Burns-bass

No worries!

I got this for fre, and giving it away for free! This is an 80s transistor amp that is gig ready. It’s been used and well played but still works. The high gain channel cuts out but low gain is fine. Collection only from Bristol (BS4)

Cheers all, I’ve had some great replies and advice and have enough to crack on with. Will let you know how we get on.

I’ve also got the booklet and the other bits too all for a Mex febder

Yours for free or it’s going on the bin!

Yeah they have a shop now. I think they’re still on eBay, but they’re giving it a go. Seems to me to just be rebranded Chinese stuff, but isn’t everything nowadays?

Lindo is a bricks and mortar business. It’s about 2 minutes from my house…

Cheers Phil. Your approach is the same as mine. I worked as a music teacher for a few years at a music college until it got a bit too much for me. Im a fan of self-directed learning, but I want people to learn new skills. Most importantly, to have fun. I’ve had a great replies here which has been really helpful. As well as learning the theory some just want to sing, so having a bank of 30 songs I can get the chords for and learn is perfect. I can get the chords for uke, guitar and piano prepared.

I recently picked up a bass with the well regarded Velvet Blues on there. No idea of age, but they feel fairly new. They’re not what I normally use and as this is an EUB I need something that replicates my proper upright (Spirocores basically). Does anyone have an idea of value for the second hand market?

That’s cool. My idea is to get chord sheets for the musicians and work through these. Thanks for taking the time to share, will definitely incorporate these.

Something special just landed with Andy… https://www.andybaxterbass.com/collections/fender-jazz-bass/products/1962-fender-jazz-bass-sunburst

Hi Pete, I’ll message you. Thanks for this.

Agreed. It’s late 50s / early 60s stuff I need help with. When we get to 64 and onwards I’m fine. We do ask what they’d like to play, but obviously having a few prepared and ready is always good.

You want onto Talkbass and someone patronised you with a reply? It happens. Move on. The internet is not the real world (thankfully).

I’ve started running a music group for people in their 70s and 80s. We play through tracks, they bring instruments, it’s all good. We managed to run through some classic tracks (mostly folk stuff, but some Beach Boys, few Beatles, etc) yesterday but they’ve asked me to provide some structure (come with chord sheets, explain how songs work, and so on). While I can pretty much play anything from the Beatles onwards, I have limited knowledge of earlier stuff and traditional folk stuff (Dubliners, etc). Can I ask people to make some suggestions about songs that people of this age group might know? I can then build a list, get the resources sorted out and we can have some fun playing them.

I dislike all three. Does that mean I have to relinquish my Basschat subscription?

It’s all good, I didn’t want anyone to get upset as I’m sure you didn’t mean anything bad by it.

If you’re worried about the bridge moving, you can use masking tape to show you where the feet should be. Obviously remove this as soon as possible! I still have the bridge markers on my aluminium bass as I’m lazy.

Made me smile too. My last teacher said the difference between a pro and an amateur is confidence. The jazz guys knew what was going to be right, whereas most of the time, I'm just guessing. When you know, you know!

This is the sort of thing that’s funny in person but doesn’t always translate well when written down.

Amen brother, me too!