Frank Blank

*waves*

Killing Joke currently on stage at UEA Norwich. I beat a personal best this evening walking out after a song and a half...

Just opted for the Fishman Platinum Pro from GAK, cheers all.

4 hours ago, MoJo said:

I would. I’ve never played a Wal. I could pretend to be Mick Karn for a while (if Mick Karn had forgotten how to play)

Yes, *squeeee* me first, me first *shaves off eyebrows*

On 25/10/2018 at 10:46, Eboclive said:

I don't see any irony in any of your comments, just rudeness at an offer to bring along some basses that might be of interest to some people.
Fair enough, no interest, I won't bother bringing anything then if these are the sort of comments it attracts.

Irony - sarcasm - rudeness - the inability to covey nuance in written text.

All these things aside, we’d really like you to bring your Wal basses.

1 minute ago, andy67 said:

 

Cracking band, first saw these on Later... thanks for reminding me!

3 hours ago, josie said:

I recognised the Stingray and the upright, hadn't come across the Chapman stick before. Good to know about, thank you. 

On 11/04/2017 at 17:24, Bassassin said:

Do as I did - scrape off all that horrid brown glop (which will take a whole 20 minutes) and Danish oil the body, so it looks a bit like this:



Admittedly - mine was an £80 fixer-upper, and in a dreadful state when I got it.

@Bassassin what did you scrape the horrid brown gloop off with? I’m liking the look of that for my SR500 and SRC6.

11 minutes ago, kevvo66 said:

Welcome indeed sir ,if it hadn't been for learning guitar I'd never of gone onto bass ,but love playing flamenco guitar still , ukelele do both after all variety is the spice of life 

You are in excellent company Sir, JJ Burnel was a classical guitarist before taking up the bass.

I'm with @Teebs as wide as possible and personally I've never purchased a patterned strap.

Just now, bloodandtearsuk said:

He... just for clarification....

Just realising my first comment was a little far from welcoming so, welcome, Sir.

Just now, Geek99 said:

Round here we’d probably say you’d come from the dark side 

Yes, but he/she's crossed the house so to speak so good on him/her. Bass playing is a bit like Hotel California, You can check out any time you like but you can never leave...

Based solely on the response to Damon Albarn on here I've sought out the The Good, The Bad & The Queen album and am thoroughly enjoying it, some lovely reggae influenced bass lines running through it. I remember my Dad *spits* turning TOTP or the radio off when Bowie, Roxy Music or Sparks (there were more, it was quite an extensive list) came on, it was a clue to the music actually being interesting.

1 hour ago, martthebass said:

Great gig on Saturday night at Dartford Social club.  Unfortunately Dartford tunnel was closed which meant the whole area was pretty much gridlocked - something us in the frozen north don't normally have to contend with.  This meant the run from the Travelodge to the venue was an hour instead of 10 minutes.  We were going to leave the gear at the venue overnight, but due to the traffic problems we decided to pack up and store in the van overnight.  This was very nearly a grave error as overnight a group of scrotes decided to have a go at a number of vans in the carpark - ours included.  Fortunately the deadlocks saved us but is was close.

 

Welcome to Essex.

1 minute ago, casapete said:

Bit more Maine info on this old thread Frank. Cheers, Pete.

Cheers Pete!

On 22/10/2018 at 23:44, Frank Blank said:

The organiser dude said at the beginning of the night “I’ll try and rustle you up something to put the bass through...” I’ve been struggling to get the sound I want out of the AER lately but tonight, when I got on the stage I plugged into this...

Having played here again I had a better look at this top and the make is Maine, anyone know anything about these amps? I love the tone of it and would love to find one. 

MacBook Pro, all the way.

7 minutes ago, RedVee said:

I get tired of showing my solid bodied P Bass and J Bass so here is my other Fender a Fender Kingman ABG. This gets very little playtime and I really don't know why I bought it in the first place but I did. It is not the loudest acoustic on the market if you want to play it live without amplification, but it has a cracking J Bass neck and a good Fishman preamp. Made in China which I was sceptical about at first, but after reading on line reviews which were in praise of it I took the plunge. The build quality and sound are both great and it is currently strung with La Bella White Nylon Tapewounds.

 

I have a Kingman, it’s really loud and allows you to ‘dig in’ like no other acoustic bass, if only they made a short scale version...

https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/315455-interesting-frfr-story/?tab=comments#comment-3410353

9 hours ago, Bilbo said:

I loved Waterfall by Wendy and Lisa. I really coveted Wendy Melvoin's white Gibson ES335. Great song too. 

I’m a big Wendy & Lisa fan, particularly of Wendy Melvoin’s guitar playing, much underrated imho.

9 hours ago, GuyR said:

It was.

Terry Reid was outstanding.

He was, knew nothing about the man, loved that performance.

Bloody hell, is that Paul Simonon with Damon..?

Just now, Bridgehouse said:

Of course - I have organists in my blood - two aunts, two uncles and my dad. One uncle was a proper enthusiast!

Is it bonkers?

24 minutes ago, dodgnofski said:

Managed to get the bottom of the bridge piece as flat as a Witches threepenny bit and despite a possible slight improvement, there is still a difference in volume - now, where's that Stanley Knife? 😃😃👍👍

Then when you’ve fvcked it completely take it to a luthier, as I have each time I’ve attempted any kind of bass diy... 😁 seriously though, good luck!

27 minutes ago, Bridgehouse said:

Me and Mrs B collect vinyl. 

A friend of ours bought that album for me as a p1ss take - I decided to wall mount it for a laugh - we get no end of questions when people come round 

It’s a cracker, have you listened to it?