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You could make a little project of it - go and see a few of the tribute bands, and after each show, chat with your daughter and decide how well they nailed it.

That will give her the opportunity to discern whether she prefers the show, or the musical accuracy. 

2 hours ago, Bassybert said:

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you @greentext I've been DIY'ing but hopefully these 4 samples will give you some idea of what this pedal is about.

 

There is a caveat - I'm playing this on a P Bass with Labella flatwounds as that's all I've got to hand and using my phone mic, so it's not going to give you MCA's 70s Jazz with roundwounds tone and studio quality recording 😆

 

Gratitude
 

 

 

Sabotage

 

 

Futterman's Rule (Silicon Diodes)

 

 

 

Futterman's Rule (Germanium Diodes)
 

 

 

This pedal is an absolute filthy beast. I love it.

The difference in sound between silicon and germanium diodes was astounding.  Is that really the only difference  - the diodes - or are other settings also changed?

For me, Crazy Little Thing Called Love. 

Made all the more fun when the rest of the church band know it, and have played it at an open air festival (to trick the audience into liking us...).

Billie Jean is also fun, when the stick- swinger is warming up

20 hours ago, bassbiscuits said:

Also quite partial to Rhythm Stick at soundchecks...

That's a flex right there! 

13 hours ago, Kitsto said:

My local charity shop has a mandolin for sale online. 

Do you have a link??

54-46 was my number 

Fast Car by Tracey Chapman 

Pachalbels cannon 

4 bars long.  It's based on a repeating bass motif.  There are dozens of songs based on the chord sequence. 

https://youtu.be/3uhKiGz118k

I'll take you there, the Staple Singers.

The Pina Collada song - two chords!

Dance the Night Away - the Mavericks

Four bars that work for the whole song (or almost the whole song)?

Sweet Dreams are made of this

Seven Nation Army 

Tainted Love 

The above three have the same relative chords, and one can play the bassline to seven Nation Army to Tainted Love.  Same for Stray Cat Strut.    

Anything short that works with a looper should work with a programmed TRB303. 

I started up with a list of songs that had an iconic first four bars - which is not what you requested!  

Billy Jean - Michael Jackson  

Beat it - Michael Jackson  

Cars - Gary Numan 

Don't you want me baby - Human League 

Peaches - Stranglers 

Rescue Me - Fontella Bass 

Hit me with your Rhythm Stick - Ian Dury 

Oh what a night - 

Silly Love Songs  - Wings 

9 hours ago, Marc S said:

there just simply wasn't enough space to form some chord shapes.

It's not really a chordal instrument.  Don't be misled by the similarity to a guitar. 

Yes, the frets mean that one can play chords, but they were designed to be melodic instruments. 

Most of bluegrass mandolin seems to feature fast melodic runs. Vivaldi's mandolin concertos are again melodies not chords. 

18 hours ago, Horizontalste said:

I gigged a 5, sometimes a 4 depending on the set - I love the 6 but she is a bit bling, to be honest, so I tend only to take her out when I am planning to use that high C string.

I do wonder how bassists manage to switch between instruments!  I think that that addition of a high C or the loss of a low B would confuse me!

I admire people who can switch. 

10 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said:

. I'm now toying with the idea of doing another but with double courses of strings, mandolin/ bouzouki fashion. 

Here, an Ashbury Lindisfarne octave mandola. 

It seems to be what you described- guitar body, double courses of strings.

And it sounds gorgeous!

On 09/01/2023 at 22:13, miles'tone said:

Thanks for this! What a great way to make sense of the whole piece. 

I should be able to sightread those 8th notes once I get the rust off. What a great way to try! Brill 🙂

Did you manage it?

It is surprisingly possible, I have found. 

I am also pretty sure that there is a key change or a mode change in there, but I cannot say what is happening in technical terms 

At 3'20 it seems to revert to the original key, but I cannot hear when it left it!

On 23/01/2023 at 15:56, Doctor J said:

 

They are also in the best Rotosound ad ever

 

Here, another Rotosound advertising jingle. 

On 01/01/2023 at 09:12, Paolo85 said:

Then two days later GAS was back and for some reason I was thinking that for as much as I love Ps I should also have something more funky, maybe a Stingray copy or a J.

You have got me thinking.

Is the bass funky-sounding (single coil J-bass, steel round wound strings?) - or is the funk from the fingers, the tight timing, and by playing the strings nearer to the bridge?

2 hours ago, Ralf1e said:

 

Anyone want them?

I think that is clear that, if you are an attractive yet unrecognisable bassist, Rotosound requires that you share a photo of you gazing longingly at the product, while wearing false vampire teeth and playing a bassline that would fail the audition for a function band. 

Only then can your tout your wares on this thread.  

59 minutes ago, Huge Hands said:

EDIT - Apologies for derailing the OP's thread....

Not at all - I am enjoying it hugely!

And, if I get a bonus point for every Like and Reply, at this rate, I will be a Bass Chat High Master and General Big Cheese on this forum, in spite of not even knowing the difference between a good-looking model and a bassist.  

13 hours ago, Ricky Rioli said:

At least there's no danger of anyone wondering, who are those people?

1967 Advert -  "that is the Who with Rotosound strings!"

2023 Advert - "who is that with the Rotosound strings?"

11 hours ago, Lozz196 said:

Same here, Stevie Wonder told me so.

I wish!!

(See what I did there....?)

You're not taking the question seriously - which probably tells me all that I need to know about the likely answer! 

Is the man that tall bassist who makes cheese?

Is the person in the hat the young German girl who works for Thomann and demonstrates basses on their YouTube channel?

My basschat feed has an advert across the top of it, for Rotosound strings. 

Lots of attractive, young, happy people smiling because of their string choice, and a couple of older, professorial gentlemen, making music.

Are they well-known musicians, or models chosen for their good looks?

Is the question "why have I fallen in love again with the basses that I have put up for sale?"?

Clearly, you bought them because you liked them at the time. So, no surprise that you still like them.

But maybe you no longer need two of them.  It's a hard choice  - the same happened with me, when I showed my dad the Boulder Creek 5 string acoustic bass that I was about to sell... after 10 minutes of playing, it went back in the case, for me to keep.

Right angled Jack plug, wrapped around the  strap here.

I have some straight Jacks but realised that they were not ideal 

8 minutes ago, Ralf1e said:

The design of my Kala bridges are the black plastic ones with the piezo molded into the bottom of the plastic in one piece. Don't favour trying to cut one of those in half

Apologies.  I had assumed that bridges and piezos were always separate.  My lack of knowledge resulted in some poor advice.