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Bill Is Dead - The Fall
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Serial number on the headstock?
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There's nothing to "get" really.
Artists are free to express themselves however they're feeling it.
As listeners, some will float our boat, others will not.
It's a great journey finding out which is which for ourselves. The bits we do like can then inform our own work.
Sorry if I'm stating the obvious.
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Maybe your action is high on the Höfner?
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Interesting! I hear the music, new and old, in my head. I've never thought about it in this way before though.
As an add on, I don't have perfect pitch when I hear music being played, but I've noticed that I do have perfect recall pitch when I listen to a song in my head.
For instance, I can tune my bass to concert pitch by listening to the intro of Around The World by the Chili Peppers in my head as I know that it starts with Flea hitting a big E, so I tune my open E to his by singing that note and holding it, then the rest of my strings off that once I'm in.
Is this normal? Do you recall songs in your head in the keys they are really in?
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13 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:
Bassbros have got a nice 73 jazz in , not all original but looks good
That's lovely. Nice weight too.
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5 hours ago, Schnozzalee said:
They'd make an absolute killing if they could price properly.
Yes but then they wouldn't be able to keep up with the demand (I expect).
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Charles Mingus on Haitian Fight song.
Upright and guts. Probably the best choice for living on a desert island too 😄
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Not sure if this qualifies as whacky but it makes me laugh 😄
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1 hour ago, SteveK said:
It was indeed, Tom Fowler👍
My bandmate (Mick) is probably as far removed as it's possible to be from a "reader".
That is straight up amazing! Fair play to the chap. The stuff of dreams.
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34 minutes ago, SteveK said:
I did think of Frank, but thought it wouldn't be too long before someone mentioned him🙂
Incidentally, my band mate (guitarist) played bass with Zappa in the mid 70s, for one show in the US, when his regular bass player busted his hand😬
You must have some real players in your band. That's very cool!
It was Tom Fowler who broke his hand. He's the bass player on the live "Roxy..." album I posted above.
Listen to it and imagine your mate depping with that band for a night 😂 He must be a great reader!
Thanks,
Si
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This whole album, but especially "Echidna's Arf (Of You)/Don't You Ever Wash That Thing", followed by "Cheepnis".
There's also 120+ other albums by Frank that are full of whacky excellence 😁
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On 11/03/2024 at 18:57, dudewheresmybass said:
For me, The Harris P bass is quite simply the best p bass I have ever played.
Granted I'm a bit of a fanboy, but once I played one, I knew that irrespective of the squiggle on the back of the headstock this was THE p bass for me.
Best P bass neck profile (to me). B width at the nut, rest of it chunky as 👌.
Great sound due to the heavy Ash body but too heavy for me to live with one unfortunately.
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Batteries Not Included - Andy Kemp
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Ode to Gordon - Thomas and Friends
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Colon In The Name Of - RATM
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Sire Marcus Miller. I bet he doesn't even know about half of them..
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Sentenced to Death - Colossal Trailer Music
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The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers - Charles Mingus
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Jesse Wood's band once supported a band I used to be in.
(Ronnie Wood's son, now in Reef I think).
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Midlife Crisis - Faith No More
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12 hours ago, asingardenof said:
When I played club cricket I was very unhappy at having to get a new bat, having used the old SS Jumbo I'd inherited off my dad (it still had the Viv Richards endorsement on it!) for about 20 years until it shattered from my nicking an inside edge. So I bought a new SS (the Indian brand not the English one) and all went really well for three games until a quick ball jumped at me and in fending it off the ball hit the handle and snapped it. Fortunately there was a shop near me that did repairs and did it quickly and well, and I was able to hit a quickfire 45 with it next game. Alas it's been gathering dust in my wardrobe for almost five years now but I may get it out again in future if I can be bothered seeking out a new club.
Just had a good laugh at myself and gained some perspective after reading this...
If I was into cricket then I'd probably be sheepishly admitting that I don't even play for a club anymore, whilst staring at a wall full of bats that I keep hoovering up from the for sale section of BatChat.
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NBD - 1987 Stingray
in Bass Guitars
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A great tip I read on here, possibly by Stingray Pete, is volume up, dial in the right amount of bass that suits your girth/heft/punch requirements, then think of the treble control as a passive tone control and dial in your tone from there.
It certainly works and makes easy sense too!
Great, now I've got Stingray gas again!