Frank Blank

I totally owe you, great tip off and a game changer bass for me, thank you so much.

It is a four string and, as you say, just like a strung tree. It is quiet unplugged but glorious enough that I bought it. I was offered to try it through an amp but I always buy instruments on their acoustic tone, in my experience if they sound good unplugged they will sound good amplified. It is loud enough to practice with solo but even alongside an acoustic guitar it needs plugging in.

Well technically it’s NTMBASHBD (New To Me But Actually Second Hand Bass Day). Alright, this was Wednesday but as close as damn it. I posted a while back asking for recommendations for a short scale lined fretless bass, @ikay was kind enough to point out that two fretless Rob Allen Mouse (should this be mice) basses were for sale on here. I feel very lucky to have purchased one of these from the scholar and gentleman @WishIcouldplay. Anyway, I had never tried an RA Mouse before, never seen one or heard one (apart from online, obv.) but I love the look of them from pics so With a pocket full of wonga I headed off to try it out. Just seeing it on its stand was enough, what a beautiful thing. I tried it as in slid one note up a tone on the G and I was in love. I dropped in on my musical collaborator on the way home and played our latest song using it, glorious. Yesterday I got home from work about 6 and went straight to the study, plugged it in and started noodling, when I looked up again I was surprised to see it was dark, a look at the clock, 10:44! I have never owned a hand made instrument before, what a thing, it’s like playing a work of art, bass lines and tunes are falling out of it, I am actually smitten... ...now I need a fretted one.

I was kidding, the genuine answer is 0.

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The title of my forthcoming novella, there.

I forgive him everything for a smattering of excellent performances, SM are tops though.

Oh my god, are you sure she’s not my good lady wife? Three of my top bands right there. I’m always over the moon when anyone mentions The Slits, totally great band.

Excellent. I think I’ve found my brand!

Your good lady wife is right on the money. I was musing on this a while back, Crass - Sleaford Mods, anything in between is mostly irrelevant.

That’s great news! Thanks for the update, gives me an opportunity to remind you (just in case, I’m sure you remembered) about the black truss rod cover. It might be a two bass week here!

No sign of it yet but I’ll let you know as soon as it arrives and we can sort out a meet.

I'm not sure it's technically 'rock star' but you are, without a shadow of a doubt, The Man.

Nope... 1995 2012

...nor grammar.

I can hear that from over here.

Thanks so much for this. My bass tutor has sent me some files of drones in various pitches to play scales along with, I’ll get to it! Thanks again.

Despite being an almost complete novice on a fretless I nearly went all snob about him when I need to do exactly the opposite and be open to all things fretless. I actually think this has been a really good exercise in not instantly going up my own a***. Cheers.

I’m actually digging him, I wasn’t at first but I’m warming to his videos.

I may be a talentless vagabond Sir but I do have standards

I just spat coffee all over my iPad.