Piers_Williamson

I understand the b....s aching bit, but I did like that Ovation Bass

....that would stop every time the long hand hit the G or the A.......? (but a great idea all the same). We invented a car game called 'bump on the head' for alternative uses for an object (you can usually hit yourself over the head with most objects). I can feel a New Year's Basschat game coming on of 'alternative uses for a 70's Precision headstock'

I bet it belonged to Paul Simonon

It had nothing to do with those incredible strides (last seen on a Round the World yacht)

A big shout out to Happy Jack and Sylvia for all the hard work organising this and humping gear in and out last night. It was great to meet a few BassChatters in the flesh (and prove that this site is not one big conspiracy to buy more bass gear) and some really friendly band members too. Piers

Here you go then: most recent fantastic work from John......fret plane on the top end of the Stingray and fret markers on the Wal. Both brilliant pieces of work

They have serviced all my basses and I have bought and sold basses through them over the years. If something ain't right Martin and John would be the first to want to fix it. Lock-down taught me not to take for granted really fantastic specialist shops.

don't panic! It's tomorrow

I popped my head in at the bar just now, and they are expecting you! You can even try out my leftie bass Silvia.

Still planning to get down there

There are a few things about the body that don't look right. This is what a 72 leftie should look like: https://www.hendrixguitars.com/Lh366.htm The thumb rest is on the wrong side of the strings. The neck joint looks like you could get your little finger down the side,and the back pickup looks like a replacement. Maybe a 72 neck on a newer body

It's pretty unusual for a bass to still be being discussed after it has been sold, albeit a few here sound they think it was a (£4.5k) bargain. Does anyone know what the most talked about (post-sale) bass has been (and, as a leftie, please don't talk about Macca's Yamaha!)?

A member of the band who has the PA App on their phone (and preferably understands what all the settings mean)

Of course it's much much easier on a fretless! (how old is your Wal?)

The Drayton is my local (former alumni include Ho Chi Minh). Have you got any details you could PM me?

Not a stage to play on if you've had one or two drinks

And so maybe what you end up in your line is a hybrid of the two played on (suitable for) a 4 string?

If this isn't a really dumb question, did George play the original bass line to this? It sort of looks/sounds like a guitarist's bass line rather than a Paul McCartney line

I think I understand what you mean by two a hand damping......but would you mind explaining all the same?

Thanks. My certificate says it's a Journeyman. I would say the finish is more uniformly matt than the examples in the vid. I also have a CS 62 Journeyman with the older Machines that look as they should. Maybe the machine head ager on the 66 got a bit enthusiastic with the acid bath!