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Bit of a trek down to Swindon Wyvern Theatre today. Air con in the band bus a bit intermittent but we managed to get there without too much grumbling. Good gig to a full venue, hot on stage though even with two big fans on full. Up to Manchester tomorrow, so hope it’s a bit cooler.17 points
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Back working after a period of ill health. Bandeoke in Bristol. Starting to take off at last. I went with my little Trace Cabs which are firm favourites now, and VM P bass. All sounded good to me.15 points
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Here you go. I picked it up for £500 on eBay about 15 years ago. It was in a sorry state, so I stripped the paint and refinished it (poorly and not patiently) in a thin layer of white blonde nitro, and added a racing stripe decal. It has been played a lot, so in lockdown I got the frets replaced with stainless steel ones, so I won't have to have it done again, and the old tuners are shot, so replaced them with some Hipshot ultralights. The new hole I drilled would be covered by the old tuners were I ever in the unlikely event of selling it. All mojo is genuine play wear and it even came with me on a short Japanese tour. I'll bring it along to the SW bass bash! 😁13 points
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2013 MusicMan Classic Sabre One piece natural ash body with birdseye maple neck. Usual Sabre appointments- two flat topped humbuckers (16 pole in neck/8 pole at bridge), 5 way selector switch - in between positions are bridge facing coil of neck pickup on its own (getting into P bass territory) and the other is the same coil paired with the bridge humbucker (Lakland mode) There is a silent circuit for the single coil when in pos 2 and 4. 2EQ preamp, no centre detentes on pots/knobs. Old style bridge with mutes. 12" radius fretboard, compensated nut and body contours (only the Sabre has these features in the Classic series) Now discontinued, wonderful sounding bass. Weight is 4.77kg on my luggage scales. (I got a multitude of readings from 4.46 up to 4.79 kgs so took one at the top end) Feels indestructible, top quality, no issues at all. Balances great when worn and not tiring if worn with a wide(ish) strap.Comes with the original MM hard case. Only selling as a chance to buy back my much missed Valenti Jazz has come up. Audition in Market Drayton, Shropshire. Can possibly meet Stoke, Crewe,Shrewsbury,Telford and possibly driving down to London on Sunday 6th August. Thanks for looking Keir6 points -
I've just managed to solder up a 30cm jack to jack lead and finish up with there being a resistance of 7k between tip and sleeve, so you need to revise your estimate of my soldering ability downwards.6 points
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We played at a small festival at the weekend (split across multiple venues in a local town). First gig was awful due to a terrible sound person. I turned round during our set and found him looking through the instruction manual for the mixing desk... tbf that was an improvement on being at the bar drinking! Tbf, our guitarist had knocked the bass control (and his volume 🤔) on one of his presets on his pedalboard so I actually turned off during one song to make a point. Second gig was much better, sound engineer was brilliant, no over loud guitarist issues (turning my bass off did the trick here). Mixed weekend but got to take the bad with the good. Annoyingly only got a single gig in August due to band member holidays so if anyone knows of any dep gigs going in the Portsmouth area give me a shout :D5 points
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You’re never too old! I picked up a bass for the very first time in Nov/Dec 2021 at the age of 56. Practiced at home every day, got bad GAS, bought amps and basses, then thought I should venture out. My first outing was to a local monthly jam in October 2022, and I didn’t take a bass, too scared, I lurked in the background and sussed it out. It’s a jam where there’s a setlist/book on a table to choose tunes from, and copies on stage for everyone to look at. There’s a lot of tunes in it. I took a pic of the front page list and vowed to return the following month with at least three I could play. The next time I went, I took my bass and did play on two tunes with the other musicians. Over the next few months, and keeping attending the jam, I found myself in a band with the house drummer and some other musicians from the jam, and we play gigs every month or so, sometimes two gigs, for actual money! We get along very well, and I would now call them friends. This all gave me loads of confidence, and allowed me to stretch out musically and become a better player. A few months ago I answered an ad on JMB for a bass player for a nine piece band with horn section. I auditioned and landed the job. That band is the most challenging musical experience I have ever had, really complicated stuff, but I would say that I’m swimming not drowning. A journey of 1000 miles begins with the first step. Rob5 points
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Holding Out for an Aero - Bonnie Tyler4 points
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A JB62M I bought through eBay from Japan just arrived. Quick play as I have a gig but seems great,just had to loosen the truss Rod a little and raise the strings a tad. Medium scale is my favourite scale now and selling my 34” basses (one left,it’s in the classifieds,Fender P American standard) Pleased so far but I’m a tinkerer and think I’m going to try some Quarter pounders in the Aerodyne as it’s for Rock and unsure what to put in the Jazz for Motown,soul with flats. Any recommendations?4 points
