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    Nash Basses

    in Bass Guitars

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    I've played a few Nash P's and they've been pretty okay.

    Always hated their neck finishes - that horrid orange lacquer suddenly going to dirtied bare wood - and I think there are now better, and cheaper, options in faux-old-Fender land.

    Tokai Hard Puncher Date

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    If it is '80s (looks like it to me), the serial number won't help you.

    I remember chatting to Tokai's UK distributors Blue Suede Music back in the '90s and they said the neckplate numbers were basically meaningless, and there are no records.

    *SOLD* Fender Japan JV Squier Precision Bass 82- 83' Original Plus case £575

    in Basses For Sale

    Posted · Edited by KK Jale

    Haven't come across guitardater before, but that 84-87 result is quite incorrect when applied to JV Squiers.

    JV5xxxx indicates May-June 1983 on 21frets.com and that list is very good.

    I think the OP's bass looks dead right for mid-'83 (save possibly the pencilled 58, but you never know) re. tuners, bridge saddles, raised A pole pieces, and a bunch of other stuff.

    Ever met a famous musician…. but not realised at the time?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    A friend and I once got some freebies to a BBC TV event that was being held under the arches near Portobello Road. It was a songwriters' circle thing, and this one featured John Cale, Chrissie Hynde, and Nick Cave, swapping songs and stories.

    So we went, and stood about halfway back and rather enjoyed the show, and I exchanged only a brief polite smile with the rather small woman standing on my right.

    Afterwards my mate said "Haha! Blimey! Why didn't you talk to her? I would have!"

    It was Kylie.

    Why I Play With A Pick

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by KK Jale

    [quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1462406676' post='3042856']
    There's Dunlop SpeedPicks that have a twist at the tip to help strike the string at a better angle.
    [/quote]

    Back in the day some bass picks had a twist in the TAIL to help you hang onto the damn thing.

    This is the pick I used in 1980-81. Seriously. I found it in a box of stuff a while ago. It's like a skateboard deck.

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    I'm fingers mostly all the time now but I still love picks for some things... trying to get that that Carol Kaye/Beach Boys vibe, or the sound on Ennio Morricone's Italian pop songs, or the Serge Gainsbourg Histoire de Melody Nelson bass sound. For me that's a kind of lost pinnacle of bass playing, that hip, commercial, jazz-informed, almost orchestral late '60s approach. So cool...

    What Bass Guitar Lead?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I've never tried OBBM's cables, though I feel as though I have :)

    Another option is http://www.award-session.com/cleartone_cables.html . I've run a couple for five years and they've been great.

    Price-wise, I don't think you can do better for handwired-in-the-UK cables, anywhere.

    Signature Basses

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    Oddly, I don't mind siggie basses if the player means nothing to me whatsoever.

    Fender Japan do a bass for some cat called Hama Okamoto. It's a dead straight '62 sunburst P-bass with a Jazz width nut. Ain't nothing wrong with that. Our man Hama could play hair metal, K-pop or deeply progressive post-rock sea shanties, I don't care, I'd buy that bass as long as his signature's not visible from the front.

    Equally I have never googled Sean Hurley, although I suspect I know the kind of thing he does, but i'd buy a Precision with a Jaguar string mute any day. Gimme gimme. (Though not at that price).

    Signature Basses

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by KK Jale

    [quote name='Cato' timestamp='1460870863' post='3029395']
    My favourite Dee Dee quote about basses ( and the only one I'm aware of ) was something along the lines of 'I prefer maple boards because they bounce better'.
    [/quote]

    Great quote, although I believe that was JJ Burnell... I remember the original interview.

    He may have nicked it from Dee Dee, though.

    Barn dance dep

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by KK Jale

    You'll probably find it surprisingly challenging, and lots of fun.

    If this is a trad barn dance, you'll be playing mostly tunes with A and B sections that cycle around. If unsure, don't be afraid to sit out a tune as it goes around both sections the first time. Much better to drop in late and get it right than fluff the changes.

    If the band's playing 'sets' of two or three tunes in one dance, suss which player is in charge of calling the tunes and watch like a hawk - you might only get a faint strangled grunt of "D!" or "G!" one or two bars before the whole band launches into a new tune in a new key... hit the new root note confidently, and pedal on it until you work out the chord sequence.

    Introducing The Band

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by KK Jale

    Our singer does it only very occasionally, with a home crowd, usually near the end of a certain cover... an obscure and lovely Neil Young song that's become something else, the way we do it.

    So we stay on the turnaround while he gets it done, break down section, really soft, and the cool thing is, as it's going round, nobody does a single thing different. Not one slap, lick, roll, twiddle, or parp.

    Best band I've ever been in.

    Trying to look a little more cheerful on stage :-/

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I know from pics and videos that I mostly look fairly stern/miserable. I try to alleviate it by taking enjoyment when others in the band play something cool. Otherwise, I don't bother. I'm trying my darndest to play the best I can, every time. Acting doesn't come into it. If I did corporate gigs for £250 a pop, maybe I'd make an effort.

    I was once nobbled at the bar in the break by a girl accusing me of not looking happy, but she picked the wrong night. I very truthfully turned to her and said, "Well, I fell off my bike four days ago and broke two ribs, it hurts me to blink, and frankly I'd rather be in front of the telly with a shitload of Tramadol. Have you got any?"

    She went away rather quickly, looking shocked :rolleyes:

    The Year Of Birth Bass

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1456328003' post='2987917']
    Well, that's me out then - 1949 - unless someone knows of one. :huh:
    [/quote]

    Sir, your only shot, as far as I know, is a '49 Bud Tutmarc-built Serenader Electric String Bass.

    Aaaaand good luck with that :unsure:


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