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Just a few hours rest from my Zurich adventure, before a 450 mile round-trip to North Wales to do an Eagles tribute show at the beautiful Rhyl Pavilion. A bit stressful 'cos there was a problem with he house PA.. thankfully - and by pure chance - we had ours in the van. Lucky escape. We had a great night. The show is really coming together after a year of hard work. I can start to relax a bit now. After a crazy few days I could do with a couple of days off to recover, but... back to work tomorrow. Ah well.15 points
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Finally got some pics11 points
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Here we have... 60th Anniversary Jazz Bass®, Rosewood Fingerboard, Arctic Pearl Vintage-Style Deluxe Hardshell with Embroidered 60th Anniversary Logo I cant find any marks on it, frets have no wear so practically like new Weight is 4.3 Kg's on my scales Case is blemish free Covers and tags, COA Lovely Artic. pearl, in certain light it shows a faint yellow in some pics Year – 2020 Colour – Arctic Pearl Body Finish – Gloss Body Wood – Alder Neck Finish – Gloss Neck Wood – Maple Fretboard – Rosewood Frets – 20 Scale Length – 34″ Weight – 4.3 Kg's Electronics – Passive Pickups – Fender Pure Vintage ’62 Single-Coil Jazz Bass Gigbag/Hardcase – Hardcase10 points -
I'm now 73 and my back problems started when I was twenty, I was in and out of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore, Middx during that time, surgery was suggested but I was warned that it was risky and if it went wrong, then I could spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair, so I decided against it, and over the years I had various procedures on my back which were all extremely painful, and all of them only temporary fixes, this resulted in lots of time off work, and eventually early retirement. Five months ago, the pain really kicked in again and because I couldn't get an appointment to see a doctor, the surgery advised me to call 111 who in turn advised me to go to A&E which I did, I was kept in overnight and then transferred to an Orthopaedic Hospital the next day, I was told that surgery was needed and this time I decided to agree to it, the following morning I was in the operating theatre. When I came round I was pain free, and three weeks later I'm still feeling great, so because I don't want to risk injuring my back again, I've now decided to stop gigging and just play and record at home because if I gig, I will have to lift heavy equipment which will put my back at risk. I've enjoyed gigging over the years but as I've struggled to find a suitable band in recent times, I think it won't be too hard for me to get used to not gigging any more. I'm not going to sell off everything, but I've put a couple of my higher end basses up for sale, I will keep a couple for home use and anything else I might need, but I will gradually shift all the gear that is no longer needed. I'm now looking forward to enjoying what time I have left pain free (hopefully). 🙂8 points
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Apologies in advance for the messy cabling but a recent house move has meant I now have space for a more permanent home pedal set-up. I feel very fortunate.8 points
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Due to some recent changes at casa Syncro, I'm going to be selling a few basses as the proceeds are required elsewhere. First up is this stunning USA Lakland Joe Osborne bass from 2002. These are legendary for nailing the early 60's Fender feel, and this one is no exception. The necks are sublime. The bass has been extensively gigged in its time and has picked up some bumps and scrapes along the way. This only adds to the appeal of the instrument IMO, and it really feels like a vintage bass. The Candy Apple red paint is really deep and rich in the flesh, and it looks very striking on stage. Needless to say it sounds incredible. Why spend double on a Fender Custom Shop Jazz? Collection from Margate or I may be able to meet somewhere mutually convenient. I can package the bass up safely if you'd like to arrange a courier.7 points -
My first gig. In the 80s. The singer didn't even show up. We tried ringing his house several times. No answer. Turns out his mum had made him go to his gran's birthday party. Rock and roll baby.7 points
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We had an old Merc bus as our band transport. On the way to one gig the wipers packed up, so my job was to sit in the footwell with a pair of mole grips on the back of the wiper spindle, manually clearing the screen. We stopped to pick up a couple of bedraggled hitch hikers. The door opened, they took in the scene of me sitting on the floor with a pair of mole grips, and changed their minds about wanting a lift. In the rain.7 points
