Recent content by kingforaday

yeah, this. When I first got a T-40 (15-20 years ago?) I was setting it up and playing around with the neck tilt and found that just the slightest adjustment made the setup feel absolutely perfect for me. I think a lot of people hate them because you can see a lot of examples of these with split...

Hofner club bass… I avoided hofners and the like for a for a long time, but eventually gave in to curiosity. While it’s not something I’d play all the time, it’s just an awesome fun thing to play. Almost like it’s a completely new/alien to me instrument in the way I approach playing it, the...

Hohner Jack headless bass… my uncle had one when I was growing up, and I’d always try and sneak a quick play on it cuz it was just so easy and fun to play. Years later, remembering that, I bought one. It was awful. I couldn’t get on with the neck profile at all, and just something about it made...

Not bass but when I started drumming as a kid, my Dad gave me his old kit, but forgot to give me a bass drum pedal… I taught myself to play along to songs, and somehow made it work playing the floor tom as the kick drum parts. I genuinely believed the bass drum was just there to hold the other...

I played in a rock n roll/rockabilly band doing original songs, and we found that once we added in about 6 or 7 cover songs spread out into the set (that were either well known chart hits reworked to the style or rock n roll standards) people were far more receptive to the set as a whole. Once...

Awesome bass! Don’t stress too much on the price, I’ve paid more and also less for some in my collection, but they’re all worth it really… you got it and that’s what counts! I also tried flats on one fairly recently and really like the sound and feel (pretty much always played nickel...

I thought that when we moved house last year… maybe I just have too many cases?!

Love an OC2! I’ve owned a few different ones (MIJ, MIT, ‘octaver’ version) and managed to pick one up a couple of years ago in one of my best deals ever… listed a boss tu2 tuner for sale and a guy messaged me and said “will you trade for this boss oc2 pedal?” - yes, yes I will.

Nice! I’m envious! We moved house in the middle of last year, and the new place needs a fair bit of work before I’ll get to sorting out my music space. I will end up with a whole room dedicated to it though so it’ll be worth it!

Nice one, these are really cool and sound great. Sunburst is great on these abs I love the grain on yours

The only time I have was when a mass brawl broke out and with no security it just went on and on… once the pint glasses and pool balls started flying around the room, I started packing up. It was an acoustic duo and the guitarist was like “oh, are we done” I just looked at him in disbelief and...

I really like that description of it. I totally agree, i just feel it so much more than other instruments. I play guitar and drums too and they’re great but being the bassist in a band is a fantastic position to be in. I love being that link between rhythm and melody, and just the sheer power of...

I think this is a really interesting different perspective on things… I think both ways have pros and cons of course, but you definitely need to work out when to encourage and when to ease off… because there are times when both are required. I was just talking to my girlfriend about this and...

Reading these makes me think of my own experience as a kid… my parents play (and so do aunties, uncles, cousins, etc etc) my older brother is a ridiculously good guitarist, it was inevitable I was gonna play. I feel like I came to it later though… no one nagged me to start playing. I think...

Another undiagnosed (but pretty blatant) person with ADHD here! It’s so strange reading this as it’s literally me. People can’t understand why I just don’t play anymore, but have such an enormous collection of music gear, and am totally obsessed with music. Yep, once I set on something it’s...