Dood

I'm feeling excited at the prospect of turning up to a gig with a battered old P, but I've got a lot of work to do on some of the sounds that the band uses to fit it in. I do need that low B for a few songs though.

Ah, simplicity is a wonderful thing! Like you, lately I've had a hankering for a 4-string Stingray, which was all I played for years back in the 80's. Unfortunately I've been playing 5's for nearly three decades now, and all the 4's I've picked up over that period (for mainly nostalgic reasons - although I've never had another a Stingray 4, oddly enough) I've moved on again fairly quickly because I missed the low B, or 'the thumb rest' as I call it, too much. It's all in my head, I'm sure of it...

I'll be running through my gig sets hopefully next week if I have a chance. The worst case I thinks that I'll need to punch in an Octave pedal when I want those low notes. I could even try out a -5 semitones on a pedal to get the "low B string" (100% wet effect) - which won't sound the same but for the odd part of a song it might work.. but that P bass though... yum!

Doodles

I nabbed one locally and its a fine unit - lot's of old school bass tones lurk within!

Is that not a bit like rubbing Dood's nose in it?

Heeheehee

I really ought to stop stirring it up.

Interestingly one does have a pocket, the other doesn’t!

Is it just an easy one off purchase for their merch or are there any strings attached?

BOOOM!!!

Ha ha ha ha! That's niiiiiiiiiiiice!!

Spill the beans @Dood, what have the incompetent fools lost? 

Actually quite bizarre, if you are a doctor, sales rep, footballer you are required to have above average skills in your chosen “career”. Not so with couriers, it appears you need to have zero sense of direction, be nigh on blind, have no sense of responsibility nor any understanding of customer service

A vintage bass has mysteriously been ‘lost’. It went missing between being collected (not scanned) and being brought in to the depot (again not scanned) - draw your own conclusions but it has taken way longer than it should to ascertain it’s whereabouts.  The levels of incompetence displayed up to this moment in time are astounding. Indeed I even received a phone call asking if the parcel had arrived, even though said operative had spoken to both the source hub and the delivering centre and neither “had seen it”. 

There are literally a mere handful of delivery drivers around here I trust. They are brilliant and I see them often. Those are definitely excluded from the torrential outburst I feel bubbling up inside when I think of courier services.

Last week:  "It's being dealt with urgently" they say! Chased them today. NOT A PEEP.

Constable!*

*Was probably wearing handcuffs at the time.

I meant a couple of turtles...

@TheGreek ... I... slow.... ha ha ha ha!!! 

And me. 🤣

He spends most of his time counting the massive pile of wonga he's sitting on..!

On the financial side of things, I understand that the all members (John and the Freddie Mercury estate included) still very much profit from the touring and shows of the active members. I think folk think that Brian and Roger are just out for themselves now. It's a great thing to know that it's still Queen as a business entity that looks after all of it's members. 

Not me

It seems the problem has righted itself, though strangely all one million of my post attempts have suddenly appeared making me look like a complete n00b of the interwebz.

The site is a bit laggy in places.  I've noticed it takes several seconds to load all of the components on a full web page.  Are you on a full screen or a mobile Dan?

There seems to be a back-up cache on the BC side of things that holds the user's draft text in case of a client disconnect.  In areas of the forum that require a log in it can be problematic trying to retrieve it but it is usually saved there until the text is officially posted by the user.  I can't be arsed to troubleshoot or report it.  I'd guess that your submissions were stuck in that cache for some reason.

Nice as the upgrade was, I think mobile users got more from it than users on full sized displays.

Gotcha! 

Funnily enough the Magellan adds a bump to the lower mids too as well as cutting the extreme high and low frequencies to make a thick, smooth mid rich valve like drive that works brilliantly in the mix, better than any other drive that I've tried (of which there are many!). It's perfect for Motown and dad rock stuff although I often leave it on for the whole set, everything from Andy Williams to the Foo Fighters  

Never had a chance to gig the Tone Hammer, unfortunately. 

Presumably a Tonehammer 'nails' the sound you are after...

I'll get me 🧥

The AGS button will convert the gain dial to a drive control. Sensitive though. Past 9:00 gets too grindy for my ear. Mid controls also affect AGS output. I'm running mine at 7:00 and it's just right for me.

LH500 with Ashdown 410 and flats on my Lakland.

Hahahahaha!

Smileys and emojis are reminiscent of school when girls used to put little love hearts over their "i"s instead of dots.  They're meaningless to people like me.

Mwah! Hee hee

The internet probably isn't the best place to hang out if Smileys, Emoji's and digital aren't your thing. 🤣

On my screen, this was beautifully truncated to "Expect to see it plastered."

Which is nice.

I looked up her website.

When I saw the words "artist and recovering groupie" I left because I am far too young to risk being corrupted with that kind of malarkey.

Which bit of your anatomy would you immortalise Dood?  Your fretting hand or your plucking hand?

I've no idea who Cynthia is and I'm not sure I want to look it up ha ha!!

What part would I immortalise? Goodness I've no idea. I'm not really sure anyone would want that to happen lol. Think 'my other half' would probably use my head as a door stop maybe.

Also curious...

What object of desire would tempt the man who gets to review all that kind of kit at work?

The rather lovely 76 P bass on the Wunjo website. It was a Natural w/Rosewood. Lovely!

Ooooh. Heartbreaking. Been there. Felt that!

I need to just give up trying. Deleted my YouTube channels and a whole bunch of SM accounts today. I might keep Instagram as that’s fun, but I think I’m totally hovering over that FB delete rather than disable this time. 

@dood Do it! Facebook is a monumental waste of time and gets you precisely nowhere. I don't miss it at all.

I use FB for  advertising gigs & messaging , DO NOT START SCROLLING LEAVE THAT ALONE !!! I don't want to know what sort of pizza I'd be & all that crap .

That man had a BIG screen presence.

He'll be missed.

Poor Mini-Me, seems like he suffered a lot with depression and substance issues.

If I get a copy will you sign it

He is a bass player, not sure he can write. 

Thank you everyone  

Yes, I feel like I am 100 years old. I sometimes wonder if in my universe time is moving faster. It only feels like yesterday I had ten posts; I'm old and grey, 100 seemed to arrive in no time at all and typing 80,000 posts a year happened in a blink of an eye. ha ha!

Yes I will sign anything.. probably how I ended up in this mess in the first place lol... 

@SpondonBassed - You beat me to my reply - yours is a bit more concise and yes spot on. What's funny is that in terms of being coloured (in) the Hartke 4.5XL has aluminium cones and thus are shiny silver. The crayons are nice... but you know... shiny!!! (oh man. I'm a Magpie)

Which tends to be heavier?  Hartke or TE gear?

Hartke I believe are the only one out of the two that offer Neodymium in their range? So by default that would be my answer, but I think the Hartke 4.5XL is heavier than Trace's 4x10 equivalent.

Will look forward to checking it out, Dan!

Looking at the photo wondering whether a) you scrub up pretty well, or b) were on the way to a court hearing when the band said “Don’t forget the photo-shoot...” 

PMd

The job's a good 'un.

The Room is a nicely polished work.  It has a great blend of classical strings, male and female vox and the prog ethic.  Like all sophisticated works, the first listen is a tease.  I will enjoy listening to this again and again.

Where is it for sale bud?

For Sale section unfortunately ;/

/sadface - lamentable necessities

I'd say 3

V3. It is then!  Either way, you’ve done an amazing job, all!

Is it wrong of me to mourn the Dood predator?

Oh yeah, I hadn't noticed that had changed too.

[Dons hard-hat and flak jacket]

Maybe Dood predator is due for a makeover!!!