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NoRhino

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    Hofner Shorty Bass - Looking for your honest reviews

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    Almost tempted to buy one of these but the tuners put me off. I tried one in a shop and there's just something about the build material that I'm not keen on.

    Do you own one?

    Do you use it regularly to gig with?

    Do you recommend one?

    My main basses are P + J so this isn't a direct replacement. I'm considering using it for acoustic type shows where space is limited and loud volume frowned upon.

    Thanks

     

    Whitney Houston.

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    On ‎04‎/‎11‎/‎2019 at 11:09, Barking Spiders said:

    I Will Always Love You. It's only when you hear the Dolly Parton original you realise how much of the soul and feeling Houston had sucked out of it.

    Dolly's version makes me fill up. Whitney's version makes me switch it off.

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    Low-end Acoustic Basses - best buys?

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    6 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

    Was it just a lack of volume or a lack of 'presence'?

    Lack of everything. We didn't provide the PA. We did discuss it amongst ourselves afterwards and decided that if we do an acoustic set again we need to be in total control of the PA and do a full soundcheck.  You'd have thought that 40+ years of gigging would have  told us that anyway. :scratch_one-s_head:People in the audience said we sounded good and they could hear everything.

    I also managed to bruise the inside of my forearm where it rubbed against the bass body.  Mibbe acoustic basses and I just aren't meant to be.  GAS is still at a peep.

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    Low-end Acoustic Basses - best buys?

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    I borrowed a Fender from a friend two weeks before an acoustic gig to get used to playing it. Sounded ok at home while definitely different to my usual P bass. On the night of the gig though I found it to be a pretty disappointing experience. Admittedly the monitoring was poor and while I could hear both acoustic guitars and small drum kit the bass was totally lost and I played every song from memory without hearing anything.  It did kill any GAS I had for an acoustic bass and I'd rather use something like a Horner Shorty properly amplified were we to do the acoustic show again. 

     

    RIP Larry Taylor

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    Larry 'The Mole' Taylor has died.

     

    A great bass player with Canned Heat who also played on several of the Monkees records. You'll need to do your own homework for find out which ones.  

     

    As a young fledgling bass player many decades ago I loved Larry's playing and still try to incorporate his style into some of the Blues numbers we play.

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    How was your gig last night?

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    On ‎12‎/‎08‎/‎2019 at 18:51, dmccombe7 said:

    Would be honoured. Am i using your bass amp that night by any chance :biggrin:

    You do realise i don't actually look like my pic. Its just an image for the band. :lol:

    Dave

    Hi Dave - not my Quo trib this time. Good friends of mine though. I'll be there as a punter and to play moothie on a couple of songs.

    Wig or not, I'm sure I'll find you. The bass gives it away.

    Billy

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    How was your gig last night?

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    Posted · Edited by NoRhino

    Tiny stage at a holiday camp. Black curtain at rear of the stage. I always move these to the side of my amp to make sure the fan is never blocked.  20 minutes into set 1 and the bass cuts out - don't panic, turn round to see said curtain covering fan at the rear of my amp. Can only assume the drummer's elbow perhaps moved the curtain back to its original position.  I assured the band that a ten minute rest to let the amp cool down will see us back in business.

    Experience is a great thing to have in tricky situations eh?

    How was your gig last night?

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    Our first time at a holiday/caravan park in South Scotland.  Planned three sets.  I was apprehensive about a Blues covers band playing to a holiday camp audience but it turned out well. We did have a couple of very young children running about the floor like every wedding ever but they were fine.  The crowd who were seated really appreciated what we did and clapped and sang along when prompted.  

    At the end of the first set one chap approached me and said (You need to effect a whiney ned/chav voice here)

    "Haw mate, whit dae yeis play? I like yer songs but whit Rock dae ye play? Dae ye play any Coldplay?"

    "I'm sorry, we don't."

    "Whit dae ye play?"

    "Did you like that hour we just played?"

    "Aye it was great"

    "Well, we've got two more hours of stuff like that"

    "Dae you know any Floyd?"

    "Sorry, no."

    "Whit aboot Roger Watters then?"

    :dash1:

    Despite his in your face approch he was dancing enthusiastically all night but he might have been supported by odd substances.

     

    On the plus side we've been re-booked and offered a slot at an all day festival sometime later in the year.

    One the down side one of my car's tyres shredded to bits on the drive home the next day but the AA and Kwik Fit had me back on the road inside two hours.

     

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