The Bassist and Guitarist thread

[Cycleops]

Ricky Skaggs is a fantastic instrumentalist and pretty mean banjo player. One of my favourites too. I remember him saying in an interview once that he was listening to Earl Scruggs to improve his technique but it made him want to throw his banjo out of the window.
Steve Martin is a accomplished player too:



View: https://youtu.be/rrlqQ1_vZVE

 

[Drago]

Skaggs is brilliant on the mandolin too. A brilliant musician.

 

[wandererWill]

I had tried learning guitar by myself. While tuning, I accidentally broke it. That was the shortest learning session of my life. Gave up after that

 

[Cycleops]

Did you know that the ticking click on Dark side of the moon is actually a Bass? I had no idea.


View: https://youtube.com/shorts/xQtvU2kXK44?feature=share

 

[GuyBoden]

You can get nice Guitar stickers for your wall, they are cheaper than buying actual guitars.

 

[Cycleops]

 

[Drago]

I take the Steinerger with me when I travel.

 

[wandererWill]

Nice idea. It won't break either

 

[Drago]

Ive been learning the bass part to this...


View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KWxDGQm2hKk&pp=ygUeY3JlZWRlbmNlIGkgcHV0IGEgc3BlbGwgb24geW91


That's got to be one of the best guitar solos of all time. Just sublime.

 

[Cycleops]

Decided to get back into six string again. Difficult to get something here, plenty of Fender Strats but all are fakes. I've found this 2012 made in china Squire Affinity on the local equivalent of Gumtree locally for 1000cedi (£70).
What do you think? It's filthy dirty and there's corrosion on the metal parts but the body looks okay. Could be a good project.
One guy has a Fender Starcaster up for 3 1/2 times the price but I believe quality is below Squire.

 

[Cycleops]

What about this @Drago , a Yamaha Motion MB III Bass. From the early eighties.

Pretty cool. The guy had it advertised for £175 as brand new. I told him it wasn't but nearly forty years old and he must have researched it and increased it to £265. They go for about double on Reverb and eBay.
It's a 32" scale.

 

[Drago]

I'm a long-scale man. I have two short scales, but the ladies like to see me on stage with my 34 incher in my hands.

 

[DRM]

I'm a long-scale man. I have two short scales, but the ladies like to see me on stage with my 34 incher in my hands.

Oooerrr fancy wandering round on stage wielding that!!!

 

[DRM]

Decided to get back into six string again. Difficult to get something here, plenty of Fender Strats but all are fakes. I've found this 2012 made in china Squire Affinity on the local equivalent of Gumtree locally for 1000cedi (£70).
What do you think? It's filthy dirty and there's corrosion on the metal parts but the body looks okay. Could be a good project.
One guy has a Fender Starcaster up for 3 1/2 times the price but I believe quality is below Squire.

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I think there's a very nice strat lurking under all that gunge, a good clean & fettle, it'll be good to go
Edit: The other good thing with strats is that there are loads of aftermarket upgrades easily available, that can turn it from a good guitar, to a bl**dy great guitar

 

[Badger_Boom]

I think there's a very nice strat lurking under all that gunge, a good clean & fettle, it'll be good to go
Edit: The other good thing with strats is that there are loads of aftermarket upgrades easily available, that can turn it from a good guitar, to a bl**dy great guitar

And affinity series Squiers (or certainly older ones) are allegedly built to similar specs as 'real' ones, unlike my 2021 Argos special hardtail which has a plywood body only about 2/3 normal thickness.