Reggaebass

14 minutes ago, fleabag said:

Thumb rests are the only reason i have 2 of my basses fitted with ramps.  I dont dig in, cos i ain't a digger, so dont need a ramp to stop the digging in, ...dig ?

 

I dig 😀

7 hours ago, Jimothey said:

i don’t know if anyone will be interested but I’m going to do a little build thread on how I made the ramp 

I’m definitely interested in this jimothey 👍

Love this video 🙂

Keep your eye on the strings for sale here ,you get some good bargains sometimes, I enjoy trying different strings 🙂

I’ve just fitted one to one of my jazzes as an experiment, and I’m rather liking it 🙂

There’s some info here jimothey 🙂

On 15/07/2019 at 22:56, Stub Mandrel said:

Identify the guy introducing our band...

Who is it stub , it’s bugging me 😄

In all my years I’ve never played a smith, that just looks so comfortable , and the fretboard is beautiful, very nice  ped 👍

My 62 RI came with one already fitted, but I took it off as I didn’t use it, I do play with the thumb but not in that position, i Know a few people that have fitted them just for vintage decoration purposes 🙂

He’s also selling a   p bass one the same price 🙂

A business card looks really thin , but when used as a shim it makes a big difference to lower your action, it’s deceiving 🙂

1 minute ago, Deedee said:

When I do it I firstly set the neck arrow straight with the truss rod (no relief).

I then adjust the bridge saddles down to the required height.

If I then find that I need to shim the neck, I’ve used cut-up business cards but ideally a thin piece of laminate. They’ll all work equally well in my experience.

That’s exactly the same way I do it 🙂

Mine is less than  .25 on this ruler , if that’s any help 🙂

18 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Identify the guy introducing our band...

Could be Peter tosh , can’t quite make him out 🙂

12 minutes ago, davepb24 said:

a bonus point for the autographer (NEC car park 1987

Looks like Paul denman 🙂

3 minutes ago, BreadBin said:

Got it

That looks in great condition for a bass that’s over 45 years old, nice one 👍

Love this Bassline 

I can remember hearing,  peaches around 1977 when I was first having bass lessons, fantastic Bassline and a great band , and I think go buddy go was on the b side, I’ve still got the single in the loft  🙂

I would definitely go down the route of making one , if you get the foam at the right depth you need for the case , you can draw round it with a felt pen and as baxlin says cut it out carefully with a craft knife and glue it in , and if you really wanted to you can cover the foam with a suitable material of your choice to really finish it off 🙂

9 hours ago, BreadBin said:

I'm bidding on of these Jedson Teles on eBay ATM, just for wall art really.

That’s what mine is now, it’s hanging up in my summerhouse, at the top of the picture, 😀

17 minutes ago, Cuzzie said:

Does that mean we all get it for approximately 1/20000 of a year each

If we have it for a week each , the last person has to wait a long time 😂

10 minutes ago, Ricky 4000 said:

I've gone off the Jazz bass now... it's all about a P bass with flats and a big chunk of foam shoved under the strings.

You never heard any treble (or mids) out of the great James Jamerson, did ya?

No that's right - you didn't.

You’re not wrong Ricky 👍

3 hours ago, BreadBin said:

Just took this, I think this may be the fourth time in my life I have taken a selfie.

Love that room BB 👍

56 minutes ago, NancyJohnson said:

I was searching for some old Bell Musical catalogues a few days back...these are from 1974:

How strange NJ , I found this in the loft in an old bass case from 1977 and I was looking at it yesterday 🙂