Maude

Cheapo plywood or multi laminate? It's all in the wording.

I know. Late 80s to late 90s TV and film largely passed me by as that was my serious drinking period. No time for frivolities like TV. 😁

I've just realised that somehow I've ended up with three Kay basses. One infinitely inferior to these, one of these and one infinitely superior to these. I don't half own some shite! 😂

The yellow one is £151 at the moment, a lot of bass for that money!

Is this a good time to admit I've never seen 'This Is Spinal Tap'? 😬

E=mc² - Big Audio Dynamite

Hole in my Shoe - Traffic

Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus

Chop Suey - SOAD

I can't see that radius should have any bearing on anything (other than personal preference) as the strings plane along the neck will be the same regardless. A typical upright bass has a much tighter radius and still produces that characteristic mwah if adjusted properly.

Well have been down a deep rabbit hole. Sitar bridge design, javari, the gotoh buzz bridge, mohan veenas. All very interesting. And to think some folks complain about the complexities of setting up a bass bridge.

I didn’t know that. You learn something new everyday. 👍

My guess would be as he slid the bridge pieces back a flat plate came into contact (or very, very close contact) with the string to emulate the mwah produced by a true fretless string vibrating on the fretboard. Instead of the mwah being produced just in front of the finger itself is produced just in front of the saddle. It sounds surprisingly effective. Slides obviously won't work but no intonation issues as with actual fretless.

You Talk Too Much - Sultans of Ping

I actually interviewed Rod for a local newspaper while he was on site. It was hard getting him to open up about the work, when quizzed he said he didn't want to talk about it. Then he said he was only joking and proceeded to explain the house building process. Foundations to begin with and apparently the first cut is the deepest. He said they were making good progress due to the dry weather, I asked if he'd ever seen the rain, to which he replied he'd had to start wearing shorts as his legs were always hot, some guys have all the luck I thought. He asked if I thought his hi-vis vest made him look sexy, ooh la la. I told him he wears it well. I had to leave it there as Rod had to wake up a co worker called Maggie to catch a train downtown to get supplies.