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If a person can be snobby about something, that snobbery will exist. Not from this writer, mind. I don't like playing short scales, and it's not from a want of trying (Squier Bronco, Epiphone EB-0, DeArmond Starfire, Fender Starcaster are the ones I remember) and I just can't shake that toy-like feeling when I play them and I don't get the fun element of that some people report, it just feels off to me. But I won't look down my nose at someone playing one of them, if they're grooving then I'm happy to listen.

I had a taste for the, shall we say, less well known/regarded/remembered of Gibson's outputs - G-3, Ripper, RD, Victory, SG-Z, Les Paul Double Cut, Non-Reverse Thunderbird, etc. The regular reverse body Thunderbird is grudgingly accepted into the bass pantheon, I think

I have to put the light on in the afternoon to be able to see what I'm doing in winter?

Maybe that's why I've been left alone for much of my playing career: "He's playing a Gibson bass - he isn't even worth engaging in conversation, even I can't talk that far down to someone" or more recently "G&L?" - followed by the sound of the obnoxious Fenderhead's brain melting under the strain of processing the visible proof that even Leo didn't think that Leo got it right the first (second) time

You idiot! Forget the Police, the Army's coming now!

17k posts - 15k of them must have been the gif of this car

'Mon the "budget" basses! Come to think of it, what does "budget" even mean? Everyone's got a budget, some are bigger than others but why is this moniker only applied to less expensive instruments? When I wanted to treat myself post lockdown and bought a G&L L-1000, I had a budget in mind (around £1500) - does that make my G&L L-1000 a "budget" bass? Maybe to a serial Fodera purchaser it does! Ballcocks, as I saw mentioned earlier and will now steal and use in future.

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From a Glarry maybe? Not tried any of these instruments so I'm merely commenting on the increase in cost from Glarry -> HB

What you doing up there anyway?

Only 10 seconds worth out of a proper schooling? You're hard to please

Headstock chat detected End of thread

Well I'll get the stock stupid answer out of the way (because I have no idea what this bass is worth). It's worth a fiver, which I am more than happy to give you in exchange for the bass

It's everywhere online, less prevalent in person (where it actually takes some bravery/bravado to be mean to someone). Do I do it? No. Let the playing to do the talking. I know fantastic players who play Squiers. I would also say that the quality gap between the bottom and the top has been shrinking for some time now. I would happily gig a Squier - if I found one that tickled my fancy. F'n hate whisky snobs too. "How dare you put ice in that Glenwhatsitsface!" - p!$$ off.

LOL what? I don't think that's the reason I'm unprofessional!

Ahh, but if you spread the notion that bolt on is best... I am, of course, semi-joking around - just taking the paranoid side of life as per usual...

Sounds more like less opportunities for the luthier/guitar tech to extract money from people to me I don't care either way. I've owned all three of the main neck join types. All my set necks and through necks have been made properly in the first place, so no shimming needed, or wanted. In all the dozens of basses that have passed through my hands, I've only ever had to shim one and that was a bitsa cobbled together from disparate parts which weren't supposed to work together in the first place anyway. A bass in its original configuration which needs shimming is defective IMO, and should never have left the factory.

Reiterating what has been said, sounds like a bullet dodged - especially with the attempted pot stirring afterwards. I've never had to sack someone from a band. Can't imagine it's fun.

Busy weekend... Friday - Cafe Drummond in Aberdeen with The Inevitable Teaspoons. A bit of a last minute gig (maybe someone dropped out, I don't know, I didn't organise this one) and very glad to get the 'Spoons off the mark in 2022 after COVID disrupted our previous plans in March. It wasn't super busy (Drummonds is quite a big room) but the folk that were there seemed into what we were doing with plenty dancing going on. Considering how long it had been since we played live last, I think we all played really well. Played the Epi JC Sig that night, and it sounded great. Saturday - The White Horse in Strichen with Nine Lives. After a barren May, we're back to a gig every weekend this month - feast or a famine! Was really worried at the start of the gig - no-one there apart from our entourage! Thankfully it did pick up and was pretty lively for the second set. Played a bit later than expected as some folk came in as we were finishing and expressed disappointment at this fact so we played a couple of extra tunes on the condition that they danced. I still don't get why people are surprised the band is finishing at midnight - I'm pretty sure the rules are there so that nearby homes get some sleep, but drunk folk probably aren't great at seeing the bigger picture. Played the G&L Tribute LB-100 and it was also excellent. Was going to take the G&L L-1000 but it needs some seasonal adjustment and I didn't have time/CBA to do it before the gig. Sunday - The Mormond Inn in Strichen with Nine Lives. Yes, a world tour of Strichen (a small village in rural NE Scotland). Outdoor gig, and we had a beautiful day for it. Unfortunately I think this was an attempt to eke the Jubilee weekend out to the end and it was all a bit too much for the hungover residents of Strichen. It wasn't very busy, played to maybe 20 folk on and off. We were also pretty tired (this being the drummer and I's third gig of the weekend) but we made a good go of it. Even though it was not very busy, one good thing came of it - a guy came across from one of the nearby houses, told us that he'd been listening to most of our set and thought we sounded tight (I'll take that, coming from a sober person), liked what we were playing and asked for a card as his daughter's 21st birthday was being arranged for later in the year and they were looking to hire a band for it. Hope that comes to something. Back to the Jack Casady for this one. It's Monday morning and I'm leaning heavily on the coffee this morning, but I'll drag myself through it This Saturday, back on it with Nine Lives and a new venue (for me, at least) - the Black Dog in Bridge of Don, Aberdeen.

No. Friday happens, and people are fallible regardless of how much you spend

Don't have one. I'm confident that any of my basses will handle any situation I currently find myself in. Sorry for the super boring answer.

Double Relentless P?

I'm ashamed to admit that when I saw the title of this thread I got excited that someone might be writing about my originals band. Doh! What an egomaniac. Carry on...

Is this why I'm such a mediocre player, because I have all this superfluous stuff swimming around in my head instead of important things like "what comes next in this song I'm playing?"

There's plenty of those on here