Beedster

Worms from newly opened can, meet World

Love it, love the pianist also 👍

Hi @BloozeBoy, sounds like a nice opportunity for someone, where do you rehearse and where are the majority of your gigs? I'm Kent so I would sadly probably find myself falling into the same trap as your previous bassist if you're wrong end of Essex, but thought I'd ask anyway. Cheers. Chris

There goes my theory

Do they get better the longer they’re left powered on?

I have a Retrovibe in my parts drawer 👍

I’ve got the BV’s, and even the hair, just not the petrol budget 😕

Great gig 👍

Seller of a £12k instrument should either demonstrate better knowledge of it or provide the evidence of someone who does. Clearly doesn’t understand Fender serials, electrics and finishes (OK the latter might be legit - a peek under the guard would be helpful - but it looks to be neither original or the same finish as in the 66 photo. Looks a little like poly in some places also). But either way, still doesn’t look like a ‘62 should look and that’s a big part of it

Tubes and recent change of temperature?

Play folk on foot

Just to chime in here, it only takes a single person to buy a bass, so you should at the very least try selling it for a while before you do anything with it to enhance (or not) it's sellability. You might be surprised how many folks here play fretless, even some like me who only play fretless. Also worth noting that you will almost certainly not regain the costs of a refret in a sale. It's going to take the luthier longer to refret a fretless neck than a fretted neck (i.e. higher cost), even if it were once fretted as is the case with yours.

Ah different set of attributes to the rhythm guitarist in an ex band of mine who was in the band because (in order of relevance).... a) He had a van b) He had a PA c) He carried spares of everything from guitar strings to cables to mics to drumsticks d) He had a guitar Upside: Categorically one of the most useful band members I've ever had the pleasure of driving to and setting up a gig with. Lovely lovely guy, helped with everything. Always cheerful. Downside: Categorically the worst musician I have ever shared a stage with. Almost Les Dawson-esque in his note selection abeit without the immaculate sense of timing (or any sense of timing). Extremely toppy Telecaster compulsorily swamped in reverb by the rest of the band in an attempt to hide the undisciplined romp through the chromatic scale that defined his attempts to find the correct chords in each song. I lasted two gigs (in part because the singer was a complete prat as well), but still have fond memories of this guy's van, it was a 1980's music shop on wheels

If anyone in my band could play the line better than me, especially if it's either going to improve a recording or save studio time/costs, they'd be welcome. It's not exactly unheard of even among well known/virtuoso performers

Still there in August

I consider myself technically a very average bass player, very average, but rightly or wrongly I also consider myself to be musically/artistically and acoustically/structurally literate. The best compliment I ever received from a fellow musician was: "You're one of those players who no-one notices until you stop playing". I try to live by that, don't stand out, be part of the whole, but nonetheless make a difference. You don't have to be much cop at bass to do that 👍

Mark needs to recruit, train and manage his staff better than he does. They lost my business by taking payment for a £1500 item that was not in stock and it appears was never going to be, and then when I contacted them they pretty much blanked me, forcing me to get PayPal involved to secure a refund. Mark was away at the time, which perhaps explains the problem, but even so it’s still his responsibility. He should make sure his staff don’t lose him customers as the result of poor training and poor systems

Very nice work @Berserker