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[quote name='Bass_Guardian' timestamp='1428931785' post='2746033'] Is this the only Scotland Bass Bash? [/quote] I believe so. Or, put it another way, I'm not aware of any others.

Moffat is off the A74(M), between Glasgow and Carlisle, a bit north of Lockerbie and Dumfries.

[quote name='Bass_Guardian' timestamp='1428930647' post='2746018'] Just wondering if there are any Scottish Bass Bash's happening this year? I've never been to a bass bash as most seem to be down South. Any info would be appreciated Alex [/quote] You've missed this years Moffat Bass Bash, it was in March. I once or twice have threatened to organise one up here in Aberdeen, but I've been too lazy to take it any further.

[quote name='lou24d53' timestamp='1428788722' post='2744611'] You got any gigs booked round Glasgow way yet? [/quote] Nah, nothing sorted out yet, sorry

[quote name='mrdreadful' timestamp='1428865852' post='2745480'] What the title says. What does one of these things entail? The only image my mind conjures up is a load of guys sat in a circle with their gear playing at each other which, to be honest, sounds a bit sh*te. [/quote] Why should we enlighten you when you've already decided they're "a bit sh*te"? Nice attitude you've got there.

Absolutely splendiferous top ranking idea, sir. You will know this miscreant by his gaudy, ostentatious gold coloured low frequency noise making machine and dreadful sartorial awareness.

Yup, I don't have the appropriate shaped spanner for my Yamaha BB450 and I did the truss rod like that by loosening (but not removing) the neck screws then angling the neck to provide access for a regular socket and wrench. Couldn't be bothered removing the strings and the neck entirely, already did that for the washer trick for the maxed out rod.

Details are sketchy but an intercepted communication has been decoded and revealed that a rag tag bunch of musicians who refer to themselves as "The Inevitable Teaspoons" will be making music at a place called Cafe Drummond in Aberdeen on 1st May. I have no idea what that means, so I recommend sending all available reconnaissance units to the aforementioned location from 8pm on 01/05/2015 to find out what is going on. Over and out.

I used to avoid like the plague unstructured, free form jamming, I just didn't feel I was good enough and I didn't have nearly enough chops to contribute effectively so it left me cold. More recently though, a jam just kind of happened in the rehearsal room - the sax player was having a noodle to himself and gradually everyone just joined in and it became quite a funky thing IMHO, might even be the start of an idea for a new song. Not only did I manage to carve out a riff or two in the 8 or 9 minutes, I managed to change the direction of the jam as alluded to above, I went for a change about 6 minutes in and to my surprise (and delight) everyone followed me (there or thereabouts)! There is a recording, I swithered about putting up stuff that isn't "ready" but seeing as I think it's relevant - here it is: [media]http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/mp3/Teaspoons/practice20141118/Funky%20Spoons.mp3[/media]

I continue to rule nothing out.

[quote name='Thunderpaws' timestamp='1428523996' post='2742190'] Are the Coronado and Starcaster not Chinese? [/quote] They are. So instantly not worthy of the name, it would seem.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1428501242' post='2741856'] That's good, because in my experience nothing improves your playing quicker than being in a band, especially if everyone else is better than you - you tend to play up to their level pretty damn quick, in a way you just don't do by noodling at home. [/quote] I'd agree with that.

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1428397072' post='2740785'] a bit disturbed that this singer has been tried and found guilty by a kangaroo court here. [/quote] Well, the singer had better not log on here then, for that is the extent of our jurisdiction To be fair, the OP conducted the trial and reported the verdict first.

I gig a 1979 Gibson RD Artist with some of the wackiest onboard electronics and it works fine. Just about everything is less mental than it, so you'll be fine

That is a new low, I've never heard of that in my life before. My sympathies are extended to you, and I hope you get your stuff back. I can only speak for Aberdeen but here the music community is a web of weel kent faces (well known faces, sorry lapsed into the local lingo there) so word would be bound to get around about this and the perpetrator known to someone.

When I acquired my Gibson Victory, one of the tuners kept snapping loose once string tension was applied - the screw that goes through from the back of the tuner had snapped inside the capstan. These things, while rare can happen.

[quote name='juliusmonk' timestamp='1428317518' post='2740102'] [b]But that's the fun of it...[/b] Working class sense of humour is about the last option we have... I can be ironic about a 1000£ business class flight ticket or a 500£ surplus on Fender purely for a matching headstock and 'period correct' features all the same, can't I? Yet there will be people buying them, nothing wrong with that. We're talking here about an extreme, just discussing the subjective perception of value in a market where the vast majority of high end items go new for half the price. There is nothing apparent in these basses that justifies the price tag, that's all. If they have some obscure magic, then the one I tried was devoid of it. [/quote] I'm not seeing much fun in it, and there's definitely no joy.

If you don't get/understand the price tag, fine. I don't get it either, but I don't question it - it's not relevant to me and there's no need to get all judgemental and preachy about it. If they were doing it wrong, they'd go bust.

Ahh, one of the few benefits of taking up the instrument late and only beginning to perform in public in my 30s

My technique is probably awful, but I haven't been fired yet

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1428151760' post='2738532'] Is that really important when you have a string retainer? [/quote] It is important if you've got a mild case of OCD...

Shell Pink.

Painted necks feel "cheap"? How come, surely it takes more effort and time (and therefore cost more) to do a neck in a solid colour rather than just a clear coat? Not trying to pick a fight, it just doesn't make logical sense to me.

In the first picture it looks like the last wrap of the G string is at the top of the pile when it should be at the bottom like the other two? But maybe I'm seeing things wrong.

[quote name='Number6' timestamp='1428061620' post='2737623'] Yep understood.....i should have included that i'm considering for future modifications. [/quote] Ahh, now I get you. Obviously your choice of drop in replacements is pretty limited with the Cabronita - TV Jones stuff looks like it should fit but apart from that it'll be get the router out and/or hide the mess with a pickguard.