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    I was going to buy a Jack Casady bass, but....

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    5 hours ago, RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE said:

    It looks a bit complicated in places, but the you tube clips ive seen make it not as daunting as it could be . I think being bass players , we just tend to plug and play etc . 
    Brlieve it or not , I'm going through a similar phase to yourself .

    I'm a couple of years older , but stopped gigging years ago. 
    A couple of years ago , I got the moog grandmother after seeing it reviewed

    I found it daunting , and  as it's a little on the large side I was struggling where to put it in my small flat . Problem solved during lockdown , and I'm slowly getting tangerine dream and klaus Schulz sounds . 
    A couple of weeks ago , I saw a moog dfam and it was too hard to refuse on fleabay . 
    I'm now contemplating off loading a couple of basses 🙀

    Enjoy your new toy 😼

    Moog grandmother, just googled it. Wow that’s quite hardcore. Moog emulator on your iPad not good enough? 😉 

    I also don’t gig anymore.  Trashed hearing. Hearing aids shut down at high volume/pressure of the bass and without them i struggle to hear the rest of the band.  But it’s not all woe, with headphones, AmpliTube, loopers, 6 string guitar etc I am producing and hearing sounds that 20 years ago I could only have dreamed of!

    creativity and expression has never been more accessible, shame that most youngsters seem to be more interested in Instagram and image. 😢

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    I was going to buy a Jack Casady bass, but....

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    4 hours ago, RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE said:

    There's lots going on there, and hours of fun . 
    I looked at this on you tube , and  there's an abundance of stuff on there.

    Now get  a moog to go with it 😼

    And now I get to get synth gas also? 😂

    TBH this thing is likely to be above my grade for some time, and even without bringing in samples etc the built in synths have great sounds.  

    What’s amazing for me is that it’s taken me right back to when I first started playing music, 16 year’s old with two mates when parents out at work. All taking it in turns on guitar, bass and drums. No skill or knowledge, but just driven and amazed at producing ‘music’.  It’s good to have a fresh start at something.  😃

    I was going to buy a Jack Casady bass, but....

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    I got fed up with the wait for left handers continually being pushed back. 😒

    So, on a whim I bought a Teenage Engineering OP-Z groove box, and it’s awesome!

    Plan was to just create some beats and sequences to play along to.  But I’ve had it a couple of weeks now and I’m lost in a world of techno dance groves. 😍 

    Weird for a 55 year old whose never been to a rave, and last time in a nightclub was during the ‘Hitman and her’ era?  

    I guess I’ve always like Faithless though. 😀

     

     

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    Kent Armstrong, A little Kent history

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    49 minutes ago, OliverBlackman said:

    My first overwater came with Ken Armstrong pickups and a John East preamp. It really was a thunderous sound. Anyone got any ideas on when his pickups were in Ken Smith basses?

    TBH I only know about the Smith reference through posts in Talkbass etc

    but this article goes into a little detail.  

    https://www.bassprofessor.info/index.php/bass-museum/bass-hunter-2012-2018/1350-bassmuseum-ken-smith-chuck-rainey-5
     

    “It is an open secret that these two powerful sound wonders come from Kent Armstrong's pickup forge.”

    It also seems that Kent made the original pickups for Status (then Strata) basses. 

     

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    Mixing strings

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    I know that there is no such thing as an original thought anymore, as everything has been done at some stage.  But has anyone mixed flat and roundwound strings on the same guitar?  
     

    I like many, have flats on one bass and roundwounds on another.  Both sound and play very differently and I select to suit the song best. 
     

    The same goes for fretless, and there are examples of people pulling a few frets on a bass to get a hybrid best (or worse!) of both worlds. 
     

    So, is there sense to say (maybe on a 5 string) have EADG as roundwould for slappy stuff.  But put have the 5s B on flat to have the choice to swap to thumpy stuff?
     

    Anyone tried this? 

     

     

     

    Epiphone Jack Cassidy bass in lefty!

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    in stock at Guitar Guitar! 

    https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/200519359059025--epiphone-jack-casady-bass-metallic-gold-lh?gclid=Cj0KCQjwp4j6BRCRARIsAGq4yMEJ_nBvGGB6fcA2Bk1eD-tiW2V6JHqrCdZWMO1nF2f5lGHe0vWegCkaAmCWEALw_wcB

     

    But not sure that i can stretch to £689, when Gak are promising it for £599. 

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    P bass bitsa build

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    14 hours ago, JohnDaBass said:

    Yer let the 1800 grit soak in the Blossom Hill for at least 15 minutes to achieve that soft & fruity ruby glow. The finish looks sooooo much better after a bottle or two😂

    Lol. Actually the wine box is only for me to carry home a case of Jail Ale.  And yes, I am often ‘Well soaked’. 🍺🍺🍺
     

     

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    P bass bitsa build

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    Some personal issues kept we away fro home for several weeks. But now im back for a bit and I’ve grabbed a couple of hours sanding and polishing. 
     

    Practiced on the back and generally happy. Hope to do a better job in the front though as there are a few sanding scratches from 1800 sanding part. Don't think i soaked paper for long enough. But im happy enough. 🙂

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