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  1. I am primarily a bass player but as we haven't gigged for years due to my job, I tend to spend most of my noodling time on guitar. I have a Blackstar combo and a Joyo distortion pedal. I am completely underwhelmed with the Joyo and wondered if anyone had any recommendations as to which distortion is best. I just want a nice warm distortion. Not too metal or fuzzy but something that gives a nice lead sound. I don't want to spend hundreds of pounds as I am just playing in the spare room but still want a decent sound. Does anyone have any recommendations as to which pedal is best?

  2. This was the first guitar that I built. I wasn't too sure about getting a really nice finish, so I painted it and distressed it. I'm quite happy with it and it plays beautifully. Wilkinson pick ups. I bought the bits online and made it up but my next build is going to be a Les Paul from a kit. Im using the kit for the body and neck but I have ordered Wilkinson humbuckers and I will get electrics from KiOgon over on bass chat.

    I will keep you posted.

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  3. On 13/09/2021 at 09:28, ubit said:

     

    It's hardly a build diary. I am merely trying to show the op that making a guitar can work out cheaper than buying a budget guitar.

     

     

     Might I add? It's also a lot more fun and you feel that the guitar is a part of you rather than a shop bought item

  4. On 12/09/2021 at 19:47, ezbass said:

    Return it and swap for the one you actually wanted?

     

     

    I should have done but I had destroyed the packaging and left feedback. I will do something with it as I do have a router. I just can't be bothered at the moment as I would have to buy other things like a table to clamp it, templates etc.

  5. I have decided to build a Les Paul now. I bought a body from eBay but stupidly didn't double check the pictures and it has come without the pick up holes routed out or the inside tunnelling for the wiring. I have a router but having to buy templates and stuff kind of put me off so I have shelved that one for the time being and I bought a kit from Amazon. In my defence the same companies other bodies had the pick up holes routed. I just bought the wrong one.

    I have ordered a set of Wilkinson humbuckers from Amazon. The kit is purely to get a body and neck and I will replace all the hardware with better quality as I want and I will get a wiring loom from KiOgon.

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  6. On 19/08/2021 at 09:47, EdwardMarlowe said:




    This is a really nice looking Strat type you've built. Was the neck from a Fender, or did you just add a Fender decal? 21 frets, nice. 22 is not a deal breaker for me, but if I had my druthers, I'll take the original 21 every time, never much cared for the 'hanging' 22nd fret. Pickups look like they may well have started off in a Vintage. Daphne blue looks fab - did you do the relicing yourself? Really nice, light touch to it - looks 'real'. So easy to go OTT on a relic job, but this looks absolutely fab. 

     

     

    Thanks mate, sorry I haven't been on here for a while. The neck was just one I got from eBay. I put the decal on myself. I am never going to sell it as a Fender so wasn't bothered. The relic'ing I did myself and I didn't want to over do it, So as you say just a light touch. I bought the pick ups from KiOgon over on Basschat who does a great service if you are looking for any electrical hardware.

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  7. On 12/08/2021 at 11:24, ezbass said:

    I used to have little chats back and forth with the lead singer, often going for innuendos. The trick is not to speak too quickly so that it doesn’t become gobbledygook for the audience.

    I also have the problem of a West Coast of Scotland accent which doesn't lend itself well to talking through a mic. Especially as I also have a deep voice. I used to have to slightly put on a voice to try and be understood.

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  8. Banter is when it's going back and forth. I can chat to anyone but as I say on stage where everyone else can hear it becomes harder. You are aware that you might say something that everyone laughs at or even worse if you say something funny that no one laughs at. If someone shouts out a funny comment and you cannot think of a humorous retort until half and hour later kind of thing.

  9. 11 hours ago, Skinnyman said:

    So this married woman becomes obsessed with you and buys (and ships) you a bass?

     

    I’ve had a couple of stalkers over the years but none of them have bought me a bass. I wonder what I’m doing wrong?

    Honestly mate, it was way over the top. She was obsessed. I would send her maybe two emails week and she would bombard me with emails. I was single at the time so put up with it. Once her husband mailed me I was angry at his attitude because he blamed me and I had no idea she was married. I had never even met her. After I had calmed down I cut right down on the mails because frankly it was making me very uncomfortable. She was a bit of a nutter I think. To be so obsessed with someone she had never met and had only watched a couple of videos of us playing was creepy. I still have the bass right enough 🤔

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  10. 19 hours ago, Skinnyman said:

    Blimey.

     

    Just….. blimey

    Tell me about it. My band mates would not believe me when I told them a girl I had never met had sent me a brand new P bass. I found it hard to swallow myself I mean it was WAY too much and made me feel quite ill. It got worse when her husband emailed me and called me for everything. I didn't even know she was married. It gave me an out right enough.

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  11. On 06/08/2021 at 09:10, Dad3353 said:

    Well, there's your answer right there. Rehearse.

    Impossible to rehearse banter between yourself and punters. Its ok at a large concert venue but in a bar you can hear what people are saying in the "crowd".

  12. I had a girl that I got talking to from America. I never ever met her we just chatted online. Trouble is she got a bit over the top and serious to the extent that she asked me what my dream bass would be. Next thing I knew a brand new American Standard Fender Precision arrived. All custom charges were paid. I tried to give her the money for it but she categorically refused. When I met my current partner she wanted me to get rid of anything to do with  my exes. When she found out about this girl, who I still emailed now and again mostly out of guilt, she demanded that I cease all communication. I did but have never told her which bass is the one that she sent as she would want me to sell it. 

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  13. Why don't you build a guitar? I built a Strat out of bits from Ebay. I bought the electrics from KiOgon over on Basschat which includes Wilkinson pickups I painted the body myself and set it up myself. It sounds amazing and cost a lot less than even a Squire Strat. Im going to do a Les Paul next.

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  14. We played bars most of the time so when we were in our heyday we would invariably have a few drinks. This would settle my nerves and strangely lubricate my throat for singing. I know that vocal teachers would say this is wrong but I found if I sang sober I would start to struggle after the first set. Stage fright was well gone by then, so I don't know what it was but a few pints would help me sing. Obviously if I got too pished my playing would suffer so it was a fine line. I feel for people who get stage fright because I got it bad unless we had everything rehearsed to the hilt.

  15. My brother in law is one because he can play any stringed instrument to a very high standard. He is left handed but learned right handed. He annoys me because he is that good. that him on the acoustic

     

     

    After that I would say Mark Tremonti because he is just amazing

     

    Lastly Slash purely for A- his sound and 2- his feeling!

     

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  16. 41 minutes ago, Skinnyman said:

    I have reported this to the relevant authorities.

     

    😁

    The last time I was practising, I was starting to get speed up with playing the rolls that are prevalent in Bluegrass music. Next thing Mrs Ubits son came through and closed over the door. Talk about being shut down without a word.

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  17. Kudos to the points above. I was learning with a teacher and lets not beat around the bush, a one on one lesson face to face with a teacher is the best way to learn. Unfortunately, it's hard at the moment but things are opening up. My problem was my guitar teacher charged me £23 per lesson and spent most of it chatting to me about my job or my basses. I would get the last ten minutes of a lesson. My job doesn't allow me to plan far ahead now so I have to rely on online lessons. At least they don't chat to you and waste time!

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