The first bass I bought myself was this lovely red Ibanez I bought for a song from a guy in Gloucester: And my first pimp-yer-bass attempt was on this one and was also my first attempt at veneering. Admittedly, beginners' luck! And it was this that led to me having a go at all the other stuff As a post-script, I eventually sold this to a Nepalese Buddhist who played in a Heavy Metal band in Luton and who was 'spiritually drawn' to the bass. A niche market, admittedly9 points
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I think we all know him, or his sister...7 points
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Paso Doble Pon De Left Hand Side - Musical Youth7 points
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I must have watched the film a dozen times in my late teens and early 20’s. Me and my mates were real devotees, and used to quote lines from the film all the time. I later went on to form a soul band in the 90’s and we did quite a few of their tunes, Shake a Tail Feather, Gimme Some Lovin, Hey Bartender, Messin with the kid, and I’m sure there a couple more. In 2013, in a pinch myself to see if it’s real moment, I was lucky enough to be in the support band for a tour with Steve Cropper with The Animals, starting in Paris. I couldn’t believe it when we got the gig, I was beside myself with excitement. We often shared a dressing room, and I became his wine gopher and had to pop out to local shops to keep the dressing room stocked up. He is a lovely guy, very open, loves a good conversation, and has some great tales to tell. I still have his number in my mobile! On a separate occasion, we were on before Booker T at The Great British Rhythm & Blues Festival and again shared a dressing room. His guitarist borrowed a guitar off us and used my amp. Looking back, I have been incredibly fortunate to meet these guys. Rob7 points
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More of a makeover!6 points
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Tonight's colour coordinated rig .. kind of ..6 points
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For interest. @Chopthebasshas kindly agreed to take on building a custom body for me, after we chatted when I clocked his Wal Mk3 clone build in the ‘Build Diaries’ section. He’s rather good with the CAD software, and we have a final design. Mahogany core, flame maple facings front and back. I think it looks rather good! You may observe I have moved away from the Precision body design to a refined Jazz shape that is ‘reminiscent’ of a Celinder. After a decade with various Celinders I decided it’s probably my most comfortable body shape.6 points
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Another head added on the closet!5 points
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Took a standard Squier CV 70s bass, changed the scratch plate to plain black (ie no white middle), changed the control plate to black with black screws all round. Added a black bridge, black strap locks and changed the pickups to Augilia. Finally changed the knobs to more modern ones. I've also taken off the gloss finish on the body, plus I sanded back the neck and oiled with burnt linseed oil.5 points
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Here we have an ACG from Alan's Graft range which I believe he no longer offers. It's a fantastic passive bass that covers a lot of tonal ground. I've been so pleased with it that I commissioned a 5-string medium scale version with the same pick-up arrangment hence the sale. It's just too similar to the new one and not getting the attention it deserves. I've owned it from new and bought directly from Alan at ACG. It's never been gigged and seen home use only; and is in excellent overall condition. There is one very small dink that I've tried to capture in the pictures. I've also included a picture of what looks like some indentations but are actually imperfections in the alder body that were there when built; these are under the lacquer and perfectly smoothed over. They just look like indentations in the picture! Everything else is in perfect working order; truss rod, pots etc. I also asked Alan to include an ebony-topped ramp that can be easiliy removed if you'd prefer. It's attached using doubled-sided tape. It's been recently set-up by Andrew at Anaconda Basses who also makes some brilliant instruments. I had Andrew fit a brass nut several years ago too. Currently strung with a set of Thomastik Jazz Flats but happy to change for a string of your choice before shipping. It sounds lovely with flats though! I’m happy to courier and the price quoted includes shipping. Also happy for you to collect from Reading or London. Scale length: 34” Body: Alder with White Limba top Neck: 3 piece maple (asymetric) Fingerboard: A very thick slab of rosewood with zero radius Pickup: ACG SB bridge and ACG PB neck (think P-bass!) Electronics: Volume, 4-way selector (front coil, both series, both parallel, back coil), tone Hardware: Hipshot B-style bridge and Gotoh tuners Weight: 7lbs 6oz (3.4kgs). Case: A Thomann branded hardcase in new condition for shipping or a Sandberg soft case depending on your preference A link to Alan's website for this bass: https://acguitars.co.uk/project/g012jtype5/ Please don't hesitate to ask any questions and you're more than welcome to come and try it out. I'm hoping for a straight sale but may be open to trades for a short scale with cash from me if needed. Some short scales that are high on my list include: Another ACG but a shortie Nordstrand Acinonyx Spector Bantam Lakland Hollowbody Musicman Stingray with a wad a cash from me!5 points -
Don't be daft, in the 22nd century they'll look like this....4 points
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Sometimes less is more.. Note how it defies gravity....4 points
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He owns his own microphone? 😳4 points
