Frank Blank

A little while back I paid @Osiris a visit in order to evaluate some pedals and eat fish finger sandwiches (not a euphonium), as an aside I was going to try out his JMJ Mustang and Sandberg Lionel. Now I have played a Lionel (again, not a euphonium) two or three times previous to this and I have found them dull and without any discernible character, this doesn't go for all Sandbergs, I've had two TT4s, superb basses, just not short scale, it seems I just don't dig the Lionel. I've had a few Fenders over the years, mainly at the beginning of my second bass playing phase as an over 50 man as opposed to phase one in my youth, I have always found Fenders perfectly good if a little dull, so, as @Osiris handed me the Mustang I expected just that, perfectly good if a little dull. Well, I couldn't have been more wrong, perhaps the most comfortable bass I've ever played, I mean I'd have to do a side-by-side with an Acinonyx but, although heavier than an Acinonyx, it did feel extremely comfortable. But, oh man, the playability was off the chart! One of my measures of how much I like a bass is how quickly I start writing new bass lines and that happened immediately. I was truly gobsmacked, i kept playing, it kept being excellent, it was one of those moments when you realise the options are a) knock @Osiris spark out and leggit with said instrument or b) start messaging people on BC who I knew had a JMJM or two (sorry @Lozz196) to see if I could talk them into selling me one. Luckily I hit gold and two days later I had a JMJ in the rack. Now the one I bought was strung with La Bella 760F-MUS stainless steel flats and ooofff that makes a big difference, they sound so good, deep and thumpy but still articulate in a way I find quite difficult to describe. Now to be honest, the Mustang sound, even through my preamp, isn't really the right sound for the music I make with my current duo, most of the bass lines I play are up around the 12th fret and require a @Jabba_the_gut semi-hollow bass wearing light, very bright rounds, but as a writing tool the Mustang is unsurpassed. Over half of the bass lines I play were actually initially written on a knackered old classical guitar, I have no idea why this is the case but there it is, it just seems to have tunes in it, but blimey, the Mustang is actually bursting with bass lines, every time I sit down something new falls out of it, it's mad, so many in fact that I keep forgetting them, I really must invest in a new interface that I have set up all the time, in fact I wonder if I can play through the Grace Design Alix and straight into a DAW... I digress. Anyway, the JMJ Mustang is a stonker. If you are considering going over to short scales but can't bear to put down your big ol' Fender Precision, even though it is giving you serious back or shoulder problems, try a JMJ Mustang. I have often wondered which bass could be a safe bridge, so to speak, into the interesting world of short scales, I think this has to be a top candidate.

Cool, this pic has been invaluable over the years.

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Excellent. That's exactly what happens, and, have a twang on everyone else's kit too. It's a tenner (that may have changed, someone will comment if so) that goes to cover the hire of the hall and any surplus, I believe, goes to charity. That is compulsory* *not really

@cetera - Charvel 3B, ESP Surveyor '87, Fender FSR PJ Precision, Hamer Impact, Italia Imola, Spector NS2, Spector Euro, Spector EuroX (Spectorbird), Spector Pulse II, Gallien Krueger 400RB & Legacy800, GenzBenz Neox 2x12 @TheGreek - All short scale this year - a @Jabba_the_gut short scale 5er, Mini Ray, Short scale P bass @Harlequin74 - Zoot Performer, Status Shark, Spector QV4 , Markbass TTE501 and Matching CAB. Maybe the Lehle Basswitch… @Frank Blank - @Jabba_the_gut short scale fretted and fretless, JMJ Mustang, QSC K12.2, Grace Design Alix

Curse you all to hell! No rush btw, it's been like it for a few weeks but I had a spare mo' so I thought I'd point it out in case it wasn't just me.

Afternoon Sorry to trouble Basschat with this but I am unable to login to Guitarchat. If I use my BC login I get this message... If I then click Contact Us I get... ...and it will not let me type anything in the message field. If I then go to this page... ...and click Forgot your password? and then fill in the next screen and click Recover password I get this... ? 🤔 ?

I'm in.

Here is its fretted twin currently being built by @Jabba_the_gut

My mistake, it's actually 31.5"

It's a f*****g masterpiece. FTFY

This is excellent news, hugely excited. If it's anything like as good as its fretless twin (a f*****g masterpiece) then I am going to be over the moon.

Well first Google hit says... "RWRP” is an abbreviation for “reverse-wound, reverse-polarity” and refers to a technique used to build pickups so that they cancel hum.

Welcome @OllieVT

👆 this, completely and totally 👆

I've had a couple of basses that used to pick up taxi radio chatter but only when the active batteries were running low.

Twelve Babychams please...

Our work here is done, whose round is it?

Give Piano Pavilion a call, I'm sure they can give you advice.

...and why a lot of upright players use AER amps. I used to have the AER Basic Performer, lovely amp but it didn't sound as good as the QSC.

I was on exactly this quest as I wanted my Rob Allen Mouse to sound as much like an upright bass as possible for some songs. I found the best sounding to me was to use a QSC K12.2, even without a preamp, just bass straight in, it sounds great and very upright like.

Just bought a lovely JMJ Mustang from an equally lovely @Brucegill. Excellent, painless transaction, a real pleasure to deal with. So firstly I need to declare him a scholar and a gentleman and secondly award him the entirely un-coveted Frank Blank Seal of Approval... Cheers Bruce.

Having an early bonfire night Stubbs old man? Or do you need new oars for your fleet of coracles?

Can't get it to work on my Macbook, it's ok on my phone, probably me. Edit: as soon as I typed that 👆 I got on... 🙄