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Really fun bass lines you're lovin' playing live!
Norris replied to Al Krow's topic in General Discussion
War pigs? Fabulous! One of my favourites atm Yep, Proud Mary. So many opportunities for little fills Witch Queen by Redbone. Our arrangement means I take the main riff I Can Hear The Grass Grow by The Move Hold Your Head Up by Argent (repetitive, simple bass line but so effective) I Feel Good. Just so funky -
That's the advantage of having band mates to support you. On the odd occasion our guitarist may come out of a solo half way through a phrase, or even half way through a bar. You just have to adjust as best you can to avoid a car crash. He sometimes forgets the words to a song and makes some up (often about his washing machine!) until we hit the chorus. After so long playing together it just needs a look and a grin, rather than pointing it out to the audience. Most don't notice, the ones that do just become part of the "joke". There's certainly no recriminations afterwards - it could be you that makes the next mistake!
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The nut is just out of shot. The length of fretboard after the nut was a slight miscalculation, but had to be that length to cover the truss rod. It took some careful fettling to get the string run clear to the tuners.
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The dominant hand is doing more than most people realise. It is responsible for the rhythm and expression, whereas the non-dominant hand is the one that apparently moves around more and gets all the attention
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Veneering a curved Fender-style headstock is tricky. When I did my telecaster guitar I put the veneer in a vegetable steamer for half an hour beforehand. I also prepared a shaped clamping cawl to match the curve. To make it even more tricky for myself I bound it with celluloid too (Sorry, the in-progress shots are no longer on my phone)
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I tend to only get calluses on my fretting hand. They do seem to get more prominent when I haven't played for a couple of weeks, so haven't been worn down. In fact my little finger is now feeling slightly tender 5 days after my last gig.
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Lovely blokes they were too
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Finished reading mine (1st print) this morning, which I've been dipping into since Christmas. What a gorgeous book. I'll have to start over again...
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Maybe find a few bands and pick the 2 or 3 that are free on a given event. That would help to mix it up a bit
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How about a bubble machine fitted into the control cavity? Ideal for children's parties
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Save money on expensive plectrums by learning to pluck with your fingers
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Over the years mine have fallen into 3 categories. 1. Mind wondering during a song, either enjoying it too much or bored, and all of a sudden you know a different section is coming up. "Have we done the guitar solo yet?" "Is this the repeated verse?" etc. 2. Just forgetting how the song goes. Faff around playing something, to fish around for some vague recollection of how the bass went that other couple of hundreds of times you've played it before 3. "What am I doing?" "Oh I'm playing bass" "Do I know how to do that?" "Well the fingers are still doing something fairly musical, I must do" "Ok, so what song are we playing?" Thankfully that last one happens quite rarely, but the fingers are usually solidly on autopilot and in no danger from the random mental ramblings. It can be quite disconcerting though
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Yes ...specifically referring to "Widening holes for larger pots, without destroying the finish"
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Hi I just saw this link posted on another forum - good news for guitars apparently http://mmrmagazine.com/mmr-global/mmr-global-gear/breakthrough-at-latest-cites-meeting/
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A reamer would be handy for enlarging pot or tuner holes. It's not easy to change the pickup hole without needing some degree of touch up to the finish - probably a good very sharp chisel would do the cleanest job (with a good eye and steady hand)
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Bass players who take their hand off the neck
Norris replied to PaulWarning's topic in General Discussion
You could solve a Rubik's cube with that spare hand while it has nothing better to do. Now that would be impressive -
Bass players who take their hand off the neck
Norris replied to PaulWarning's topic in General Discussion
Can I suggest that we split the "arm danglers" into two camps: those relieving strains & cramps, and posers. Now for the posers, rather than dangle the spare arm, grip the top horn of your bass firmly and thrust it aloft while plugging away at the open string of doom. That's proper posing. Having separated out the posers, the remaining arm danglers can now receive our fullest sympathies rather than ire. Next week I'll be solving the middle east crisis and making a suggestion to avoid a hard border in Ireland, that is so obvious that politicians around the world will facepalm in unison. I thank you -
You won't burn the circuit out. The trim pots are there to make fine adjustments to the sweep/frequency range. The factory would have adjusted them until it sounded good, so there is no fixed factory settings apart from using your ears while you adjust them if they need it
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I nearly left my light controller behind tonight. The "minions" were helping with the carry out. Very helpful of them, but it's always in completely the wrong order for packing the car. Some new lights made the load different and I've still not settled on the new method yet. Anyway I'd already locked the car up when one of them came trotting out with a box under his arm. Close call!
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Nostalgia's not like it used to be
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I have a document somewhere. Luckily I don't buy kit often, but had better take the serial numbers of the new lights I bought a couple of weeks ago - thanks for the reminder
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3-2-0-0 I'm too old to mess about with people I don't get on with. I'm pretty easy going, but there are 1 or 2 ex-bandmates that moved from 2nd column to 4th over a number of years
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The "idiot check" we call it Edit: Oh yes, I've left my bass behind several times
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Absolutely! I appreciate the help carrying out, but I don't appreciate the inventory I have to do afterwards, and retrieving/returning items to the correct car. At least it's usually me and the guitarist that get mixed. Everyone knows what a drum case looks like, thank goodness
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The small screw in the middle looks like a trim pot. I doubt that is a fixing screw