Maude

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.

The only way I can see that any fretted/fretless combo board can work satisfactorily is to have the tops of the frets and the fretless board at the same height. If you simply remove the frets, from say the 6th fret upwards to create a fretted low end, fretless high end board, then the fretless part would have far too high an action to be useful. Therefore, the simplest way I see to create a fretted low/fretless high board is to use an already fretless neck, then use a radius jig and router to lower the board from which fret you choose, saw and install frets in that routed down section and then level and crown those new frets to be the same height as the fretless section. Both sections should then play as normal. This should be possible to do with as many fretted or fretless sections as you wish as long as the tops of the frets and the fretless boards are all level.

Well it's an Antoria, which I think is the same as Ibanez (the 70s Japanese ones). I think they were branded Antoria for the UK market. @Bassassin will be the man who knows.

Generally at a gig, and especially in your situation, the people watching want you to do well, they're on your side. Remember this. Don't worry about little mistakes, just keep the music flowing. If you really get lost, drop out for a bar, regroup your thoughts and come back in where appropriate. As long as the band keep flowing nobody will really notice. Try to enjoy it (as much as possible given the circumstances) and I'm sure you'll make everyone, especially your brother, proud.

Been Caught Stealing - Jane's Addiction

Is the song by The Jam on the advert 'Helicopter' by Bloc Party? Admittedly the first part of the opening riff is a complete rip off of 'Set The House Ablaze' by The Jam

I use the NUX Mighty Plug and am totally happy with it. Yes I'd like the complety wireless option of the more expensive options @tauzero mentions but I don't want to spend that much. I just use a short wire to my headphones so it doesn't get snagged on stuff, it just goes under the neck and up to my headphones without much spare. The Mighty Plug has an app which let's you set up 6 (I think) different patches with amp/cab/effects etc on each patch. You don't need to use the app to use the Mighty Plug, just to edit the patches. You can bluetooth music into it to blend with your basses output. I really like it.

Duke of Earl (Grey) - Darts

I liking the reverse P plan. I genuinely don't know why Fender (and nearly everyone else) have persevered so long with it the 'wrong' way round.

If it becomes mine, if it becomes mine! Ah OK, when it becomes mine 😁.

I might get my wife to buy that Epiphone and save it for me for New Year, but let me borrow it this year. Technically that would keep me in this year, and should be exempt from next year as it would've been bought the previous year. Have I just found the perfect workaround? 😁

Genuinely not bought a string, plectrum, or bass. Nothing, nada!

No, an old Epiphone EBO. Showing it's years, been defretted (done well), but has a Hipshot Supertone, what looks like a DiMarzio Model One mudbucker and a set of La LaBella flats. 15 minutes away for £199. I'm struggling 😁

I'm still in, although I'm being taunted by a bass on Facebook Marketplace, but mainly to scavenge the parts that are on, then replace them with standard parts and move it on. Is that really buying a bass, or just stocking my parts drawer for the future? 🤔😁

Made by a Mr. Tony Rider, 'Tone' to his mates.

Living for the Weekend - Hard-Fi

The KKK Took my Baby Away - Ramones

I restored/painted Steve Hewitt's (drummer) car for him. It was the first car he bought with money from the band. Unfortunately it was a purple Peugeot 306 Gti 6.

Say Hello Wave Goodbye - Soft Cell