Roger2611

It's good when it goes well, I did an exchange with a guy on here from Greece I had a nervy few days when his bass arrived with me before mine arrived with him, fortunately it arrived safe and sound a couple of days later I also used Inter parcel

That neck is pretty horrible! Probably a £50.00 Chinese "special"

I am still playing in two bands and have done precisely 6 gigs this year, not many dairy clashes to be had there then!!

I am without question the voice of reason within my band.....no, we are not playing a festival when 2 members of the band are unavailable and the remaining members cannot get a rehearsal together before said festival takes place!! I mean come on, it's not rocket science is it!

My wife loves my EUB sitting halfway up the stairs on the small landing area, she is right it looks good there, my only issue is the way it mocks my inability to play the darned thing every time I walk past it

I have five self build Precision's and a Jazz, personally, from a financial recovery position I cannot recommend it, if you are not worried about recovering your outlay then go for it but if the plan is to build and sell then I would say don't bother! All of my self builds have quality parts on them, however as a whole they will not sell for enough to cover even 50% of the build costs and, here is the real problem, all 5 of the Precision basses I have self built are fantastic playing basses and to me are every bit as good as far more expensive and original Fender basses I own, I don't want to break them for parts when they really are fantastic basses as complete items so I find myself in a position of perhaps wanting to move some of them on to make room for other projects but knowing they won't even get near to covering their build costs purely because they are "bitsa" basses! The Jazz bass was a build to replicate Andy McCluskey's Jazz that he played on all the early OMD tracks, it looks great, didn't cost the earth to build and sold to an OMD fanatic it would probably recoup its build costs, that was until some idiot (me) decided I wanted it to sound good and fitted Lindy Fralin pickups and top notch wiring which now means break it for parts if I want to sell it on!

On the upside, at least it is in Australia so it is unlikely to make its way over here anytime soon!

Quite a few of the touring bands I have seen recently have used Ashdown bass amps, so they still seem popular with the pro's out there, I had the Little Bastard for a short while but found it wasn't loud enough to gig with what was a pretty quiet covers band so moved it on, I do keep looking at the EVO heads but as yet haven't taken the plunge!

That looks pretty special and unique, I imagine is will be near impossible to sell on the open market, I hope you get it back

Jake Burns on stage recently

I have offered him a swap for a rusty E Type Jag bonnet but he hasn't got back to as yet I hope you win it and can return it to a playable condition.

His optimistic "these go for a grand in good condition" quote! This pile of rust used to be a series one E type Jag bonnet, in good condition this would be worth over £10.000 !

62's for me as well, I have them in my Custom Shop 62 and it is my go to Precision for recording, to me the only thing that comes close, and surprisingly hasn't got a mention thus far is the Lindy Fralin pickups, I have them in my Jazz bass and my 50's classic Precision, for me they give a slightly "tighter" sound which works well live.

I won't be tempted, as an owner of a D-800 I am not convinced by their class D offerings, IMHO my Markbass LM3 is a better sounding head by some distance.

The 1x15 Traveller is a nice cab, well built, reliable and sounds fine, I had one for a few years and used it below my 102 Traveller cab, I haven't used the Fender so cannot comment on that cab

But you are the bass player.....you should be arriving long before the rest of the band setting up where you want and rest of em will have to fit in around you!

I would get it repaired, I have an LM3 amp and it is better sounding amp than my Mesa Boogie D800!

My next door neighbours were always heavily into music and quite knowledgeable about it, I had played them a lot of our bands stuff, they seemed to like it.... it transpired Joyce used to go out with Jeff Lynne of ELO back in the late 60's.....somewhat puts my bands to shame then!

Give me a stage, any stage and I'm a happy chappie!

I'm only slightly jealous....really! Great report, I am glad you are enjoying it, as they say "the bigger the stage the bigger the buzz"

I respectfully disagree, many of the punk pioneers were very competent musicians and song writers, it almost like Sid Vicious was punk in many peoples eyes, yes there were many bands who lacked even the most basic skills but on the flip side punk also brought us some very talented musicians and song writers who still hold their own today, some 40 years later

Eeeeeeek!

Saving Amy played at Steelfest the other week, the stage had a Mark Bass LM3 and 2x10 Traveller cab as the back line set up, handily, exactly the same as my rig however it appeared to have an issue with the effects send / return as I couldn't get my Boss GT6 to work on the effects loop, as we were tight for time I just unplugged it and shoved it out of the way and promptly much preferred my bass sound for the entire set....so, despite Saving Amy being a rock band where I was using overdrive on quite a few songs I think it sounded clearer without it so, really other than a tuner I am happy to go back to playing without the effects unit.

I am currently using either 45-105 or 40-100 gauge strings, I prefer the lighter gauge on my Stingray and on the Precision with the Jazz Bas neck....other than that they are all running 45-105. Some of the Saving Amy songs require a Precision dropped to D the 45-105's are perfectly happy tuned down. I think your amp / speaker combination and your playing style will have more effect on how heavy you sound than string gauges ever will