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Saw it last night. I'm not a Queen 'fan' but enjoy their music so went with an open mind to watch an entertaining film, not a documentary. I really enjoyed it, everything musically was realistic enough, more so than a lot of films with actors playing musicians. I found it quite emotional in places (glad it was dark in there) and uplifting and joyous in others. It said enough about Freddies life without going into unnecessary gory details and of course the film centres on Freddie, he was the star in Queen so was the the star in the film. All in all I think it's a great film. I liked the nod from Mike Myers towards the Wayne's World scene which was slipped in.

We went last night. We like their music but we're not dedicates fans as such. So can't comment on time lines. IMHO they did enough on Freddie's private life. His family struggled with it then and there's no need to drag it out any further. As @blue says, John Deacon was an amazingly good look a like, and acted pretty well too. We'll probably go again, as we have Cineworld Unlimited.

I bought a used Fender P in NYC about 8 years ago. I was fully prepared to declare it at customs, I stood there for 10 minutes with the case in my hand, nobody showed up. All the guards were over in the ‘nothing to declare’ area trying to catch people sneaking through and they completely ignored me so I just left. I thought I scored but the bass turned out to be a fake anyway.. Legit neck, random body. Still my favourite bass though.

Strings. Four of them.

Do you think you'll play sitting down, or standing up with a strap on?

I saw it today. I loved it. It was a really good rock movie. Keep in mind I'm not real picky or critical about this kind of stuff. I went to the theater to be entertained and I was. Was it me or did the bass player Joseph Mazello look a lot like John Deacon? Blue

New bass, Reverend Mercalli 4, barefaced super twin, markbass little mark ii.

I've always thought a zero fret instead of relying on the nut for string height was a good idea

Coincidentally, I recently had a similar sort of jam, where I was the new guitarist, drums and bass already played in a different band. We just jammed some grooves, I played rhythm, and gave the bass room to extemporise, and i played a few melodic lines and tried to avoid widdling, for the most part . The drums just played funky with very little in the way of fills and certainly no solo! We gave each other space and it was really enjoyable. Was kinda nerve wracking for me as I hadn't played guitar in a band for 17 years. One of the bands they like is the New Mastersounds, and the resulting recording wasn't too far off, for a first time jam. So, it can be done!

Can he edit it to add some stuff in to make it last more than 30 seconds?

Sorry I'm not allowing it - it's a great tune!!

One of the things that @eude and I have been discussing is the colour of the fretline markers. We've gone for redwood veneer which should compliment nicely with the top. Here is a sample I did on our cherry cupboard at home, which will be a similar colour tone to the finished katalox: Should look pretty classy. I'm aiming to have all the fretlines installed tomorrow.

So ..... few times over the last few years i was lucky enough to do some music for advert and television .... the guy was really nice and he told me he saw a video contaning my music which i ve done for a media company in London . However , he told me they already have a music composer that they have worked for years but he told me they are very busy and need a hand . when i asked him what kind of movie it was i was shocked ! Never done music for a porn tv before so i went for it . Checked the website and they have won loads of awards in the last 5 years, big company . now , just purchased a 50 inch 4k tv just for this job ahahahahahahahaha and another positive thing is that i can never get caught "sorry love im working "ahahahahahah

@Al Krow, The volume knob is notched and each click provides an increase in loudness. In my opinion it's smooth. My Quilter is very similar in that regard and my Ashdown seems to give you more earlier in the stage especially when the compressor is engaged. The Mosfet is definitely the more modern sounding of the two heads. The Tube has more of a low-mid presence with controls set flat on each in my opinion. I don't have much experience with full blown tube amps. The T does offer more warmth than the M but there wasn't a night & day difference to my ears with the gear that I had during the period when both were under my roof. The cabs that I had then all were a little more vintage sounding. They were a pair of old Genz Benz 112s which I still own and two pairs of Ashdown cabs without tweeters (Mi 10 & ABM Mini 408 Neo). The T isn't wild & woolly and the M isn't sterile. They're each just nice clean sounding amps but again, I do feel that T is warmer. My experience with compressors is also not very extensive. I've owned a couple of quality pedals that didn't get used much. I'm sure that there are better compressors but with the limited amount of usage that I have given the unit on the Veyron, I can't say that I've encountered anything that turned me off. Here's a video of the Veyron M being played by the same guy in the previous video that I posted. He's got the Ultra High & Ultra Low engaged which sort of sccops the sound....

