Frank Blank

I totally forgot to book a hotel, must do it now!

My favourite reggae groove...

4 minutes ago, BassmanPaul said:

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I was expressing joy at Basschatters helping out a fellow Basschatter with a problem, the forum doing it's thing.

Basschat does exactly what it says on the tin, there.

Problem solved - no horse s***.

Textbook.

On 01/04/2024 at 01:00, Blues Rock Dawn said:

@Blues Rock Dawn

Are you attending @Blues Rock Dawn? Should we add you to the list?

1 hour ago, Stub Mandrel said:

I am gutted to find myself omitted from your list.

Butt you arr a grate bas plyyer Stbbzi.

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Is there a popular bass player, that you just don’t get?

Several...

• Lord Lucan
• Yvonne Goolagong
• Lyme Regis
• Janet Street-Porter
• Tony Gubba
• The Larch
• Archbishop Justin Welby
• Ali Bongo
• The Galloping Gourmet
• Finsbury Park
• Delia Smith
• The Bakerloo Line
• @Teebs
• Maigret
• Faith Brown
• Jeremy Thorpe
• Kendo Nagasaki
• Lloyd Grossman
• Lloyd Bridges
• Lloyds Bank
• Keith Floyd
• Charlie (from Charlie's Angels)
• Vangelis
• Liberace

3 hours ago, snorkie635 said:

Buy it and charge it to @Frank Blank. He'll never miss the dosh. 😁 I'll say nothing to Neeps if I can have a shot on your new, vintage, rare, pristine bass. 

Oi!

On 26/03/2024 at 10:26, Stub Mandrel said:

Having hell of a job finding clear information on what C247 is.

Oh come on Stubbs, it's between C246* and C248.**

* a Latvian railway locomotive

** a navigation buoy off Porthcawl

I play a lot of chords on bass in my little band. I use a QSC K12.2 FRFR set up.
 

Bass > Effectrode PC-2A > Grace Design Alix > QSC K12.2

On 19/03/2024 at 10:21, rwillett said:

We do have 10m sheep and fabulous views of the dals though.

That's big sheep. Chana and tarka dals I assume? Any others..?

On 19/03/2024 at 10:21, rwillett said:

...we have a pub, a community run village shop and a cafe and thats it.

That sounds perfect, hopefully they do take out coffee at the cafe?

I was at Nomis Studios in Olympia working for a band doing pre-tour rehearsals, finding myself caught short and a little refreshed I wobbled off to find the bog. Finding an unoccupied urinal between two urinals occupied by Andy Taylor and John Taylor of Duran Duran I immediately set my mind to thinking of something witty to say, by the time I did they'd both gone so I wobbled back to our room and drank more saké.

23 minutes ago, Richard R said:

I have a works event that Saturday,  which is most annoying. I would MUCH rather be eating cake and talking bases.

I wonder if/how I can get out of the works thing.... 🤔

Throw a sickie, it's a British tradition, almost a right.

4 hours ago, rwillett said:

Just checked and the village hall is booked for this for the day. We have the whole hall. Whether we have enough people to fill it, thats adifferent story

Splendid. It'll be cool if there's four of us!

Excellent! Was just about to check this was still going ahead, is it definite enough that I can book a hotel?

Hopefully we can all agree that regardless of inner dialogue/monologue, Kylie Minogue is rather marvellous.

2 hours ago, asingardenof said:

Are we talking about something like an audio version of aphantasia?

Thoroughly enjoyed that film, particularly Mickey Mouse chopping up the broomsticks.

5 minutes ago, three said:

I've not yet had the pleasure but need to seek out an Acinonyx - I read nothing but very good things!

14 minutes ago, Aidan63 said:

Strings make a big difference, I've LaBella tapes on the Lionel and there's so much variety in tone available...

Absolutely this, my JMJ had LaBella 760F-MUS stainless steel flats, perfect strings for this bass.

The short scale I felt comfortable with instantly was the Nordstrand Acinonyx. Out of all the basses of any scale I've ever played it was, by a country mile, the easiest to play and most comfortable bass I've ever owned. If you get the opportunity to try one then do, incredible instruments.

27 minutes ago, thebrig said:

1. How long does it take to adjust to going from long-scale to short-scale?

It depends on the bass and on you, you have to try a few out before you'll find one that kind of 'suits' you. Once I found my 'brand' so to speak I adjusted very quickly, well, instantly really.

27 minutes ago, thebrig said:

2. How do you manage the inevitable neck-dive that you usually get with most short-scale basses, would changing the tuners to lightweight tuners make any noticeable difference?

Neck dive isn't inevitable, only one of the eight or so short scales I've played had neck dive, mind you, they have all had lightweight tuners. If you are moving from a P bass then I completely agree with @Lozz196, Mustangs are the way to go. I also had a JMJ and it was glorious, I never noticed any neck dive but, again like Lozz, I have straps that provide good support.