stewblack

What about if someone had a Fender and the neck was too jazzy for them and you and this person swapped?

Calling all modders, builders, choppers and changers. I have a Fender bass I singularly failed to love. So sell it you say. Good plan except its been modded by a previous owner and as such I doubt I'll get much for it. I have put some decent strings on it which has helped. I've dropped a new pick up in, which has also helped. In fact for a few days I thought I'd sorted it. I've come to realise it's the neck. I checked online and sure enough it is a Precision with a Jazz neck. I like something a bit more like a Precision neck. Is it as simple as buying (or trading for) a P neck and just banging it on? Or are there complex and highly dangerous woodworking procedures? I have half a mind to get someone to reverse the mod, return it to its original state and then try to flog it. But if I can make it loveable as it is I would like to try.

If my experience is anything to go by you'll soon be buried in excellent advice from some of the finest Basschatters! Only thing I can say is did he play a five string? Or detune? I never knew...

Wasn't as clear on my phone app just saw the photo.. Too good to be true then.

Never heard of them, I see they do full length strings 5 for 20 quid, but alas only very thin gauge. Many cheap strings on ebay.The Adagio flatwound ones are pretty good. Also https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/143544107796

Glad you bumped this, I missed it first time around. Absolutely inspirational. Also great for us HB fans to have someone who really knows what they're talking about to pronounce on their inherent quality. I have a HB Jazz which is heavy but plays and sounds so nicely. Often wonder what could be done about it, and now I know!

This is exciting news but I have to sell to buy and the market is soooo sloooooooow right now. I wonder what you have incoming to make you sell this and a CTM 🤔

Absolutely extraordinary work. Thanks for sharing this project with us. Reminds me of the children's story of the ugly duckling. You should change your name from Maude to The Alchemist.

"don't worry mush we'll be there in plenty of time and I promise we'll stay sober till after the gig" Last time I played with them, sadly. (private b'day party, we're being paid out of the girlfriend's pocket. I think I was there two hours before they fell, rolled and staggered in. They'd used a sizeable chunk of our fee to hire a minibus and pay a mate to drive so they could drink all the way there. A three and a half hour drive)

It's almost as if Norman Watt-Roy is better than us. 😬

I too have been learning (with a lot of help hereabouts) and this looks great Ťhank you

How's this for irrational GAS. I have been getting increasingly frustrated in my search for a small, second hand 1X12 or 1X10 cab to complete a rig I've put together. I want it to be the same dimensions, or close to, as the cab I've already got because that fits perfectly on top of the 15 and below the rack. Not only fits but sounds great. I used to have a BF 1x12 which was wonderful combined with a 15 of the same make. I got to thinking how splendid it would be to have it back and so started looking for one. The search became less focused and then obsessive. And I already have a cab perfectly suited to the job. 🤦🏼‍♂️

Returned to Rhythm Stick for my annual bash at it.

Amazing how many of you have had underwear chucked at you. My experience wasn't so gentle. It was Bob's Palais in Midsomer Norton, early 1980s, the band, Neurosurgeon (formerly The Rubber Vultures) , played an eclectic set of deliberately weird originals. We scoffed at such outmoded conventions as time signatures and keys.The yokels however obviously put more stock in such things. The boos and catcalls were eventually followed by one of those enormous pub ashtrays. You probably remember them. Giant bowls that could hold the ash and dog ends of an entire evening's puffing. It span from the crowd like an overweight china Frisbee which would have laid me out had it dipped a little earlier. As it was it hit the proscenium arch shattering into shrapnel and showering the stage. We beat a hasty and overdue retreat. The ashtray got the biggest cheer of the night.

It's not always cut and dried. I have a bass which I got in a trade. I think the bass I traded was worth what I had originally paid. I have come to suspect the one I received may actually be worth less, by a bit of a stretch. I don't know much about these things but I've learned a bit since the trade. If I try to sell at what the previous trade suggests it's worth and it doesn't and no one says anything do I reduce? Is it the price too high or is it just that no one is interested or is someone waiting to see if I reduce so they grab a bargain. No way of knowing. I suppose the simple thing would be to invite people to tell me - am I pricing this correctly. Either way this is all just hypothetical. I restate - the rules are clear and no one is holding a gun to my head and making me sell on Basschat. I'm merely enjoying the discussion.

Very well thank you.

Darn it. Difficult to organise a Basschat relay right now too. But 80 - 100 would be a very very good deal... for you!

Played one in PMT in Bristol not long after they came out. It was, I have to say, a very nice instrument. Lovely neck.

As has been pointed out the rules and guidelines are clear, but it is still an interesting topic nonetheless. Part of me feels like helping someone selling something with a price tag greater than it can be bought new, part of me feels drawn to wanting to protect unsuspecting buyers from paying over the odds. The former because if I were the seller I would like to know I would never achieve the price I was asking, the latter because I don't know enough about second hand values and can't always find the new price online and I come away from deals having overpaid. I discover this, by the way, when I come to sell stuff on and cannot get remotely close to the price I paid. Ultimately I stay out of it not because of the rules but because its none of my business. It would be great to have a place where people could advise on a rough idea of a fair second hand price, then prospective sellers who really don't know could be helped. Doubtless there would be suspicions raised over the suggested prices if they came from potential buyers, and it could easily descend into argument. All in all we have the best of a difficult situation here.

Happy to say that Chris is a fabulous teacher. I had lessons with him after decades of bass playing and he has transformed my ability and knowledge. I've put myself up for work I would never previously have contemplated, got the gig and the follow up. He's also a lovely bloke, highly recommended.

Oh, and by the way, before my chronic fatigue kicked in and put me back to bed, I tried a little sight reading. Just to see what, if any, impact all this has had. Not just the transcription work, but also the online tuition via @Zoltan Dekany's website. I was amazed. I'm still nowhere near able, but the improvement was clear and unarguable. Playing without reference to the fretboard, looking ahead while playing, good finger choices, not confusing notes with those from the treble clef (a chronic headache) as often. I really think it is all having a positive impact. None of which would apply without the good people here on Basschat.

I rely on musescore playing it back to me to know how the score sounds. Obviously not perfect but literally the only option. The two examples I gave sound identical to one another. I understand the difference as you've explained it, so thank you. As far as spacing goes, next time I sit down for a musescore lesson (as opposed to a transcription lesson) I will address this. Much love and gratitude for all the help.