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  1. Neither did I, maybe they are 'real' player wear. The soft aged don't have any paint 'rubbed off' they're just small dings and scratches, hardware tarnishing; no sanding until the hard core aged and 'master' grades. TBH from a couple of feet away you'd be hard pressed to see any wear on the soft aged.
  2. That is truly woeful..... I generally prefer a pristine bass but ironically own 2 soft aged Sandberg Lionels. However you can only get gloss finished Lionels with a soft or hard core relicing at the minute which is a shame. That said I do think the Sandberg treatment is one of the better ones; it looks pretty realistic on both of mine; maybe more so on the older one which also has neck shine and little neck pocket lacquer cracks.
  3. Cheers Rich, I’d like to try one before buying but that’s not looking likely. Thing is I’ve been spoiled over the years with EBMMs and I’m concerned I’ll find the SBMM a bit ‘cheap’. Currently using a couple of Sandberg Lionel’s so hoping the quality isn’t too far off that.
  4. Has anyone had a chance to try one of the new Sterling Ray shortscales with roasted neck yet? If so are they worth the upcharge? I’ve sort of given up hope of snagging a used EBMM shortscale (after my last attempt fell through) so wondering if this would be a decent compromise.
  5. I’d go with the 12” set. In fact that’s not too dissimilar to my current set up. Very flexible, one cab for rehearsals and two for gigs. Very punchy and plenty of volume to the point where I would DI into a house set up.
  6. Has anyone on here got experience with the Cali 2 TT shortscale? I’ve got 2 VS Lionels that have quickly become my go to gigging basses (after a couple of historical misses with Sandberg basses) and would like to know how it compares to the VS.
  7. It depends.....there's a lot of unsold stuff. I put my US Sterling up for sale a few months back at a good % under retail and still got 'very reduced' offers. Fortunately it made me see sense and I kept it.
  8. TBH Pete, we've been convinced to do the odd Wedding do and even with Glam it's definitely a mixed bag. We definitely push back on these days and recommend a good function band/DJ.
  9. + the one on this. A group of competent, friendly and professional individuals will always be my preference over the ego driven 'super-talent'. If it ain't fun, it ain't worth doing. To the OP, I'm always wary of taking too much notice of vocal sound quality on phone vids; I've cringed on occasion on band vids I've been on in the past where I thought the sound was ok and the video 'disagreed'. If the audience were dancing then don't worry. The only comments I have on the vocal quality on the vid is that it was maybe mixed a little high and could have done with a bit more effect as it was a bit 'dry'...............nothing to get too hung up about though, especially with the length of time the band has been going.
  10. I think the closest we are to your neck of the woods is Withernsea at the end of this month.
  11. Nice gig at a fairly local gastro pub type place last night. Hopefully our recent drummer issues are now behind us; the dep brought in that did the last couple of gigs with us (after the drummer for the last 9 years left with no notice) sadly hit some personal issues which left us drummerless with only 4 days to the next gig. Fortunately the dep that was due to come on board in November stepped in and smashed it out of the park. I’m hoping he’ll come on board permanently as he’s a great communicator on stage.
  12. Noice. Never understood why they aren’t more popular, maybe the naff name? After many Rays I’m now down to just one EBMM and it’s a Sterling. I nearly sold it a while back, fortunately its lack of popularity meant it wasn’t pounced on quickly and I changed my mind. Enjoy!
  13. You’re not wrong Dave, I was never into splitting hairs. If I recall correctly some post punk bands were originally punk bands, the early Joy D stuff like Warsaw was definitely punk and I think Simple Minds were a punk band called ‘Jonny and the self abusers’?
  14. Thanks for the correction...my life is now complete. Having now 'done my research'...it appears that about 80% of the bands we covered in our post punk/'power pop' trio were in the post punk category as defined by Wikipedia.
  15. To me it's the 1978-80 period; Jags, Vapours, Department S, Elvis Costello etc...
  16. Post punk (rather than 'classic punk') is a big love of mine; I was in a PP band before going Glam 8 years back. It seems to be a bit more popular around here than it was then....we were always struggling for gigs. The 'Glam' market seems to be becoming more crowded with bands in these parts now; when we started out there were very few in these parts with only one other Glam band routinely playing in Yorkshire.
  17. That's a shame Dave. I've occasionally thought about a post punk side project from our Glam band but as you say December is normally full of Glam revellers and I didn't think it fair to a side project.
  18. Now listed on the bay of E for a much higher price due to their Stratospheric fees. So, grab yerself a bargain and buy it on here.
  19. It’s a regular thing at this pub done entirely by the good spirited Landy. It’s the only venue we play that does this.
  20. Old Masons Arms just south of Leeds last night. Second Glam Fever gig with the new dep drummer and things had tightened up considerably thankfully - he did a great job and we had a blast. We've got him until the end of September when we take a month long break to allow for any hospital treatment I might need, then a new drummer starting in November who knows the crack. It was a hot and sweaty one - just the sort of gigs we enjoy with lots of dancing and whatnot; it was nice to see a fair few faces from bikers rallies who'd travelled far and wide to catch us in one of our rare visits to this locale. The 'tip bucket' was nicely full at the end of the night!
  21. No, I bought it about 8 years back from a little online store in the West Midlands. It’s now gone to a lovely lady bassist in Doncaster.
  22. I sold my Mikey Way Mustang a little while back and then bought this😂😂 I’m in 2 minds already, the longer it stays unsold the more chance I’ll keep it!
  23. I’ve got some strap lock pins sat waiting to go on this…if I ever get around to fitting them then she stays 😂😂😂
  24. Cheers Dave, I’m starting to waver on this one as the missus has stopped complaining and I think she may have forgotten the number of basses in the dungeon….
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