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Just having a random moan about living in the sticks, relatively speaking. For excrement and amusement I had a look at bass guitars within a 100km radius of Aberdeen on FB Marketplace. This yielded a choice of... 20. And which one would I buy? I'd rather just keep the one I'm trying to sell right now. How pathetic is that? Just a random Monday grumble for you. How abundant (or pathetic) is your local bass marketplace?

Bit of a late report, but I was like a burst ba' yesterday. Saturday night, played at the Balaclava in Fraserburgh with Nine Lives. We'd had a few weeks off and I was struggling to get myself in the mood, ngl. Just felt "off" - didn't help that we got set up in good time so there was about half an hour of hanging about, punctuated by people coming up to us and generally getting in the way, which was its usual irritating influence and I think I let it get to me more than usual. Thankfully, once we got going, the cobwebs were shaken off and I got right back into the actual business of performing and hopefully entertaining. Played pretty well, a few wee bloops but nothing worth anything more than pulling a funny face and having a laugh with the drummer about. Also threw a new song into the set for the first time (Foo Fighters - "The Pretender") and it went really well, both from a playing perspective and audience reaction, so looks like it's a successful addition. Gear was the Burny LSB-80 followed by the Reverend Triad into the cubes of doom. Actually, I was really pleased with my sound, especially with the Triad - just used series combinations all night and it fair punched a hole in the air!

Eh, he flip-flopped about actives it over time. You forget G&L. The L-1000, which is probably the final destination for the P bass as he saw it is 100% passive, 2 band EQ.

It helps to remember that there are no right or wrong answers here. Each to their own. I have both active and passive basses, and I enjoy playing all of them.

So, pardon my ignorance, but if you started with a nice tone, why did you eff around with it?

Complexity, solved.

Speaking as someone who has brought everything to a bash, I would advise that you don't - be editorial and try to bring what you think will be interesting. I will be bringing 6 of my 14 basses, with another 4 or so which I will bring if anyone asks.

I'll also wager that your next gig is in a large population centre, quite close to other large population centres, relatively speaking. But even in our isolated outpost of civilisation, I'd like to think that one might hook in a few curious people. Maybe people are so skint that spending a fiver on a lineup of bands they don't know is a gamble too far. I think I'm going to be on a hiding to nothing with this point, as I'm sure a fingerpointing from someone at our lack of initiative when it comes to self promotion is in the post, so I think I'll leave it there.

Plus, at the local level, we find it hard to get people to get off their backsides and pay a fiver at the door to come see us. Please, restrain yourselves from commenting on the quality of the fare on offer, you scamps - you know what I mean!

Yup, I just checked in Chrome and Edge, filters do hee haw when you click on them - they should present a drop down menu to choose from, yes?

My usual reaction these days is "Eff off! I'm not paying that!" Scot's gotta Scot. But it is getting ridiculous, and it's not just gig tickets. Someone's making money at our expense, and it isn't me, that's for damn sure. I rarely go out to the pub these days, never mind gigs, because the price of a pint is taking the p!ss. Maybe it has to, because if it's not the pubs who are taking the mick, then it's someone above them in the supply chain taking the mick out of them, to then take the mick out of me. I'm not having it. My wallet has a vote, and it's voting "no" a lot more often these days.

Heal up first. You'll remember more than you think when you return to the bass. I didn't play bass for two years during lockdown, and nearly quit altogether but thankfully I got back on the horse and it all came flooding back. Your bass playing will be fine and it can wait. Don't compromise your recovery by trying to do physical things before you're ready. I haven't ridden a bike for years, but I'm pretty sure I won't need my stabiliser wheels put back on...

That's what you get for not paying your bills?

Something Gibson-esque (speed knob, bell knob, witch hat) in keeping with the EB-ness of it all?

I used strips of wood veneer to make rings of wood to make up the difference... https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/514065-it-came-from-the-black-lagoon/#findComment-5523942

Stop being sensible now

After a wee break, am back on the gigging horse with Nine Lives at the Balaclava in Fraserburgh on Saturday 25th Oct.

I suspect Inga is on a quest for quick post count amassing... do people still care about that these days? It's like having a visitor counter on your Geocities web page, lol.

Well indeed, apart from the TRC I can't see what you're looking for here. But I'll throw some fuel on the T-40 parts fire... When I fitted a T-40 pickup to my DeArmond Jet Star, the pickup ring was a bit warped and sad, so I got one 3D printed using this model - fits great! If they're not bothered about originality of parts, this could get someone out of jail - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3587735

Recently sold a pitch shifter pedal to Magnus. Sound as a pound, great comms, prompt payment, chatty and no nonsense transaction at the same time. A pleasure doing business with you.

u ok hun?

Schaller are bloody great at answering queries like this. Glad to see that's still the case, even if they couldn't help you. They should be able to tell you the length/thread/head type that you need though, then any good hardware/fastener supplier ought to be able to help you out when presented with this info.