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A Danelectro Longhorn, bought secondhand in 1969! Here I am playing in a folk rock band in Exeter in 1971 called Retrospect. I think that's a pick hanging out of my mouth, not a fag. We won the Melody Maker rock contest for the South West area, and then bombed miserably at the finals held at The Roundhouse in Camden. I remember we really felt like innocent country bumpkins up in The Big City. A young Phil Beer is the violin player here, since these early days he's had a long a well respected career playing with Paul Downs as 'Show of Hands' - well known on the folk circuit for many years. In 1972 I sent the Danelectro up to John Birch in Birmingham to fit a Rickenbacker back pup to this - hoping to get more punch and sustain. The result was an iconic bass ruined for no gain and quite a lot of expense, I recall. The stupidity of youth, as ever.

Already restricted, thanks. We’ve previously banned him but this time we’re going to make his posts and PMs visible to him only so he’ll have no idea. Theres a warning at the top of the wanted forum Cheers

Not easy, but while the two older daughters (2 and 9) played shop in the bedroom. Iris and I did some practice with the blue monkey keeping time. Anyone else got innovative ideas to keep playing while interacting with the kids...

Four more coats of gloss on the tops again today, I put the first two on with standard thinners and the last two with anti bloom to let the last coat flow a bit better. After about half an hour I pulled the masking tape of the fretboards. I think they are good now, they certainly look good (as in blemish free), the anti bloom should have gassed off well by tomorrow so I'll have a good look then to see if they are really done but I'm quietly confident tonight. So for the first time here's a hint of the finished things, once I'm happy they are good I'll grab a quick picture upright before hanging them up for a week or two to fully harden

I'm not certain yet that I will go for the maple neck but have started to work on it. First time in real terms using the router table. Fantastic! Neatest truss rod channel yet (small beginnings, but beginnings nevertheless ) And then the side profile band-sawn: The heel will have to have an extension added whatever, but the maple blank isn't deep enough to do that with just one - it will end up being a three piece heel. I'll have a think whether I can add a contrasting wood in there or whether that would look naff. If so, I'll revert to the mahogany / walnut blank I've also got and which is a touch deeper and would do achieve a two piece heel. I tell you what, after neck through basses, these necks are TIDDLY!

Dave Grohl seems like a lovely chap but the Foo Fighters are rock music for people who don’t like rock music.

The big gloves give it away.

Made his fortune when the previous owner of this bass had to buy a spare set of strings?

take of your knob and put a rubber washer under it, will still turn but will take more force to do so

This is going in the same direction as "what direction should I place my bass knobs" thread. There is a reason why you have never thought about it before. Because it is totally irrelevant.

I must be practicing too much I’ve only got 2 kids

As someone who works in the construction industry, my considered opinion is that you'll be ok with a Trace combo, as its gravitational pull is exactly equal to that exerted by the world, so the concrete flooring slab will be sandwiched between them quite safely 🤣

Haha! No, she doesn't want a natural finish on hers.. This one is purely for backup purposes, er, or something like that (depends on who is asking). She did say that she likes me making partscasters as it keeps me happy and gets me from "being under her feet too much" Which is a blatant pass to spend money to keep her happy...

Nothing virtual about it.....

I can’t remember the specifics, but there’s an audio clip on Youtube of a Rush gig where one of ‘em does a flub, and for a few seconds it collapses into a proper tuneless cacophony. just listen to that section on repeat.

I think Bilbo’s always struggled to understand why he should stoop to the levels of entertaining people less clever than himself 😄

nope, my playing is equally inept whatever colour bass I'm using.

The fretboard colour doesn`t make me play any differently but I do find that the colour of the bass itself influences my stage performance - with my black basses I`m more subdued, but when playing the white ones I tend to move about a bit more. Of course at 52 that really means shuffle around more on the same spot, but mentally I`m leaping and running around when the white bass is on.

Why is it pointless? I don't get comments like yours,it would seem that anything that isn't jazz is pointless to some people. Surely you play jazz classics,so that must be pointless too.

Our keyboard player used to travel with the drummer. Usually they would meet up half way and load into one car. At the end of one evening they loaded up the keyboard players car and he drove home. The next morning he found that one of his keyboards was missing. It had been left on the pavement leaning against a tree! 2 days later he got a call from a local music shop saying someone was trying to get in touch. They had found the keyboard and wanted to return it. All they had to go on was his name on the case and an internet search!! He gave the guy £50.

