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[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1483137444' post='3205060'] Brilliant cheers, they've now move a bit closer to the top of the list. Now I need to decide if I can live with the surf pearl or whether I want to pay an extra £70 odd quid for a white one which I will definitely find more aesthetically pleasing. [/quote] Horses for courses, I suppose, but the surf pearl finish is pretty awesome "in the flesh"

That switching from bass to guitar at the age of 14 might just have been the start of a 20 year detour. It's great to be back. Harder than it looks, isn't it? Edit: Oh, and also that Basschat is almost certainly the friendliest corner of the entire internet.

[quote name='Mudpup' timestamp='1483135002' post='3205037'] I don't even like red basses much (i actually went shopping with the intention of buying a white/maple Precision) but the colour is growing on me. [/quote] It's amazing how that can happen. I once went to buy an acoustic guitar and found the model I wanted, heavily discounted, but in blue. "A blue acoustic guitar?" I thought, "How ludicrous". But the price was right so I relented and took it home. Years later, I had several much higher quality acoustics but couldn't bring myself part with it *purely* because of how good I thought it looked. Complete 180.

What a lovely place Basschat is. No-one I know in "real life" would be remotely interested in my new acquisition. Thanks everyone

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1483123036' post='3204904'] I very interested in these. Would you say the neck is a standard precision or a Jazz? Or maybe somewhere between the two? I've decided to treat myself to a new PJ in January and these are pretty near the top of my list of potentials. [/quote] It has a 1.5" nut, like a standard Jazz, and definitely feels less chunky than any other Precision I've played (though my experience of them is very limited).

I'm curious about those E string detuner things. My initial response was "wow what a cool idea, surely that can't possibly work." So... does it?

[quote name='Meddle' timestamp='1483126837' post='3204946'] If you want a bridge that is a little cheaper than the Gotoh I have a virtually unused high-mass bridge I'm thinking of getting rid of. It is like a Gotoh but the string-retainer block is solid rather than hollow as it is on the Gotoh. [/quote] Tell me more! Brand, price, etc? PM me if you prefer. [quote name='Meddle' timestamp='1483126837' post='3204946'] Also, top bass! I would stick a black pickguard on there! [/quote] I was thinking the same thing - it would even match my Telecaster. But there's just something about it as it is. I think perhaps it reminds me of Wayne's World. [quote name='Mudpup' timestamp='1483122494' post='3204900'] I went shopping a few days ago for exactly that bass (but down south) - a shop had it for £529. Called ahead to make sure they still had it (and its rosewood cousin for a comparison), yep all good. [/quote] I'm glad to hear it all worked out in the end. Coincidentally I just saw a great deal on a mint condition used one, just like mine but with the rosewood board. I would have saved a bit of money but I'd had my heart set on the maple for a long time and I'm really glad I didn't compromise now.

[quote name='Cygnus x-1' timestamp='1483116551' post='3204854'] One of these, [url="https://www.amazon.com/Chrome-Bass-Bridge-Gotoh-201B-4/dp/B019J7T0NW"]https://www.amazon.c...4/dp/B019J7T0NW[/url] goes straight on in existing holes. Nice bridge too, you would have to search for a UK seller, or ebay. [/quote] Perfect! Thank you

Just a bog standard Fender P Bass, so probably not that exciting to anyone except me, but it's my second bass and I'm stupidly excited about it. I played it in a shop a few weeks ago but didn't have the money for it. Went in today and not only was it still there, but it was £50 cheaper! Having just set the intonation, the bridge seems a bit flimsy so I suspect it might end up changing it at some point. Any suggestions for something reasonably priced and sturdy that would be amenable to my over-excitable pick playing would be most welcome. Would a replacement bridge just drop into the existing screw holes? But that's a minor gripe. It sounds AMAZING. I was playing an Ibanez SR300E before, which was fine, but I was really craving that P-Bass *clannngggg* sound. Also, no more 9 volt batteries!

I played one of those "surf pearl" ones in a shop and it was great. Looks amazing too. I ended up going for a standard P as I didn't really want the bells and whistles (J pick up, active electronics). That said, you can (I think) switch between active and passive, so you have the best of both worlds. In short, a great sounding and feeling bass (the one I played, anyway), with a very striking finish.

