Burns-bass

Guitars are simple things really, but I’ve realised it’s all about patience (I have none!). I recently did some work on a DB and it took hours of constantly reviewing, checking and working until it worked out. It did, but I could have earned more money doing my job than attempting to save a few quid by taking it to a pro. Nowadays I have an exceptional luthier who’s a friend so I’m happy to pay him to sort all my guitars (6 strings) and I’ve only got two basses and I can manage those…

Hopefully the acoustics were good.

Is that Julian Assange playing guitar? I used to sit down when I needed to read music, and stand for everything else.

I've bought a couple of things from Bass Direct (an AER combo and an 80s Yamaha bass) and I've had fantastic service both occasions. The one thing I've noticed is that they seem to do the terrible thing of not creating new listing pages, but simply deleting the content and replacing it. this is why there are often errors (and maybe upset people). I guess it saves time.

We got an end pin built by a local metal worker for my old Ormston Burns Bass a few years back. Cost about £20 and was beautifully engineered and built, far better than the cheap rubbish most manufacturers sell you.

The AER amps are better than EA amps for guitar and DB. The quality and clarity is above any EA amp I’ve owned.

Here’s a picture of the connection.

I’ve checked back, and I bought a Pearl BC-930 Series Cymbal Boom Stand. I needed some foam insert (which I cut myself) to clasp the connector to the boom stand securely. You can see the feet really widely spaced out in the pic, but I found it was perfectly stable with a much smaller footprint because the stand was super heavy. I needed a new stand as the NS one was broken, and this worked well. I’d suggest finding a stand second hand. I was lucky enough to get one of those cheap (£40 brand new) but they’re about double that now.

When I had an NXT k swapped the cheapo stand for a drum stand which was far sturdier and heavier which meant the legs didn’t need to be spread as widely, and I consequently had more room around the bass. It’s an easy mod that costs about £50

well done. I’m starting for 2022!

My brother is a record dealer and does a lot of punk, post punk and new wave stuff. As the guys say here, condition is everything and record collectors are fastidious. Before listing it’s not enough to view the record you should also play it in its entirety to identify and scratches or skips. There are some really good and fair record dealers around. I’m happy to give a recommendation if you’re near Bristol. I’d only use Discogs to sell if you know what you’re doing otherwise it’s unfair on the buyer and you’ll reputation will be trashed very quickly.

The necks are huge on old P basses. I struggled (and I play DB too)

I’ve just put a wanted ad out for one!

That was my first bass and it was absolutely bloody brilliant.

Depending on where you live, I’d also suggest somewhere like Vintage and rare in Bath. The guys who buy expensive vintage guitars are pretty much the same audience…