The Bassist and Guitarist thread

[Drago]

Started building a PB. Going for gold hardware, tru oil finish, vintage oyster pickguard. I've various pickups and bits from previous projects somit shouldn't be too expensive.

 

[Oxford Dave]

Played along to a recording of the first Grateful Dudes gig I played (Hebden Bridge, 1st April 2018). Only 2 hours 40 minutes. Used the same Fender Jazz that I played that night, so at least it knew its way around.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Found this the other day, I do love a wee tune with a bass intro. Nothing as heavy as Motorhead but have a listen

View: https://youtu.be/UF8SciixT_0

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usz8j9qQXS8


I have work to do, and lots of learnings

 

[ColinJ]

This just popped up on YouTube for me... I am quite impressed!

 

[Drago]

Fender recently announced something not dissimilar in a semi hollow bodied electric.

 

[Oxford Dave]

I played along to a recording of our slot at the Summer of Love party 2018 this morning, 1 hr 45 mins as we had to start late as the previous band went on a bit ( as so often happens). Played my Sandberg Panther, it was last out of its case when we played in Camden early in February. It was still in tune!! It's far and away the best bass I've ever played, more natural than the Alembic I used at the festival I was listening to.

 

[Cycleops]

Just wondering if any you look at Davie504 on YouTube? He tends to put out some silly videos but is a very good bassist. Unbelievably he’s got 6.5 million subscribers.
He’s just had a new line of basses named after him by Chowny in the UK.

 

[Drago]

Oohh, discovered ash and mahogany PB bodies for sale on the gear4music website for very reasonable prices.

 

[Drago]

No bass practice today. I've had a grotty headache all day and just don't feel good for it.

 

[delb0y]

These videos are always a fortnight or so behind the times. I'm currently working on Minor Swing, but here's Avalon - the old Al Jolson classic from exactly 100 years ago. Who said I'm not hip to modern music?

View: https://youtu.be/1Qk24ma3B3I

 

[Seevio]

Being a proper bass player, I only generally change my strings when they break or when I can no longer put up with the guitarist's nagging. I do however make an effort to replace them every 5 years or so whether they need changing or not. If I wanted to restring my instrument every time the wind changes I'd have taken up guitar.

My dilemma is that while my current strings are almost new (less than 3 years old), I have taken delivery of a rather splendid looking set of strings...

Should I pimp my bass now and waste a perfectly good set of boring metal strings or should I wait for the natural replacement cycle?

 

[ColinJ]

Somewhat redundant arrows and 'Check out the color' message... You'd be able to spot those strings from 30 metres away in the dark!

 

[DCBassman]

Being a proper bass player, I only generally change my strings when they break or when I can no longer put up with the guitarist's nagging. I do however make an effort to replace them every 5 years or so whether they need changing or not. If I wanted to restring my instrument every time the wind changes I'd have taken up guitar.

My dilemma is that while my current strings are almost new (less than 3 years old), I have taken delivery of a rather splendid looking set of strings...
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Should I pimp my bass now and waste a perfectly good set of boring metal strings or should I wait for the natural replacement cycle?

Ah, what the hell - change 'em!

 

[Drago]

Did you guys watch the documentary about The shadows last night? Genuinely very interesting.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

First pedal, I totally didn't need. Wee 10w amp isn't sounding too bad 😂


View: https://i.imgur.com/FR8zUU8.jpg