Hobbayne

So is this aliexpress making copies of trademarked brands and selling them as unplayable crap??

Amazon? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Warwick-RedLabel-Wetsuit-Electric-Tailpiece/dp/B0002GVDSA/ref=sr_1_1?crid=13CPTWK9PEY8K&keywords=warwick+bass+strings+5&qid=1558171513&s=gateway&sprefix=warwick+bass%2Caps%2C565&sr=8-1

First bass was a short scale Satellite I bought from a second hand shop in Hanwell, London in 1982. It was terrible. I gave up on it and sold it back to the shop. That was followed by a Westone thunder 1 from a mates mums' Little-woods catalogue. Number 3 was one of the first Squiers. A 1984 JV 57 Precision in salmon pink. I later had it resprayed . (My avatar picture) First amp was also a Carlsboro Cobra. I was always skint and unemployed in the 80's. My mate bought it for me and I had to pay him back weekly.

Can you post some more pictures? I quite like the look of that.

Welcome on board. 👍

Theres a few on ebay in the USA. Maybe you could get one made?

I used to play the Linoleum. 👍

They Dont? 😥 http://www.transitvanclub.co.uk/

I love a Fender Precision. They are the transit van of the bass world. Just plug in and you are ready to go without any mucking about with switches and knobs etc. 👍

I always get a good chuckle out of Skank and Teebs. Wonder where Discreet is these days? Seems to have scarpered. 🤔

Alex James from Blur has taken time out of his cheese farm to give bass lessons. Unfortunately, Johnny Vaughan is his first student. 🤣

No. Thats origami.

Well, I didnt get the joke. Went right over my head that one. 😎

Who was the support? Is it still The Tuts?

Although the SUBs are a good bass for the price, they are rather heavy and the active pre amp can be a bit 'hot'. I would stick to passive basses at this early stage in your bass playing career. Another vote for Yammies, good basses for little money.

I follow Dave on Facebook and he always has the time to individually reply to everyone who asks him a question. Jolly nice bloke, he comes across as one.

Have you seen a guitarist trying to play a bass? They all try a fast widdly lick up the neck and soon get bored and hand it back. 🤣

The big London music stores in Denmark Street are still doing a good trade. I bought a Stingray 5 string and a Nate Mendel P bass from Wunjos and was more than impressed with the staff and stock. As you travel further out into the suburbs, you will be hard pressed to find a decent store.

That looks amazing! 👍

Blimey! Who would post a guitar like that? 😡 Nice though, bit of a Dee Dee, Sid vicious vibe to it. 👍

When I first started out, I was listening to a lot of 2 Tone stuff, Blondie, The Jam and others as the mod revival was the big thing in the early 80's. A lot of these bands were using Fender Precisions apart from Bruce Foxton who used a R*******er but I didnt like the look of that, It looked ugly to me. (Although he later used a P bass) With the wide range of tones they got from the Precision = the deep bassy ska of Sir Horace and Bedders, the plectrummy twang of JJB and Lynott etc, I naturally gravitated towards a P Bass. However, these days there is a lot more choice of basses than there was then. But today, still mainly use a Precision.

He wears the glove because he has focal dystonia and the glove helps.

I would expect Stevie Nicks to personally scrub my shreddies for a whole year at that price!!

This one arrived with some rattly red silk jobbies. Probably Rotos 105 -45 I am going to replace them with some D'Addarios before my next gig, but that isn't till the end of the month so I'm in no hurry.

I tend to stand on the right facing forward. Not a conscious choice, but one made for me by the lack of space in a lot of the venues we play. It doesn't really bother me where I stand as I cant hear much anyway. 😂