Dad3353

There's two minutes of my life I'll never get back.

Good afternoon, LB, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share. I've never lived in Dublin, but I've read that it's a great city.

Just to humour you, diatonic means no accidentals (sharps or flats, in Western music...). Examples of diatonic instruments would be diatonic accordions and harmonicas, and the dulcimer.

Most guitars and basses have removable knobs, with set-screws, grub screws or simply pull-off. It's a relatively easy mod to do, and so have one's own preferred style of knob on the instrument. That's what I would do if I didn't like 'em (and have done, several times...). No big deal, I say.

Yes, as is fitting for '50s-styled semi-hollow bass..! Would day-glo knobs look better on it..?

You're on a hiding to nothing with this one, lad. Your blinkers are showing.

Most..? Much modern pop, perhaps (but even then, perhaps not...), but I'd reckon that most music contains accidentals; often lots..! The music that I listen, to, compose and play certainly does..!

Good evening, C3 , and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Good evening, John, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

My car radio doesn't have 18" speakers, but I can get a decent reggae sound from 'em. (Or at least, I could if I listened to reggae through it, but I don't... ). Speaker size and 'tone' are not directly linked. Think ear-buds. No good for reggae tone..? Hmm...

Maybe a tethered Blimp over Hyde Park..?

Indeed; if the instrument is of decent manufacture and has been stable for the past forty-odd years, it would be detrimental to alter anything. Best left in its current state, strung up with balanced string/truss rod tension, in that case.

Get a high-quality studio photo of each bass printed up, full size. Frame and hang those on the walls, optionally with attractive lighting; leave the basses in their cases in a secure, temperate room (not the attic...), to be taken out and checked up on regularly (quarterly..?). That's how museums and art galleries keep their produce intact for so many decades.

Good morning, Nirolf, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Good morning, Rich, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

The 'skunk stripe' is a sliver of wood covering the slot routed out of the neck to allow for insertion of the truss rod. Not all Fender guitars and basses have their truss rod inserted in that fashion; they would have the slot routed out under the fingerboard, before it's glued up. It's not an aesthetic stripe; it's part of the way the instrument was manufactured. Just sayin'.

I can't agree with that. There are some excellent methods out there, on theory, technique and/or composition/harmony, plus transcriptions of 'greats'. Not to say that listening isn't useful (it is...); reading (or rather: 'studying'...) has its place too.

Weld one. Is that an electric guitar..? What bright spark thought that one up..? There's maybe a grounding problem to be sorted. Any good for metal..?

Good morning, Josh , and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Good evening, DB, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

In that case, if it's unavoidable, best embrace it as a 'feature', and take reassurance every time one's thumb feels it, by thinking 'Ah, yes, it's still there..! Good..!'. Make a 'positive' of it.

Wouldn't a bit of sandpaper fix any perceived issue..?

Full Range Flat Response, such as a (good...) PA cab, or HiFi cab.

Good evening, Ghettoshred, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.