PainInTheBass

Nearly... https://guitar.com/news/gear-news/fender-future-squier-standard-series/

Joe Walsh, Life's Been Good.

But imagine it was a bass, it would look pretty cool right?

Yeah I just realised. What was I thinking? Lol. I've had a hard couple of days. It's late, I'm tired. It won't happen again 😂 Let it be known, I am a bass player first and foremost. Always have been, always will be. Low end FTW.

The only reason I bought my fender was because they made something different. This but in sunburst.

That's worth a go. Thank you.

There's a hot sauce thread? Woop!

Plenty of average drivers buy Ferraris, and while they can't drive like Nigel Mansell, the tone is amazing. 😉

I'll leave them dull. If I polish the pickups they'll end up looking better than the bass 😁

Hi, I'd like to put a small bevel on my p and j pickups to make them more comfortable. El cheapo pickups in my squier are very uncomfortable to rest a thumb on, or catch when thrashing with a plectrum. Has anyone done this, and if so what did you use to bevel them? Am thinking a small block with some sandpaper but not sure what grit? Thanks in advance.

Getting a luthier setup was far cheaper than getting a PLEK setup. Honestly can't tell the difference between my Sandberg which came factory PLEK'd and my Squier Affinity PJ which recently had a luthier setup. Hope that helps.

... Kinda like helping someone with limited mobility to strum their guitar. I applaud inclusivity in music. You never know when you'll need a helping hand with your instrument.

Somewhere an advanced civilization of aliens is observing us and wondering why we stamp where on our tiny planet something has been made due to billions of years of tectonic plate movement and subsequent territorial markings. Perhaps we ought to start all our Fender serial numbers with PE - "Planet Earth".

A couple of Fender Pro II Jazz basses I tried recently either had string misalignment or bridges which were not flat to the body, as the arm carve encroached underneath a corner of the bridge (or maybe a warped bridge?) I'll stick with my Squier Affinity thanks, which due to a recent luthier setup has fantastic action, beautiful polished frets and smooth fret ends. I'm proud to have the S on my headstock. Edit: in fact it looked just like this. https://www.talkbass.com/threads/bridge-separating-from-body.1450437/

I bloody love Danny. Brightens my day right up. Well now we know the event is real, and I sincerely hope whoever is going enjoys it. I'm gonna stay home and watch YouTube videos about Barbara Streisand.

There's a new mystery, where did Danny's video go? It's now marked as private...

I agree. Sounds like a candidate for change.org. What is with camera operators and editors? Who died and made them the arbiters of which musicians and instruments get to be featured? Us poor old bass players are perpetually marginalised. Unless it's Sting, Flea, or Geddy... Maybe we need to step out of the shadows (that area next to the drum kit) and get in front of the lead singer, take control of the stage! Shout "look at me, look at my bass!"

Danny Sapko's posted a video about the mystery. It's still a mystery. https://youtube.com/shorts/15FfetE5b_I?si=pYzrRspaD9Pf9XOZ

I'm disappointed there isn't a Donald Trump Junior version 😂

What's in your case? - An M15. Wow, 15 strings, do come in and have some cake!

This thread got me thinking, and I ended up taking said bass to a luthier who did a sterling fret job and setup, including lowering the nut. The combined price of the bass and work is £300 and what I have now is an instrument that plays as well as my other very expensive basses. I no longer hate it. All is forgiven.

I'd like to give a shout out to Chris at Hightide guitars in Rusper (West Sussex) https://hightideguitars.co.uk/ He carried out a fret dress and setup on my Squier Affinity PJ - which turned a cheap bass with fret work worse than English teeth, into something remarkable and now very much playable.

I'd go if Danny Sapko was on the billing with both: a) a skit taking the piss out of all the other players, and 2) a live performance of his band.

I've never sought out music from non English speaking/singing bands, but a YouTube short captured my attention yesterday. The band was called Klaus Mitffoch, from Poland, and their bass player is Lech Janerka. They've since disbanded but Lech has gone on to make some amazing music with solid catchy basslines. He's 71 and still touring and producing! (Not understanding the lingo helps me to focus on the instrumental side!) Are there any non English language bands you can recommend with great bass players?

You mean the Mononeon Jazz bass pickguard with matching headstock type orange? I'd dig that. 😁