Yup it's happened to me. Left my bass, my amp head and a bag of leads/bits in the boot of the car while I dropped my then-girlfriend off at her house one night. When I came out half hour later the car was gone. I was working as a signwriter at the time in some pawn shops and gave them a list of the missing kit. Unbelievably I popped in a couple of days later to check up and a guy got off the bus outside carrying my bass on his back and came in to sell it so we nabbed him and called the police. Turns out he was very well known to them. Another shop rang about half an hour later with the rest of my stuff. The car was found dumped in a nearby alley the next day. Really shook me up and I immediately went and insured all my kit! Very fortunate that the thieves didn't know what any of it was and just tried to offload it locally - ironically to the people I was working for. Very lucky escape and three days I never want to relive!

Either this...or it is a trap So run, run now as fast as you can!

Lots of videos of kittens.

black gloss on maple

Something a bit more upto date for yall, check these out from Estonia, great stage craft live, and have loads of great ideas, have to say we are doing a cover version of beef grinder its so good. welcome to Lexsoul Dancemachine

I picked this up recently. Best P bass I’ve ever played.

My dad is a an old friend of Phil Beer's 🙂

It's chromatic.

Not sure Mrs Travis could carry another 48

Finding time to practice with 4 kids So you're in a 5 piece ?

No he’s on his way back from Cornwall, been bodyboarding/surfing with his grandad 😉

This +1m, I never come home from Rock City the same way I got to it!

Get yer drill out - it will be fine

First time I went over this (soon after it was put in so wasn't aware of it in advance) it was pelting down with rain and none of the white lines or arrows were visible. I was vaguely aware of going over what I took to be speedbumps (in reality, the mini roundabout circles) and went round it like a standard roundabout. Swindon kindly stopped to let me through.

Yup 😊. I've just had the email to confirm. It's being sent direct from Ampeg. Maybe the new management (Yamaha) are planning to discontinue them, and they're clearing out the warehouse? 🤷‍♂️

We have done some research - she's done a lot of decoupage - I think it will be classic rock posters or something similar - top only - back and sides natural - whole lot shot over with clear lacquer. Need to do a bit of experimenting but should make for an interesting build thread (!)

Andertons do a quick look at the SWB Pro bass and our new Bass-Mosphere pedal.

Fully loaded or empty..?

All basses are black in the dark. Anyway, why would you be looking at the body of your bass when playing it?

3.5 minutes?! I wish! Since the first album Foo Fighters have had the flabbiest arrangements in history! Even worse, they actually extend the songs when they play live, repeating choruses over and over.

After all these years, I still find myself wondering how Fender can possibly have re-invented such a simple instrument in so many ways. Does an American Standard Player Artiste Roadworn Signature model really sound any different from any other Precision? IME the only things that makes one P sound different from another P are (i) string choice, and (ii) fitting a hot pickup.

If you want roundabouts you should try Milton Keynes and it takes the title of s**t hole off Swindon aswell 😀

Started a separate thread then found this one so I’ll just leave this here too.... Brand new today!

I liked their first album all those years ago but their appeal for me has reduced with every album. I know what you mean about feeling like you should like them as I feel the same. I think they found their sound and have stuck to the same formula for the last twenty years, no bad thing necessarily but it's all a bit safe and 'Dad Rock' for my liking. They do what they do though and do it very well

Yes, the live version on the Dance Craze soundtrack album had that lyric. I've tried to get our frontgit Tim to use it, but it takes him long enough to learn stuff as it is...

Sh*t. If this is gonna be that kind of party, I’m gonna stick my d*ck in the mashed potatoes. In all seriousness - that looks like a very expensive case for some cheap tools if it costs £42.

Clever in the way the luthier has combined drum 'n' bass into the same instrument....

You might need to check the speakers used before deciding that. If they use 4 x 32 ohm speakers to give you a 8 ohm cab, you can simply connect your four cabs in parallel. but if they are wiring four 8 ohm speakers in series/parallel, then your separate box connections will be come a bit more complicated, and two 2x10" cabs might be an easier option. David

I thought it sounded quite good... 😂