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I played my first ever gig in Milton Keynes City Centre. A lady approached our bandleader and asked if she could manage us. He agreed and a couple weeks later we were all off to Camden for an audition for Sky Star Search. We to a slot and next thing we were on telly, show hosted by Keith Chegwin with Barbara Windsor and Simon Potter (Who?) as the judges. The spinal tap moment was getting voted runners up being beaten by a sax playing comedian in a wheelchair! It all went downhill from there!!7 points
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Feck.. several Kronenbergs in, I've just panic bought it. Refret incoming me thinks. I'm gonna get the original electronics checked out for reinstallation, if the pots have had it, maybe just the pickups.. not liking the idea of SD's in it.5 points
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My favourite haiku, courtesy of the great Dr John Cooper Clarke: To freeze a moment In seventeen syllables Is very difi5 points
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Status Eclipse 6 string, from 1994, wooden neck, Ash body, sunburst finish, excellent condition. Status hyperactive soapbars and 2 band EQ. Weight is 5kg, but doesn't feel that heavy on a strap. Sound is everything you'd expect from a Status, absolutely immense sounding. Comes with Status branded hiscox case. £900 ono, £25 p&p, or collection from witham welcome, or happy to meet halfway depending on location. As for trades, I would be interested in jazz or precision basses, or maybe a 5 string of some kind, although feel free to offer something else, you never know.5 points -
Found this gem. The previous owner was the first owner who bought it new in 1973 and took pretty good care of it. The frets are fine, the finish has one bad spot where it hit a nail in the case it was kept in, otherwise in very good nick. The hardware is super clean, the color has aged very nicely and it sounds and plays great. Really like this.5 points
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Ah, the band van. I played in a soul band (with Jim Zimmer, as it happens). We had a 6 wheel Transit that had belonged to a motocross team. It had a Zephyr engine (3 ltr V6) and auto box. I was the driver and had driven around Portsmouth picking up the rest of the band. The gig was about 25 miles away. Great gig but as we left the pub car park, the gearbox gave out. Only reverse was working. A voice from the back suggests I reverse back to town and drop everyone off! They were serious.5 points
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IMO the leader Western World, or any Head of State, publicly insulting someone's wife makes me cringe and shake my head. Trumps disgusting, ill-mannered behaviour should not be accepted or normalized in any way.5 points
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Just back from doing a rare solo acoustic guitar/vocals gig. It turned into a brilliant evening. Was beset by technical gremlins at the start (buzzing power supplies, dodgy wiring and breaking a string on my main guitar in the first intro to the first song…). But just used my backup £40 Yamaha FG512SJ with a Seymour Duncan woody in the sound hole all gig and it sounded great. The venue usually has music on Saturdays, so Sunday afternoons currently seem quiet for passing trade (though a load of my friends and their mates came along and made a racket). Maybe Saturday nights would suit my rowdy loud playing more anyway. I needed a decent gig after a rubbish few weeks in several aspects of life so this one did the job perfectly. Very happy indeed. Edit - added the only photo I can find from the gig4 points
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The reason that bands have become seemingly invisible to whoever wrote the text that was used in the OP (it certainly wasn't composed by @Bass4real) is that the charts are all about recorded music and for most bands the money is in live performance and not the selling of recordings. Certainly here in the UK, the charts have had less impact on the typical member of the public since Top Of The Pops was taken off the air. Also the current charts are even more artificial than ever before. Partly because of the demise of the "single" and mostly because it has become necessary for the chart compilers to apply negative weighting to streams and downloads of anything that isn't a current release otherwise those acts currently topping the charts wouldn't get a look in, as the top 50 would be almost totally dominated by recordings made over 30 years ago. There are plenty of new and interesting bands out there gigging for anyone who can be bothered to go and look for them, and while it has always been cool for bands to say that they aren't interested in the charts, these days they might actually really mean it. When the charts are all about selling recordings, but for a well-organised and entertaining band at grassroots level it's all about live performance, because