Linus27

Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden. Didn't like anything else by them and yet grunge is one of my favourite styles music.

Plus is 2021, the most popular genre of music was Hip Hop/R&B followed by Pop and Electronic and on Spotify, the most played genre was Hip Hop followed by pop.

Very interesting topic. I initially thought that vintage instruments would perhaps be of some considerable value but I look at some of them now and most are not really what I thought they'd be worth. Excluding some Fender's, if you look at old Warwick's, Stingray's, Status basses then they aren't collector prices so I'm generally not really sure vintage basses are going to be crazy money. Obviously some will like a 50's Precision but I'm not convinced a 1987 Stingray will go silly. I'm also wondering if Skandelver is on the money where he says Rock is going to go the same way as Jazz and other genre's and no longer be mainstream. If anything, it could be a good thing as you'd have a few good rock clubs opening up in the style of say Ronnie Scott's or Jazz Cafe or various Rock festivals like Cambridge folk festival. As for me, I gig with with a couple of wonderful Japanese Fender Jazzes. Worth about £800 - £1000 and they are wonderful instruments. However, after the music career I've had, I felt I owed it to myself to have at least one bass that's a bit special so I also have a Stingray which I gig with occasionally. If it wasn't a Stingray then it would probably be a US Precision or Streamer Stage 1. So nothing fancy or vintage but respectable but wont be worth much when I've turned to dust.

Awesome, he is a superb drummer. Absolute joy playing 50's Rock n Roll with him, he made it so much fun and great to be around. Please please say hello to him from Michael who was in The Bee-Bops and that I hope he's keeping well 👍

So Alan who played in Heartfakers and I believe DiamondHearts played drums for us in The Bee-Bops. Lovely chap and a superb drummer.

What a great idea, especially as one of my bands that was signed, we kept a diary of where we played, the date and who was also on the bill. So I can see if I recognise any other bands on here Anyway, here are mine, 1987 - 1988: Shelter - Original band started with a mate when I was first learning bass. Very inspired by New Order, Pet Shop Boys, U2 and The Smiths. 1988 - 1989: Home Again - Originals band, 5 piece and very U2, Simple Minds, The Alarm etc. 1989 - 1992: The River Thieves - Original band continuing on from Home Again minus the keyboard player. Very U2, Simple Minds, The Alarm etc. Released 1 album with a bit of success playing Brixton Academy and some big festivals. 1995 - 2001: Inter - Guitar punk pop and part of the post Brit pop scene. Signed and released 1 album, 5 singles, 2 John Peel Sessions, 1 Virgin Live Session, 1 Radio 1 Roadshow, an advert for Casio watches and various TV programs. 2009 - 2010: The Fleas - Indie folky pop 5 piece. 2011 - 2012: Cow - Soulful, Motown pop group, released 1 album recorded at Paul Weller's studio and went on tour with him. 2010 - 2014: Echo 109 - EBM studio band, released 1 album. 2018 - 2019: The Dolomites - 5 piece 50's and 60's cover band playing working men's clubs, parties, festivals etc. Very busy with over 100 gigs a year. 2019 - 2021: The Bee-Bops - Continuation of The Dolomites as one band member left but focusing more on just 50's Rock n Roll. 2022 - onwards: The Tim Shez Band - Originals acoustic singer songwriter with myself on fretless bass and a percussive drummer. Regular gigs and about to release a new EP.

Just checked the website again and no fretless option on the special but it is showing 9 colour options so its a start

So you cant actually buy a standard Stingray SR4. That's like Fender not selling a US Jazz or Precision. Seems mad to me.

If this is the case then this is really disappointing for us fretless bass players. Actually, looking at the website, they don't even do a standard Stingray any more. They only list the following, Darkray Joe Dart Tim Commerford Stingray Special Sterling Bongo John Myung Mike Herrera Cliff Williams Short Scale Stingray

To be fair, I don't really have anything that bugs me or annoys me, I'm quite content to be fair. However, one thing that does wind me up is people who do the sound who think that to do sound they must be constantly fiddling with the desk to justify why they are there. I get that there needs to be some adjustment on the fly but generally, just stop fiddling and changing it all the time.

Interesting as I grew up with Inxs after my sister went to Australia in 1983, saw them live over there and brought back the 12" vinyl of Original Sin. Nobody over hear had heard of them until What You Need came out in 1985. I'd go as far as saying Garry Gary Beers was a big influence on me when I started to play bass in 1987 as I was heavily into the Shabooh Shoobah, The Swing and Listen Like Thieves albums and loved his playing and Sunburst Fender Precision's. I even saw them play at Wembley Arena in 1987. Amazing band.

If you like rock then I'd go for an Epiphone Thunderbird or a Squire 51 PBass.

Oh boy, that Classic is absolutely gorgeous. At this rate Nick, we'll have to rename you to Stingray Nick or Old Horse Stingray

I've had my Barefaced Two10 a number of years now and I am very happy with it. I bought it from @chris_b on here in 2017 and it was virtually brand new. I've probably done around 300 - 350 gigs with it now and its still in mint condition with no peeling tolex or broken handles. I can't see me ever changing it to be honest. I also get a lot of compliments on my sound since having it.

Hi and welcome to the fun house, also known as the mad house at times Hopefully you can share some nice Yamaha and Ampeg news with us over time

Gorgeous I'm still very tempted to swap my fretless Stingray over for one of these basses. Keep us posted on how you get on.

I can't see it changing but as others have said, it will go in cycles. Look at theatres and shows and the popularity of music from other generations. Please love music so it won't matter if its 50's Rock N Roll, 60's Beatles tribute shows, Country and Western or Irish folk. It wasn't long ago we were all talking about Dua Lipa's bass player and how amazing the bass line is. Yes, the original was done on a synth if I remember correctly but live is on an actual bass. The recent Sigrid show at Glasto, she had a full live band behind her. Look also at what Cory Wong/Joe Dart are currently doing as well. It won't change, there will still be bass guitars but there are more options now than before to produce the low stuff.

The Japanese Fender are my favourite and I have always preferred them over the US ones.

I think if memory serve me, its only 250w at 4 ohms so probably not going to be loud enough. If it was the 500w model I'd bite you hand off. Thank you anyway though.

Thanks for all the great feedback and tips everyone. Reading the Rootmaster owners thread was also really useful and really interesting to see there are a whole bunch of very happy owners who also run them though a Barefaced Two10. So I think I am going going to pull the trigger and get one. Just need to decide on getting the 500 or 800. I'd probably be fine with the 500 but if I can afford an 800 then why now

Thank you, that's very kind of you.