Bassman Sam

Thanks guys, I think I'll go and do the rounds of the Manchester music stores and choke a few necks to see if any fit the bill.

I have rheumatoid arthritis and 3 the last 3-4 months I have been pain free ( due to an injection in the wrist) and am playing for around 30-45 minutes a day. I use a '57 RI P bass but I find that I can't stretch my fingers too well to cover 4 frets on one string. I was thinking of going for a short scale jobbie to see if this will help. Can anyone suggest a good one, not to heavy either?

[quote name='mildmanofrock' post='981312' date='Oct 8 2010, 10:05 AM']Status Matrix. The bottom strings boomed and the top ones twanged like elastic bands. No weight, no body, no punch. Makes me shiver just thinking about. My Rickenbacker 4001 too. I was after the Chris Squire thing. It played like a garden hose and smelled like an old sideboard.[/quote] I bought a Rickenbacker 4001 fretless in the early '70's. The neck was twisted and would not tune and it too smelled strange.

[quote name='RhysP' post='980676' date='Oct 7 2010, 04:28 PM']It's not the humidity I'd worry about over there, it's the termites.....[/quote] Gtreat name for a band!

[quote name='The Burpster' post='980154' date='Oct 7 2010, 07:01 AM']The move from the UK to there should be managed carefully but once out there and its used to it, it wil be fine. It will require setting up but once its stabilised it will be as it is here. Remember its not green wood - it is well sorted and now fairly old. All its wild bowing days are well behind it! (unless you abuse it of course!)[/quote] Cheers mate, that puts my mind at rest. sam

[size="2"][/size]I am going to retire to Thailand in a couple of years and am worried what the heat and humidity will do to the neck and electrics on my beloved '83 Fullerton '57 RI P Bass. My house out there is air conditioned and outside the temp reaches 40C and the humidity instantly covers you in sweat. I intend to buy a Status S2 so no problems there but I don't want to turn my old P Bass neck into a banana. Lets have your thoughts Sam

I learned a lot from playing in cover bands, different styles of bass playing that I would not have tried otherwise. I learned my stage craft in them and it gave me the confidence to go to auditions and think " I can play that." Plus, I had a blast doing it.

My first gig was at the school annual dance in Glasgow around 1969-70. I was playing a borrowed P bass and after playing Badge, Whole Lotta Love and Cherry Red, the crowd were shouting "Band off Disco on" for the rest of the set. Sam

Hi Ya all, Bassman Sam at you service. I'm a 55 year old arthritic bass player who used to play all over the UK in various blues,covers, tribute and own material bands. These days due to the above mentioned, I get the trusty and rusty old P bass off the wall as and when the condition lets me. At the moment, I have only 1 bass, a '83 Fullerton made '57 RI in natural and a bit tatty condition but it still sounds the DBs. I have been lurking around here for a few days now and thought it was time to join the merry throng. I am hoping that someone out there can help me with some exercises to keep the old joints moving( fingers I mean, I have no trouble with the other kind.) . Look forward to some great chats. BTW, the photo attached is about 12 years old. Sam