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On 08/02/2026 at 11:04, Terry M. said:

https://thebassgallery.com/collections/bass/products/ernie-ball-music-man-5

 

I've actually played this bass in the store and believe me when I say my recently acquired used Ray35 is no worse. It's hard to look at this price tag after that.

I like how the website allows you to select a quantity. Dangerous when drunk online shopping. You could end up with 12 of the bastards and no house. 

Ive never had trouble getting things repaired but I deliberately bought amps that can be repaired. Ashdown and Trace Elliott are just made of standard components. Ive had pedals repaired by a local, retired electronics engineer. Ive never had trouble getting a bass repaired.

Holy crap. I had a carbon mountain bike frame shipped over from Colorado for only a few pounds more than that.

1 hour ago, neepheid said:

 

Are they these guys?

 

Thats the ones

Can someone help please?

I've got a 1985 Japanese made BB1100S and one of the tuners has an issue. As I turn the D string tuner to slacken off the string, rather the string coming slack, the tuning is unscrewing itself and the knob with worm gear is coming out of the tuner back plate. Is there anyting I can do to fix it?

I really don't want to replace the tuners, they've got an amazing look to them from over 40 years of use although that 40 years of use may be the problem!

I was lucky enough to see the Ramones on their last ever tour. They only did another three last ever tours after that last ever tour so I was lucky. 

3 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

in a tory meeting (or I guess now reform)!

 

Same thing rebranded. Reform are just Snickers to the tory Marathon. Either way, they need a warning to say they contain nuts.

Its not really news anymore. Its all opinion reporting. You can have two different outlets reporting the same story with the same facts and while one portrays it as a great thing, the other portrays it as utter failure. I don't want opinion, just fact me and fact me hard. There was better reporting on Not The Nine o'clock News

Im sure they just make stuff up. Any time they quote an anonymous source or "insiders tell us" that just means theyre making it up. 

And then there's the shouting a question that they know the target would never answer and do it at the same time as a dozen other journalists are shouting equally pointless questions just so they can say "Mr Bottomflaps has refused to comment about the situation involving the Chancellor and a hamster"

One inch man - Kyuss

Currently learning how to play a bass part I wrote last year. I thought my playing had improved. I guess not. My hands don't want to move that fast anymore. 

Gravedigger Song - Mark Lanegan 

With a loud metal band, my 600W Ashdown amp is running at about quarter on the master volume knob. When we had a second guitarist, I was close to a third on the knob. Im pretty sure the 300W version of the same amp would do me just fine but the used market is ful of 600W ABM heads and 300W ABMs are really hard to find.

There's definitely a difference in speaker efficiency. If I take my 210 and 115 GK cabs to practice then ill run the master volume lower than if I use the battered old Peavey 410 cab in the studio.

10 minutes ago, tauzero said:

 

Always the whining about Coldplay. Stop the bitterness and envy, before it destroys you.

Its not whining. They are the opposite to this, perfectly competent. Can't fault the playing, recording, mixing etc but they have no weirdness, nothing to challenge the listener, nothing unusual. They're just standard. This is the opposite to that. You're never going to hear this played as background music in a supermarket. Most people who hear this will think its a mess but those who get it will really enjoy it.

This has reminded me of a band i saw last summer at Arctangent Festival. 

I thought id just stop for a couple songs before heading to the bar but ended up staying for the whole set. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum have a whole lot of strange and an excellent name

There was also a band called Clown Core who were incredibly weird but im still suffering PTSD from their visuals. 

More power means more heat which generally means bigger enclosure and more fans. Im using a 600w head and that has three fans on it so its big and its heavy and it was expensive (£700 when new). 

200w is plenty for pub gigs and thats all most people want. Ive only got a 600w head because I like Ashdown ABM's and couldn't find a 300w head locally at that time.

I guess small amps must be big sellers otherwise manufacturers wouldn't make so many of them 

Its unusual but I definitely dig it. Weird is good. U2 and Coldplay are what you get without weird and thats bad.

Pop punk song - Die Spitz

Great band, have a listen if you like punk (definitely not pop punk)

6 hours ago, Eldon Tyrell said:

They're finally back. It has been a long, long time. Worth the wait though. 

 

 

I saw them live at Arctangent Festival last year. Wasn't really all that bothered about seeing them but went along just to finish off the day. They were amazing, I really enjoyed them a lot more than expected. 

Just now, Terry M. said:

You know you won't regret it based on your personal experience. 

I might when the wife sees another bass turn up!

38 minutes ago, Terry M. said:

I have to agree with this. I've had a few US Stingray 5s in the past and took delivery of a used first gen Ray35 just this week. As far as I'm concerned I now have a Stingray 5 with a different logo and made in Indonesia. Looks feels and sounds JUST like the real thing to me.

I really liked mine. I recently listened to a recording I used it on and it sounded great. I swapped the preamp for a darkglass tone capsule which replaces the treble knob with high mids which I found more useful. I might have to get another one day

Excellent session last night with my stoner metal band. I made a switch from my Spector to my 80's Yamaha BB1100S and it was the right choice. 

Really fun and productive session and we're definitely getting closer to being gig ready. Me and the drummer are starting to understand each others playing better. He at least knows a look of panic from me means "slow down ya bastard!"

Ill just run this up the flag pole so we can all take a top down view and see what actions drop out of it.

People who use management speak are generally people with no interests outside of work (golf doesn't count). They're not blue sky thinking and onboarding all day and then going rock climbing, car racing, dogging or bass playing. They go home to their life partner who is exactly the same and spend all evening working. Weekends, they might go to a cafe to work, or just for a treat, go golfing with the head of global PR and talk about marketing strategies. They've never pretended to be a rock star in front of five disinterested people like we do. 

21 minutes ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

Do yourself a favour - do NOT watch the episode with the "restoration" of a vintage Fender Jazz.

Well now im going to have to. I assume they butcher it.

2 hours ago, Osiris said:

I'll be obliged to give you a damn good fisting. 

This is the wrong forum for that sort of threat. Please keep that sort of filth for mumsnet