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I find a powerball helps me get back on top of things if I haven't played in a while. Combined with playing more it seems to do the trick. https://www.amazon.co.uk/b/?ie=UTF8&node=397989011&tag=googhydr-21&hvadid=26285005251&hvpos=1t1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14599406660060690713&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006463&hvtargid=kwd-28427881&ref=pd_sl_898byq20vh_b

Music of the future looks like this [url="http://youtu.be/gQm8MxgCGws?t=1m35s"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQm8MxgCGws[/url] Scroll into 1min 35 to hear it go retro!

I used to think more like this but I think a lot of it is because guitarists as a rule are more out going and bassists are more reserved. If you talk to the audience they will talk back. I used to moan in my main band about this but it was because the singer and guitarist were working the room after. I tried a bit harder and things changed. And throwing shapes on the bass looks awesome! In a mid life crisis kind of way for me, but an awesome mid life crisis

Always preferred vinyl over any format. The changes can come and go but I do like records. Even if they crackle and jump and don't fit in the car stereo.

Thanks Peter... I bought one of his vegan retro old car guitar straps and the service was what I would expect from Basschat. Up there with the best, cheers!

A few years ago I saw The Small Fakers and the guy playing Ronnie Lane had a Laney. He'd snapped off the Y from the logo which I approved of. The rehearsal studio I currently use has Laney bass amps and they are terrible. Probably more a reflection of the way they are treated as I have come across some okay Laney stuff in the past. I bought Tech 21 Sansamp VT pedal purely to make them sound better.

I usually chat if we kit share and invariably they are at least a visitor or a lurker but quite a few times they have been active members.

I've been looking at those TC Electronic rigs as it is a huge faff having to lug my Ampeg rig around everywhere and I hear nothing but good things. Your gig looks like a really good night btw

I've seen this on an upright bass but not a bass guitar.

Watch musicians who you admire & try to adapt some of that into your stage craft. Variety is good to avoid being a clone.

Most manufactures of musical gear seem to bounce back and Trace were so well regarded for years. I think like Orange, Eko, Danelectro and many others they will come again.

I stumbled across them on YouTube last week. I enjoyed them but wondered if like Hayseed Dixie a few years previously the gloss would come off after a while.

Aside my European blonde upright bass and my Ampeg portaflex rig (not to mention Ampeg practice amp) my electric basses look something like this; [url="http://s38.photobucket.com/user/Tim_73/media/IMG_0596_zpskavl5gbm.jpg.html"][/url] From left to right Fender Precision (Japanese 57RI), Eastwood EEB-1, Hofner Verythin (long scale version) and Gibson Thunderbird. Retrotastic heaven and quite literally covering all the basses!

It really doesn't bother me - the early Epiphones are just Epiphones (I own a Sorrento and a Emperor, neither have ever been done by Gibson) but once Gibson bought up Epiphone the early models had Epiphone by Gibson on the headstock, all in the same sized font. I played an Epiphone T-bird against my Gibson recently and although mine was better, it wasn't 5 times better. Same with Squier (not the font size though). And whilst we are at it the Electromatic range by Gretsch. It's at best a mild irritation when searching EBay but that is all. Sorry to go against the grain here.

I like them but have never owned a bass that was like this. I guess it all comes down to taste but I quite like the quirkiness of it all.

We've had a couple of threads in the past with very divided opinion. Personally I think they are the first retro looking bass I've not got excited about. They look small and being well over 6' this puts me off. The build quality looks alright - I did have a proper look in Dawsons the other week and they look less budget-y looking in real life. I could see why people would go for one, just not me.

I played outdoors a couple of weeks ago and although I was worried it wasn't a big issue. I think keep warm before you go on and if the weather is okay you'll be fine.

[quote name='lastanthem88' timestamp='1478632352' post='3170493']Just wondering if anyone has already got a P bass 50s lacquer, and what they think about it - and has anyone got any experience buying from Stratosphere? [/quote] I've bought from Stratosphere a few times over the years. They aren't the cheapest but you will get what you want. Coincidentally I had a Jazz with a P-bass neck because I prefer a wider neck. My current P-bass is a 50s one but it's a Japanese Fender one so the neck is narrower than the Mexican 50s ones and I don't believe the lacquer is any more or less than any other bass I own.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1479067748' post='3173704'] No one has yet mentioned that he never specified how many strings your bass has to have. [/quote] I'm sure Stig Pedersen and his collection of two string basses would agree [attachment=232000:Stig_Pedersen.JPG]

I prefer that to the "must be 18-24, have the right attitude, drive, have good gear, like a select niche of bands, sing backing vocals" etc. Good luck to him / her - probably just laid back.

I'm tempted by a Tech 21 VT bass pedal and I like to have a tuner pedal so I guess that'd be me happy.

Bass solos tend to be the punchline to a well worn joke but they do have their place. If it works, I see no issue and it doesn't sound like your set is full of them. I agree with the general sentiments expressed here.

Very tempted, although with the current exchange rate and postage costs we're looking at £35. Definitely an uncovered subject.

Well at least I managed to save a few hundred on a brand new Gibson Thunderbird over the weekend. I had sensed the market was shifting so figured it was now or never (is that reason no.6 for justifying GAS!?!).

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1478368837' post='3168706']Coming over all Nikki Sixx on us eh, Tim?[/quote] I was thinking of Sami Yaffa in Hanoi Rocks, Nigel Mogg in The Quireboys or Kelly Nickels in LA Guns. Classic sunburst was always a bit too traditional for Motley, no? I guess him & Pete Way are the two people most would associate T-birds with though.