Burns-bass

Bog standard beater bass. But will do pics when it’s clean!

I just picked up a really lovely old Musima bass which will do for my indoor and outdoor gigs. However, the fingerboard is err, a bit rank! I’m going to swap the strings so I can clean it then. What would you recommend I use to do so? Appreciate it.

There’s no chance I’ll be able to do it. Thanks for the link. I’ll drop them a message!

Thanks for the advice. Really appreciate you taking the time. I've got some time set aside to do a bit of a set up on it. It doesn't really need much, just a tweak of the truss rod and it should be fine. The frets are almost like new, it's a lovely instrument and I'm really pleased with it.

Brilliant advice. The bass works perfectly as a standard bass. I do wonder if it’s the cable but they’re £100 to replace, so I’ll see. When I raised the digital pickup height it improves the connection (but the signal is still intermittent). Ive had some recommendations of experts and there’s a diagnostic cost and a fix cost. It is what it is. I don’t want to use it live and happy to invest some cash in getting it fixed. Always makes me laugh when people complain about the cost of a musical instrument expert but won’t balk at paying an electrician £80 an hour… As I said, the seller acknowledged all the issues (he nearly out the synth unit in the bin!) so I was essentially given it for free, so spending cash fixing it is no problem.

I see what you did there!

This is excellent advice. The only thing is that it’s a 24 pin adapter and I think the newer units take a 13 pin. I really need someone who knows the units to take a look as it’s just not something I have the experience to touch.

Yeah it’s from 1982. I basically got the bass and the unit and cable were free.

Hi all, I was lucky enough to get this package today. The bass is exceptional as you’d expect from an Ibanez build. The sound from the synth pickup and synth unit is both intermittent and crackly. Volume changes up and down randomly. (I knew this issue before paying for the package and it was all priced in!) I wanted to know if anyone could recommend a synth repair specialist or someone who could help me get it back to working order? All comments and advice appreciated.

The videos where he plays the fastest, most challenging and complex lines is the logical end point for someone like this. He’s incredibly talented and is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. Is it musical? Possibly. Does it have any real artistic value? Probably not. Is it fun? Yes. This is his job. He doesn’t profess to be a musical genius, just a guy who’s using what talent he has to make an independent living. Good for him. I really can’t see much difference between what he’s doing and the people at the Olympics. Both pushing the boundaries of human endeavour in arbitrary and ultimately pointless activities. It’s the essence of humanity.

100% this. World has changed, just got to respect the algorithm!

Looks like a great festival. Fingers crossed with the weather!

“The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father” Long haired bloke, famous dad.

Seems like a good kid. He’s just given away thousands of free tickets to his festival to those on low incomes. We may be old and embittered but there’s something about your first rock band or rock artist and the guy seems to be doing great business around the world.

Sad indictment of the world. “It was working perfectly last time I used it…”

This is very very good.

Nah, I think you've got this wrong. It's not humorous or in any way and is calibrated to offend people. Not sure trying to justify this is a good look. But, I agree we should ignore Letts and let SEO do its work.

If it stops one person wasting money on a bass that never turns up, you’ve helped the world.

Reckon this thread is done.

I’ll be honest and say this is my first thought too. I’d never send cash to anyone through FB, Gumtree or anything like that. Hopefully this is a misunderstanding or miscommunication and will be sorted soon.

Lend us £20 mate?