martthebass

Got snowed off unfortunately......got within a couple of miles of the place after a 1 hour drive through a blizzard only to have to turn back at the last hurdle. Never mind, British Summer Time starts next week!

My Glam band cover those, with the exception of BB.....to be left field we went with Fox on the Run in the place of that one. Great song choice mate - can't fail with those. Add in the Slade and T-Rex and you're there!

Slimmest neck without getting stupid - best of the bunch IMHO is the MM Sterling. A US one is a bit above your budget (apart from the rare and no longer made US SUB) but you might bag a used SB14 which I believe had the same neck dimensions.

Oooooooh, even the 'mother' would have trouble loving that monstrosity.

I'm well overdue for a clearout (of basses....). I only use the 2 'cheapies (an MM US Sub and a Squier Mustang) for gigs, a Ric and 2 very nice Rays end up sat under the bed. I keep convincing myself that I'll turn them into a nice Telescope or something down the line when my gigging days are over but I'm not sure who I'm trying to convince. One thing for sure is that as long as they stay as basses and not cash the wife can't spend em....

You're not wrong, easier on a mustang ;-)

I've played 5s and 4s but always felt more comfortable on a 4. I don't have any 5s in the fleet now and TBH I don't really miss them. There are occasions where I think that a particular song would be easier to play on a 5 but I always enjoy digging in far more on a 4 (never enjoyed the narrower string spacing on a 5 and always found 'broadnecks' too much of a handful).

I'm in the definitely try before buying camp. I bought a G1 Compact and really couldn't get on with it (and I really tried). It sempt very sensitive to placement and a bit on the wooly side. It moved me down the 2 x 12'' cab route (MB NY121). I'll definitely give the newer 12'' versions a go some time down the line though.

True, I do, just don't want to pay full price (when do we ever!) and you can't get the silver finish anymore. I still feel aggrieved at paying (well) over £300 for my Mikey Way Sig Mustang because I needed 'silver sparkle' for the Glam band when they were less than £250 new!

Oh you 2 are just making it worse! Hadn't thought about the upper register access. Now you mention it I wondered why I found upper register stuff in the bands set easier with my Sterling than the Mustang, thought it was me being cack-handed, What's the neck dive like on the Jag SS - I briefly had a long scale Jaguar and it was definitely present on that one?

I can understand where you are coming from. My musical training is also minimal though I have played pretty constantly for nearly 40 years. There are times when I find my lack of musical knowledge a problem, on those occasions, if the issue is theory (it almost always is), I read up on the issue and try and sort it to the required level. Like you, I've got my own style, as it works for me (I can play fast 16ths for 5 minutes without issue which is as much as I would ever need in my genre) and I wouldn't want to change it. I think there's some validity in having a limited tutoring session to maybe point me in the direction of where I can make improvements but, for what I do, I haven't felt that need strongly enough to act on it. One thing I do when I think I'm getting a little 'stuck in a rut' is to set a learning challenge, pick a song (or some songs) that would test me technically and work on the challenge until I've bossed it.

Awesome bass Nick. Had a 'scare' with a Kidney lesion last year which fortunately turned out to be 'nothing to worry about', glad that you're all clear now and can look forward to many years of playing mwaaaaaah type basslines.

It is mate, we play there a couple of times per year, always a good night.

Cheers Pete. Ill take a look, my Bay City Rollers cosie is getting ready for a revamp.

I’m in a glam rock covers band based a wee bit south of you in the Yorkshire, East Midlands area. You can get ex. Fancy dress outfits fairly reasonably or go down the bespoke route and get stuff made (not cheap though). For myself, I’m always on the lookout for tasteless, glittery stuff and 70s clothing on eBay and the like. Be aware that a lot of suitable stuff is ‘womens’ so you’ll have to get over that .

Gimmicks, nah....don’t believe in em.

This is all well and good but will it help me play bass, sing backing vox and do the Mud Tiger Feet dance simultaneously without having a meltdown

Yes, we've never had it so good, record employment levels etc.......stinks to high heaven. Rant over.

Been looking for one of these Pete but they seem to be 'intermittent' in terms of when they turn up. Seems like a nice back up to my Mustang, which is also an Indonesian build and has been fairly decent. All of these 'off-set' shortscale jobbies seem to have jumped up in price and desirability at the moment, god knows why...