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Just got my 2nd 32” fender.4 points
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Pretty good. Played at an open mic/Jam night as part of the house band. Busked my way through a good few songs that I've not played before, but with musicians that I knew, so it wasn't as bad as it could have been. Didn't take an amp, so was reliant on the house PA; I reckon next time I'll take a feed from the mixer into a set of IEMs.4 points
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Just came across this picture I've taken a while ago when I was doing maintance to some of my Spectors. Gotta love a nice clean bass with freshly oiled boards and new strigs....especially if it's a Spector. (Also big shoutout to EB Cobalt strings, they sound ace and last long)4 points
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I will also bring my Bongo as I remember when I wanted to try one there were none around. Maybe there would be interest in bringing the dwarf too and a screen so people can see what that is like to set one of those up?4 points
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Agreed, the high point of the night was being approached by a lady who had seen me in the video shoot I did with Terry Sweet. The " Days Of Dyanna" video . She was very nice. My response; " I can see that it's hard for you to believe your actually standing here talking to me" 😆 Blue4 points
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Yeah, you are absolutely right, at 45 you are done! Just look at all those famous great acts that decides to break up and retire at age 45. I mean I can't really name any off the top of my head, but I am sure there a loads of examples... Ah, yes, how about: Iron Maiden, Bruce Springsteen, AC/DC, Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra... And the list goes o... Oh, wait... They didn't, did they? Well, that admittedly was probably not of much help, plenty of great pieces of advice and helpful suggestions in this thread already though.4 points
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Because bassist has left. I am auditioning4 points
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This looks nice Very tempting3 points
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Up for sale is my 2007 Stingray 5 in white (now faded to a rather lovely cream, as they do) and a maple fingerboard. Excellent overall condition, just a couple of small chips in the finish shown in the photos, but otherwise unmarked. Weighs in at 4.3kg on my scales. Plays beautifully with a low action, just fitted with a new set of D'Addario EXL170 nickels. No visible fret wear. The case shows a little use, but all the hinges and clasps are present and correct. There was a small crack in the bottom edge of the case, which the previous owned glued up, and it hasn't shifted. Collection from near Woking in Surrey, or I can ship within the UK at the buyer's cost. Sorry, no trades please.3 points -
Hey all, I've decided to move on my D'addario XPND 2 pedalboard, my plans have changed from building a large home board hence the sale. https://www.daddario.com/xpnd-pedalboard/ This has not left the house, it's been assembled, pedals board Tetris played a few times, but not actually built a board with it so is in very good condition. This is for the board only, I never felt the need to buy the optional bag for this one as it was going to be a home use only item. I have the original box, but as you have to assemble the board yourself when initially bought I’d rather sell built (box included). However if you want me to disassemble it for postage I can. The whole idea of this design is that you'll only need one board to satisfy the inherent pedal merry go round nature of effects! Just change the size of your board to fit whatever pedals who have at the time, need that bit extra, expand a bit, board looking a bit sparse with unsightly gaps, contract a bit etc etc. I'm now asking £70 collected from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire for it please. If you want it posting (UK only) please add that on. There are a few minor marks from how the expanding ability operate (on the internal face of the smaller black board bars), these are due to the design of the board. There were also some sharpish edges on some of the silver end cap internal cutouts, I deburred them carefully upon assembly (due to the manufacturing process, pressed rather than machined etc). All good though and the board is certainly solid and feels very well made. Has velcro on both the top and bottom of the rails, also comes with a bit of velcro for the pedals (Pedaltrain stuff I haven't used). Any questions please ask 👍🏼 Peace.3 points -
*SOLD* Selling my Warwick Thumb BO 5. As per my other sale post I'm also not using this for my current project. Just sitting in its case. Again, in immaculate condition. Amazing growl and clank you would expect from a Warwick. Any questions, please ask.3 points -
Selling my Warwick Streamer Stage 1 as I no longer use it for the current project I am in. Amazing bass. Probably the nicest neck I've ever played. Super smooth. 9.5/10 condition. Really is immaculate apart from a couple of really miniscule indentations. Unless you look for them you'll never notice. Plays superbly. Happy to answer any questions. Thanks for looking Mike3 points -
