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That looks gorgeous! the top is just stunning and the(flamed?) maple neck really looks the part. Get it amped up i bet it sounds amazing! Congrats on the re-employment , just been through the same thing myself 3 months ago and my little treat should arrive this week but its not a patch on this one. Off to research Sei basses...

A green P Lakland, an Overwater Expression , a 6 string ESP fretless, Anything by Wyn. ANYTHING.

[quote name='Fisheth' timestamp='1446402140' post='2899127'] Not sure if they have maple as an option. [/quote] They do indeed , here is mine: [URL=http://s1285.photobucket.com/user/Chris7914/media/2015-03-12%2017.16.49_zpsjivhjl1x.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a588/Chris7914/2015-03-12%2017.16.49_zpsjivhjl1x.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

At last an honest relic video! Love it

Its not that i fret too hard or anything, i just can't put the damn thing down! My wrist is fine , my fingers are fine , zero pain from anything tendon related. But the fingertips.... not tough enough. Yet. To enlighten further , if my wife is at work and the kids are at grannies house for the day , then i'm playing bass. The entire day. I will practice for as long as possible. Literally. The other day i managed a seven hour session with only breaks for toilet etc. I simply cannot help myself , bass has become an all consuming passion for me , the more i play the happier i am. I used to smoke , up until my friends 21st when we both agreed to stop. That was 15 years ago and i have not looked back since , no regrets at all. No yearning for it , nothing. But bass? totally different. I have to take a bass into work with me just in case i get a quiet period so i can practice some more. I just do not want to stop playing them. EVER. Maybe some Iommi style fingertips are in order...

[quote name='AntLockyer' timestamp='1427306212' post='2728665'] I think there are some cool young blues artists playing the blues and being influenced by the modern world. Jarekus Singleton and Gary Clarke jnr both are modern I their own way. [/quote] Don't forget Ainsley Lister , he has some real tasteful stuff http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxJsddf8i1E

Yeah i guess i will have to cut back for a while and let things happen as and when they will. Will be a bit frustrating but its not forever

[quote name='Lw.' timestamp='1427302352' post='2728612'] Have you considered not plucking the strings as hard? Or installing flats? [/quote] I like the sound a good hard pluck makes. And as for flats , they will be a future excuse for more basses just like a fretless , 5 string , 6 string etc.

How long did it take you to build up enough hardened skin on your fingers so as to not be in pain when trying to play? I thought my fingers would be fine with the shift to bass from the previous two decades of guitar playing. Not so. In fact fretting is a little sore at times and it feels like i'm developing blisters on my fingertips. Guess i'm just gonna have to ease back a little and let them recover , which is the hard bit. Generally when i'm not working or looking after my kids there is a bass in my hands , i just can't stop trying to improve my playing at every given opportunity

I'd still have a black one

Primula? Dairylea? Please.... Seriously strong spreadable is where its at these days

Don't forget "ad hominem" at every possible opportunity

Oooo thats all kinds of nice! Love the jazz shape and the maple board as well. Does the upper horn not get intrusive? it looks kinda close to the body for easy upper fret access.

[quote name='Number6' timestamp='1427064377' post='2725439'] Did i ever tell you why i sold my Rickenbacker? [/quote] Do tell , please...

Ten pages and counting... I'd still have a black one. Black ones sound best

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1427057952' post='2725287'] The latest version(s) of IE, 10 & 11, hate Basschat. Install Chrome [/quote] Works 1st click now

only problem I have now is my enormous list of bookmarked pages. But if it means this site runs ok i'lldo it. Like it or not I'm here to stay

Think i'll give chrome a try again, my friends were dead serious about not using firefox yet would not elaborate Many thanks. I hp it will resolve th missng textproblem I curntly hve. ^^^unedted lne

Internet explorer something point something? its a big blue E. Have been warned off firefox for security reasons by friends who work in governmental IT based shenanigans. Used to use that other one whassisname....chrome? been on IE since 2012 on this machine which was built primarily for gaming by aforementioned friends

Is there some kind of trick to this? Some magic word I don't know? Every other forum I have used I only needed to hit the quote button once and there it would be waiting for me in the reply box. But here? quote quote multiquote quote quote quote and then maybe the text will appear for me where its meant to but usually not. Any help would be much appreciated , I'm not a total thicko. Honest.

Another fine example of just how awesome this place is

I'd have a black one

[quote name='JamesBass' timestamp='1426871088' post='2723000'] I only went and got it bloody right! One things certain, I cannot wait to try a TKS! [/quote] Agreed! single 12" for me. It's not a brand I'm familiar with , where will they be available from?

Well it caught me out. Someone please pass the ketchup , there are socks on the menu tonight...

I tried one from a brand called Redwood , and it was pretty bad even for £130 brand new. The Squier Vintage Modern series are well worth a look in my opinion