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Nice! That is a lovely top.
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Was Burner not the Japanese-made range? There are USA bolt-on models which haven't been called Burners.
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Bacchus, blocks and binding? I don't really play 5 strings anymore so decided to move on my beloved 04 Bacchus Standard 5. I love the tone of it, but have just accepted that 4 bangers are where I'm most comfortable. Then I had an idea and found this Woodline in Japan from the same era, when they had the "Handmade" range with the two-piece Deviser bridge. After repairing some things the seller amazingly omitted to disclose, and a thorough clean, this thing is just what I was looking for. I still think I'll install a Bart XTCT preamp I have knocking around to get me exact tone of the 5 string, though, however it is lovely sounding as is. Anyway, here it is. Fitting in with the 4 string members of Team Bacchus
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I have made corrections to my original post. Does this please the Typo Police?
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Not a whole lot of love, there. Sorry, I couldn't stop myself.
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I wonder where the venue stands, legally, to impose this? If a photographer or band is hired by the couple, then that's who their contract is with, not the venue. The venue is just another contractor hired by the couple and, as such, should have no right to access information on other contractor's payments details or impose a fee, based on the value of the contract between separate contractors and the couple, surely?
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You soon might be able to hire it out very cheaply.
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I watched the video of him miming on this bass to songs recorded on a different bass over 30 years ago. Rex hasn't been entirely relevant to anything in about 20 years. I'm not sure getting this made with a thinner neck, yet still no volute, is the best idea ever. The signature-model fetish of this era, in the absence of any real innovation, is getting very boring.
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Tone pot removal or 2 pickups into one tone pot
Doctor J replied to DaleASmith's topic in Bass Guitars
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Nice. I've never seen a setup like that before, a full size kit designed just to trigger. Very interesting.
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Ronnie James Dio on bass, shortly after his band auditioned to play the Enchantment Under The Sea dance
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Passive doesn't disengage the battery from the circuit, only unplugging the lead does.
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Funny (ha ha or peculiar) gear transactions
Doctor J replied to Mickeyboro's topic in General Discussion
I bought a headless Status bass from a deeply middle-aged Elvis impersonator (Las Vegas Elvis, to be specific) and got to meet his much younger trophy wife, possibly named Priscilla, I didn't ask. -
I saw Chic in Cork on Tuesday, excellent as always. A staggering setlist delivered immaculately.
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Some decent sets from Hellfest have been put up
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When I was a kid, before the idea of playing bass ever entered my head, I remember seeing that bass in the Wishing Well video and thinking it was the coolest thing I had ever seen. I had no idea it was Cass until this thread. Excellent.
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Gongs for musicians and other entertainers
Doctor J replied to Barking Spiders's topic in General Discussion
A band I was in, back in the 90's, one gig we had a mate do a gong solo during the set. It didn't go over well. It didn't go over well at all. The public don't really respect the place of the gong in music, I reckon. -
Less than a year after the death of wife number four, Jerry Lee Lewis married wife number five, a former cocktail waitress half his age named Shawn Stephens. Stephens, 26, died less than 80 days into the marriage. According to The Village Voice, Stephens didn't wake up the morning of August 24, 1983. Worse still, she was covered in bruises, and both Stephens and her room were coated in blood. On top of that, there was dried blood underneath her nails ... and as noticed by a paramedic, there were claw marks on the back of Lewis' hand. The autopsy, however, blamed Stephens' death on a methadone overdose. That evening, Lewis talked to Stephens' sister on the phone and told her, "Your sister's dead, and she was a bad girl." Source: https://www.grunge.com/187940/the-troubling-history-of-jerry-lee-lewis/
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Setup for a new bass (or more than a setup)
Doctor J replied to BigJHW's topic in General Discussion
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Setup for a new bass (or more than a setup)
Doctor J replied to BigJHW's topic in General Discussion
I would expect a decent tech to be able to identify the cause of the buzzing quite quickly and tell you what the problem is. This is simple mechanics, there is nothing complicated in seeing where a vibrating string is making contact with a fret. He should have been able to tell you what was happening straight away. That he hasn't, combined with the Indonesian jibe, would have me concerned greatly. A setup is a quick and simple process, with experience. If it needed more than a setup, he should have been able to tell you what and why, right away. If a brand new bass needed a repair, he should have told you to send it back under warranty. He's had it a week? Wtf is he doing? -
What would be your bass gig of choice from all of history?
Doctor J replied to Bilbo's topic in General Discussion
Terry Butler's spot in Death, starting with Leprosy, before moving on to Spiritual Healing, though sticking around for Human, Individual Thought Patterns and Symbolic so I'd get to play with Reinert and Hoglan. -
Is this not the modern world? Everything is the best thing ever. Everything is so crammed full of profound moments you'll run out of skin once you start getting tattoos about the iconic memories you simply need to trigger. Make sure you let everyone know, too, with an array of carefully taken selfies to show how in the moment you were, living your best life out loud! Hey, PREMIER LEAGUE will be back soon, don't miss a second of it! YOLO!
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Always tune up to pitch. If you go sharp, tune back down below the note, give the string a bit of a pull away from the fretboard around the 12th fret to release any slack, then try again, only ever tuning up to pitch.
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Are they a Big Chief tribute band or did they just steal the name?