Frank Blank

Hmmmm, I am looking to get a 12 string but worried this might be a bit big. I’ll ponder further.

Is this still available?

13 minutes ago, SpondonBassed said:

 You are a part of the family now and you can never leave.

That’s a bit Hotel California!

Just now, Dad3353 said:

Let us know of the replies you get, please..?

Sure thing.

24 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

Good afternoon, Frank...

Have you had a look through here (Bass Tutors Available...) Is there no-one suitable (I see Southend-On Sea, for instance...)..?

Cheers, I have had a look and left messages on relevant posts.

6 minutes ago, suzi 9mm said:

Ha! Thanks Frank Blank! Strangely, although i'm quite petite (and female) I also somehow feel that I need a 'large' bass to make me look cool. 

However even more than this I want to sound good, so if a shorter scale is going to help me then I'm right in there! Also I find the weight of the bass guitar is giving me problems these days - I get tired at practices when playing for a couple of hours or more. And my hands get tired which results in mistakes. 

Anyway I read that Tina Weymouth has used a short scale, and she is (predictably) my idol!

So thanks again for your comments and encouragement!

Likewise with Tina Weymouth, she's superb. I don't know what the thing is with big basses, I struggled for years and just thought it was my lot to struggle because I have small hands for any instrument let alone bass, what I really meant by my boys with big basses comments was that you need to try stuff out without the burden of thinking you need big (or small for that matter), try everything without preconceptions is what I mean. When I went into my local music shop the chap who usually serves me and knows my particular tastes in instruments just pointed at the Taylor and said Tried one of these? Be careful when you pick it up, it's as addictive as crack. I did pick it up and I only put it down twenty minutes later in order to pay for it. Try everything.

So, having mused over the replies to this post, I think I would like some bass tuition. Do you know of, or are you, a bass tutor in Essex? What I'm looking to learn really are scales and some basic theory, I don't know an interval from a segue! I have some idiosyncrasies to my playing but that can be discussed but as I'm thirty years into playing I doubt I'm going to change my style. Any offers / recommendations? 

1 hour ago, suzi 9mm said:

I read this thread with interest - I'm new to the forum, joined it to get some advice on short scale basses.

Just as a comment on this, my main bass is now the Taylor Mini-e Bass, obviously it's a bit niche but it exactly what I need for my current band. The scale of this is actually 23.5 inches and, despite it being a huge change from my bigger basses it was an instant and significant improvement for me,  so much so I had one of those Oh dear, I should have been playing short scale for the last thirty years! I would suggest getting to some some shops and trying differing scale length basses out but most importantly, don't be put off by the It's too small / short / looks like a toy brigade, it's a boy thing, I'm sure Freud would have an answer to why men need big basses, same reason they need fast cars I expect.. just try everything rather than thinking to yourself that's not for me. The neck on mine is tiny but it has improved my playing hugely.

50 minutes ago, suzi 9mm said:

And Frank Blank I'd love to hear how you're getting on with the fretless SWB-1?

Well I have the SWB Pro on order but I won't be ordering the fretless SWB-1 until I've sold my Fender Modern Player fretless on here. As soon as I have the bass I will be straight on here to let you know.

£666 - you, Sir, are The Man.

Are you still avail for tuition? I’ve emailed a couple of people in Southend but no replies.

1 hour ago, Marc S said:

Hmmmm, no I think I will join you on this one Ian. I think I do too....
Or should I now buy another unlined fretless? Does a lined fretless sound different to an unlined fretless?

Can I convince Mrs S I now need another bass? lol

I prefer the look of a lined fretless for some reason, good job as I couldn't manage to shift mine on here so I best get used to looking at it as it doesn't get played.

13 hours ago, oldslapper said:

Sounds like someone describing an Ed Sheeran gig. 

I have many more adjectives for such an event, none of which are printable here.

2 hours ago, discreet said:

No don't do that - you risk entering a 'Futility Loop'. I recommend a good cry in the cupboard under the stairs when everyone else has gone to bed.

Second line of my CV there, currently entering a ‘futility loop’.

That condition is better than ok and warrants a higher price, don’t diddle yourself Sir, that’s a beautiful bass.

2 hours ago, project_c said:

 Let me know when you think you know about how art works better than them, before going anywhere near my backside.

The good thing about your backside is that it seems to understand that all humans are different. More power to your backside Sir.

1 hour ago, arthurhenry said:

Wouldn't it be nice if there was a roughly 50/50 mix of men and women on basschat?

Wouldn’t it be nice if there was such a mix in everything in the world?

1 hour ago, EssentialTension said:

But many of us are very similar so there is very good reason and a sensible motive to test and even to adopt some methods that have worked for others.

Oh yes, I wholly agree, it would be foolish not to try all methods and see what works best for you, especially methods tried and tested by others, all I’m saying is that there won’t be one method that suits everyone.

11 hours ago, neilp said:

Its how we should all do it, fretless or not

We are all different so we should do it whichever way feels most productive, no one way is best for everyone.

8 minutes ago, Hobbayne said:

Is she still married to Robert Fripp of King Crimson?

Apparently so.

Toyah on OGWT. I managed to gob on her at the Rainbow on 21st February 1981, punk my ar**.

Peter Frampton on The Old Grey Whistle Test!

17 minutes ago, Mike said:

 

11 minutes ago, LewisK1975 said:

Ah ha!  Eureka moment!  It seems lined Basses (granted I only did a quick google images search) also have dots in the position where you'd find them on a fretted Bass.  To me having both seems confusing, I think I'd be going for the dots and therefore be out of tune.

Whereas Unlined just have the side dots in the fret line position. Seems to make more sense, to me anyway, I think I can see which way this is now going.....

Can I just share that eureka moment, I thought the dots on an unlined were in the same place as a fretted!

Here's mine, still for sale for silly money, lined and lovely...