martthebass

We had a two week break anyhow until the end of March (pre-planned) but a fairly full weekend programme after that. No cancellations as yet but we're expecting them as things get a bit tense over the next few weeks. More worried about potential cancellation of the Heaven 17 gig at Sheffield City Hall next Thursday (playing the first 2 Human League albums which I love to bits). Been looking forward to this for months.

Polite reminder. Sales, or potential sales are restricted to the 'For Sale' section.

I've found the TU3 hit and miss on the low E. It 'know's' it's around an E but can't seem to home in. I usually tune on the octave to get dead centre.

'We're definitely coming to your gig on Saturday'.........

Very nice Nick. Love my JMJ, they are a bit special.

Technically a high temperature materials engineer working in what’s left of the UK steel industry but have also dabbled in the past as a secondary school teacher and FE lecturer. Currently working in technical procurement which sounds interesting but erm......

Tonight’s outing for the MW signature in deepest, darkest Huddersfield 🤟

That’s me out then. The current size means 2 fit just peachy in my little VW Polo and I always turn the tweeter off. C’est la vie.

Anyone know how the new one differs from the old one? I’ve been intending to update my 2 for the last 12 months.

True that.

Dan (DeeDee) graciously let me play that HH Sterling when I saw him last year, along with his Ray Special 4H. Some may think me mad but I thought, tonally, that the Sterling was superior.....

I prefer the neck profile on the Sterling to the Ray; to get the 'Sterling neck' on an EBMM Ray you need to hunt down one of the SLO specials which don't crop up that often. Don't get me wrong, the Ray neck is still ok it's just that I find it easier to get around the neck on the Sterling after years of playing Jazzes, so it really is a personal preference thing. If you get on with a Precision neck then you're ok with a standard EBMM Ray as there really isn't much in it.

Not sure BA. I think a fair few think it's somehow not got the same presence as a Ray. I've got both and TBH the Sterling is a beast compared to the Ray - sometimes it's a little hard to tame in a live setting. Despite the smaller body, the weight isn't that much less than its full fat brother (though I've only owned 3 and played a 2 or 3 others) which surprises me though. The neck however has to be my favourite profile of all the bass necks I've ever played.

Is it right that this was originally played on a Dano Longhorn?

Mine was a first run big Fender logo 57P two tone burst, single ply white plate bought new in August 82. Definitely 1.75" on that one - don't have the serial though...

All I recall of my JV57P (big Fender logo) is that the nut was 1.75" - never felt comfortable so off it went.

A big hats off to Tris at Fender GB who has managed to find the period correct parts and send them to me at no cost. That's what I call service.

At a very nice club in Huddersfield last night. Horrendous driving there and even worse driving back. Expected it to be quiet because of the weather but it was packed and we had dancing from early on in the first spot to the end of the second encore. Clubs like this prove that live music isn’t dead in all of the old established WMC/private members clubs.

It pretty much already is HJ......😂 But you can never have too much gaudy for the decade that taste forgot. Unfortunately ‘Glitter’ is still untouchable for this genre

Now that I've got my JMJ Mustang back up and running I can look at the glammification of my Mikey Way Mustang. While I know that this is a somewhat cheap bass, I find it punches above its weight, balances better than many Mustangs I've played previously and the gaudy finish is spot on for a 70s glam rock band. So my thoughts were to get it kitted up with some nice neck front leds and Sims as the market leader(?) came to mind. Just browsing the site tells me I would be looking at about £435 for the job and while I know the bass is worth nowhere near that (and I know it would add little to no value to the bass) that's not the point in this case as it's a stage bass. So a couple of questions to those BCers that have had this work done before I contact Martin: Do these prices include all the 'woodworking' or is that just for the parts? Are the 'bright leds' the best to go for? Are there any downsides? Thanks in advance for any advice

Now sorted thankfully! While I was waiting for Fender UK to get back to me I took a punt on a cheap £5 generic BBOT bridge off of that there ebay and bugger me the screws fit the existing saddles and were long enough to achieve intonation. Who would've thunk it. Thanks for all the comments

I was thinking more of it competing against the Fender American Performer Mustang which is about £900. Granted there's more bells and whistles on the Fallout but they are both essentially 'retro sound' passive shorties.

Very nice, but at best part of £1750 I think I’ll be sticking to me Mustangs, at least for the foreseeable.