For a period of time, I owned both the Mosfet and the Tube versions. My plan was to make a decision on which I liked more and the other would be returned to the vendor. I liked them both and couldn't decide. I kept each of them for more than a year until I sold the Tube to fund another amp purchase. Right now my amps are the Quilter Bass Block 800, Ashdown Rootmaster RM-800 EVO and the Veyron Mosfet. Who knows how they came up with the 2000 watts rating. 500 watts? I feel pretty confident with saying that I think it is more powerful than that. With respect to volume, it compares very favorably to the amps that I named above which are rated at 800 watts RMS.

Long ago, I once did Einstein on the beach. Terrible soundtrack that got! "One two three four, one two three four five six, one two three four five six seven eight, one two three four, one two three four five six, one two three four five six seven eight." Never again!

And one lined fretboard

That gap in the neck pocket is a handy place to store plectrums and business cards, probably get a couple of cables and a spare pack of strings in there too:

This is a well-known thing - a guitarist who wants other musicians to play so that he (and it is invariably a he!) can go widdly-widdly-wee to his heart's content.

This is what Martin have on their performing artist series. just a little window - maybe a little limpet on the back of the headstock, imagine a miniaturised reversed Stratocaster jack socket with this fella looking at you. would work off vibration like a clip on tuner... for reference these circles are about as big as a 1p coin.

Getting a simple and effective unit on a solid body in a position that’s viewable when playing is hard - acoustics have the big slab side to fit them in easily and they are viewable when playing

Awww! Thank you! The original flip finish was pretty amazing, but when it went back for it's service (after 8 or 9 years active use!) it came back with the new crackled chameleon flip paint finish - and whatever he did it plays and sounds better than ever! My 7 string I think will be next for a service but no need just yet. Still going strong in to it's 10th year. Maybe nearer 11 I forget. Jon is a really nice guy; an understanding engineer who really knows his wood choices. I can't think of a better way to understand more about our basses, so I would recommend the course. Jon is a great teacher. Thing is though, now I know what he is capable of, my next two basses have already been planned... on paper at least!

Absolutely! As a massive Carole King fan, ‘Pleasant Valley Sunday’ is up there as one of my all time favourite songs. Lots more of their stuff is great too, including ‘Last train to Clarksville’ and ‘A little bit me..’

Impressive that you have a cupboard dedicated to storing cherries.

As a kid, we all knew someone who had easy access to 5th generation copied porno on VHS cassettes. A mate of mine was very keen to show me a recording of something he thought I'd find hilarious but for all the wrong reasons; popping the tape in, there were trailers for forthcoming porno films. The trailer in particular featured a blonde woman on a boat with two guys. There was an America-accented dialogue with references to a 'double-banger sequence you'll never forget' and the accompanying music? The theme from the Nicholas Parson's vehicle, Sale Of The Century. It obviously etched itself onto our addled teenage minds. I was out with him last night and 30+ years later it still gets a mention, one us us apeing the narrative while the other hums the theme tune.

Bring on the fluffer, I'm losing wood...

Time to dust off the wah pedal.

First gig I ever went to was the Hyde Park show in 76. Saw them loads of times. Watched the film last night and loved it. The audience loved it. Loads of laughing out loud and for me, tears!! What a big girl, but music can get me like that!