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Here’s my set up… Bass>Tuner>HPF>Basswitch (drive and comp in the fxloop)>Drive pedal >Filter>Omni IR cab sim The Basswitch is the ‘the brain’ and has the TRex (set to low gain) and the HL compressor in the ‘always on’ parallel loop. The other effects come after the Basswitch. It does have another fx loop but I prefer the sound of the drive and filter after the eq. This feeds into the Omni cab sim with DI out to the desk and I can run a line ‘Thru’ to an amp if I’m using one. On occasion I might run all this into my tube DI and send that to the desk. More recently I’ve been experimenting running the out of the tube DI to my amp as it has a really positive effect on the tone on account of the tubes and transformer. I’d best describe it as sounding like increasing the ‘bandwidth’ what one might hear using a pedal in 18v mode as opposed to 9v if you’ve ever compared those option in a preamp or drive unit. If I’m feeling lazy I’ll just use my DITTO tube DI box!4 points
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That one is going nowhere! Haha!4 points
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Still waiting for the pickups! But found time to sand and buff. I’m loving the flame!3 points
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A Trace Elliot you can use but not have to move?! I’d just use it, myself.3 points
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Time for one of my favourite tracks of all time, on the Take A Ride riddim. Very rare on LP and I finally bought it last year. For a teensy weensy bit too much money. But still. I have it.3 points
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bottom is still not decided yet, the nomad and seamoon might change for something else.3 points
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Euphemism right there...3 points
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I swapped the neck from my Ibanez GSRM20 Mikro Bass to the body of my GSRM20B Mikro Bass, pulled out the stock pickups, and installed just a single EMG Geezer Butler P pickup, wired directly to the output jack socket, filling out the empty bridge J pickup cavity with a folded piece of black cardboard, removed the barrel type side mounted output jack socket, installing a regular front mounted jack socket in one of the redundant pot holes instead, and added some transparent and black lampshade knobs to the 2 remaining pots for shows, though I later cut out pieces of green electrical tape to size and stuck it to the top of those knobs, the pickup top getting red electrical tape applied, as well as I applied some small Sherman Filterbank 2 stickers to the headstock, and a Jack Skellington skull sticker to the upper left (right I guess from the perspective of the bass) corner of the bass body : I do ponder on swapping out the stock bridge for 4 milled out solid brass mono rail bridge pieces as well, maybe in the same instance narrow in the string spacing slightly, from the current standard 19mm, to perhaps 17.5mm. The name is "Bottomfeeder", by the way, "Dud Bottomfeeder", secret agent 666.3 points
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I tend to remove (rip 'extraneous' stuff off) rather than add things tbh...3 points
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Shorthand for can’t be bothered to learn and thinks himself above the rest. What a tosspot.3 points
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Quick update on this a couple of weeks in. Firstly, I’m still delighted with this bass overall, particularly for the €322/£295 I paid for it. As others have noted, there is some neck dive, particularly with a narrow strap. However, this is easily counteracted with some light pressure from your right forearm when playing, which fits OK with my playing style. A thicker strap would sort it - I have a three inch wide padded leather Right On! strap fitted with straplocks that I use, but need to get some suitable (gold!) strap buttons for this bass before I can use it. I changed the strings for Roto 88s and am very pleased with the result - thumpitty thump thump thump. I wondered if the nut slots might need a tiny bit of widening, but the strings certainly aren’t sitting high enough for it to be a problem and there’s no obvious gap under them where they sit in the slots. The tapered part of the E string isn’t quite long enough, so there’s a half wind of the thick part on the tuner, but that’s more an aesthetic issue (for me…) than a problem per se. And still on the subject of aesthetics, the gold silks do go rather well with the hardware! I found one slightly high fret causing a buzz on the high D on the A string but a) that’s not a note I use terribly often and b) a couple of taps with a hammer on frets 18 to 20 seems to have sorted it (don’t judge me, luthiers…). I’m still playing with the pickup height to see what pleases me best, but that’s about this being my first precision and wanting to experiment, not because the pickup is lacking in any way. The tone control has a useful range - completely off is as dark as you’d expect, and I’m running it about half way most of the time as fully open is a little brighter than I want, even with the Rotos. So there we are - in a collection which includes such luminaries as a 4003, a Sandberg California and a Vigier Passion, the Squier has carved itself out a spot and is holding its own. Some pictures below of the silks on the headstock, the wrap on the E tuner, and the E string in its nut slot, FYI. PS I hadn't realised before I changed the strings that this bass has a bone nut as standard - quality! 🙂3 points
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It's all to do with what we are used to. Had the first popular bass guitar been headless, we be wondering why there's any need to have excess material beyond the nut.3 points