Ok, going to keep this and sell the Jazz. This really suits me better and it doesn’t owe me so much. Now withdrawn.3 points -
I couldn't agree more. Absolutely unacceptable, complete amateur hour. I know we all make music for a variety of reasons, but if you're in a cover band and want ongoing paying gigs then what happens between songs is as important as the songs themselves imo. Good luck getting them to stop.3 points
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Absolutely unprofessional or even cool. Ask them if they’ve attended major gigs where this happened? Smacks of amateur hour big style for me - I’d get them to knock it on the head pronto. If they feel the current band is not where they’re at, then as you say get them to get their metal rocks off somewhere else.3 points
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Rounds - just a fad that people'll grow out of! 🙂3 points
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One can never tell. If I had to list my influences, it'd be much more eclectic still than that ^^^^. The 'influences' are one thing, the end result of what the chap has written would be more probative, I'd say. No harm in taking a look, and step away if it's rubbish. A shame he didn't mention Prokofiev, or I might have given it a go.3 points
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I had one the Weds before last; usual jam night, same setup as always, same kit, same room, same people (well, our hosting trio, at least)...just couldn't get out of first gear. Nothing definite, nothing like a 'disaster gig', but it just sounded mostly rubbish - I was faffing about with the bass tone for about ten minutes to no avail (and I'm normally about two and a half minutes from walking in the door, setting up, getting a tone and going to the bar), and the harder I tried to bring it back, the more it persisted. Last Weds was night and day better (as it usually is), for no reason...it just happens sometimes...3 points
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Delighted to get an email yesterday advising that XTC's 'The Big Express' has undergone the Steven Wilson treatment and gets a 5.1/Atmos release in mid-September. This will be the 7th release that Steven has curated and what makes this even sweeter is that Andy Partridge has gone on record saying there were no more masters available to generate 5.1 mixes (which is alarming, given that the Apple Venus and Wasp Star albums are only about 20 years old and we're overseen by Andy Partridge, so must be on hard drives somewhere). Anyhoo. A little bit of joy.3 points
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1/2" Hipshot Ultralite licensed clover tuners Originally shiny chrome, these have been reliced. I feel they are a little bit stiffer to turn than brand new Ultralites. It's hard to quantify something like this, so I'll accept returns if you are not 100% happy. All dimensions here: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1574/0577/files/206K.PDF?147414096911308745 £60 posted3 points -
Scott's bear lessons, teaching bass slapping to brown bears.3 points
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Two gigs in early August:3 points
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So, earlier this year I found myself in a position where I was offered an exclusive artist endorsement contract with Hartke Systems. I had recently played through a Hartke rig at a festival and was really impressed with the tone. Obviously, being a fan of the amps I bit their hand off and a couple of weeks ago my rig of choice turned up at the doorstep. I opted for the LH1000 and the new HL410 and couldn't be more happier with the new setup. I absolutely love the tone I'm getting, the LH1000s simplicity and warmth combines perfectly with the clarity and punch of the HL410. The hybrid speaker cones give me the perfect amount of high end that I've never experienced with other cabs. They had their first outing last weekend at Lattitude and Leopalloza Festival and filled the stage with glorious low end! I apologise if posts about equipment from companies you endorse aren't allowed but I'm just so pleased and my mind is blown I'm getting this support from the company.2 points
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For sale is this beautiful jazz. Usual story had a beer on a Friday evening, loved the colour and lakland basses in general so bought it! But realistically it’s not going to displace the Ibanez ehb for gigs. it’s in good nick, think it’s 2014 so got some playing wear and a few little marks on the top of the headstock and a couple of little marks on the top of the next, but the body is very clean. Lovely deep and punchy sound, strings could do with a change but I have been enjoying the dull thud they give the bass. Collection preferred from Chelmsford essex. Only trades I could be interested in is a nice pj or a Dingwall plus cash from me. Original ad below hope thats ok with bigmuff.2 points -
… the B-side of Mountains is an instrumental called Alexa de Paris. His guitar playing is very Zappa-esque, to my ears. Great track. (but way too many fantastic tracks to have a favourite…)2 points
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The decal also arrived but seems a little big to me…? Compared to; What do you think? On a more positive note, some paisley paper and some nitro from Rothko and Frost arrived today. Such good quality!!2 points
