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Great info, thanks. I wasn’t thinking of asking anything like those prices, was hoping for around £350/£400, so hopefully will sell.

Some great stuff so far, thank you! Do you think it’s just one off those things that you just stick a price on and hope someone agrees? I probably haven’t got the opportunity at the moment to take it anywhere to get a professional opinion, hence my post. Appreciate it’s not an easy thing to evaluate of course.

I’m hoping you knowledgeable folk on here may be able to help me identify / value this bass. (I’m looking to sell it soon, and have a subscription to BC so not after a cheap advert!) All I know is that it appears to be ply construction, and has some sort of pickup attached. The soundpost is in place, and overall condition is good. I’m no upright player ( or great electric player either TBH! ) but it seems to play okay. There is a bow with it too. So, any help greatly appreciated. Once I know more I’ll probably put a listing on here in the first instance. TIA, cheers.

From what you’re saying I would think it highly unlikely the gig will be even there by October. How can places like that carry on being in business?

We’ve been playing together a long time Dave, and between us can usually get through a wide range of songs. My mate Gary is an amazing guitar player / singer and knows so many ‘old’ songs- never ceases to amaze me. We can usually remember song structure / chords etc, it’s the lyrics that trip us up. Because of this we use a massive pad of material accessed via the ForScore app on iPad. Must have over 2000 songs which really helps in such situations. I think audiences understand that to play such a diverse set we need a bit of help so not a problem, and they really appreciate it when we can do their choice. We have a booking to play at a village hall do in the Yorkshire Wolds for the Coronation in May, and guess there’ll be a massive list of requests to challenge us - can’t wait!

Played our monthly residency at a local pub with my acoustic duo. It's a request evening, and never fails to amaze me with the variety of songs people want to hear. Really busy night further bolstered by a group of people who had been in since lunchtime attending a post funeral do, so suitably lubricated by the time we struck up at 8.30pm. Some of the party were from Australia, so the evening was scattered with some (perhaps stereotypical) songs for them - starting with 'Waltzing Matilda', through to 'Whole Lotta Rosie'! These were fortunately well received by all the audience, and made the evening fly by for us. I really enjoy the unpredictability of gigs like these, which make a welcome contrast to my main band's gigs.

Been doing that, and FB market place - nowt!

I’ve been watching this thread with interest, especially as I’m currently looking for a bass for a friend of mine. He is a beginner, and asked me to help him find a bass. When he said how much will he need to pay, I said probably around £100 which is what I thought it would cost to find him a Squier Affinity or something similar. Been looking for a few days, and haven’t seen anything half decent for less than £150 or more. It would seem that even the budget end of the market has not been immune to a big hike. (I’ll maybe take a look at Thomann for a Harley Benton or something, but would have preferred to have a go on a bass before buying.)

Thanks Dave. Our monitor guy takes most of them, and am aware they’re all a bit samey so will try to ring some changes! He’s got a new phone which does take amazing quality shots though. Just found out that our new FOH tech Paul is also a talented photographer, as well as a great bassist, so will see if he’ll do some too. The last couple above are his, taken from the desk.

Done 2 gigs this week with The ELO Experience. First one was at one of our favourite venues, The Severn Theatre in Shrewsbury. A superb venue, and our sound guys reckon it's the best sounding theatre we do, and must admit I'd agree with them. Great capacity crowd, all up for a good night. We played well and it was one of those gigs where everything just went great. Second gig was at Redditch Palace Theatre. Small stage so I couldn't have my amp where I usually prefer it, and wherever I stood I was in the way! (Maybe explains my serious face in the pic below!). Another sell out gig, marred again by the delays on the journey home due to repairs to the M42. Getting to be a regular thing now for us, nothing you can do though.

Saw them a couple of times in the 90’s and early 2000’s, brilliant both times. I see Daryl is doing a solo gig in London soon with the ‘Daryl’s House’ band -should be excellent.

Tonight (Friday 24th) on Sky Arts at 9pm - Daryl Hall & John Oates Live in Dublin 2014. (Hope they re show this as am working tonight.)

Nice bass Lozz, hope it works out well for you.

Carl Radle was a wonderful player IMHO. There are some great bass moments throughout the ‘ Layla and other assorted love songs’ album. Fortunate enough to see him with EC in the mid 70’s, one of the first people I recall seeing using a Stingray which sounded ace. All the band were using MM amps too.

I have a 3/4 DB that I’ll be selling soon. Will advertise it on here in the first instance, although it’s not going to be easy as I don’t have a clue as to it’s age and quality! Will maybe post some pics to see if anyone can help me with it? Lots of folk on here will be able to shed some light on it I’m sure.

We resumed our gig last night following a 4 week lay off. This has been down to band illness, followed by a cancellation due to bad weather. Anyway, last night was a welcome return to Cheltenham Town Hall, a handsome building in the centre of town. We'd only found out a few days prior that it was Cheltenham Gold Cup day, so the town was rammed with race goers which made for an interesting walk round when we arrived a bit early. The hall has a rather cavernous sound going on, but had a lengthy soundcheck (see pic) and were happy with it. The gig went well, although it's surprising how 4 weeks off can affect you - had a bit of back ache and slightly sore fingers, probably my age! We did the gig as a one off, as another gig originally planned en route got cancelled. This meant driving down from East Yorkshire and then back afterwards, around 400 miles in total. Of course, there were massive diversions on the M42 which meant driving back through Birmingham and suburbs to find the A38 back up to the M1. No wonder I'm a bit knackered today, although glad of a day off to recover. Tomorrow I'm doing my favourite gig in Scarborough with my acoustic duo, should be a much easier do!

Possibly. But are you the only one who’s ever dropped their bass when the strap came off? 😆

US company Strings and Beyond are currently selling D’Addario EXL Twin Packs for $19.99. That equates to around £8.50 a set! P&P is around £15 I believe, so if you’re buying a few it’s a good saving. However, bear in mind that you may get stung for some import duty over here. From my experience this is not every time,but obviously still a consideration before ordering.

A few that I've had in recent years. I prefer the later versions myself, with chrome hardware and non painted headstocks - made around 95/96 IIRC.

I’ve used these ^^^ for decades now with no problems whatsoever. Like that they don’t damage the bass and also don’t necessitate removing the original strap buttons. Bonus being cheap as chips and last for years.

Freeview channel 84 for anyone interested.

And afterwards, yet another Queen / Freddie Mercury fest. Is it me or is anyone else fed up of endless evenings of either Andre Rieu or Queen on Sky Arts? 😡 Thanks for the heads up. 😊

Nice bass. I’ve used P-Lyte basses for nearly 30 years now, so obviously love them. Currently own two, and both weighing around 7lbs. The necks are particularly fine, slim but somehow still good for someone like me who has played Stingrays and Precision for donkeys years. Always amazed that they have still been a bit’ under the radar ‘ for many.

I got my Backline 600 head as a spare for my GK 1001RB head. I haven’t needed to use it, but when trying it out I actually thought there wasn’t a massive difference between the two. I use a GK Neo 410 8 ohm cab, so the Backline is probably giving around 200 watts into it, and it is more than loud enough for my gigs. A good way of getting the GK sound on a budget IMO.

If it’s the GK combo you mentioned earlier, then they only work into a minimum of 8 ohms. Assuming it has an 8 ohm speaker fitted, it should therefore be giving it’s full 250 watts - it won’t run an additional cab. The Backline heads do run into a 4 ohm cab - I have the 600 model, which reckons on being 300 watts into a 4 ohm speaker load.