I seem to remember there was a thread about this a while back, but I thought it might be interesting to float it again: What design features have you seen on a bass guitar that you think they should all have? I'll open with three: -- Safety catch on the jack input so the cable can't be pulled out accidentally. I've had this on my Jazz+V and Ibanez 6. -- (Active only) Active / passive / standby control options. I used the standby a lot when I had it, on the J+V. -- (Active only) Easily opened battery compartment separate from the rest of the electronics. The first time I've seen this is on my Ibby 6. I do check batteries regularly, but it's so much easier to do when you don't have to faff about with a screwdriver, and then carefully avoid deranging the rest of the more or less carefully installed wiring, and losing the very small screws. Interested to hear anyone else's views on this (including any luthiers here!)

Decided to take my original ABM500evo RC on last nights gig. First time I’ve gigged it with my Barefaced Big Twin 2. I’ve owned the ABM for about 10 years, but have been using various class d’s since owning the BF cab, and for the last couple of years, I’ve been using a GK MB Fusion. I’m not really sure what prompted the decision to dig it out of the spare room and use it, but I’m glad I did, it sounded great. Used my Dingwall NG2 all night, and I’m not sure if it was the contrast of hifi bass and cab paired with the warmer old school tone of the ABM, but it just worked! So much so that it’s going back into a rackcase tomorrow and I’m going to use it for the remainder of this year’s gigs. To think, I put it up for sale a couple of years ago for £175 but it didn’t sell, maybe it wasn’t meant to be. These older ABM’s are an absolute bargain on the used market.

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Getting back to the subject of the signature bass for @Joe Hubbard Bass For those who haven't even checked it out. Here's a vid: The subject of similarity to Spectors or even Streamers isn't relevant here. I'm really pleased @Joe Hubbard Bass is thrilled with the bass. It's good to see the care and attention to detail. How many makers drill holes for the bridge and then countersink the holes to get the burrs off, so they can be certain the bridge will lay flat? OK, don't give me a list, but you don't get that everywhere. Sorry, Joe, I would have prefered the natural colour of wood to the the custard colour with naked maple for the neck, but each to their own. Warwick have done a very neat job matching the grain of the body to the wood used in the cover on the back. You obviously didn't like the standard quick-release covers for the battery replacement and the truss-rod covers. I always thought they were a good idea, but I guess you have gone for looks rather than practicality? The Dunlop strap locks are a good touch too. Yet, here's the video of the final result. The important part is the tone, I guess, this starts at 10.00mins in. Any chance, Joe, of a demo of the tone variants in the bass showing the different pickups and controls?