The guitar shops that I know in Newcastle (Guitar Guitar, PMT, Windows) all have a pretty meagre selection of basses. Is there anywhere else in the North East that has more, or will I need to go further afield? I'm not looking for anything in particular, so the wider the selection the better.

[quote name='interpol52' timestamp='1481126816' post='3189895'] If this is the actual bass track then it is quite different to a lot of the transcriptions I have seen. Those tricky triplets in the verse/main riff are not played. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJF06bNLVlo[/media] [/quote] [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWah1etM3g0[/media] Here's another one with (what sounds like) that same bass track as well as the drums. You could always start with that to get the song down and then add the triplets if you feel the need.

[quote name='Maude' timestamp='1481899611' post='3196126'] 80's/90's American punk has a good supply. Pennywise Bad Religion Green Day I'm sure there's lots more. [/quote] Lagwagon! Also Body Count. Actually now I think about it, my current band has one.

Root notes and rock poses I'm in an originals band with a stupidly talented singer/guitarist/songwriter. Happy to be along for the ride.

When I was younger I would almost always have a dream the night before a gig about the gig going wrong. Eventually I noticed that the gigs always went fine [i]except[/i] on the occasions that I didn't have the dream. Worst actual awake gigging experience has to be when the singer got frustrated with the drummer for messing up and kicked him out of the band onstage, mid-set (speaking into the microphone the whole time too, now that I think about it). I'm hoping that that remains my worst gig for many years to come.

When I was younger, I used to sit around in the living room getting stoned with my friends most evenings. My tolerance for the stuff was relatively low though, so I often ended up staggering up to the bathroom to sip water and lie on the floor until the room stopped spinning. On one such occasion, I looked up and saw a tiny, perfect likeness of my own face looking back at me from a patch of black mould in the corner of the bathroom ceiling. The shock of it jolted me into a more alert state and I managed to clamber up onto the bathtub for a closer look. Naturally, my first thought was "wow, this weed must be strong, I'm hallucinating". But it turned out my drummer had actually scraped my portrait in the ceiling mould with a pin a couple of days earlier and just left it there for me to eventually notice.

I found this lesson really helpful for getting to grips with the basics of blues bass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNmSx6A_QxM And part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnIZX9VfcyI

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1478530033' post='3169621'] I was having a bit of a 60`s psychedelic moment and came across The Sacred Mushroom, with the album being the same name. So I am listening to them at the moment [/quote] Just checking this out on YouTube now - awesome! Thanks for the tip I've been pleasantly surprised to discover that the new Metallica album actually doesn't completely suck. The drum sound is absurd, mind.

Hi Matt, I too have been listening to your band on bandcamp. Absolutely crushing! Welcome.

[quote name='Stickman' timestamp='1479599918' post='3177822'] It's called an 'anacrusis' [/quote] Interesting! Wow, I'm really glad I asked now

Damn, and I lived in Birmingham up until a few months ago! Not much use to you now, I suppose, but consider it moral support from afar. Love the track, it's just so... gentle is the word that comes to mind, which I don't think I've ever used in relation to music before.

[url="https://soundcloud.com/joeshier"]https://soundcloud.com/joeshier[/url] Mostly blues. The older stuff is solo acoustic so no bass there, but the more recent uploads are "full band" arrangements. Edit: perhaps I should have commented on some other posts before posting my own. I've listened to a whole bunch of them though - I don't know what I was expecting but the sheer variety is wonderful!

[quote name='josie' timestamp='1479600992' post='3177823'] Understood. I stick to the cheaper ones, and I do lose one now and then, but it's worth it for the pleasure I get from experimenting and playing with them. I'm resisting getting into the fine details of amps and pups - but £5 each to compare the feel and sound of a stubby resin pick to a sharp wood to a heavy stone star (and they do sound different!) is vfm for me. [/quote] You certainly make a good case! It's food for thought, to be sure.

Here are some blues tunes I recorded recently. I'm toying with the idea of putting a trio together to do this live. I'd probably play guitar so the bass player slot is open! Anyway... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMl6ml6lnTM [url="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zw9kePyejd0"]https://www.youtube....bed/zw9kePyejd0[/url] [url="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qgx3fUtdC8A"]https://www.youtube....bed/Qgx3fUtdC8A[/url]