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It's not something exclusive to guitarists. I've been in bands with drummers who did it, even bassists who did it. In my last band, the singer always took ages to get to the next song due to the insuffereable jiiba-jabba. Look-at-me syndrome, the curse of our age. You can't purge it from someone's personality. Best thing to do is structure your setlist so you go straight from one song to the next. We would do three songs back to back, everything in clusters. Bang bang bang. Gap. Bang bang bang. Keep them busy so their idle mind can't wander to the point they need to feel people are looking at them thinking how wonderful they are. Get disciplined, get your setlist together and get tight and you can cut this crap right down.2 points
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Leap Up and Down (Wave Your Snickers in the Air) - St Cecelia2 points
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It's a Kinder Magic - Queen2 points
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She said four!2 points
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If I could just randomly find one of these in a forest, I’d join the club straight away. Wanted one in the 80’s but never had the available money. And they don’t seem to be getting any cheaper now. My main acoustic is a 1985 Ibanez and it’s superb, a Blazer or Roadstar would compliment it nicely 👍2 points
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The Mod Dwarf looks really interesting and I've been reading the thread with interest. I'd be keen to take a look!2 points
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I suspect it's a definitive watch for any bass player, whether you like the music or not. To me it's not unlike Some Kind of Monster, less about the music than the people2 points
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Ok, I'll bring along my Mustang, Dingwall, ABM600, Zilla 212 and Boss GX100 if anyone fancies giving any of that a go.2 points
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A charming little beast!2 points
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I agree 100%. I also do the same with HMRC. They are one group of people you never want to be on the wrong side of.2 points
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Sorry your plans didn't work out. It was me who traded this to Bass Direct at the start of the year after buying it used.The factory gig-bag was already missing. I like the idea of trying different basses but when all is said and done I'm just too in love with my Warwicks. For all those Stingray 5 fans, do yourself a favour and buy this bass to save hundreds on an American one (I've owned a few of those). The difference in price is no indicator to how good these "cheaper" Stingrays actually are in feel and more importantly,sound.2 points -
The idea is quite old, actually ...2 points
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Well, ask his bandmates, they might know, or be able to get you in contact with the former bass player. My best bet though is some kind of RAT based pedal mixed with clean signal and compression, also probably a Turbo variant of a RAT will get you closest. The MXR M85 Bass Distortion, which is indeed based on a RAT, and does in fact feature both a silicon diode clipping classic RAT mode, and a LED diode clipping Turbo RAT mode, as well as allowing you to blend in clean signal, might be able to get you in the approximate same ballpark. Be aware though that the song in that video was produced and mixed in a studio, so I think it is pretty safe to assume a lot more is going on than just that, most certainly a separate clean and distorted bass track, each processed individually with compression and various equalization, and that the bass player with all possible likelihood didn't actually sound exactly like that when playing live, heck for all I know the actual distortion on that track might very well be a VST effect. But as said, to me it sounds very RAT like with clean signal blended in, so that is what I would aim at, if the band can't be of any help to you.2 points
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Having read all of your replies, advice and experiences and loads of other stuff online, listened and watched quite a few videos - which are always a mixed bag depending on how they were recorded, I’d narrowed my choice down to two. Both were fretless 4 strings, because there really doesn’t seem to be many 5’s available and I didn’t want to stretch to or wait for a Kala California. They’re both 23” though I did wonder about a couple of 25” scale models. I’m going to be travelling about the country tomorrow so was trying to squeeze in an extra stop to attempt to grab one of the ones I’d found (finding anywhere that stocks these things is a bit of a task in itself) Whilst planning this I had another look on one of the major retailers sites and had a bit of luck….. I’d ruled out this option as I couldn’t find anywhere that stocked the particular bass I was interested in. After a bit of last minute faffing about it’s been ordered and should be with me in a couple of days. Pics to follow 🙂2 points
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No be picky about the sort of music you want to play. There's nothing worse than having something you should love being ruined because you can't stand the songs you are playing.2 points