I enjoy playing with both pizzicato and plectrum. But it took rigour and discipline! It's the slap/pop bit that, for some unknown reason, I'm not attracted to. But I was raised with big band music on the radio. I need a walking line or to play in half-time, the Latin box or rock riffs. I like the melody and harmony in rhythm. Percussion only is not for everyone. I play either PZ/PL depending on the song. Some lines sound better to me with a pick (I Think We're Alone Now, Hang On Sloopy, Good Vibrations...). Those type of lines work and sound better with plectrum. And I can't imagine a car chase scene in a movie unless the bass is on plectrum power. Whereas, jazz and blues need the fingers to do the walking. But I'm speaking in generalities. Leave your band for another and you'll find yourself doing something different. I hope you had fun singing along with Sloopy! I know the McCoys did! She reminds me a little of Andy Capp! Could be Flo had a daughter. . My bass journey has been inspired by records alone. I drove myself nuts until I could learn two finger pizzicato back in the incubator because of James Jamerson on every restaurant juke box. Then, the sound of a plectrum on a muted heavy-gauge flat-wound string attracted my ear, courtesy of Carol Kaye, Sir Paul McCartney and Ladi Geisler. I heard the great Rod Hicks playing a fretless Ampeg bass with Paul Butterfield and immediately ordered a fretless. I bought a Fender Jazz when I turned to rock and pop. Ray Brown's swinging walking lines caused me to go out and finally buy a double bass. Trying to capture the original vibe that made the song a hit in the first place drives me to change techniques accordingly. But all the great slap-pop bassists in the world can't entice me to "frappe la pouce en bois". Love Disease 6/8 fretless Ampeg bass: Ladi Geisler with Bert Kaempfert's Orchestra. "Knack-Bassen unde Dankeshoen!" The proper way to hold a plectrum! (and this may comes as a surprise for some!) Right Way! Wrong Way! Way wrong way! I caught on when I realised that biggest part about playing bass with a plectrum is to hide most of the pick and rotate only the wrist while resting the forearm firmly against the bass hip. That's why the body is bevelled there (Thank you Leo!). After those three tricks are mastered, one can modify to suit. Carol Kaye's books were most helpful. Holding the plectrum like Mel Bay also makes sense to me, now. And just enough plastic showing proud to push the string. A small wrist arcing motion separates the string and plectrum to avoid interference while alternating up and down strokes. There's no chance of resting the fingers on the pickguard to slow you down and the closed fist acts like a spinning ballerina, spinning faster as she pulls in her arms and legs close to her center of gravity. The effects of centripetal force is kindly and gracefully exhibited by these wonderful ladies! The double bass will introduce one to the bow! No bassist should ignore this if they ever get the chance to buy a DB. I always felt that to be a bass player, you have to play a DB. When I finally bought one, I changed all my fingering to Simandl and now apply it to the Fender bass also. I reserve the 1-2-3-4 guitar fingering for guitar and banjo where it belongs. (Or the dusty end of the bass guitar.) The plectrum suffers undue criticism because pizzicato is what distinguishes the bass player from other string players. So to be a "real" BP, one must walk the talk. But the plectrum offers another tonal palette to be explored. Just as any possible combination of five digits. Harmonics, tapping, slap/pop... We should never sell ourselves short. Pick 'em all over time.

The wanted forum is slightly different, in that the bumping and reply permissions are not enabled.

I had to learn, I’m in the mood for dancing by the Nolan’s for a garden party last summer , the really sad thing is I enjoyed it 😔

I don't think it was ever a "trick" - they probably wouldn't check into the USA, but out of it, with a bass, they'd need to see evidence of ownership prior to the trip (ie you'd need to prove it was already yours, not bought in the UK). Do you have a receipt for that crappy old bass? With the serial number and description of the new one??

Im picking this up tomorrow! Well excited! '76 Electra Elvin Bishop with Bareknuckle PG Blues Pickups £500

I always think of buying gear as 'choose two from three' - you can only have two of the following - light, cheap & good sound. So, if you want it to sound good and be light, it's going to cost you. If you want light weight and cheap. it ain't going to sound so good, and if you want good sound and cheap, it's going to be heavy. The only exception would be if you were lucky enough to find someone selling on a modern lightweight high quality cab for less than it's worth. Otherwise either your back, your ears, or your wallet is going to suffer!

Again, not true. There are all sizes of drivers and multiples of them. These are all designed and used in conjunction with the aims of the designer. If you think a 15" driver is the way to get low end, you're thinking is out by 30 years.

Yes, the SPL is the thing to balance out. People get confused when a Barefaced cab can have the same SPL as an SVT810. One's bigger with more drivers so it must be louder?! Right?!! The sound of a cab is determined by the design of the driver and the design of the cab, not the size of the driver. There are a lot of parameters that beat driver size before you arrive at the sound of a particular cab.

I went there in the early 90's to try an Alembic Stanley Clarke (only place in the country that had one), I had a Jaydee Supernatural at the time & thought the Alembic would be an upgrade. Got to test the SC against a Jaydee roadie they had in & the Jaydee was IMHO much better!!! Whilst there I tried a Graphite neck Vigier that had just the sound I wanted at the time but it was fretless, they didn't have a Status in at the time but I got to try one later in Birmingham & fell in love!! Great shop, great staff very helpful & just let you try stuff. Those were the days!! Wouldn't of had the chance to compare & find out without them. Still got My Jaydee & still play Status to this Day Brendan

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