Recent content by vometia

Same story with my TRB4/II, pretty much. Absolutely beautifully-made and designed bass, can't fault it at all, but its tone just wasn't for me, no matter what I did with it: I wanted a P sound so I should've bought a P (which I did eventually, though I also eventually realised my original...

That's the guy I was trying to think of. Seems he has several of them, same skinny neck on at least one other I've seen.

For all the controversy, this topic has persuaded me to buy a 4003. I mean I've had a bit of a "hmm..." thing going on for years about Rickenbackers, starting with "I don't like the sound" but it's gradually grown on me over the years. Not sure if it's coincidental that I've also recently...

Oh, yeah, that's the one! I thought Pacific Blue didn't sound quite right. Blue Dawn it is.

Thanks! And I was really surprised to discover I could play fretless especially given that my dexterity is really bloody awful (I play fingerstyle because I kept missing the strings with a plectrum...) but I was faffing around with someone's double bass one day and discovered I could play it...

I think that's the same finish as mine; can't remember the name offhand, but this is it (apologies if I've posted it before). I remember really wanting the Burnt Apple one at the time but the blue really grew on me. Still can't make up my mind about the black or white pick-guard though, I keep...

Was wondering about that myself. In the end I never tried it, though not for particularly good reasons. Normally I'd say that, as someone who likes to play right by the bridge, it might make the bass feel awkward; but considering my "problem bass" is only a short scale that's not so much of a...

Surprised to see so many Warwicks mentioned: but then again, I've never handled one myself. I guess they are fairly small-bodied which seems to be the cause of the problem. I love the way they sound but they sound like a bit of a handful!

Daisy Rock Heartbreaker. Everyone should own a short-scale, and everyone should own a Daisy Rock :p but nobody should play something with that much neck-dive. D: Pity, it's such a fun-looking bass and is actually quite decent but the wonky balance makes it almost unplayable, especially as...

When I was younger I think I felt a certain amount of shame having a cheapo bass. If only it said Fender on the headstock I'd be taken more seriously. If only it said that, I'd be a better bass player, because it's the bass' fault. Years later I still kinda suck at bass but I finally learnt...

That's really lovely: a sort of "watercolour bass". I want it. :D At risk of sounding a bit flippant, we have an olivewood cheeseboard and it is actually a very attractive piece of wood. Dunno how generally suitable it is for basses, but it's certainly quite pretty.

I've just rekindled my love for my TRB4II, probably thanks to playing through headphones after my long period of unconvincing acoustic pinging that made up my increasingly rare bass practice. I dunno why, it's the bass that was constantly overlooked next to my Stingrays, GB and more recently a...

GB (Bernie Goodfellow) Rumour 4:

New bass this week, because, er, well because I felt like it. Actually it's something I've been pontificating about for a long while during another prolonged lack-of-bass-playing period in my life. The bad news is that I've got really rusty and my bass playing sucks. The good news is that the...

My Stingray being modelled by a fat halfwit. Another Blue Dawn because, as has already been mentioned, Blue Dawn is awesome.