Cat Burrito

I wouldn't now but as a struggling punk kid back in the day we probably would have, as long as it was half way decent and didn't look too garish!

I can see why he ditched his band during rehearsals...

Welcome to Basschat

Beyond the bass - (quality) lead - amp set up I have; A small bag that contains spare quality cables, strings, tuner, guitool (tm?), towel & folding stand. Oh & blank postcards with soong prompts written on them.

You can't beat digging up an [b][u]old[/u][/b] thread & I found this one quite by accident. So adding to the fun of nearly 3yrs ago; I'm coming up 38yrs old & bar a 5yr break in my late 20s / early 30s I've been playing since I was 15yrs old. I started out as a Glam / punk player with the ultra low slung bass & the attitude. Probably still got a bit of that going on in terms of onstage persona. I don't like the bass player being the boring one but that shouldn't detract from the main job of being locked in with the drummer and gelling the band. I've raised & raised the strap but to use an earlier quote in this thread it still sits with the strings around the flies. Feels high up to me but it's certainly lower than most. My style evolved to fingers and playing a lot nearer the neck back in the late 90s. I've done a lot of live work and a lot of recording too. Old school tones for me and my greatest discovery was flatwound strings. Every time I like a tone on a record it turns out to be flatwounds and I can't believe I took so long before taking the plunge. I believe in keeping it simple but steer away from just root notes all the time and try to keep it interesting. I think I do what I do pretty well, into Americana, country, rockabilly, 60s, 70s, old soul, some folk and some more styles that I wouldn't immediately associate with my playing too. I'll always be associated with Fender basses but I have a huge admiration for anything that harks back to the music I love. I'd say my favourite bass players include Skip Battin, Rick Danko, Carol Kaye just for starters My goal (that I have thus far achieved) is to always play with bands who interest me. Simple rule, it has to be fun because it doesn't pay my mortgage. And what about the rest of you who missed this thread first time or have joined since?

Good man! Nice one

[quote name='funkassassin' post='1107821' date='Jan 30 2011, 02:36 AM']are the mexican 50's neck heavy? i bought a cij p-bass and the body felt like it was made of polysytrene it was so light i had to sell it on.. was jus wandering wether they are the same weight as say a us standard p-bass[/quote] I've been using one since I started playing and it's perfectly balanced. Mine is a 1989 MIJ. I've played a few and they have always been of a reasonable weight without being heavy edit - I know mine isn't MIM but it's the same model and I'm very familar with the MIM ones

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='1108122' date='Jan 30 2011, 01:39 PM']ZOMG.. teh drummer is at teh RONG GIG!!! [/quote] Beat me too it!!!

Welcome to the forum

I had a lovely Rickenbacker sitting around. Great bass but I am a Fender player. It got sold on because it's a lot of money tied up in something that isn't being used. Hence my vote!

And just to reiterate again there have been stand in drummers that I've played with who have made EVERYBODY sound bad!

[quote name='redstriper' post='1107709' date='Jan 29 2011, 10:56 PM']A friend of mine believes the ash trays are part of the pick ups and add something to the sound, rather than just decorative.[/quote] Nice idea but it's not true...unless some breeds of dog can detect a difference

I have ashtrays on all mine. They take a bit of getting used to but I've played with them on since the late 90s. Yes, just drill through the lacquer. I line up the ashtray & make a small mark before drilling. The holes all look clear around the drill marks even several years later. You will have small holes though if you take the covers off. And don't use a thicker drill than the screw!

I've not swapped mine. A lot of us like to keep it traditional rather than "improve"

Buying online whilst offering more choice does not allow you the luxury of picking up the instrument immediately unlike a shop. So it stands to reason people will offer a lot of information to give potential sellers enough to go on. It's always the stuff that is listed as "photos to follow" or coupled with just a short paragraph that seems to hang around longer.

Welcome to the forum I do hope 38 isn't old enough for a mid life crisis though

Bonjour Xtof

Welcome to the forum

I spent months and months reading everything I could about instruments as I saved up so I knew (or had read at least!) about all the parts before I started to learn properly

Looks great

[quote name='derrenleepoole' post='1107512' date='Jan 29 2011, 06:56 PM']You could take someone's eye out with that![/quote]

I'm tempted & there is a cheaper one on EBay [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Violin-bassguitar-early-60s-possibly-early-Eko-bass-/290405987445?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item439d8bb475"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Violin-bassguitar-ea...=item439d8bb475[/url] but must resist

That'd be it. Cheers Jon

It's Rob Grill from The Grass Roots miming along to a session bass players excellent bassline but what is the Hofner but bigger-esque bass?

[quote name='nick' post='1106616' date='Jan 28 2011, 07:21 PM']Unwrapped it, given it a quick going over. Obviously needs a set-up & a decent set of strings, but it really is not a bad bass - quite pleasantly surprised.[/quote] I must confess all of this sounds like a lot of fun and they certainly look cool. Whilst I massively approve of a charity getting money over Argos the one danger I sense is new players owning a badly set up bass that you wouldn't get from my local Independant music shop for example. I reckon most here know what they are doing and will have a great time modding these I do suspect a few new players may well struggle on with poorly set up kit. It'll be like the 70s & 80s all over again!