tauzero

Did the Custom not have the nobbly top horn then?

I can see the next owner saying "what tw@t put an imperial size truss rod nut on a metric bass?"

I got you babe, Delilah - 3/4 rather than 6/8 but just multiply both sides by 2. PS. Of course it depends what discos you go/went to.

I'm sure Noel and Liam will let you know straight away.

Ah, that'll be me not having a clue what any of the pedals do because the names don't tell me much. I'd just assumed that the DHA Broken was the fuzz.

Must it be a combo? You could make a BC house jam cab and use it with a Hotone Thunder bass amp (or, indeed, any old bass amp as long as you're careful with the volume).

A chap came round to survey our loft for boarding out earlier on. His dad had bought Definitely Maybe when it came out and that had been the defining music of his youth. He was going to buy tickets (he also said he wanted to get them for the first show as who knows what would happen then), but he wanted to go with his mates (one set), with his wife (second set) and with his kids (third set).

Cort GB4 Custom (not the current GB4) or the nearly identical Cort GB94.

It's not the music that I have an issue with, it's that horrible whining Mancunian voice. And nobody's mentioned the David Bowie plagiarism - that little C F D G at the end of the chorus lines in "Stand by me", a straight lift from "All the young dudes".

I know what it reminds me of.

We had an outdoor gig in Walsall - there was cover over the band, but no chance of moving indoors into the tiny pub if it rained, and it did seem rather ominous (it pissed down in the morning, and briefly in the early afternoon). There was a singer on before us, who finished at 5:15, and we were due on at 6. Working round him as he knocked down, we managed to get completely set up and ready to go by about 5:55, brief soundcheck and we were off. Due to the failure of the woofer on my combo, I was using a Tecamp Puma 900 and BC 112 Mk3 cab, and I noticed that on low notes on a dirty patch I had, it was making rather horrible noises, so I stopped using the dirty patch and all was well again. I did ask Mrs Zero to take some photos, but almost all of them she took while the two guitarists were playing "Time of your life" and the drummer and I were doing nothing. Well, I was doing the traditional "waving of the candle". However, we did have a stage invasion.

I don't know for certain what may have caused this - however, using a Tecamp Puma 900 and a Basschat 112 at the gig I did on Saturday night, when using a particular dirty patch on my Helix I found the speaker making unpleasant noises when I played anything from bottom G or so downwards (unpleasant enough for one guitarist to comment on it). I kept away from that patch, only using clean patches, and didn't have any further problem. So I suspect it was using a patch that caused too much speaker excursion or some other physical damage to the speaker, but I don't know for sure. However, that patch is getting deleted to avoid anything similar happening, either to the BC cab or to the GR Bass once I get it back. I didn't hear any bad noises at the gig when the speaker failed, but the room we were in had a very bad resonance at low frequencies and I couldn't make out exactly what was happening on the low notes. When I put the bass into the PA, I left the Helix out completely.

About four years old - first used it somewhere round this time in 2020, used it at maybe 20 gigs since then.

Rather a shame, the top half looks lovely and if both halves were like that it could have been made into an attractive bass.

I'd be inclined to go for the Kala, but that's my personal view.

As posted by @Happy Jack in the Ebay section: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166933130243

There's a coincidence, someone was asking about cheap P basses to stick some electronics into and I mentioned the Sue Ryder.

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/175817255455 ?

AIUI, you've got a path Tuner > Octabvre > SA C4 > DHA Broken > Dyna-ssor > Joyo Monomyth > Source Audio bass zio and what you're looking for is to opt between Tuner > Octabvre > SA C4 > DHA Broken > Joyo Monomyth > Source Audio bass zio and Tuner > SA C4 > DHA Broken > Dyna-ssor > Joyo Monomyth > Source Audio bass zio As I said, I have no experience of the LS2, but couldn't you put the octave in the A loop and the dyna-ssor in the B loop and use the mode which lets you switch between them (if I've interpreted the modes correctly)?

You may want an effects switcher - with no experience whatsoever of doing this, I'd suggest having a look at the Boss LS-2 and ES-5.

Applying a little reverb to the solid bodied rubber string basses gives a more upright sound (just emulating the reverb that a hollow body gives). If you only want 4 strings, there's also the Ashbory to consider. Lined fretless, 18" scale. The earliest ones (by Guild) had ukulele tuners which are a PITA, the later Fender/DeArmond ones have conventional tuners. And there was the 22" scale Mk II (I think three of us on BC own these), and the very very rare Mk IIb - one on Ebay at the moment but I value every part of my anatomy too much to risk Mrs Zero's wrath if I should buy it. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235693470683 The Bass Centre has been issuing further Ashbory derivatives too - https://www.basscentre.com/bass-centre-ashbory-bass.html

How did you do the CA coating on the fingerboard, and which CA glue did you use?

I've got the 5-string version of the Kala SUB - it's a nice instrument, can't think of any cons to it. I don't have any experience of the HB bass uke, but my experience of other HBs (guitars and basses) has been positive. Just get both.

I'd consider getting shot of the beard. I only grew it because I couldn't be arsed shaving during lockdown, and now it's much lower maintenance than shaving and Mrs Zero doesn't object too much. At 66 I think I'm a little past the point where cosmetics would be meaningful. The absence of hair doesn't help either. Best of luck with the audition.

Definitely, especially as visiting the store is appointment only so there isn't any such thing as casual footfall. Bass Direct a couple of miles up the road doesn't need appointments - it's still not exactly high street but it's possible to drop in on a whim (and leave with your wallet considerably shrunk), but even they recognised the importance of the online presence and finally updated their website.