stewblack

Hey low end hive mind, pour your wisdom into me would you? I bought a cheap bass And was surprised by how much I liked it. However its a lump. Weighs about as much as a village church. But I really do like the neck. How do I source a lighter body? What pitfalls should I be made aware of? Also the previous owner has altered the headstock by removing a fair bit of wood leaving behind a slightly odd shape. Can I graft on more wood and cut a more pleasing shape? Is that even a thing? Or is there a way to repla8the headstock? I know these questions make me sound like a total imbecile, but in truth I can manage to hold many tools the right way round - just about. Also this would only be a bit of fun. The bass is a cheap back up I seldom use not worth selling and I thought might be an interesting place to start out learning to fettle. Who knows, one day I might roll my own from scratch.

One of my bands plays originals which loosely fit the description of folk music. As such we often find ourselves playing in family friendly environments. Every other word of the BL's songs seems to be either 🤬 or 🤬 or 🤬. It's hilarious watching him attempting self censorship on the fly. Especially as he has enough trouble recalling the original lyric most of the time.

Odd one last night. Filled in at short notice at a birthday party in a pub, original band had to cancel. I ended up as the photographer when they spotted my camera. Several guests joined us to sing on various songs and eventually decided they liked that so much that we were stopped so they could indulge in some karaoke for a bit. Still, I got paid.

Once I'm satisfied that the CTM can do the job then yes, that's the plan. I really, really don't want to part with the Ampeg. It's kind of a holy grail amp for me but I'm 56 now with back, hip and shoulder problems and the Ashdown is half the weight.

I can now add to my list of places I've conducted Basschat business the lychgate of a church. Brendon bought a bass from me there and a very pleasant conversation and transaction it was. Happy to recommend him to you all as man you can do business with. Even if I do feel a little guilty at feeding his obviously out of control bass habit. 😉

Walked into the local second hand music shop to discover they had shifted some old heavyweight gear of mine. While waiting for the guy to sort the cash and paperwork I had a noodle on a Rick copy. How close is the money you owe me to the price of this bass? Give me 20 we'll call it quits. Boom! I have a new bass. For £20. Or so it seemed to me. Yeah I could have pocketed the cash but I guarantee that it would have evaporated very quickly whereas the bass has not.

I discovered a while back that I was allowed to use my wife's Prime on my account. No big deal but as a photographer the unlimited cloud storage for photos is extremely useful. However the real excitement is that since the dissolution of the marriage at the behest of she who used to have to be obeyed and my subsequent relocation to a new domicile I have been able to continue to receive access to the benefits of her Prime account even though my default delivery address now differs from hers. Which is nice.

I switched to 5 string 10 - 15 years ago. Loved it. Enjoyed the challenge of learning something new, but still familiar. Stayed with the 5 for a few years in various bands but one day I just switched back. The 4 felt more comfortable, more natural. Also I suspected that learning the 5 was kind of a distraction from studying the 4. I was a very long way from a deep understanding of my instrument and I made up my mind to learn more of the 4 before considering other disciplines. Happy with my choice, hope you'll be happy with yours.

nor me... somebody will...

All Right Now

Bought a pedal from Chris. First class Basschatter a pleasure to deal with.

Good golly, that's a looker

tarnation this is going to annoy when someone gets it. It's so familar

Whatever it is, it's very nicely done!

Your turn...

WINNER

clue 2 A song from his first studio album, this guy sounds like he's from another planet.

Happy resolution. BC wins again. Glad it's going to be sorted.

Yeth it ith

It's mythbusting.

Seriously that article should bve required reading for all us valve users: " Don’t use it as a “beer break” switch. For short breaks, simply turn down the volume control (or mute switch if you have one) and don’t use the standby switch, so there is not that nasty pop in the house sound system that could damage speaker drivers. If the time between sound check and performing is longer than 20 minutes, turn the amplifier completely off. You only need 5 minutes at the most to completely warm up a tube amplifier. "

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