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I find the "official" tabs on Ultimate Guitar to be pretty good on the whole (I think you have to subscribe to get them) - but that doesn't mean I have to agree with them all the time. There have been times when I've disagreed with the suggested fingering (thinks to myself - why did you play that there?) so I've done it the way that makes sense to me - it's just an interpretation after all.

I'll name that tune in... none.

Took GG a while to get them up on the site, I've had mine (from GG!) for almost 2 months now because I ninja'd in and bought it via email Enjoy, let us know how you get on with it.

I just got it out of the bag seeing as you mentioned it. Blocks on a P bass. I can forgive a lot for those looks. And for £350, absolute steal, even with the dodgy shielding. Fixed that with a fiver's worth of slug tape and a couple of hours work.

On the whole, pretty pleased with it. Looks great, sounds like a P bass (thanks, Captain Obvious!), the hardware is excellent considering the price point as always. My only gripe - the shielding was shockingly bad. I ended up copper shielding the cavities myself because it was buzz city in our rehearsal room - fluorescent lighting and probably dubious electrics. See before pictures here - https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/460940-gl-shielding-grumble/ - forgot to take after pics but let me spare you the surprise, it's shiny and copper coloured now. As shown later in the thread, my USA G&L CLF L-1000 wasn't shielded at all, which surprised me. So depending on where you play yours, you might need to repel slugs and RF interference from yours too Grumbling aside, I actually really like it. When I got it I had 90% made up my mind to get a split MFD for it and make it into a quasi SB-1, but having played it post shielding job I'm actually quite enjoying it now as it is. So much so that I think I'll play it at my next gig on Saturday. Did you go Emerald blue or white?

That bass is a bit road worn, no?

https://www.diy.com/departments/verve-slug-copper-tape/3663602556602_BQ.prd Used this recently and can confirm good conductivity when overlapped - tested with multimeter at various locations.

I'm all about getting more or less the same for less. That's why you'll never see me with a USA G&L LB-100 over the Tribute model when A) it's basically a bloody P bass, how wrong can anyone get that these days and B) the quality improvements of a USA G&L don't justify the cost for such a garden variety instrument - in my opinion. Now I have a USA G&L CLF L-1000 and it's very nice - you do notice the little touches like a nicer roll on the fretboard edges and the fact that the side dots are half way between the edge of the fingerboard wood and the neck wood (which could only have been done after the neck was put together ergo more labour intensive versus putting the side dots into the fingerboard blank first and doing that en masse), pots feel a bit more substantial (hard to describe but because they turn a little less easily they feel more solid?). But if they did a Tribute L-1000 you can bet your life I'd have one of those because the extra £1000 isn't worth it (to me) for little touches like that. I think the sweet spot for receiving a (new) bass and not feeling like you need to change anything is around the £400-500 mark right now. Below that and something's going to have been compromised beyond some people's tolerance levels. I had an Epiphone Embassy last year - really liked the bass but the tuners were godawful - not flimsy per se but imprecise in use with a lot of play. They got replaced. The aforementioned G&L Tribute LB-100 had a comically bad attempt at shielding and couldn't cope with our fluorescent lit rehearsal room so I had to copper shield it myself. But as I am capable of doing these things (as well as doing my own setups, minor electronics work etc.) it only costs me parts and my time to do such necessary improvements to get a cheaper instrument up to an acceptable (to me) state and although I have been known to have a right good moan about the imposition of having to do such work/point and laugh at the comedy shielding, deep down I quite enjoy doing the work and really enjoy the satisfying feeling of having made something better.

FYI, I just got a notification for a thread reply (not a quote or a reaction).

double post ("is it doing anything?")

Agreed, or it can make an expensive bass become the expensive bass it was supposed to be in the first place... A successful tactic to stave off the GAS for me this month has been to perform some maintenance to my basses. Solving little irritations like naff/non-existent shielding or things that rattle when you play certain notes is a very satisfying way to spend an afternoon and gives the instrument in question a new lease of life. I'm certainly much happier to be playing my G&L Tribute LB-100 knowing now that it won't buzz like a nest of angry wasps if I dare use it near fluorescent lighting

Hey, I just got a notification!

Varies - I've had bitsas made of junk, and I've had basses which cost four figure sums. First digit always a 1 though - I'm not loaded! Why? Always been a bass butterfly, if I like it, and I can afford it, I want it Right now I guess my "cheapest" bass is my Epiphone Les Paul Standard - fourth hand now (that I know of, and I was owners 2 and 4), been modded, the fact that it's tricked out with EMG guts will mean hee haw. Can't imagine it would fetch more than £250 if sold, can't remember what I paid for it (either time). Next up it's a G&L Tribute LB-100 - these are around the £400 mark new. Then it's an Epiphone Jack Casady 20th Anniversary - new JCs are around £700 Finally I've got a G&L CLF L-1000 - you're looking at around £1500 for these new depending on finish

I'm using dark theme and I'm only getting sporadic notifications - only about reactions or quotes but never about simple replies to watched threads. As mentioned by @Velarian I dunno if I got notified of every reaction/quote so I don't know how much of a pattern it is.

I guess in the spirit of this thread I'd have to say... k-kitchen? That was difficult to type

If it's for no good reason other than "yuck, no gurls allowed in our man space/club house" then I find that pretty short sighted and closed minded. My question would be does the legislation even apply, as in, is it a real "job" in the strict sense of the word? Pretty sure the legislation doesn't apply to hobbies.

Yeah, false dawn. I got a notification about a reaction to a post, but have had none about thread updates/replies

I just got a notification 15 mins ago, maybe it's working again

I haven't had any notifications for a few hours but there have been updates in some threads I'm subscribed to. Is something wrong?

It's a hard no from me. I have come to the conclusion over many years and far too many basses that bridge pickups suck, both by themselves and suck all that I enjoy about the sound of neck pickups when blended. Doesn't matter if they're single coils or humbuckers. Edit: of course I'm talking about my personal preference, not meaning to sound like I'm spouting some kind of universal truth, apologies if it came across otherwise

Agreed, I have found that songs coalesce better when you're all playing together, all making mistakes together and sharing ideas together.

Translucent cherry red on a non Gibson instrument always gives me cause for a double take followed by an approving nod. Bit like seeing someone wearing something untypical for them but it really suits them. Please accept this approving nod.

Sounds about right, and that's on the songs I start writing

You don't know anything about me. Happy to rectify that for you. I do not want your bass bridge, for free or otherwise. I'm fully vaccinated and have never knowingly had COVID. I'm not a major fan of other people in general so unlike many, I've quite enjoyed the lockdowns. Some might say I had been rehearsing for them my entire life I've had my normal full time employment throughout the pandemic. The bills have remained largely the same. I don't have kids. Did I mention that I don't want your bass bridge? Just checking because I thought I was clear enough on that point in my previous post.

What a dumpster fire this thread has become. You have killed any chance of me ever being interested in your product because it would necessitate dealing with you. You have been crass, unprofessional, shown a complete lack of ability to take criticism well, called people names, deflected when asked probing questions and been condescending. The only positive thing I can take from this is a lesson in how not to convince people to invest in your product. For all that I bear you no ill will and hope you turn this around and become successful in your endeavours, but it will be without my business.