bass_dinger

You're an example to us all. Not saying if you are a good example, or a bad example . . .

Eric Blackmon is solid - mainly guitar, but all the right chords, and inversions, and slow enough to follow it for the likes of me. If your guitarist needs help to learn something, try this YouTube channel

Smoothie Bass - the classic combination of score, tab, tone, and talent. And here, as a bonus, two small children get on camera. Enjoy this circle of 5ths exercise, here:

That'll be the chappy that taught me how to play Africa by Toto (and that Washburns were okay) - Cover Solutions.

I see that I am missing a few bits. Adjustable bridge saddle and a machine head retaining screw. Can anyone help? Full wanted advert here:

A philosophical question - if the new neck is made by the same person who ran the Washburn Custom shop, but has now left, is it still a Washburn custom? But yes, if I sell it, the bits will be included - as will a link to this thread (for those who want a bit of provenance ....).

The "blue of the 928" is aniline blue. The same person who is making my new neck, had also made the 928. He remembers the colour. I will ask him for more detail, and see if it can be replicated in the UK.

So, I am now in a position to take this project forward. I looked in more detail at the twisted neck using a straight edge. You'll see a gap between the wood and the straight edge, on one side. Doing the same check on the other side shows no such gap. So, a bend rather than a twist. I showed the same picture to my chosen luthier and he was upset at the poor workmanship of the original neck. That's because he used to run the Washburn custom shop that originally made these basses, until the whole shop was moved to a new location. Same machines and jigs, different staff - and poorer quality. I have one of the poorer quality ones ( this one - but my other XB925 is from the original custom shop, and is great to play, and sounds good too). Anyway, the agreement is that I will send him the old neck, and fretboard, for him to either straighten, or to use to inspire the replacement neck. I suggested that he uses the same headstock veneer (lift it off of one neck, place it on the other), and he still has the same stamps so that he can replicate the serial number. I will post it off tomorrow, and discuss what I need, when he has it in the workshop. I am planning to have an ebony fretless, with little edge lines. All in, a new neck is $450 (not the $400 I mistakenly quoted).

A quick search for musical dyslexia gave me enough results to suggest that it is a thing - and it even has a name (dysmusia). Read more here https://neurosciencenews.com/musical-dyslexia-17971/amp/

I got a pair for my birthday, and like them for home practice. On my recommendation, the leader got a set to try out, and used them within 2 hours of them arriving - zero stage volume for him! On that recommendation, another leader got a set. I need to make a little box for the IEMs and the jack extension lead, to protect the kit. I won't be able to try them until June, but I am pleased that others (especially the guy with the loud amp) now have IEMs too.

I find that GDAE - 5ths - is more logical, more musical, somehow. Now that I am retired, I can spend more time playing my own GDAE instrument.

A 1992 Lowden acoustic guitar. I tend to sell lesser instruments, when I upgrade. That's due to a lack of space at home, and because I don't see the point of having instruments that are not so good.

I am trying to zoom in to the headstock to see the brand, so that I can buy one too! What is it, I wonder?

I recorded myself once. It was pretty dire - elastic timing, uneven volume, poor tone. Sadly, that was all down to me, and not the software. So, I guess that I got the honest review that @greghagger predicted! I will record myself again, therefore, and seek to improve.

I like it! Elements of a Rick, and a more usable scale length. My own mandolin is a laminate top, and has poor tone. With so little wood to vibrate, the quality of the material is more important than for larger instruments, perhaps? Once I retire, I will invest more time in music - mandolin included

I have been looking for something like this for a long while - thanks for sharing! Organ bass pedals in kit form - rather than breaking down a home organ just the parts...

I have the top half of a conductor's stand, with a 20mm female fitting. I need the bottom half - the legs and the stem. Does any company sell the bottom half separately?

I am surprised at how inexpensive these are, on Facebook marketplace. And they sound and feel good to me, too. I would have gone for one myself, eventually, were it not for the 50 quid Kurzweil in Cash Converters. Keyboards will teach one harmony - and, apparently, once one develops a good left hand technique, you can do everything a bassist does . . ..,

What keyboard did you end up with?

Sweet Caroline and boxing - a song to punch people to... Have you ever heard it played by a ukulele band?

You are right - even the songs with a distinct bass riff don't _need_ it for the congregation to be able to sing it. However, there is this song... And this Each have distinct riffs that are beyond me!

How Deep ( and my finger, too...) in 6 4 4 4 Is there a name for alternating bars that flip between two time signatures? I am told that Bernstein's America does the same, between 3/4 and 6/8.

@Rosie CThis YouTube video is a very typical version of this song - no strong rhythm, and the bass line playing on the chord changes. And here is me playing over it, using the written music. how_deep2.wav

Yes. When I first learned it, I was not aware of the alternating time signatures (although I realised that the timing was peculiar, about the same time that I spotted that the words didn't rhyme!). I play on the chord changes rather than try to create a rhythm, and let the vocalists and congregation carry the song. I can try to create a recording of what I do, if you are desperate....

I give you Dancing in the Street - the Silent Music video. No music at all - "It's like two drunk mates making their way home from the pub. " Watch it and laugh. . . . Dancing in the Street -- Silent Music Video - YouTube.url