stewblack

Lately I seem to be collecting second hand basses around the £200 mark - give or take £20. It occurred to me that if I'd held on to the cash spent on a half dozen of these I could have bought a serious bit of wood, strings and wiring. But actually I prefer it this way. Each bass gives me joy in its own way. Six lots of joy up against one. What would you prefer? One 1200 quid bass or six more affordable ones? Why?

Tasty! Only mine has dogs resting on it. It's pretty joyous to be fair. The Ampeg sings with all new valves.

I see it! God bless you, I love learning.

Hang on, I think a chink of light just appeared: Is this what you're after? Bars 64 and 65 now: And before: (except the third 8th note should be a natural but I'm concentrating more on layout here)

I've had a go at separating the notes and rests into four equal chunks but Musescore just joins them anyway. Unless I'm not understanding the whole imaginary vertical line thing.

Might end up going that way.

Yep. That fixed it. Now I just need to buy a couiple dozen more power supplies!!!

I had a new bass day this week. An immaculate china white P-Bass from the Bass Centre's collection. Sold to me by our own @nickcarey , replete with Detroit Flats , it has also been upgraded with new knobs and bridge. I've hankered after one the BC precisions ever since I got my hands on my Bruce Thomas Profile and this did not disappoint. Finely balanced, clean punchy sound, lovely neck and the nicest tort guard I've ever seen. More importantly I've never owned a white bass before and was stunned how pretty it is. At the same time this arrived my Ampeg returned from having its valve job completed by @basstone who I happily recommend to any other Somerset Basschatters. Well today I had the house to myself. Set up and gave both amp and bass a good go. I have no idea what it is about the SVT but somehow it contrives to fill the air with bass without ever being too loud. I played along to music on a bluetooth speaker and never had it at high volume. I could easily follow the track and yet was enveloped in beautiful warm bass. I think the white looks rather good against the black stack too.

I hear you. Though I tried multiple combinations I suspect you are 100% on the money. Thinking just how many possible configurations there are I probably only scratched the surface!

Yes I have given its own psu. All of them over 500. It's a head scratcher

I don't have a zoom psu. I have tried it with several different types. Some quality brands others no name. All produce the noise. Its weird. Doesn't create a problem on my main board

Thanks Al but I've tried with 1 spot, with different no name, and with Diago psu already!

I have an interesting problem. We're all familiar with the high mosquito whine digital pedals can produce when sharing a daisy chained power supply. Usually a simple fix - give it its own psu. I set up a small board to separate my 'always on' from the main board. Line 6 G75, MS-60B, Sweet Baby, Digitech Ricochet (not actually always on, just used as a pitch shift on one tune). I got the noise which I traced to the MS-60B. Here's the thing. Nothing fixed it. Power Bank USB, USB 3 pin plug, USB socket in the 4 gang, 9V PSU - still the noise. In the end I resorted to batteries and it works. So I have a solution but don't understand why none of the other less faffy things didn't work. Any ideas?

It's like the Herefordshire version of Breaking Bad

@nickcarey @Leonard Smalls @lurksalot @Teebs stand up and take a bow! The Basschat Underground Railway rides again. A beautiful operation expertly carried out.

Bought a lovely white bass from Nick He was kind enough to wait for full payment and hold the bass until some convoluted Basschat courier arrangements came together. A fine Basschatter to trade with, excellent communication throughout, delighted to recommend him to the community

Yay!

Well this is the place to come if you want to feel inadequate. The only ace in my chequered employment history is steeplejack - and two other people already had that on page one! I have singularly failed to cope with the politics in every large organisation I've worked for. I've similarly failed to cope with the paperwork side of self employment. I have no job beyond the gigs I do and a couple of shifts a month as a roadie for a drummer who is registered blind. I have no retirement plan and failed to navigate the (deliberately I suspect) over complicated obstacle course at the job centre and after six weeks was refused benefits. I am extraordinarily fortunate to have the charity of family and friends otherwise I'd be on the streets. One day I hope to get a gig pays enough to be independent but physical and mental health issues dog my every step.

+1 for the Elites. Mine arrived with them on and it is gorgeous bass. I'm a bit fussy about balance and there's no dive on mine. Its not featherlight but a long way from heavy. Wonder if this is a new batch. 🤔

My gig yesterday same as today. Selling a function band at a wedding fair. I'm not in the band but as a regular dep it doesn't hurt to remind them what a great guy I am.

If he's a great player and you get on together, let it lie until he's got his feet under the table. It might come up more naturally in conversation. When has any audience ever said 'great band, shame about the artwork on the guitar'?