Frank Blank

A while back I ordered a fretted Godin A4 through my local branch of PMT. It took a while to get here, the container it arrived in was delayed in port due to a customs search apparently. When it did get here I was really pleased with it but then after a few weeks I had my ‘short scale revelation’ due to playing (and subsequently buying) a Taylor GS Mini. Being the classic ‘all or nothing’ type of idiot I immediately set about selling my full scale basses. I sold the Godin to a BC user and continued my search for the pefect fretted short scale acoustic bass having filled the fretless equivalent with the Rob Allen Mouse, which is perfect. Having looked for months and months and found nothing that satisfactorily replaced the Godin I began to regret having ever parted with it so a couple of weeks back I contacted the BCr I’d sold it to just to see how they were getting on with it, turns out they didn’t get on with it and had it up for sale at Bass Direct so I took a trip up there to see if it really was as good as I remembered it... it was, so I bought it. I was very lucky, it was still immaculate, not a mark on it, great. I’ve been playing it for the last 2-3 weeks and although it’s a big change back to long scale it is worth it because imho it is unparalleled as an acoustic bass. However, it appears the bass had not forgiven me for turning my back on it. Yesterday evening I had a lesson with my excellent bass tutor, as I was packing away the Godin I got chatting to the tutor’s next pupil, I then left to drive home. I parked just down the road from Che Blank, slung the gig bag over my shoulder and started walking, suddenly the bag went light and a second later came the sickening rattle of the Godin as it clattered across the pavement. I turned round to see it lying on its back thankfully. I picked it up and shoved it back in the case, got to the house and headed for bed not really wanting to look. I gave it a full inspection this morning and it does have a few dings and scratches on the back of the body but far, far, less than I was expecting, in fact you have to look for them, bl00dy thing is built like a tank. It looks like the strap button on the bottom took the brunt of the impact before it toppled on to its back. Oddly this afternoon I parked in roughly the same spot, I happened to look down as I walked away from the car and there was my TC Electronics clip on tuner lying on the pavement where it had been for the last fourteen hours.

Not sure what the point of this post is, anyway, if @Jabba_the_gut‘s bass, wot I luv, ends up a) with me and b) being the perfect short scale fretted bass, I will then push the Godin into a lake and hurl flaming torches at it in the Uphelia style.

31 minutes ago, ordep said:

FRFR (alto, etc) plus modelers? (Zoom, Line6, etc)

Exactly this ^ I play guitar and bass, both acoustic and electric through mine. Never going back to amps.

3 minutes ago, ezbass said:

You are correct, I don’t even know who or what Skee-Lo is.

I forget just how good Bow Wow Wow were, such great musicians, Annabella Lwin, Matthew Ashman (RIP), Dave Barbarossa and the brilliant Leigh Gorman on bass, perhaps the perfect pop band imho...

10 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

Absolutely love these frank , superb band ,thanks for sharing 👍

They are really good, no idea why they aren’t bigger but they rarely seem to play outside of Brighton, amazing live band.

Oh, just discovered they have a website at last.

Latest video from the excellent Samsara...

I had an Aerodyne and even unmodified it was a superb bass, this will be even better, excellent basses and this is a great price GLWTS.

1 hour ago, thepurpleblob said:

Just discovered the Sleaford Mods. Was vaguely aware of them but thought they were a bit naff.   Had a bit more of a listen and have been sucked in so to speak. Still very strange though!

 

Likewise for me but their performance of Jobseeker on Jools Holland...

and this...

Made me realise they are excellent. English Tapas is a great album, gets under your skin. Superb band. The documentary Bunch of Kunst is great too.

On 16/02/2019 at 12:02, scrumpymike said:

Wow, that's a heroic effort...

 

Well I have friends who run a B&B nearby and they are overdue a visit so I’ll drive down the day before and back the day after. So leisurely rather than heroic.

2 hours ago, yorks5stringer said:

Looks like we may have a different winner of the 'who's travelled furthest to the Bash' competition. No prizes but just the kudos of sitting on a motorway for 6 hours...

Good job I like driving!

I’m going to attempt to attend every Bass Bash this year so count me in. I’ll be bringing...

Fretless Rob Allen Mouse

Fretted Godin A4

FRFR set up

...@Frank Blank’s acoustic corner if you will.

1 minute ago, ubit said:

Any kind of industrial music makes me more likely to put the foot down. 

Laibach makes me want to put my foot down but in a tank.

4 hours ago, Barking Spiders said:

Yikes, I was on the A46 travelling from out Warwick way towards Evesham and had Killing Joke blasting away. I saw a flash go off at the roadside and noticed i was doing 60 in a 50 limit. Ha kinda of ironic since I put up this thread just two days ago!  Another fun half day at another speed awareness course I guess.

I have found Killing Joke to be perhaps the worst music for adhering to speed limits, try listening to The Wait in a 30mph zone, no hope.

*waves*

I love listening to Kraftwerk in the car, also that’s where I listen to anything heavy, on car rotation at the moment...

Sepultura

Soulfly

Helmet

Venetian Snares

Squarepusher

13 minutes ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

........ With a different guitarist. 

This, with big ol’ Bells on.

43 minutes ago, ubit said:

We went to see the Mission a while back. They were great but they were supported by Peter Murphy. I was so looking forward to seeing him but he appeared with an acoustic guitarist and a violinist. It was rotten and he behaved like a spoiled brat. He thrashed an acoustic , then next song started and stopped the song, took off the guitar and shouted this effin guitar is out of tune and threw it away. I felt sorry for the roadie as it was Murphy that had put the damned thing out of tune. The whole sound was weak and thin. A real legend went down in my estimation that night. 

Pete Murphy has always been that way, your full on prima donna right there, mind you, saying that, some Bauhaus gigs around the time of Mask were some of the best I’ve ever seen.

1 hour ago, TheGreek said:

Nice work Jezza - expect Frank to be harassing you through the build - you know he wants it...

This is the one I love...

Here’s mine along with the tech section of my set up invoice (I had a full set up do be after I purchased mine.

On 03/02/2019 at 19:38, dodgnofski said:

The pics are also very helpful, as the top one shows that the fret lines continue over the edge of the finger board - which were sadly lacking on my Tanglewood Lined Fretless.

The lines do continue over the edge of the fingerboard but are still very difficult to see, I had lines put in to in order to make them more visible.

At last! A new Cake single...

*waves*