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Cheeky little Monday night appearance at The Lamb in Marlborough last night. I used to underage drink here but a few days shy of my 50th, I was quietly confident that'd I'd smash the Think 25 policy that they now have! Another outing for my Thunderbird and I loved the night. My boss came down from my regular job and loved it, plus I must have known about 50% of the people there. We played well and a few locals looked us up on Spotify, which was cool. Doubly cool was that my stepson turned 16 and is a big fan of this band. We got him a band hoodie. Nick, the other half of the band, is also his teacher so I have the dubious honour of actually being his second favourite member of the band!

First outing with new (to me) prog Jazz rock band - all originals. A good evening out with a small but appreciative audience. The usual game of keeping the blunders as well hidden as possible, which for the first time out in this line up we did well. You can just see how we contained our drummer :), the eagle eyed will spot the Barefaced cab - Dubster being used with a fretless Warwick I had forgotten the joys of loading kit into the car, have an early meal, leave home at 5, drive for an hour, setup, play 2hrs +, pack kit up, drive home and sleep..... How did I ever do this when I had to work for a living as well.

Any excuse to have a P bass day 😁

Just acquired this beautiful pre-loved Panther Special from our own cattytown.

In my experience having owned four, Rics are like girlfriends, always a really good reason why we got together and always an equally good reason why it didn't work out..... Spent my whole life dating Rics, Wals, married a Precision 👍

Been updating/upgrading the little board recently, for when minimal effects are needed and/or lightweight is key. Pretty happy with this for clean tones.

G&L L2000 if you want a few sonic options. G&L L1000 if you need less sonic options. G&L SB-2 if you find a tone knob too much hassle.

Current iteration. Added the C4 and a midi controller in my chain

Cant be - the nut slots on the E and A strings aren't low enough

Has He Who Shall Not Be Named been at it?

...an accumulation of parts which I hope to put together. Some of you may have noticed I've been trying to acquire some parts. I've managed to find a slab body with a nicely figured top and a Tele bass neck. Nice natural tones so I've been looking for some gold tuners and bridge. Hoping to get some cream/ tan pickup covers. Here are some of the parts I've accumulated so far.

Did you not instantly turn into Joe Dart mate? Shocking isn’t it. I found the same with the Marcus Miller Jazz

There was one at Promenade when @lee650 and I went in after a few seaside shandies… I had no “OH MY GOD I HAVE TO BUY IT” - But it was pleasant

Another vote for the classical posture here 👍

It has to be unlined fretless. Not because that's good for rock but because I just think everyone should play unlined fretless 🤣🤣🤣

Jazz is good, neck pickup on full, bridge about 30% and you’re pretty near Precision territory, but it’s of course much more versatile, skinny neck might be off putting. Or maybe a Deluxe Precision - P/J pickups, option of active/passive, def the most versatile basses I’ve used.

Yesterday, I watched a YouTube video that someone had posted on here, where a guy refurbished a MM stingray neck. He applied some solder to each fret and ran the soldering iron up and down the frets to heat them, before removal.

Headphones ? Problem solved

This is normal. It’s a design choice which makes the FI trigger faster. A note-on trigger from the audio input is quicker to calculate than the time it takes to determine the pitch of a note. So, in order to provide fast triggering, the FI plays whatever note was previously played and pitches up or down to the new note as soon as its pitch has been determined. This is great for playing ghost notes on bass but does make octaves a tad frustrating. One suggestion I had made during development was to be able to switch this faster triggering off so that notes only play once pitch has been determined but there was no code space left. (The C4 has two modes, one which prioritises speed, the other which prioritises pitch accuracy.)

Strictly speaking, it’s not really tracking anything at all, which is why it’s fast. There’s no pitch detection in the Boss; it’s adding signal processing to the dry signal received. (The FI by contrast performs a pitch calculation and triggers a DSP oscillator.)

Watco, Swedish oil. The 1st coat of many to come.

Two peoples kindness/generosity in one photo. Firstly @Ricky Rioli for the set of Boomers, gratis, and secondly the guitarist in both of my bands for getting me a little BB for my birthday last week. I've gone rogue Ric and put them on my 734a first to see what they're like. Too early to tell yet but I'll report back. Thank you again. 🙂👍 And further to the 'new BBs aren't real BBs' debate (😉), this is a fantastic bass. I do really like the fat classic BBs but this is also a beauty. What's not to like? Gratuitous pic. 😊

@Burns-bass you hit the nail on the head and thanks for understanding the purpose of this sort video. It’s a very quick overview of how Blues landed in British to set the scene for my bass course that looks in detail at the bass players who were around in the so called ‘British Blues Explosion’ era. it was actually mainly to get the message across that the influences were the African-American Bluesmen as they are sometimes forgotten. Personally I think that’s more important than the other stuff. It was never meant to be an extensive or detailed look at the Blues or Skiffle scene in British so sorry if I offended anyone by leaving their favourites out. It’s a great idea to share anything that anyone thinks is useful to add as I can put those as footnotes in the description. Or maybe make a video on the other areas you mentioned. You might be surprised that it’s harder than you think! This is my first try at making a documentary style video (instead of my usual lessons) and it’s a learning curve so do bear that in mind. I’m very open to positive criticism but also remember that we are all bass players here and share a common goal. It’s easy to fire off a criticism from the comfort of your own armchair but there are real humans at the end of your messages!

