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[quote name='NoirBass' timestamp='1461478496' post='3034872'] I got an Aria pro II Laser Electric Heritage new in 1985, lucky me! - still have it, its actually a really great sounding bass. I don't use it much, but like the nostalgia it brings. [/quote] I had one of those, I considered it my first 'proper' bass when I bought it back in the early 90's, mine was the off-white passive version, like this: [attachment=217651:Capture.JPG]

Delighted to leave the first feedback here - Peter bought my Fender Steve Harris P Bass, was very communicative throughout the whole process leading up to meeting and the deal was a pleasure to be a part of, deal with confidence people! Peter is a top Basschatter! (Likes his Iron Maiden too - never a bad thing!)

Enjoy New Bass Day Peter! It's a thing of beauty!

Can't speak for their communication skills but I started a thread asking if it was worth a visit as I'm going to be in the Reading area tomorrow, and everyone seems to speak very highly of them. Just give them a call, could be they've just got some internet issues....

[quote name='Lasermonkey' timestamp='1461203926' post='3032453'] My first bass was a '74 Fender Precision. I wanted a bass (I was a guitar player first, sorry!) , went down to my local music shop (WAM Music in St Neots) and they had the Precision for £135. That would have been '84/'85. I still have it and wouldn't ever part with it, as it plays and sounds great. [/quote] Wow, even for 84/85 that's a bargain by anyone's standards.

[quote name='SH73' timestamp='1461227324' post='3032559'] I think I might be going there (soon) myself to get a new strap for 'my new bass' [/quote] Ha! perhaps I'll see you in there Peter!

[quote name='indiegrungesound' timestamp='1461169564' post='3032146'] I am VERY tempted by this piece of kit! I'd like to know if it could work as a 4 ohm/one cab set up though! [/quote] Web page says available as 8ohm or 2ohm.

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1461166412' post='3032087'] I don't ******* need it!!!!!!!! [/quote] I'm guessing after the first 20 they're gonna be £799. Surely at £599 they're virtually giving them away!

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1461166211' post='3032082'] I had to stop myself hitting the buy stuff. Just stupidly tempting but I don't need it, I don't need it, I don't need it, I don't need it. Fabulous price for the first few. Terrific weight for a 410 Just yummy Now watch the ads for smaller BF's coming up [/quote] Yeah - Damn my stupid super compacts.

Much like the launch of the one10, the first ten sold are discounted the most, then the next ten discounted less.

http://barefacedbass.com/product-range/four-10.htm?utm_source=FOUR+10+Launch+599&utm_campaign=FOUR10+LAUNCH+599&utm_medium=email

Both expensive Basses. Having a YOB bass is special, but if you know you ain't love it 100% due to the nut width, I really wouldn't bother. When I made a recent trip to the Gallery, it was to try out 2 specific 70's Jazz Basses they had. One was a '75 (YOB for me) and one was a '77. Both in natural finishes with maple fingerboards and white blocks & binding. Obviously I hoped the '75 was going to suit me due it being a YOB, which it did and it was the one I bought, but I wouldn't have hesitated to go with the '77 if that one was the one that had the 'x' factor I was looking for...

[quote name='ivansc' timestamp='1461150916' post='3031855'] In 1963 the late Bubs White joined my band and I went from playing guitar to bass. Bought a used rosewood neck 1962 Precision from the chap who bought it new in 1962, about 6 months previously. He paid 80 guineas and sold it to me, complete with the Fender cardboard box, for 60 pounds. During its busy life it fell out of the back of our van & was run over by a lorry, but virtually unharmed because it landed face down! A friend made me a pair of solid brass knobs to replace the two broken plastic (or were the aluminium?) ones and at least those I still have. Sadly, I had to sell it in late 63 to buy a guitar for the new gig I got. One of the two best Precisions I ever played - the other one was also a rosewood 62 Precision. Sting in the tale. While it belonged to me, we played a gig with a band from Corby - the band members stole Bubs`s Binson echo and my Precision. Happily, both turned up a month later at a music shop in Corby and the culprit got away with a charge of receiving stolen goods. The chap I sold it to disappeared out of my life until 2012. I was organising a reunion of all the old guys that played in bands in the Cambridge area in the 60s and at the same time I got a message saying "I hear you have been looking for me". Was the chap I sold it to. My daughter had set up a myspace or something like it page for me and in the "person I would most like to meet" question, I had answered with the guys name and that I was interested in getting the bass back. Well we got to meet up at the gig and guess what? HE had also had the bass stolen in 1964 and never saw it again. Some things are just not meant to be. P.S. I now have a rosewood 62 reissue Precision with the proper case, but it STILL doesnt feel as good as my memories of that first bass. And I dont even have a photo of it, since every photo taken of me when I was a kid got stolen from my Mum`s condo in Nashville back in the seventies. [/quote] Great story!

[quote name='keving' timestamp='1461141926' post='3031739'] Be yourself. [/quote] Sage advice. I think we generally spend too much time trying to be what we think others expect. We are usually better at being ourselves, we've had loads of practice at that.

Personally, if they're as you describe - 'typical pub rock covers', Lozz has it pretty much nailed there. I would add though that while you definitely shouldn't overplay, it couldn't hurt to throw 1 or 2 fills in just to make you stand out from the crowd.. Do you know anything about how their previous Bass player approached it? Could be an idea to have a similar approach as he did, as that'll be what makes them feel most comfortable..

When I shift all my unnecessary Basses all I'll have left is 2 Precisions and 2 Jazzes, and I'll be looking to add something else in the category of 'something different', this might very well fit the bill!

[quote name='kevin_lindsay' timestamp='1461079201' post='3031256'] The first bass I ever played was my friend Jimmy Davidson's 1973/4 Fender Jazz Bass. This was around 1978 or so. I remember thinking that it felt huge to my 14 year old hands. Jimmy had bought the bass in 1975 and it was always his favourite instrument. When it came time for me to buy my own bass, Jimmy came along with me to the music stores. I ended up getting a Westone Thunder 1A. Great bass to begin on. I then traded that in for an all-black, unlined, fretless Westone Thunder 1A. 5 years ago, my friend Jimmy was feeling a bit under the weather. He saw his doctor, who sent him for tests. The results came back that he had cancer. This was in the December. By the following March he passed away. The family contacted my brother about selling the bass. I called The Bass Gallery to see about sending it to them in order to get the best price. When I called Jimmy's family to advise them, his daughter said, "we're glad you called us Kevin. My dad always said that if you showed any interest in it, he wanted you to have it". I explained that at the time, I wasn't in a position to afford an instrument of that value. She then replied, "no, you misunderstand, we want you to have it as a gift"!!! It was an incredibly touching gesture, and I shed a few tears. The strange thing was, that whenever I played it, I always thought "this is Jimmy's bass, not mine", and I couldn't enjoy it for what it was at that time. So, I loaned it to my friend Paul Turner for a few years. He used it on various gigs (Jamiroquai, Shuffler, Take That, etc). I got it back last March to use on a charity gig for the hospice who looked after Jimmy in his final few weeks. I could, at long last, enjoy it. It's a great sounding bass. So, I now have the very first bass guitar I ever held in my hands. [url="http://s7.photobucket.com/user/kevin_lindsay/media/FB_IMG_1426058937455.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] Incredibly touching story Kevin, thank you for sharing that..and here's to Jimmy