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    How was your gig last night?

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    Posted

    I depped for the 1st time with the fantastic Duran Duran/Spandau Ballet tribute show 'From Gold To Rio' at Market Drayton theatre on Saturday night. Great band, soooooooo much fun and basslines that kept me concentrating for the full 2 hours!

     

    Looking forward to my next dep with them in December now!

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    Your best (and worst!) bass gear purchases of 2024?

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    Posted · Edited by cetera
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    Best: My Ali-Express Kipenspector (for the price, though it needed some work).......and my HAZard lAMPs pedal which turns all my Spectors, regardless of preamp (Tonepump, Aguilar, Darkglass, EMG) into US HAZ loaded monsters!
     

    Worst: Rotosound Stainless Steel Swing Bass strings. Too glassy to start, then die too quickly. 

    Egg Punk?

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    Posted

    1 hour ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

    As it seems to be mainly a US based thing perhaps there is scope for a UK specific sub genre. Any suggestions for what this could be called?

     

    "Egg with Soldiers Punk"?

    The specific English term "eggs with soldiers" appears to date from the 1960s. The modern phrase first appeared in print in 1966 in British writer Nicolas Freeling's novel The Dresden Green.

    Fender "innovation" launch

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    5 minutes ago, neepheid said:

     

    Oh, not you too!  Why not just enjoy the best T-bird Gibson never made for what it is?

     

    I am 100% with you about the Grabber pickguard though - whoever passed that as OK needs an eye test, or had it described to them down the phone!


    I own two of them so I don't dislike it THAT much ;)


    It's just lazy on the part of Gibson/Epiphone. Why make such a great instrument and then fall at the simplest of hurdles?!

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    Fender "innovation" launch

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    12 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

     

    They have. Low end and original Epiphones now have the 1970s Epiphone headstock, high-end versions of Gibsons have a Gibson headstock. Very popular change from the 'clipped corner' years.

    I'm talking the shape of the Tbird Vintage Pro, the lack of moving pickup and pickguard shape on the Grabber etc. Easy things done wrong.... 

    Fender "innovation" launch

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    Posted

    It's actually a no-win situation.

    No-one really wants anything cutting edge and new from Fender, Gibson etc. They just want what they do.... done well! e.g. Gibson should reissue Grabber, Ripper & G3 properly and make the Epiphone models more authentic.

     

    It just becomes prompts a sly grin and chuckle when they announce an 'innovation' launch and then make something no-one wants.... or just add a few new colours... ;)

     

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    New Frank Bello Spector bass!!!!

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    1 hour ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

     

     

    Put me out of my misery - what bass am I thinking of? Spector, Jazz-esque body, late 90s/early 2000s.

    If anyone knows it'll be you. Or PJ Rubal but I don't think he's on here 😄


    Obviously there was the Coda bass which was a very traditional jazz style bass.

     
    Maybe the BOB bass?

     

    https://reverb.com/item/21662463-spector-bass-bob-5-made-in-usa-stuart-spector-design

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    Who did you see live last?

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    Simply Dan (Steely Dan tribute) in Wokingham on Friday night.

     

    Best Dan tribute of all the ones I've seen (Simply Dan, Stanley Dee, Stealing Dan & Don, Nearly Dan etc). I'd even go as far as to say that their guitarist Darren is one of THE finest guitarists in the country. 😎

    Basschatters' Upcoming Gigs

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    I'm REALLY looking forward to depping with these guys at the Festival Drayton Centre, in Market Drayton (Shropshire), next Saturday night (19th Oct)! Will be nice to play with my great mate Andy Fox (drums) again having shared the stage with him in various bands over the last 20 years 😎

     

    https://www.festivaldraytoncentre.com/whatson/liveevents/liveeventsFeature.php?FROM-GOLD-TO-RIO-THE-GREATEST-HITS-OF-SPANDAU-BALLET-DURAN-DURAN-297

     

    Some of the best pop basslines of the 80's so lots to get my teeth into! 😁

     

     

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    An appreciation of supportive wives, husbands & partners

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    6 minutes ago, basexperience said:

    I'm really lucky. My other half lets me gig when I need to, she's happy to let me take a room for a studio, so my stuff stays out of the way - which is how I like it. I do have a PA system which keeps wandering around various corners though. She's great, although she doesn't come to gigs often as she doesn't like being places where she doesn't know anyone. The irony is, it's one of the reasons I started playing - as a way to get myself more confident to meet people!

    No offence meant..... honestly..... but I don't understand the use of the word 'let'?

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    Spector CST 4 string

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    On 04/10/2024 at 09:43, geofio said:

    Just purchased one of the new Spector CST models in natural gloss , 

    jeez this thing sounds good, it really does, huge warm bass tones with pin sharp clarity and some growl for good measure. For me the perfect bass tone , I had a feeling it was going to be good, looking forward to getting some recording done , 3/4 way through the next Extreme Danger album, this bass feels and looks really premium,  love the sound from the Dark Glass electronics and pretty neat inside too. 
    Neck isn’t skinny but comfy , very comfy  instrument to play, they are quite pricey , in all honesty worth the cash the tone alone is just thunderous, never felt a bass ooze low end like this and you can dial in the growl you want. Highly recommended if you are sitting on the fence about buying one . Get it you won’t regret it. 

    That's a great tone!
    How have you set the controls?

    Are you using ANY pedals/drive channel on amp or anywhere?

    Spector CST 4 string

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    22 hours ago, Graham_C said:

    Mine are 2005 and 2014 respectively and am on the fence about the quality of the post-Korg ones. I've heard more bad than good sadly. :(

     

    I have a few Korg ones and never had any issues.

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    NEM - New Effects Month!

    in Effects

    Posted · Edited by cetera

    Been doing lots of gear buying/selling and trading over the last month. Here's what's come in....

     

    HX Stomp - Still learning this one and waiting for a friend to pop over to help me programme it for what I need....

     

    GK Plex - I got this so ridiculously cheap it would have been rude not to! I'm using this immediately for a classic GK 800RB sound straight to the desk and IEMs on some quiet stage gigs I'm doing...

     

    HAZard LAMPS pedal - The fantastic Lonnie West in the US has reverse-engineered the classic Spector Hazlabs preamp and put into a pedal form. When I put a passive bass into it the instrument comes alive with dynamics, overtones etc and pushes it towards classic Spector territory.... Love it!

     

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    New basses over the last couple of months!

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    Posted · Edited by cetera

    Been doing a lot of buying/selling and trading of basses and musical equipment over the last few months!

    These are 3 of the 4 basses that have come in. See separate thread for Rickenspector goodness ;) 😎😁

    Spector Euro Classic in White
    Spector Coda 4 Pro
    Fender Classic 70's Precision

    I'm VERY happy with all of them!

     

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