silverfoxnik

11 hours ago, HenryH said:

That’s a stunning looking bass! Glwts

+1

Beautiful colour and such a cool retro vibe.... 

GLWTS 

Wednesday morning BUMP, with a slight price drop to £250 or very near offer. 

It's always a pleasure dealing with @gary mac.

Apart from doing yet another great set up job on 2 of my basses last week, Gary did both jobs really quickly for me as I needed them for a recording session. 

For any North London, Herts, Essex Basschatters looking to have some work done on their basses or guitars, look no further than Gary! 

Thanks again Gary.... 👍😊

*** NOW SOLD ***

Hi Folks, 

Bass Collection Power Bass for sale in excellent condition.

£SOLD or very near offer. 

As stated above, the bass is in 'as new' condition, has a nice low action so is super-playable, the electronics are all fine, the truss rod is working perfectly, and it's a very lightweight bass. Comes with a Pro Tec gig bag 

Most important of all, it sounds exactly like a P Bass should! 

Bought 2 years ago from @greyparrot for a recording project but that's finished now, hence why it's up for sale

And to be honest, if I hadn't recently bought a 50s reissue P Bass on here, I'd probably be keeping this as it's so easy to play, sounds great and looks fantastic IMO, but such is life here on Basschat, even for super-pretty basses like this one! 😁

Collection or meet up preferred within 50 miles of Potton, Central Bedfordshire. 

And of course, trials very welcome here with your or my bass amps/cabs. Kettle very much set to 'on' position... 

Any questions, please ask away here or please send me a PM. 

Thanks for looking.. 😊

Nik 

1 hour ago, Old Man Riva said:

If it’s good enough for Sir Horace Gentleman…

 

 

Awesome 👍

46 minutes ago, Rumple said:

 I joined Bassworld back in the day so I could message someone who had an EBS cab for sale that I was desperate for at the time, the cab is looooooong gone but I am still hanging about here all these years later 😃

That sounds familiar... 🙄😁😂

Enjoyed that - thanks for sharing! 👍😊

Ooh, er!! 😯

At first glance at the title of this thread, I thought you were in grave danger of getting cancelled by the wokerati, @Rayman...

Happily, that's not going to be the case I see, and we can all settle back down from DEFCON 5 to another quiet and unassuming bass guitar discussion... 

In my experience, there isn't 'one bass to rule them all', and even if there was, it'd still end up doing the rounds on Basschat for sale forum I expect..

Personally, I like playing slap bass lines on my custom T-Bird (though I doubt anyone else would agree), but despite it's flexibility, I still want and need other basses with different pick up configurations, becjs, woods, ergonomics, electronics etc, etc, to best suit the different bands and recording projects I'm doing. 

What's more, I genuinely think I'd get bored with just one bass. 

Great idea for a conversation @Rayman@Rayman 👍

Another BassWorlder here too...

Think I joined in 2006, so it's now 17 years of having the best possible 'bass community' experience imaginable IMO. 

Echoing what many have said already, this place is a community that enriches you, entertains you, inspires you - sometimes annoys you - and most importantly of all for me, it helps you. 

I've simply lost count over the years of the times that Basschat members have helped me out with things ; technical help, playing help, gear loans, deps, advice etc, etc. The list is endless. 

When I started playing bass in the mid 70s, there was next to nothing available to help you get started... I would have loved to have had something remotely like Basschat back then. 

Through buying and selling gear and from being involved in the South East Bass Bash since 2008, I've been lucky enough to meet loads of Basschatters in person, and made some very good friends along the way. 

So for me, Basschat is a community first, and an amazing information resource second. 

It's priceless really, when you think about it.

Talking of priceless, I still miss Big Beef Chief - his contributions were off the Richter scale funny! 😂

Great venue, The Music Machine! 

Has a rising stage that was set at different heights for different gigs. 

I saw The Antz and The Banshees there on a double bill in '78 - it was a fantastic night! 

43 minutes ago, Rollin Thunder said:

Adam was of course a Bass player, if any if you get chance listen to the demos in remastered KOTWF and Prince Charming, Just Adam in Bass and Marco in guitar with drum machine. 
as Huge as Adam (and the Ants) were at the time I think they are now underrated, maybe because They (Adam and Marco) went too Pop oriented and once the zeitgeist had gone were not taken seriously.

 

 

Very good point... 

Adam wrote a lot of the bass parts on all the early Antz songs.

Great to see a thread on here about Leigh and where's @4000 when you need him? We used to talk a lot about what an amazing bass player Leigh is back in the day... 

Leigh has lived in California for many years now and is still pretty active, touring with one of two versions of BowWowWow that's still going- the other one is fronted by Annabella. 

