Maude

That seller has been knocking out Dekos for a while. I was looking for a cheap P bass for a project and was going to get an HB, then I saw he was selling them cheaper than the Thomann retail price and he's just down the road so no postage,couldn't understand how until this thread came along.

Coincidentally I've been playing along to Numans 'I, assassin' lately. I'm very on and off with my fretless but I bought an acoustic fretless recent so I can just grab it when I have a minute. Not quite mastered the Partridge dance while playing 'Chameleons yet though.

Thread revival! I've just bought a sheet of the foam board to make a pair of these. I usually go through the PA and use my amp as a monitor but at a recent gig I had a weird problem in that when I plugged my DI box into the snake I got a loud buzzing out of my amp, dodgy electrics I reckon as I haven't had it before or since. Anyway I digress, this meant just using my amp to supply all the bass and I struggled with feedback a lot, gaffer tape over the f holes helped and the notch filter sorted it but I had the filter turned up so high I almost lost that frequency, making one certain note very dull, so I thought I'd give a pair of these a try. A gig in a couple of weeks is in a venue where we are lined up against a wall with the PA almost level with us due to space and I anticipate problems.

[quote name='Number6' timestamp='1427576978' post='2731992'] I have done my last three gigs with two different shortscales and i will likely do my next gig with my 5 string.....in all reality they all make a sound that covers what i need however i still want a P and a Gibbo SG.....want and need 😐 [/quote] That said, wanting a P and needing a P are the same thing if you can't find anywhere to go

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1426530109' post='2718980'] Try this and then just walk between the chords and changes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5niOj4LkgqU [/quote] I tried this but found walking between the band and the door worked better

I don't know if it's been covered but why do people say something's "cheap at half the price"? Of course it bloody is, that would be half price, 50% off. Unless it was extremely overpriced to start with, which pretty much makes the saying the opposite of the reason people seem to say it.

I gigged for ten years only owning one bass, then the internet came along. I think it's not how many basses you need, more a question of how many tempting websites you don't need. I could do the whole of our next gig with a J or a P, active or passive, long or short scale, hollow or solid body, etc etc, and nobody would know any different. If I had to sell up nearly everything I'd keep a fretted and fretless as they'd do everything I need. Oh and my doublebass but I assume we're not counting that sort of thing.

I know it's different type of six string but when I wanted strings for my Bass VI I ordered them direct from LaBella. Just order all the individual strings you need to make your set, cheaper than a preamp packed set in the uk even after postage. All on their website so no need for an expensive phone call.

My fretted had the raised 17th fret issue but the fretless was faultless bar a minute mark on the top of the headstock, both were bought separately with nothing else in the basket so no need to send a good bass stamped as deko to keep a large orderer happy. Must be careful as I have a few basses in my basket at the mo for comparison reasons, a quick early morning deko buy could end up with a few thousand pounds worth of basses being ordered by mistake.

There, their, they're, don't worry

You know what really bugs me? People who start a sentence with "You know what really bugs me?"

Just stop it! I mean what's wrong with you people? I have no need for another amp or any more basses. Well maybe just a quick look, I mean where's the harm in that?

[quote name='Geddys nose' timestamp='1427337248' post='2729118'] The Variax had a good upright patch on it when I owned one,pity they never did a new version. [/quote] The trouble I find with my Variax is that, although the upright setting is convincing enough in a band, not being fretless makes it a lot less convincing. On DB I like to slide around a bit and transferring those songs onto the Variax is not a pleasing experience. I suppose what I'm saying is, it definitely needs to be fretless. I can get a very similar sound to the Variax out of a normal bass using the resonator setting on my cheapy Toneworks AX3A pedal, with a fretless it's really good. So maybe try an effect before buying a new bass.

Re the lined/unlined thing, I started with unlined and have never seen the issue, the side dots are all you see and need. And the plus is that unlined looks far nicer imo. It's not as difficult as it seems it would be, although if you're gigging the need to hear yourself clearly is more important.

Unfortunately I prefer the styling of the 4005 over the more common shape of the 4001/2/3/4, price is a serious problem as the make the others look like pocket money. Maybe one day when I'm rich

Are 'Encore' basses handmade? :|

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1427228317' post='2727679'] Some people are born with the [i]"gift"[/i], these were usually the folks that "made it" and were light years ahead of everyone in terms of talent and ability even in high school. I gig every weekend and practice every night and I've been at this for 45 years. I'm still average, this stuff does not come naturally to me. I really have to work at it. Blue [/quote] I'll agree with that. A lot of people have told me I'm a natural bassist, which I take as a nice complement, but I'm not at all, it's bloody hard work and I struggle to breathe and play bass at the same time, let alone talk to punters that insist on trying to chat mid song.

I say give the guy a break. So he didn't like Rickenbackers, that doesn't mean he doesn't have other valid opinion. I liked his insistence to add harmonium to everything, that could really add to a bands sound.

This thread is so like, whatever!

I like to cut the scone in half, then spread jam before cream on one half and cream before jam on the other, people just can't cope with that.

I've never even bought one!

I find Rickenbackers to be like Dairylea, you can get a screwdriver to stand up in it but sometimes, on a warm day, a marble will sink in it. I liken Dairylea to Pol Pot but history records don't show he ever ate it, if he did then that's for another thread. Makes no difference anyway, as long it's spread thick enough on the paving slab it'll all be good. You've made your point, now enough with the pointless crap

Could a moderator swap this thread title with the "Why I sold my Rickenbacker bass" one please. Sorry Bubinga5, as you were

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1427060669' post='2725352'] Personally, I blame tight fitting underwear. [/quote] I concur, I'm sat here naked and I feel as chilled as a mofo. BTW the Rick gang didn't want to fight so I'm back here, turn out the rumours are just rumours.

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1427014129' post='2724592'] most of it ...except the spandex of course [/quote] What, completely naked then? We're lucky that we rent a basement permanently between the three bands that we're all in so we leave all the amps drums and PA set up, just bring guitars and pedals and away we go.