that when coupled with T-shirt sales is where they can make money. Record companies won't take chances on new bands and because of this by the time most bands have got to the level where record companies start to take notice of them there is very little that a record company can offer them. When you can make a great recording on your home computer, a video on your phone and get them on all the digital platforms for about $50, the lure of the record company advance becomes less compelling. And the more successful a band becomes on its own the less important record companies become. No wonder they stick to young "solo" artists who are easier to manipulate and exploit. The problem for Rick Beato and his "sad old men club" is that the industry is no longer what it was 25 years ago and they still don't appear to recognise this.4 points
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Did we agree on the '40-year-rule' for vintage Fenders? If so, I finally have one after waiting about 34 years.4 points
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Hey guys, I'm selling my Fender Jazz Elite which i purchased from here a few months back from another Bass chatter. Fantastic Bass, but I'm after a 5 String Stingray/Sterling and need to raise funds. This is in fantastic condition, all except for 2 small screw holes which were inserted by the original owner as he fitted a bridge cover. I have filled these with some natural wood filler so these are hardly noticeable. Comes with the original Fender hardcase. Pics attached are what the previous owner took (hope he doesn't mind!). Based in Swindon but willing to meet somewhere within reason. Thanks Freddie3 points -
I always thought it was mathematically challenged. “The godhead 3 in 1, father, spirit, son, the lion & the lamb”. I’m pretty sure that’s 5 in 1. 😂3 points
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Sorry or the late reply been really buy at work here are a couple of picture taken now, & a couple from the seller in Japan the Ric TRC was already on this when I bought it. All I have done is taken off the tugbar & tuned it up. It feels very well made I bought it a I missed my Ric 4003, but couldn't justify the price now.3 points
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IMO ‘Players Grade’ means it’s not a collector’s instrument3 points
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Excellent! I have a player's brain.3 points
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Treating my bass to fresh strings and doing a setup. My assistant isn't helping much.3 points
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We played for years with Hugh McKenna, who had been the keyboards player in SAHB for ages (we still miss him today.....he died just before the start of Covid). He described a support gig they did in the States, where, just before going on stage he had been offered a particularly potent spliff (he said 'he was a particularly greedy pig in those days'). Anyway said spliff had a bit too powerful a hallucinogenic effect. They were kicking off their set with 'Give my regards tot he Chef' (see vid of 'normal' performance below). For some reason, instead of the atmospheric build-up line, Hugh decided to play 'three blind mice' instead of his normal introduction, much to the incomprehension of the rest of the band.3 points
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Ibanez Ibanez Prestige SR5000 - Oil Finish - Bargain Price! Sorry, No offers please, this really is the lowest price I can go for a bass of this quality. Following recent spinal surgery, I now believe my gigging days are finally over, it’s been on the marketplace for some time now and I really need to shift it, so I’m offering this fantastic bass at a bargain price. This was purchased brand new in 2024 but as I'm no longer gigging, I really can't justify owning it, and I've decided to put a few of my other basses up for sale as well. As you can see from the photos, it is totally unmarked, and still has the plastic film on the pickups and back cover, and the top quality Ibanez original hard case is included. This is the "Top of the Range" Ibanez SR Prestige model which plays and feels fantastic. Weight: Just under 9lbs. You are welcome to come and try it out at my home in Bridgnorth, Shropshire. I've added a video where you can hear me playing the actual bass (please excuse my playing). The bass track has been removed from the song that I'm playing along to, so what you're hearing is the actual bass, and my take on the bass line for the song. I recorded the bass through my Behringer audio interface directly into Reaper, no effects have been added to the recording. Specs: Neck - Atlas-4 HP5pc Wenge/Walnut neck w/KTS™ TITANIUM rods Top/back/body- Wenge topWenge backAfrican Mahogany body Fretboard - Wenge fretboardMother of Pearl & Abalone oval inlay Medium frets Prestige fret edge treatment Number of frets 24 MR5S bridge String space 19mm Bartolini® Custom neck pickupPassive Bartolini® Custom bridge pickupPassive banez Custom Electronics 3-band EQ w/ EQ bypass switch (passive tone control on treble pot) & 3-way Mid frequency switch Strings - D'Addario® EXL165 String gauge - .045/.065/.085/.105 Graph Tech® BLACK TUSQ XL® nut Hardware Colour Gold We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place (Sound sample).mp43 points -
