Richard R

The big advantage I can think of for a capo on a 4 string is being able to tune to D or Eb and use capo for normal tuning and key changes, as others have said. Playing 4 string also makes learning from Tab easier. I play 5 string, because church worship bands often change keys to suit the singers/congregation. I can't read most 4 string Tab as it confuses my brain cell.

Just seen this is your first post on BC - Welcome to the forum! Lots of friendly folks here. Do hop over to the Introductions thread and say Hi there as well, and post pics of any nice gear of course.

Thanks Pete. Hope the new job goes well. If you and I, and Frank if he's already in Nottingham that morning, are there before 10 then we can work out if we want to divide the room at all, set up tables for Andy's demo and the raffle, make sure the kettle's on and generally get things sorted ahead of time. 24x8 is loads of space, plenty of room to grow. I got some cheap lanyards from Amazon, so we can translate forum names to real names.

It looks much better with the bridge moved back. I would skip the pickguard too, those stripes are neat. Nice bass, glad it sounds good too.

Welcome aboard! Nice collection, and if you amassed those in just three years, you'll fit right in here. 😁

Heresy! Where are the mods when we need them??

Welcome aboard! Any of the above will be good choices, as would any Yamaha. If you can get up to somewhere that has a biggish music shop then playing a few will help narrow things down a bit. Otherwise Squire, HB etc etc. are all decent enough. Whatever you buy, leave it out on a stand ready to pick up and play, if you can. And have fun.

Welcome aboard!

Welcome aboard! I love Belgium as well, though I've not been back in about 20 years. Lived in Leuven for four months as part of my PhD, and since then one of my oldest friends has moved out that way.

It's the cooler air sinking into the Vale. Welcome to Meteorological Chat, Steve!

Welcome back!

Welcome aboard. Great name, I wish I had thought of that one 👍

Just getting final confirmation on start time with @petecarlton, then we'll post with due fanfare, bunting, etc etc.

Kick off the Raffle: - Digitech RP80 effects pedal.

I am even worse. I play mainly in church, where there aren't set bass lines, just chord charts. So I am reasonable at making stuff up to fit the chords and the mood, but I haven't learned the progressions and rely on a chart on the music stand. I ought to learn the progressions at least, though we also swap they keys around depending on the singers and the band. Actually learning some pieces properly and by memory is a terrifying concept that I really ought to start doing. Somewhere I had the dots for the bass part and the end of Tubular Bells part one, that would be a good one for me.

Which 30 songs? I need to start learning songs as a way to practice. Maybe we could combine into a BC 2023 list? I might manage 3, bit even that would be an improvement.

Yes please. 👍

It would be great to see you, but personally I would get the project submissions done - there will be plenty of bass bashes to follow. I know that is very boring and sensible advice, sorry! If you want bad advice, hellraiser attitudes and laddishnesh, try GuitarChat.

Breaking news! @Andyjr1515 will be giving a demo of how to set up a bass properly. Most of us can set up after changing strings, but I found recently that I really can't get the intonation sorted after this last change, and I have no idea why. I'm hoping that not only will Andy remedy my cack-handedness, but that we can all learn something from a man who knows a bit about building and setup, and whose basses have won No Trebble Bass of the Week on multiple occasions. Thanks Andy, as always, for your generosity.

@Richard R : Brawley 4 and 5 string, EBS session 60 amp, cheap Aeon sustainer, scales to weight basses with, cake @petecarlton Shuker Nuclear Device Jean-Jacques Burnel Signature Lite P-bass, Mayones Cali 4 Triskelion travel bass, Bugera Veryron BV 1001M Mosfet head, Ashdown Studio 210 combo, bits and pieces - and cake @Machines : Dingwall D-Roc 5, Dingwall NG-3, Warwick Gnome 280w + Ashdown RM210 (probably) @Andyjr1515 : SWAAPATWTBWADS Bubinga Fretless, probably Pete's Swift lightweight piccolo build and maybe also his (not lightweight) EB-3 tribute @Ander87 Some of the gear in his signature - Rickenbacker 4003, MM Stingray Special 4HH, Fender AO Precision 60s, a few pedals on a Nano + Ampeg SVT 2 Pro Premiere + Barefaced Six10 @Frank Blank Jabba short scale fretted, Jabba short scale fretless, Nordstrand Acinonyx, QSC K12.2, whichever preamp I'm using at the time. @NickA couple of Wals and a Dolphin. You've all seen and played the mk1 fretless, and the dolphin, but I got a mk2 5er just before the prices went silly. Some PJB stuff too. Might bring the double bass .. how big is the room? @PTB MTD 535, Limelight Pino replica, possibly a MusicMan, MarkBass combo, HX XL & extension leads 😎 Darran: Nice Ibanez and the Aria Sinsonido silent bass. Ashdown amp if there's space in the car. @floFC, curiosity @Oldman contemplating bringing my custom Fretless 5! I’ll bring my GR CAB and EVO 1 Head.

Anyone welcome, with or without gear, and you're very welcome to rock up, talk rubbish and play bass. Put yourself down as bringing "Curiosity" 😃

@Richard R : Brawley 4 and 5 string, EBS session 60 amp, cheap Aeon sustainer, scales to weight basses with, cake @petecarlton: Shuker Nuclear Device Jean-Jacques Burnel Signature Lite P-bass, Mayones Cali 4 Triskelion travel bass, Bugera Veryron BV 1001M Mosfet head, Ashdown Studio 210 combo, bits and pieces - and cake @Machines: Dingwall D-Roc 5, Dingwall NG-3, Warwick Gnome 280w + Ashdown RM210 (probably) @Andyjr1515 : SWAAPATWTBWADS Bubinga Fretless, probably Pete's Swift lightweight piccolo build and maybe also his (not lightweight) EB-3 tribute @Ander87 Some of the gear in his signature - Rickenbacker 4003, MM Stingray Special 4HH, Fender AO Precision 60s, a few pedals on a Nano + Ampeg SVT 2 Pro Premiere + Barefaced Six10 @Frank Blank: Jabba short scale fretted, Jabba short scale fretless, Nordstrand Acinonyx, QSC K12.2, whichever preamp I'm using at the time. @NickA couple of Wals and a Dolphin. You've all seen and played the mk1 fretless, and the dolphin, but I got a mk2 5er just before the prices went silly. Some PJB stuff too. Might bring the double bass .. how big is the room? @PTB: MTD 535, Limelight Pino replica, possibly a MusicMan, MarkBass combo, HX XL & extension leads 😎 Richard's mate Darran: Nice Ibanez and the Aria Sinsonido silent bass. Ashdown amp if there's space in the car. A dozen confirmed would be good, let's see who else we can rustle up 🤠

What does it sound like?

Any chance you can come down to the Midlands Bass Bash in April and show it off? It's not far from you this time.