police squad

Absolutely

Love the Bourbon burst Nick, looks really classy

Utterly amazing. I was blown away by everything Adam Lambert, awesome Roger Taylor's voice on These are the days of our lives, sublime Whoever is playing bass was stunning and my wife asked me how I knew 'Another one bites the dust' was next. (she plays bass but wasn't looking) Brian May, what is there left to say about this genius, humble gent

you did the right thing, absolutely. I have let people go in bands, once or twice, it's never a nice thing to do but it's necessary I was once sacked from a rock band I'd joined. I'd had enough and wanted to leave. At the band meeting the singer and drummer (lovely guys) said, sorry Mart, we're going back to a 3 piece. I said that's great as I wanted to leave anyway and we're still friends and occasionally get to play together due to various deps There's no need to be sh1tty with anybody

Ashdown RM500 EVO II. they do heads and combos. Well worth a look

I'd love to play my old again, I remember the quality being outstanding

My first proper bass was a Manson Explorer. When I started gigging I didn't like the sound and traded it for an Aria SBR-150. I gigged this for a couple of years, then bought an Aria XRB , pointy headstock, passive P & J pickups. Then I bought a vox white shadow fretless (which I loved). Then one day, in my local shop, there was a black P bass, with a maple neck. I swapped my Manson 335 for this bass. Absolute game changer. I've had sll sorts since then too, Jaydee MK, Guild B301, Steinberger, status, Washburn, Ricks, Jazz basses but always come back to my now 49 year old '73 P bass which I've had 32 years. But very recently I've switched to a JMJ Mustang. I still have all my various P basses though, including the Bravewood Sting replica

This would be mine actually it is mine, for the past 32 years Only mods are the Schaller 3D bridge and scratchplate. New pots in 1991

I'm sure the guy from Mama's Boys played one of these when they appeared on ECT in the 80s

my first proper gigging band did play Needle Gun from this album. No one had heard of it but we enjoyed playing it.

Just had listen to this after about 35 years. Nonsense, stupid noises, Dr Who alien sounds LOVED IT!!

that is pretty much how I feel about them. It always sounds average (good drumming though)

yep me too. I have a roland TD3K which I bought about 14 years ago. Play it occasionally but I've recently moved house and will soon have a 'proper' music room, so we (myself and my wife) have invested in a new Mapex kit and we will also have some lessons. My 80s band drummer is absolutely amazing and he teaches too, so we'll be using him. I have no interest in gigging on the drums, just fancy a go at playing. Strangely, in my last band, Live n Kickin' I had actually done everything for them on different occasions. I had played bass only, Lead Guitar only, Rythmn guitar only, sung only, then ended up playing guitar and singing and eventually bass and singing. I never got to play the drums with them!!

why are you saying a '75 with a '74 neck? Have you checked the pot codes? The date on the pickup too?

that's what I reckon it is. It's just missing the last digit, which would be the day of the week. Can we see the headstock and tuners too please

I love it too. Many many years of entertaining people. The longest time I've off since 1987 was Lockdown 1. I now only do the gigs I want, it's even more fun that way. And so far will have done just over 50 this year (if nothing else changes) Yesterday afternoon's gig (sunday btw) was awesome. Lovely people having a great time

I did the fretless thing many years ago. Primarily for looks, unlined rosewood board looked great. Played it for a few years in my rock band. Then bought another, an ESP 400. I was still experimenting bank then, got rid of them both. Fast forward to when I started my Police tribute, 15 years ago now. Found a Fenden japan PB70s fretless, maple board and natural. Lovely bass, did a lot of gigs with it. Added the Ibanez MC940, gigged that a bit too. Then built another maple board P bass which sounded sooo good, I started using it in the rock band I was playing in too. I've given up the Police thing now and have 3 different fretless basses that are completely unplayed. But I'm keeping them (just in case)

Here's a couple of pictures of mine

me too

just about sums it up

I currently still have an Ibanez MC940. It's an early fretless one. Used on my Police tribute gigs. My favourite non-fender bass. Lovely neck and not too heavy I've also had 2 SBR-150s. Awesome to play, too heavy for me and I didn't really like the sound, it wasnt Fendery enough. I sold my last 150 just as we went into lockdown 1. It was almost immaculate and I was the 2nd owner. I think it sold for 1600 pounds. I would buy the Ibanez personally

you're not the only one 🤣 welcome to BC

I went there only once and met them all. Spent hours trialling the TKS range with JT. He ordered a pair of 1x12 cabs that sound awesome. Shame they closed

I've discovered over the ears that I only really want a p bass. As you know, I was 'Sting' in a couple of Police tributes and owned nearly all the basses he used during the Police years. White spector, Ibanez MC940, Steinberger, 2 fretless P basses and a 56 replica. I don't do the Sting thing anymore and nne of these basses get played now. When in my last rock band gig I started on my old P bass, went to a Musicman Stingray then a Flea Jazz bass. Ended up back on the P bass. Now in my blues rock band (does 2/3 gigs a year) it's a mustang JMJ. The short scale helping my aching everything. I honestly think that I'm done with buying now unless a nice jazz/p bass comes along that would appreciate in value, it would have to be cheap though. I'm certainly not looking but I keep my eye on the classifieds here on BC.

so am I. I think there's pair on my old singer. He was a Jim Morrison fan and always wore leather trousers