ianrendall

Our local, the Quicksilver Mail, regularly has a band in consisting of a number of post-Stackridge guys. The bass player turns up with a full all valve Ampeg stack and a vintage Jazz. I thought “wow, he must be good”. The funny thing is, me and my wife really do run the cattery down the road!

Try here. https://www.hobbytronics.co.uk/barrel-jack-socket or here https://www.mouser.co.uk/c/connectors/power-connectors/dc-power-connectors/?pg=2 I would really recommend disassembling the pedal first to get a good look at the existing socket and finding out if the pin is centre negative or positive. The connectors aren’t a one size fits all solution unfortunately.

I think this could be down to simple wear and tear. If you look inside the socket it should look something like the picture attached. The strip of metal under the pin has likely lost its ability to hold the plug in place. You should be able to get something in under the strip to gently bend it back up. A dental-style hook pick or similar sort of thing should do the trick.

There’s an entire website dedicated to violin basses. http://www.violinbasses.com/index1.htm

Just rediscovered this banger of a cover version. Cracking bass work.

90s indie/britpop. Epiphone Rivoli Trace Elliot

Quite a few anti-baxxers here.

@Jamescullumdidn’t you used to do the jam nights at Woods Wine Bar back in the day?

And here it is. https://liamgaughan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Silk-Sonic-Leave-The-Door-Open.pdf

His Tiny Desk gig was amazing. This is my current favourite of his songs. It’s like Curtis Mayfield born again. Superb.

I had a big old 600 with my Midget. It really sounded great. The weight of the Trace got the better of me quite quickly though.

I had one. Very heavy. It was black with blocks and binding on the neck. Rosewood board. Previous owner made a right hack job drilling a hole on the edge next to the jack and badly gluing in an XLR output.

I took the time to find a suitable forum. This does not disappoint. It’s almost a carbon copy of Basschat…but for pipes! There’s even a small section for cigars, which must be their equivalent of the guitar. https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/#main-category.1

Status Buzzard?

Bitsa

I have often thought about this, and went a bit further with my detail. I thought of a Stingray, given its pickup position, as a RWD V8 muscle car. A P bass as a dependable front wheel drive car. A J bass as a 4WD.

I think they should apply a sticker to every Sadowsky sold.

I kind of see why people mention Sadowsky. Although they are of high quality and have a dependable sound and reputation, they aren’t the ‘magic bullet’ that everyone thinks they are, despite the almost evangelical outpourings on the Sadowsky Facebook group. I still wouldn’t part with mine though.

I keep quite an active interest on the Sadowsky Bass Owners Facebook group and I haven’t yet heard of any complaints about the finish. The surface does feel more robust than it looks however.

First time back out to rehearsal since last March with my Satin tonight. Very excited!

How do they justify that price? You can get an actual full-scale ‘Ray, with 3 band EQ for $300 less. They be smokin’ from the marketing BS bong.