Cat Burrito

I like the contours. I toyed with having them put into the slab body of my 51RI to give it a 54 / 55 look. This looks to me like Squier are just continually raising their game

If you've been playing 32yrs without one I doubt very much they'll suddenly start floating your boat now. Personally I can't imagine life without mine but I readily accept not every bass is for every player. Perhaps one with a hotter pickup might raise your interest a bit but I'd certainly look to avoid anything too traditional i.e. my tastes.

I think it's totally normal. I've just dragged my upright down from upstairs for a rehearsal tonight and it feels great. I'd usually default to a P-bass but I do enjoy my Hofner and my Jazz bass

Works for me

Welcome

[quote name='Wil' post='1191953' date='Apr 7 2011, 04:56 PM']In before someone says Moondance.[/quote] When I saw Bilbo had started this thread I am afraid I clicked on this to do just that. [quote name='dlloyd' post='1192332' date='Apr 7 2011, 10:01 PM']The cantina band from Star Wars.[/quote] In all seriousness I think television & film has a huge part to play in developing people's tastes. My Dad was a pro Jazz drummer before I was born and always tried forcing jazz on me. So I naturally swung towards my Mum's records. However a lot of TV soundtrack's opened my eyes away from rock & pop music. Even stuff like the Pink Panther and Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) influenced me as a bassist and as a music fan. And the Cantina Band were great fun. Apologies if my taste in Jazz is a bit "McDonalds"

My understanding was you can record CDs of covers to get gigs so long as you don't sell it at gigs to make money

I have & I thought the product was great but the service was just "ok". I've since ordered from [url="http://www.hi-speccases.co.uk/index.html"]http://www.hi-speccases.co.uk/index.html[/url] these guys and was knocked off my feet by a 2 day turnaround for a custom order. I have had a few flightcases made and didn't think this was possible

I was a bassist for years and then I accidentally stumbled into guitar around 2005. I played really seriously for until 2009 when I caught the bass bug again. Playing lead solos in a band was very different to being a bassist and I enjoyed it at the time. I was ill and needed to scale back on my musical commitments though so something had to give. I feel more comfortable on bass so went back to my roots. I'm not against the idea of playing guitar again but would always prefer the role of bass player as it feels more [b]me[/b]. My preference for band role is something like; 1) Bass Guitar 2) Upright Bass 3) Mandolin 4) Electric Guitar 5) Acoustic Guitar 6) Banjo Ultimately I'd rather play a lesser choice instrument in a first choice band then bass in a third rate act! Right now I am indeed having my cake and eating it

I didn't want to be the first to mention this seller... so I won't! Nice bass. Always fancied a 70s Guild

I'm with markstuk here although I too would wait & see the band first. Alarm bells should be ringing but it *could* be quite genuine. A minor pain if you have had to put a lot into learning stuff. Fingers crossed it all works out ok

There have been a couple of more negative threads around trades recently which certainly don't reflect my experiences. It is genuinely nice to see positive things written about just one of the many, many good things about Basschat. Not a knock at the starters of the other threads, I sincerely wish them better luck in the future.

I always liked the Westone Thunder 1A basses that were kicking about at school in the late 1980s. Didn't know there was a site though

My old tutor used to collect Eko's & I kinda like this. I wouldn't buy it mind

Welcome Chris

Welcome Dave

It'd cost nothing to list it as a complaint. It's a bit of a grey area as on the one hand it's not listed as having one but you would expect to plug in & just go for it. If EBay rule against you, you've lost nothing.

Not the best photos so hard to tell. No strings attached though

[quote name='Clarky' post='1189450' date='Apr 5 2011, 06:38 PM']Rotosound in the 60s IIRC. A certain Mr Entwistle championed them I think Edit from their PR blurb: "Rotosound pioneered the first roundwound bass strings in 1962"[/quote] This was my understanding too but it is interesting that they clearly didn't take off for at least a decade.

I thought it was Caesar!?! (Planet of the Apes, not the Romans)

[quote name='Clarky' post='1189235' date='Apr 5 2011, 04:28 PM']Mrs C appears to have hidden my BC t-shirt [/quote] Has she hidden mine too?

I've been beaten to it but just wanted to stop by & share the Johnny Cash love

I too like the wristband idea but it does involve some poor sod having to do the leg work! I vote matching tattoos [quote name='Clarky' post='1189151' date='Apr 5 2011, 03:40 PM']there's always the uber-cool BassChat T-shirts, of which I am a proud owner [/quote] which neither of us had on at the last Case Hardin show

I think it's virtually impossible to fully nail something on a forum when you've only read a couple of paragraphs but my impressions echo the replies you've had so far. Just remember more time away from home does have an impact sometimes if you do consider a side project

Welcome Luke