One of my favourite Fender design, but you'll have to wait another year as this Performer Bass with its TBX was supposed to have been officially released in 1986 and 1987 by FujiGen Gakki in Japan, 1985 being the year of its conception and presentation of the Katana Bass, not the Performer Bass, by John Page (THE Custom Shop guy of the early years, but not back then as it took place way later) at the Frankfurt Musik Messe, in February 1985. Too bad the American version called Elite with 3 pickups and an ebony fingerboard was only released as a prototype and never put into production... Price wise yours looks pristine and could sell between £2500 and £3500, which is quite extraordinary for a Japanese model. Congratulations @Stub Mandrel, it's a superbly rare bass made in around 100 copies and if yours is really from 1985 then you own some kind of a prototype. Here's almost the only written trace of it from The Fender Bass by Klaus Blasquiz. Here are the two American prototypes, note the different headstocks, the ebony fingerboard for the fourer and the 3 pickups configuration for the fiver.3 points
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Apologies for the picture quality! I've been meaning to try the ipad with the QC for a while as somewhat portable recording set up, handy now I can't use my work laptop for logic any more. First time I've tried Logic on the ipad but pretty impressed at how easy it was to jump into. I didn't feel particularly restricted compared to the full desktop version. Just need a way to mount an ipad stand to the back of my board and then I'm sorted 🙌3 points
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Look at the pretty brothers❤️ \3 points
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Fairly similar experience to Paul S above, with the added bonus of the singer actually pointing out how Spinal Tap it all was. Asked at short notice by a promoter we'd done plenty of gigs for to support to a band playing in Camden. We arrived in time to find to find neither opening or headlining act had arrived. Nor had the sound engineer. The latter eventually appeared looking totally hungover, and he proceeded to explain that someone had stolen all the DI boxes the night before while he was too drunk to notice. Not good as we had a drum machine and several synths. No soundcheck for us, as the headline band finally appeared and had a major strop at being initially told they'd also have no soundcheck. As a result the venue opened late, and the opening act went straight on. Despite being told to cut their set from 45 to 30 minutes they played their full set and then leisurely packed up. So we go on stage without even a linecheck, set cut from 45 to 30 minutes. I press the start pedal for our drum machine and... no drums in the monitor plus a distorted mess from the front of house speakers. I proceeded to play by watching the blinking light on the drum machine to try and stay in time. That meant I missed the promoter frantically trying to get my attention. Turns out he wanted us to stop after 15 agonising minutes. The headline act wanted their full hour, which would have taken the venue over it's curfew. He ended up getting the soundman to cut us off mid song. I jumped off the stage, and walked through the audience only to find the door to the dressing rooms locked and I didn't know the code. So I kicked it down and proceeded to reduce the dressing room furniture to matchwood. The security guy was called by the panicking promoter, only to be told my reaction was perfectly reasonable under the circumstances (turns out the security guy had seen us several times before and realised something wasn't right with the sound).3 points
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If your aim is to be rich and famous, your music is likely to be shite anyway. If you want to be a great musician or play great music, you're probably focussing on your music and technique, not drumming up Insta followers.3 points
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The little blonde number on the Right of the above set was one of mine that I sold to the Juice last year. The only other one I have out of storage at the moment is the EB4 that I had made into a fretless by HG Thor. There are very few fretless PRS basses and this is most likely the only EB4.3 points
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Thanks for the comments guys, and believe it or not, it looks even better in the flesh. 👍2 points
