Frank Blank

Jug.

You say flanger, I say flanjer You say flanjer and I say flanger Flanger, flanjer, flanger, flanjer Let's call the whole thing (a poncy phaser) off...

There's something wrong with mine (pics in post).

Gandhi made my top ten flautists, Ghandi, however, was arrested for impersonating G. Handi the infamous puppet thruster.

Ludovic Kennedy Lord Lucan Betty Boothroyd Shep the dog Timmy Mallett That bloke off Daktari Kirsty Wark Ben Kingsley Arthur Negus Roobarb

Nobby Stiles, I mean he didn't play drums or 'owt but... you know... Nobby Stiles.

Come With Me - Dennis Bovell & Dennis Curtis.

Bloody hell, Soul Coughing. The only band (IMHO) who released three albums without a duff track amongst them. I had no idea they'd reformed, good job I suppose as it saved me a flight to the US. I am praying they'll put out another album 🙏

And yet another excuse for...

You must have been in the bog... when he talked about Doctor and the Medics.

Despite having played a (borrowed) Stingray a few times, in a thrash metal band years ago, I know nothing about these basses. All I remember (I may have been a little refreshed at the time) was the biting tone which fitted perfectly with my style of playing in such a band. For a few years now I've played in an acoustic duo and I have two beautiful short scale basses built by our very own @Jabba_the_gut that are perfect for this endeavour. However, I have, for years now, had a hankering for a solid bodied electric bass. I've been through a few but, for some reason, I've mostly avoided the bigger names. My first 'serious' bass, bought thirty five years ago at The Bass Centre, was a black Jaydee Supernatural and the last was a Fender JMJ Mustang, but, apart from the borrowed Stingray, I have never really had the (sober) Stingray experience. So... I need some help from all the Stingray experts. If you were going to buy a Stingray, what would you go for? New? Used? Are there particular years to look out for? I think I've read about there being a pre and post period of some sort? Just to give you a starting point, I quite fancy the look of this 2022 Ernie Ball Music Man Stingray Special 4 currently on sale at Bass Bros, but that's purely on looks, if you had 2K (or 4K for that matter) to spend on a Stingray what would you go for and why?

Cheers Sir!

Sorry to awaken this old thread. I've been looking at Lindo basses lately but I hadn't seen a thin body version. Got a link Reg?

This is an excellent idea, he could certainly run such a thing at a Bass Bash.

It's a big cask but I think I'm up to it, I'm a Brut. Judging by the sommelier this thread has gone right off.

I too was baffled by compression. I was also baffled by the singer/guitarist in my duo (an experienced FOH/sound tech) missing compression in our sound, applying that compression and being satisfied when I couldn't hear the difference. "If you can hear a difference in tone then it's too much compression," she would say, I couldn't get my head around that. Thankfully I am acquainted with the excellent @Osiris, who spent a day demonstrating and educating me in the subtleties of compression, that lead to me understanding the subject a lot more and, eventually, to acquiring an optical compressor, much more suited to the type of music we play. Now I can't do without it, I notice when it isn't on and yet I'd still struggle, really struggle, to explain exactly what it's doing. I use a very expensive preamp and the Effectrode PC-2A Compressor, given the choice between the two I'd keep the compressor, the preamp is tech, that compressor has some kind of juju I can't do without.

This thread has become an absolute Chablis... Trying to think of another pun but I've drawn a blanc. Thnkyvrymch.