Sorry, yeah, I missed that rather important bit off! The Thunderbird has always been my best sounding bass. I did a bass comparison video over lockdown and it was the one everyone singled out (bass sound samples on iphones must be gospel, right?!). So I knew the Thunderbird would sound amazing. Mine is surprisingly light too. The Blackstar was really good. I like the portability (coming from an Orange stack previously) and looks, but tonally it was brilliant. I use a lot of chorus and distortion with the duo (having previously not really used effects on the bass much before) and it does exactly what I want it to do. And thanks. My look is pretty much the same 24/7. I maybe tone it down by about 30% for the day job but otherwise I am dressed the same whether onstage or shopping in the local supermarket. I think my Dad gave up on my phase a couple of decades ago!

Epiphone Vintage Pro T-Bird

And stamps are for sticking on letters. Some folk collect milk-bottle-tops, others VW Beetles. Some collect basses. S'a funny ol' world.

I think that’s it, he looked a little ‘lost’ in the interview - comfortable and uncomfortable sums it up well. He doesn’t seem too sure what to play or what to say. It probably seemed a nice idea at the time, being approached for an interview, then when in the hot seat he looks distinctly uneasy … Probably doesn’t help having seven strings, no frets, no side markers, with a hawk chasing a rabbit as your only reference point!

Sometimes you just need to play more than one instrument! Thanks to Ableton Live here's piano, bass violin and Chapman Stick in one seamless, unedited live performance. Enjoy! Kevin

I quite liked him, he's an odd mix of comfortable and uncomfortable in that video, I wonder if he was simply having a bad case of stage fright in part because he's found himself a little out of his depth doing that interview? I'd happily sit and have a few beers with him 👍

yes I've heard that argument as well, but the fact there's so few reserve prices these days seems to suggest it doesn't work, certainly puts me off. Ebay don't charge for listing or relisting, unless you have extras. I've just checked there is an extra fee for a reserve price, so makes even less sense to me

Couple of live recordings of The Steelers debut gig (no overdubs) just as it was ! Using my Sadowsky Modern NYC into Vanderkley Aurora and LNT210. Warts and all so be gentle !!!!! Any ideas of venues for our 8 piece band very welcome guys 09 Home at last.mp3 06 Hey Nineteen.mp3

When it gets to that stage I know my opus is finished and ready for its adoring public... 😁

Ever have that feeling when you thought what you had down so far was actually pretty good, take a break from it for a couple of days, listen back and it's like... "what were you thinking?" My daughter's kind assessment: "You could use it to test people's hearing. Play it, and if they put their hands over their ears, their ears are working." Back to the drawing board I guess!

Iron Out The Rough Spots - Paul Young

Don't Talk To Me About Love - Altered Images

Crazy Trainee - Ozzy ( 2 for 1? )

Have you watched the video now? This is a basic primer, not an exhaustive list. It’s a very general gloss over the key points. As I said, if you’ve got constructive stuff to add then that’s great. But hanging the bloke out isn’t the community spirit we should aspire to on here. It’s not particularly accurate site, but it’s a brief intro. It would be easy to add a slide at the end of the video or description in the links of where someone can go for a day by day breakdown of what Eric Clapton had for breakfast each day in the 60s.

My rig from last night , photo from home. Lightweight , a ton of headroom , and thick warm tone. Berg HDN 210, Forte amp and Monique preamp.

Fantastic gig for us. The bands first trip to Aylesbury - home town of our guitarist, so very well attended. Venue (I believe) is fairly new. Called The Petri Dish, It's a rennovated shop on the high street, but done really well. We play originals, but to pad out to the requested 60min set, we added a few covers. One of them being Staring at the Rude Boys. We found out a couple of hours before doors open Ruts DC guitarist Leigh Haggarty would be in attendence. Cue squeaky bum. I played my Nate Mendel P bass through and Orange Bass Butler through my Little Bass Thing effect return through Orange 2x10 & 2x12. Great venue, great sound, great crows, great night.

Funnily enough, when I first took up bass guitar as a teenager, my first actual amp was a Marshall JCM800.