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I read somewhere about his approach to recording bass lines. I can’t remember exactly but he used to pare back and pare back until he was left with just the minimum notes to carry it. I’ll have to try and find the info. Yes, awesome player, saw him with Clapton in 1983 at Edinburgh Playhouse.3 points
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Looks like Danny's now extending his internet presence https://www.youtube.com/@OfficialDannyThompson2 points
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I'm also not a huge fan of unfinished necks, I like how they feel but when they start to look like a weathered fence it's time for lacquer. My 55-02 below looked pale & anaemic (& a bit cheap) but felt great, probably the nicest neck I've played. I'd already worn through the thin lacquer on my 55-01 & decided getting the 55-02 done to prevent wear through & make it look a bit better. I went for satin to retain the soft feel. I also had my Stingray neck lacquered by Shuker in high gloss vintage with stainless frets.2 points
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The HB B45FL is decent. There may well be better or equivalent ones for more money or around that price point, but I don't think you can go wrong with it for the price. I would also go along with the unlined because the only visual clue that is important are the side dots rather than craning his neck over the fretboard. If anything, my lined fretless requires extra and unnecessary mental processing when I look down at the side dots because I then have to do some spatial calculations to work out where the actual fret should be, whereas on the unlined this isn't the case. The only practical advantage(IMO) of the lined is that there is far more choice, so if he wants to go the 5 string route the lined may be the better option.2 points
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Life During Wartime Talking Heads2 points
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Remember, Coverversion got the DP gig because Paul Rodgers (who Blackmore originally wanted) wasn't available! If you listen to Northwinds, (DC's second solo album), he just has this great blue-eyed soul voice, but could also belt it out as well! The vocal performance on that album is as good as I've heard (in that milieu at least). The pairing of DC and Glenn Hughes in DP worked really well, and was even better with the addition of Tommy Bolin on CTTB.2 points
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More a functional pimp rather than anything cosmetic. Changed the original string through only late 90s Fender bridge to a 2010 Fender Deluxe P-Bass version. Same base plate size so no real change to the visual aspect except that I can top load strings which is my preffered way to fit flats. and...purely cosmetic scratchplate change from white to black on my DeeDee project Precision bass.2 points
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Don't show @Smanth... she will want a 5 string version...🤣2 points
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Hmmm....consider that design stolen2 points
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When we started the project I said to @Andyjr1515 that I wanted a 22nd Century design in the 21st Century. I think we got close.2 points
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Ownage is relative. Does 'I swear I'll start paying you for it next month' count? 😬2 points
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Even though I transcribe a lot of music I always feel like my ears aren't as good as I want them to be. These are the best ways that I've found to get them in shape without spending any money:2 points
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These look better as a headed bass. Like, a million times better.2 points
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I feel your pain too. I now have colour zones on my pedal board. Black pedals/psu along the top, gold/brown pedals on the bottom left and white pedals on the right with a white lead into a white P bass I even have a short white lead between the tuner and the Wah!2 points
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But did it have girth?2 points
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It's rather good. Came well set up for action, had to raise the d slightly, but intonation was off. Feels a bit slicker than the mb5. Lots of rumble. Big difference between the pups. The active is not as extreme as some basses which is good. The flamed veneer isn't as spectacular as I had hoped, luck of the draw I suppose can't complain about anything for under £200. B stock, but well packaged still got film on control cover and pups. Some grubbiness on very tips of headstock. No other marks. Balance is great although lighter than I expected. Only tried with lekato strap, very comfy, no dive. Tuners very smooth. Strings feel a bit harsh but sound ok. Will probably replace soon.2 points
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Yes they had Ashdown amps on the introducing stage when I played there - tho at the punk weekender. It’s what switched me to Ashdown, I just loved the solidity of the sound it in combination with my Para Driver, there was the H-word to the sound.2 points
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You forgot how much does it weigh2 points -
Probably not exactly the article you were thinking about, but... https://www.musicradar.com/news/how-ned-steinberger-redesigned-the-bass-world2 points
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It’s great! Well built, no hiss or other noise. Quiet switch. Sounds exactly how it should. All for a whopping £29 delivered from AliExpress. Very impressive.2 points
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