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  1. oldslapper
    I like playing guitar or bass/double bass. I love playing with other musicians. I’m fortunate enough to play with some wonderful musicians. I’m fortunate enough to be asked to record with some wonderful artists. Most of the gigs I’m asked to do aren’t grotty pubs. Most of the gigs I play I’m driven to. I just don’t enjoy gigging. Playing in front of people, performing, never have done. I don’t think I’m less of a musician, or should have swapped guitar for golf clubs. The reason I started playing was because of the albums I listened to, not the bands I saw. I rarely went to gigs, still don’t. Some people just don’t enjoy gigging. It’s not a disease. 🙄🤪
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    No you’re not the only one. I did it for a living and hated it. Great bands, lovely people, but I have no interest in “performing”. I love playing, in particular with other musicians, but find gigging in the uk a major pita. Found my happy place now recording and writing with a variety of artists, often remotely. No more travelling, hanging around, getting on stage at silly o’clock, dressing up, getting home at ridiculous o’clock, being knackered the next day. Having said all this, gigging in Europe is a very different experience for some reason. But then again you get well looked after, hotel near to venue, no driving, catching up on sleep in the bus and money is better. Still have to “perform” and dress up, and it’s only a couple of small tours a year. So bearable.
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    No worries. Thanks for letting me know. 👍🏻
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    oldslapper replied to Merton's topic in Basses For Sale

    Frets? Nice figuring? Hollow body?
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    Blimey we’re dripping over ourselves! .... Its lard not to.
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    Guys ...dair-y say.. I think we’re milking this.
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    Neck heel width is 63.5mm
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    Don't know, not herd it......🤪
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    I’ll measure it when I’m home later Steve.
  10. oldslapper
    Lots of Interest in the neck So body available @ £180
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    Possible Investment opportunity? Rarity value.
  12. oldslapper
    Place bid or make an offer? Maybe someone could offer to finish building the bass? 🤪 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder of course. 😊
  13. oldslapper
    Whole bass is 9lbs. Hope that helps. Cheers John
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    Noted sir. 👍🏻 I’ll weigh in a mo and edit post, sorry should have weighed.
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    PJ bass put together by young @Beedster of this ‘ere gaff. Weighs 9lbs Neck sourced from USA by Chris, which as you can see had been lacquered at some point, and not finished particularly well at the heel, but never bothered me. Amazing beautiful dark rosewood board with the lovely 62 neck profile (wide-ish, but flatter) very comfy. He Put it together with this PJ configured P body It's been fully shielded, and wired with CTS pots and Tonerider Pickups with V, V, T controls, plus two are push/pull pots which are; A series/parallel on the P pickup volume control for the P pickup (single coil type tone) The other putting both jazz and P pickup in series (full big humbucker tone) The bass plays nicely, great array of tones, balances well and comes strung with flats and in a hard case and some spare strings. I’d prefer to hand over at this stage, either coming to Slappy Towers in Bath, or meet up within a reasonable drive time. I’ll consider postage if there’s no local traffic. I may consider separating neck and body if there are a couple of peeps interested in them. I’m going to say body £180 & neck £120 posted, as long I have both confirmed as wanted. Selling as I only have 2 basses at any one time and my Kramer aluminium does all things fretted and I have an incoming fretless. Any questions do ask.
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    I reckon so Mick. Been after a decent unlined fretless and just bought some lovely hide glue for my double bass project.
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    Do you ever come over the bridge to Bristol? I appear to be in restoration mode having bought a load of stuff for a double bass restoration. Unlined fretless too!! Mmmm I’d be very interested. Thanks pm. John
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    Same scam when I was teaching. “Son (always a son) is over from USA/Nigeria/Burnley/etc for 2 weeks, teach him every day, I’ll pay you in advance, etc etc, give me your bank details and I’ll put the money in there ..like now” Knobs!
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    It would appear from this that people prefer no fuss instructional videos. No life stories, histrionics, fannying about, etc.... Mmmm🧐
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    This. There are online resources you can access, from rhyming apps to writing courses and writing communities. Collaborating with other writers is good practice, particularly if they’re lyric minded. You can learn a lot from how others phrase things. I picked up tips from collaborating, such as compiling a list of titles, looking through papers/magazines for catchy titles (they pay people to do this, so they’re often quite good at writing a headline). My song “Freddie Starr ate my hamster” was a hit in many areas of my imagination 🤪 But the best tip is to write loads, even if they’re full of cheesy phrases, or a little embarrassing to you, eventually you’ll start to develop a lyrical language you’re comfortable with. I try and ensure prosody is adhered to whenever possible (the lyric matches or is supported by the melody). Oh and “write about what you know” is often easier and more honest, particularly at first. Have fun!!!
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    🤫
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    Sorry folks, I’ve just picked it up. Nice chat with Joe. I’ll maybe do a repair diary.
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    Is this still available? thanks John
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    I know this guy gets a lot of stick here, but you can see why with this sort of thing!!! Not wearing a mask when using glue will lead to this sort of thing.
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    Fair enough. I don’t know much about valve amps, but I guess if they only distort at high volumes then you have no choice. Just as an aside, do people here use rehearsals to find their sound? Perhaps you would if you’ve got new gear? I’m not officially in a band, just what seems to be a dep position that’s gone on for years 😂 but we don’t rehearse, so no one has to suffer my grumpy face when the guitarist goes to 11 on his talent dial. 🥳
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