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[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1501454438' post='3344817'] And my careers officer's name was Hugh Pugh. [/quote] Presumably the guy in the next office was called Barney McGrew?
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Does she do Roadside Recovery?
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There are no vintage Hofners with bolt-on necks. If you know this to be a 60s bass, then it's not a Hofner. If it's by someone else, then it's not an Eko or a Kent, because it's too closely based on the Hofner design and uses too many Hofner parts. In truth, to me it looks like a buggered-about Chinese-made modern copy. Is it a true hollow body (unlikely with a bolt-on) or is there a block of solid wood running down the middle?
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Yeh, I asked Silvie to reverse it to correct the polarity, but being a lefty herself she downright refused. Bloody difficult woman, that Silvia.
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Most appropriate Bass for Country/Country Rock/Folk
Happy Jack replied to Rocker's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='gareth' timestamp='1501341780' post='3344150'] Jack Cassidy [/quote] Confused ... did you mean David Cassidy or Jack Casady? -
Pub band - small PA options?
Happy Jack replied to Gottastopbuyinggear's topic in General Discussion
For a pub band, these things are hard to beat: https://www.thomann.de/gb/behringer_rx_1202_fx.htm Stick it in a Gator case and you have a lightweight, rugged mixer which can sit on top of any flat surface with the controls actually facing the bass player, and which provides a hard surface for all the gubbins you want next to you at a gig. I've had mine for about eight years now, it's done hundreds of gigs and never had any problem. -
Hofner '67 Selmer Era Violin Bass and Case sold pending
Happy Jack replied to ash's topic in Basses For Sale
I'm pretty sure that's a '67. Hofner experimented with a one-piece back in 63/64, discontinued, tried again in 1967, then ceased for a long time. Every '68 and '69 I've ever seen had the more common two-piece back. Mind you, as already pointed out, Hofner had zero interest in consistency and ran fairly large parts bins. It's quite possible that your bass has a one-piece back made in 1967 but which was not incorporated into an actual bass until a few years later. If so, then that would be the first example I've ever seen, but it's perfectly possible. More importantly, that price for a genuine German-made Hofner is excellent [[i]trans. - "cheap"[/i]], regardless of the exact date. My lovely 1964 means that I really can't justify buying this, but GLWTS. -
Electronics can have frets?
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But what tone would you use for a discussion that disappears up its own fundament(al)?
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Keep those pre-CBS Precisions well hidden. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40724397
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This drummer is at the wrong gig.
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No one except you will hear any change in tone. No one except you will care. No one will be watching you or listening to you. Unless you cock it up quite spectacularly of course. Negative? Cynical? No, not a bit of it. It's very liberating. You can concentrate on enjoying yourself. If that includes fiddling about with your tone then that's fine. It's all good. Just don't expect anyone else to be interested.
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With a bit of work on your technique, you could probably get rid of that strange clicking noise.
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[quote name='Treb' timestamp='1500984086' post='3341458'] There's no substitute for the real thing... [/quote] At least I'll get my washing done.
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Hell's Teeth! You actually managed to listen to more than 30 seconds of that? Respect!
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Or you could go way cheaper: https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/musicman-sterling-sub-ray-5-string-bass-guitar-rosewood-trans-blue
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Yup, that was exactly my (badly worded) point.
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If the bass is half as good as the sales patter...
Happy Jack replied to TheGreek's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
I can easily understand why he chose to photograph it with a 40-year-old Instamatic. -
Stereo setup for bass practice AND listening to music
Happy Jack replied to lurkingbass's topic in Amps and Cabs
Sounds like a very odd set-up to me. Listening to CDs or Spotify through a bass amp is going to fall some way short of high fidelity reproduction, and having 100-150W driving it means that your neighbours had better be deaf. And I can't remember ever seeing a "stereo bass amp". Try buying a small PA mixer plus a pair of small, powered PA cabs. -
[quote name='OddBass65' timestamp='1500974565' post='3341362'] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGxjm67KFBA[/media] I'm a big fan of Paul Wolfe's How To Play Bass stuff ... [/quote] Ah yes, Musang Sally by Wilon Pickett. More seriously, the first bass note is played at 1:18. That's a long wait for a bass tutorial to get started. More subjectively, I absolutely hated his tone and his bass sounded slightly out of tune to me. YMMV.
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[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1500969065' post='3341311'] That's the thing about Bowie's music. It constantly evolved. Is Gail Ann Dorsey's version any better than Trevor Bolder's? Of course not. Is it as good as? IMHO, yes. [/quote] I'm guessing you didn't actually click on my link then ...
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https://www.anglingdirect.co.uk/fishing-tackle/luggage Seriously. Fishing gear is (relatively) cheap, very rugged, and usually waterproof.
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[quote name='Lazurus' timestamp='1500966948' post='3341293'] Has anyone got this in sheet form they can ping to me, would love to have a go at this one? [/quote] Just play along to it - you'll have no trouble at all with the notes or structure. The song is all about the feel.
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[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1500916995' post='3341079'] Sorry you don't like it, I thought it was pretty good. I'll be grumpy right back at ya and say that the original version was Little Willie John in 1956! Knocks Peggy Lee into a cocked hat if you ask me. [/quote] Fascinating! I always thought that song was far too hip & cool to have been written for Peggy Lee. I wasn't sorry to hear the last of Captain Smith & Pocohontas either ...