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Hi all, I'm going to sell my very recently acquired Squier Affinity Jazz Bass VI as A: as genuinely good as it is, I really miss 24 frets and B: Something else has unexpectedly come along that I 'must have'. It is absolutely brand new, touched by me for all of 5 minutes. I have all the original packaging etc. It is totally unmarked with zero playtime except for me giving it the briefest of test runs. These are £330 from most places and yes Thomann do them for £235 BUT there is a 12 week wait, so what I am asking is that same price plus postage without the 4 month wait. I won't reduce the price as I'd rather just keep it and I'm not after trades. So £250 posted to you or £235 collect. It's mint, it's genuinely exceptionally good for the price and it's all boxed!2 points -
I just watched this again (I have done so so many times) but this time I was listening through a £350 pair of headphones. Mike Rutherford is astonishing on this, throughout. A massively underrated player. So much creativity and talent - and a Status double neck!!2 points
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Just had a perusal of the list, despite the fact I'm definitely not going to be dipping my toe back into record buying as that ship sailed decades ago. It's a shame not more of the list is being released on CD. Just by way of observation, once again I feel there's too much of an incursion onto the list by artistes that don't need to (or shouldn't) be on the list. Queen. Prince. Motley Crue. The Rolling Stones. The Cure. Fleetwood Mac. The fecking Eurythmics. RSD started off as this well intended programme to get people into record shops; now it's just a big-corp money for old rope production, ultimately lining Brian May's already brimming over pockets with more ££ from the first vinyl release of five demos recorded half a century ago (which have been in circulation for years). Surely it's time for some new RSD rules? Make it a bit more exciting. Only release new material. If you play sold out stadium gigs, RSD is not for you. If you were signed to a big label and made a career out of music 30-years ago, RSD is not for you. If you played Live Aid, RSD is not for you. Limit in store purchases to two records per person (check eBay RSD afternoon to witness what RSD means to a lot of punters).2 points
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I had this one for a few months… I bought my old custom shop jazz back - so it had to go to fund it…2 points
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I’ve bought a few basses blind over the years. Almost every time it’s worked out fine. I’ve used the old gamblers adage - don’t bet more than you’re prepared lose. Meaning, I’ve bought blind for cheaper instruments but wouldn’t do it for anything expensive.2 points
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So not replaced much then.2 points
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There’s no real definition. It’s because bits have been changed that it’s not as desirable to a dealer or collector. When people say “players instrument” it often means it’s damaged!2 points
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Personally I'd keep the Jazz. It sounds like you're just bored. T-birds are cool, but have terrible ergonomics and are less versatile. The other two are Jazz adjacent.2 points
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Unfortunately, I'm now approaching antique status.2 points
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There are a lot of Rock and Fusion players I struggle to transcribe because it is hard to hear detail. Especially if there are effects or too much growl and they are shredding furiously. I have had to abandon a few Anthony Jackson charts when his is bubbling around at the low end. It just gets lost in the mix a lot. It does make you wonder - if I can't hear it slowed down by 80%, who else is going to hear it?2 points
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Fliptop is great but the GS has proper tube goodness.2 points
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90% correct: estimates are that around 200-250 were made. Here's the one I didn't buy in 2018 for only €750. Still hate myself for that.2 points
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Does that mean their tax bill will be negative?2 points
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Same here. If anyone knows Jim Zimmer please let me know. And before anyone says, yes he could have been framed for something.2 points
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Just scored an Epiphone shorty. Picked it up yesterday afternoon from FB marketplace, gigged it last night. It's this one and it felt so tiny! But it sounded and played really well. Glad I went for the short scale, there was a little bit of neck dive so I imagine the full length would be, for me, unplayable.2 points
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