Bridgehouse

I picked up a bass recently from another forum. It's an Epiphone ET-280. Short scale, twin single coil pickups. It fits into the odd period post Kalamazoo when Epiphones were rare, and made in Japan, before the big surge in production in the late 80's in Korea then eventually China. This is late 70's Matsumoku. It's not top drawer quality wise, but serviceable. £30 you say? Yep. But to be fair, it's going to need some work on it:

That’s had more refinishes than Cher...

Well, after a hard day working I got home and decided to play a bit of bass to relax However my flipping headphones have only gone and stopped working. The squarnch is awful, and it looks like the floggle toggle has snapped. I tried some left hand down a bit but to no avail.

If it does make its way to me, I’m over in wales on work (N Wales) so could drop it off with you very easily.

Was it that the stripes matched your top?

I am!

OP - playing the bass in this position requires a bow...

He’s sporting a nice squarnch hat tho..

I stopped playing for about 4 years. From about 2000-2009 I was in a band and we played a lot. Recorded a lot. Funnily enough I didn’t play bass, I played a whole heap of other instruments in it. Eventually I quit it as tbh the leader was a bully and my confidence was shot to pieces. I sold pretty much everything musical I had. 4 years later and I was frankly miserable. Mrs B said it was because there was no making music in my life. I told her it wasn’t that, but she persisted. So, eventually I bought a bass - the instrument I hadn’t played for probably 15 years or so. Sometimes we need a break to see what it actually means to us and how it fits into our lives. That’s natural. For me, the process was cathartic. I still have massive confidence issues - despite many telling me they are unfounded. I played my fretless at rehearsal tonight. It was the first time in front of anyone. I pulled it off - just about - the buzz was incredible, but I know perfectly well that only about 3 years ago I wouldn’t have even entertained having it in the house. Do what you think is right for you right now. Life is too short to worry about it. Your kids will grow up - there will be a time when you have more spare time and more spare cash - and opportunities aplenty to play if it’s right for you then.

On the fretboard forum

Gah. I’ve just got hold of a CTM 15 and it’s far more amp than I expected.. looks like I need to keep an eye out for one of these too now!

They are targeted ads - they know we are all impressed by big size and volume but little actual content 🤣

(just to clarify, I still think it would have been worth it...)

Phew! I thought I was going to have to buy new lingerie, send money to Somalia, buy viagra, a new travel iron and subscribe to a wine distribution service just to read what @Al Krow had written about the Helix Stomp.

Here’s an example screenshotted on iPhone just now:

Think yourself lucky - I’m getting ads telling me I need to send money to Sierra Leone

Nope - it’s awash with ads all over the place for me

So all platforms then. Crikey. With the ads appearing in posts and obscuring text it pretty much renders the site unreadable for me.

Viagra for you too huh? 😂

Yes - I started another thread in site news saying the same

Doesn't work on mobile platforms...

Yep - that's just like I'm getting..

I’m also getting big blank spaces where there probably should be ads - they fill about 1/3 of the screen, and can’t be removed.

Sounds like all mobile platforms then - on longer threads I’d say 1 in 5 posts is obscured to the point that I can’t read them at all...

I’m now (as of today) seeing google ads on safari on my iPhone - at the top of the page, but rather irritatingly right in the middle of some peoples posts. Even when closed the box remains and I can’t actually read the posted content. As it stands, it’s actually now impossible for me to view the forum on my iPhone as the content is obscured in random locations. Was turning the ads on a conscious move by the team? If it was then it’s ruined the experience on iPhone for me and rendered it unusable.