skej21 Posted February 1, 2021 Author Share Posted February 1, 2021 5 hours ago, MrDaveTheBass said: A couple of years ago I bought a second-hand EBMM Sterling Fretless. When I arrived at the house to pick it up, the guy who opened the door turned out to be a grieving guitarist, whose best mate and bass player had recently died, and he was selling his off gear for the bassist's family. The bass was (and still is) amazing - it's the perfect instrument for me, but was absolutely filthy, and I took a long time cleaning the previous owner's DNA off it. The weirdest part was that the guy obviously had very acidic sweat, and his thumb print was etched into the tuning pegs. A tube of metal polish and a new scratchplate later though, and the bass finally started to feel like my own. Although I never met the guy (or even know his name or saw a picture of him) when I play this bass I quite often think about its previous owner. The beautiful side of a strange coin! For those interested, he sold the bass and ordered a new one. Exactly the same but untouched. He loves playing slap bass so I’m tempted to tell him that if he gives up the slap, he’ll be rewarded in heaven with 1,000 virgin MIM Fender Player basses 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 I once tried out an acoustic bass, I noticed the bronzewound strings were dead as a dodo, crusty and horrid although the bass itself was immaculate. Surmising it had been in the shop a long time I was offered it at 50% off but something put me off, I think it was dots between the fret positions on a fretless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Starr Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 On 19/01/2021 at 08:47, skej21 said: We all know it goes on, but never really give it much thought. We turn a blind eye and pretend it’s not happening. It’s almost taboo to mention... yesterday I broke that rule and seem to have created a significant divide between myself and a very good friend (who is also a bassist), by muttering three small words... “I played that!” My friend had just bought a new MIM Fender Player series precision bass that had been sat in our local music store for a while. It’s in excellent condition and he finally bit the bullet and bought it, before bombarding me with pics and messages about how it was the bass of his dreams and that he was ‘in love’ Once I muttered ‘I played that... it was a really nice bass’ it seems like he is treating me like the guy his partner cheated with. Even though 6/7 other locals players commented saying the same thing. Surely he realised that other people have touched it!? That it gets passed around a lot in a shop. Even strangers! Anyone else been on the receiving end of this? Anyone else feel it’s justified? Just trying to understand the mindset 🤣 I wonder if this was more to do with faint praise, you dissed his new love maybe. Tried her out and found the bass of his dreams somehow lacking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skej21 Posted February 1, 2021 Author Share Posted February 1, 2021 Just now, Phil Starr said: I wonder if this was more to do with faint praise, you dissed his new love maybe. Tried her out and found the bass of his dreams somehow lacking? Not lacking. Just average. Had better 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Starr Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 1 minute ago, skej21 said: Not lacking. Just average. Had better 🤣 Hmm could it be worse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Sloppy seconds... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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