He's had two Wals over the last 40 years, both ProI II models. Back in the late 90s, I sold him the leather scratchplate model that he uses a lot these days, though I think he had to change the neck on it at one point. 

Totally right about Leigh's slap playing @Marky L- he is really good in that department... 

But his signature sound is definitely his pick playing, and often on BWW tunes, it's the bass lines that really made the songs IMHO. 

Band I was in at the time supported BWW on (IIRC) their last ever UK tour in 1982, so I had the pleasure of watching Leigh play every night for nearly 3 weeks.. He was absolutely superb - hardly ever missed a note or a beat and was great to watch. 

There are lots of his bass lines that I love, but amongst all of them, 'Go Wild In The Country', 'Prince of Darkness' and 'Sexy Eiffel Tower' are my personal favourites... 

And you too, Mick - sorry I spelt Sara's name wrong in my post! 

Just had the pleasure of meeting Mick in person in what was a typical 'Basschat services station' style rendezvous, somewhere off the M1 near Northampton. 

Mick is now the proud owner of a lovely Squier CV P Bass which I hope he really enjoys playing !

The whole transaction has been really easy; great comms, fast payment etc... 

So, I'm very happy to recommend Mick to one and all here on Basschat. 

Thanks Mick, it was a pleasure to meet you and Sara this morning and enjoy the bass! 

Nik

16 minutes ago, Pinball said:

oof stop tempting me to buy a bass that I don't need with money that I can't spare 🤣

^^^

What he said!! 😂

On 21/04/2023 at 13:31, Marc S said:

Indeed. LPB is a really nice colour too. But that dark fretboard looks stunning. Surprised this hasn't gone - Fender Japan instruments always seem to be top notch quality IMO

My thoughts exactly... 

It's a beautiful looking bass as it is but that matching headstock takes it to another level! 

I had a CIJ P Bass a few years back and it was superbly built, and a joy to play. 

🤔 Yet another one that I shouldn't have sold.... (bashes head repeatedly with multi fx unit).. 😁

Anyway, enough of my self-recrimination..

She's a beaut Brian and GLWTS ! 👍😊

Wow... Out if almost nowhere, this lovely CV P Bass has finally been... 

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Amazing - thanks for all the interest and positive comments, Folks! 👍😊

9 minutes ago, Beedster said:

 

Classic Precision tone - sits just perfectly in any mix - and some nice tight playing there Nik 👍

Cheers Chris 👍😊

Amazing what autotune and flex time in Logic Pro can do for you... 😁

Very true about that Precision tone, it just works perfectly.

1 hour ago, Talon said:

PM sent Nick

And replied 👍

16 minutes ago, horrorshowbass said:

Its not you mate. Its a very tough market. I have 2 basses up and its frustrating as you don't want to give them away. Hope sale goes well you have a lovely bass with cool upgrades.

 

Thanks @horrorshowbass 👍

And good luck with selling your two basses as well. 🙏

8 hours ago, briansbrew said:

Its not the bass you are selling Nick as I have had 3 on here for sale without so much as a sniff so possible the market is a bit stagnant at the moment unfortunately...🤔

Best of luck in selling those 3, Brian! 👍

You always have really nice basses for sale... 

Thanks @tegs07and @briansbrew - really helpful feedback and comments. 👍

I wish I had the original pick ups @jrixn1but alas, it came with the Fender Original P-Bass Pick Ups already loaded... Thanks for the suggestion though! 

Thought I'd better bump this as I have been so busy lately, I forgot.

Which reminds me - I have a question for you :

In all the time I've been buying and selling bass gear here on Basschat, I've never had a situation like this one, where my For Sale advert has had almost 600 views, but I've not received one single PM or offer!

So, my question is, what's wrong, what am I doing wrong... 

...Is it the bass itself, the price I'm asking, the current state of the second hand market, my advert?? 

I'm a little but stumped to be honest. 

So, Basschat friends, your constructive, insightful feedback and comments would be most welcome. 

Thanks 👍😊

Hi Folks, 

Well, who says lightning doesn't strike twice? 

I've just bought a lovely P Bass from Jon, aka @Mudpup, and the whole transaction from start to finish was an absolute pleasure - just like the first time !

Suffice to say that Jon is a man of impeccable taste when it comes to basses/bass gear and is as accommodating and chilled out as it could possibly be when it comes to sorting out a Basschat deal.. 

In short, highly, highly recommended to one and all on here and a credit to the Basschat community. 

Thanks again Jon for a great conversation, the chance to try out your lovely new Warwicks and for a fabulous P Bass of course! 👍😊

Here's to the next one... 😁

Nik

And here's a picture of said bass in action last night.. I felt quite emotional playing it to be honest.