AndyTravis

Jesus @Al Krow don’t try an attitude bass...if they did a legitimate 5 string version (not the 90’s p/j) it would destroy buildings. Its more Civil War than Civilisation...my angry little 414 sounded subdued in comparison.

Interesting...I do have a plan of sorts...look forward to seeing it.

That’s a beauty. 424? Lovely

All starting to hit the post (first 2 parts already dispatched 😂)

Well, loving the sound of a recently acquired Attitude at band practice last night - really fancy putting together my own version of Billy Sheehan’s “wife” bass. So tonight I’ve amassed the parts and the shipping will happen over the next week... 70’s Natural Yamaha Pulser Body Allparts TMBO neck - pre decal’ed with a telecaster bass (68) logo. 70’s Greco Shell Pickguard wilkinson black tuners wilkinson chrome bridge seymour duncan 1/4lb P pickup Artec mudbucker (I bid £80 on a Gibson one but it’s gone off eBay - reviews are good on this one) and ive messaged @KiOgon about a suitable loom. it will be mono - not going to scallop the fingerboard as every home grown attempt I’ve seen looks bloody awful. debating cutting the pickguard and having a black metal end made to nod at the black section BS has all the Washers on. photos of bits to follow.

Three are roto nexus or something like that (roundwound but black) and a nickel ‘g’.

Don’t know if anyone’s after a fretless bb, but PMT in Manchester have a bb614f for £349, I got the distinct impression they’d take less. It’s black, weighs about 9lbs and is in great nick.

There’s a Marcus Miller neck on eBay at the minute

They need the nut doing and the tuners and neck holes - they’re decent necks though, and reasonably priced

Just wish it was a bit less midnight and more blue...

Bloody hell! That’s great stuff that - a little hint of “what I am” - sounds wonderful when played the way you do. Good skills x

Don’t say that. I’m buying other things now 😉

Apparently macca resorted to this behaviour upon snapping a string during a late night session

And I caught them in my teeth.

Just think of it as a punk tune, but it’s very far away and you’ve got fluffy earplugs in. 😉 To be honest, I don’t mind some jazz - this just needs a nice vocal on it and it’d be a decent tune. Half of the “noodling” suggests a vocal line. That all being said, it’s balls all to do with “arty” - it’s alright not to like stuff innit, but not liking something rather than just dismissing it is the difference.

It’s not though is it? It’s just oppositional nonsense. ”i’m Cool because I said something’s crap”. It’s missing the point on purpose. The bloke can play bass well, it’s not full of slap bass or harmonics etc (another thing which causes people’s undies to get twisted), it’s played in time and with dynamics and a good bit of feel to it. It’s not “noodling” because there’s a pattern to it. It repeats every few bars. As I said in an earlier post, it’s actually structured verse/chorus/verse/chorus/middle/verse/ chorus pop song. It’s just a bit “jazz” sounding. I dare say Jazz purists baulk at stuff like this, pigeon Jazz...or whatever. It’s easier to say “that’s crap, it’s not music...” etc - it’s like disagreeing with someone and referring to them as a “snowflake” or something. Do you know punk bores the derrière off me? I can’t stand reggae...do you give a sh*t? Probably not. It’s like comparing an art house black and white movie to a Michael Bay blockbuster - futile nonsense. Everything has its place.

Me? I know. I’m wonderful.

Practice continues

The wife always says I’m too quick to respond too... welcome by by the way 👍🏼

Hondo-II

Ah. Spotted that in pmt the other day. Looked nice. No price...nice nod to the Dan Smith era basses.

There were some in PMT Manchester when I went a couple of days ago - should’ve tried one, sorry 😐