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Grahambythesea

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  1. That’ll feel a bit different to the mustang 😎
  2. Classic good looks and instantly recognisable.
  3. So about 2 months in how is the Venova?
  4. Why not just use proper mandolin tuning. Should stay in tune better .
  5. Thanks @Reggaebass I think I’ve some of those from a previous project together with some 3000 super fine pads. I’ve given the neck a once over finishing off with the 3000 pad followed by a buff up with my favourite Music Nomad polish and it feels a little different. May be a case of trying little by little.
  6. Well found @itu seems like he could pick a Fender too!
  7. Sad to hear of the passing of Kenny Rogers. The man had a great voice and was an upright bass player in the past with a jazz trio, the Bobby Doyle Trio and with the well known folk act, the New Christy Minstrels (remember one wheel on my wagon?) He made having a white beard cool.
  8. Vintage do a range for under £400. Should be able to pick one up second hand quite cheaply. New £296 on eBay.
  9. I think a more versatile alternative is the Spector Spectorcore. Same type of semi hollow body with a single F hole, Fishman Piezo bridge, but with bonus of a single magnetic pickup (EMG on my model, newer ones have a Bartolini). Excellent build quality- Korean made.
  10. Weren’t some of the Aria basses branded as Commodore in the U.K.?
  11. Whilst I am happy to rub down a maple neck to give a satin finish, I recently bought a Hofner Ignition Violin Bass which has a high gloss sunburst neck. I’ d like to take it down a bit, but I don’t want to loose the sunburst finish. I also suspect that the finish is pretty thin. Anyone any suggestions? Should I risk it or just leave it to time?
  12. Thanks they seem ridiculously cheap!
  13. Interesting, mine had a cut nut, which surprised me, and unfortunately someone in China can’t measure! Alright now though. I saw a YouTube video wear the guy sanded the B Bass logo off the truss rod cover. Might try that.
  14. That sounds highly feasible. I was around in the sixties, my older brother had a Senator Bass and I remember seeing guys with Committee basses which we thought was very up market! I can’t remember any amateur bands having violin or club basses. I wonder if they were mainly in the German market so the bands like the Beatles & the Searchers who played in Hamburg got theirs over there?
  15. 4 string and that short is surely a piccolo bass?
  16. Is there a bit of a Fender thing going on in your house? 😜
  17. My first ever electric guitar was a Club 40. I can get quite nostalgic about club basses although I have never owned one😞
  18. Now changed to a much better ivory coloured nut and bought tea cup knobs which look so much more the part than the black mini top hats.
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