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[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1461580930' post='3035774'] Carmine Appice . [/quote] My brain always turns his name into Carmine Apples.

Bit of a thread necro, but you put tapewounds on a P so I'll allow it.

Ok, I've put my elbow in pretty much direct contact with my trunk and moved my thumb to the ringfinger and it seems to be a lot better. Thanks everyone.

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1461367616' post='3034164'] Thanks Guys, it went well. Little bit of finger shifting and a couple of duff notes, but nothing new there [/quote] Steve Bailey said something like "aim to be in tune 90% of the time because you'll miss sometimes" As long as you detect and correct that's fine.

Best looking Steve Harris model IMO, that was Maiden when I was growing up. Ps are great basses, everyone should have one.

ME OF THE BRAIN NOW?

Yeah, 1 finger per fret.

Hi everyone, My bass teacher has asked me to go through a few exercises in the ionian/mixolydian modes on G at first position. For some reason I've always avoided that position and it turns out after a while I end up with pain in the "blade" muscle on my hand (ie: hunder the little finger). My thumb is level with my middle finger, I'm trying not to put too much pressure on but always after a while.... ouch. Is there anything I can do to mitigate this or has anyone else had a similar situation?

That would be an accurate description, yes.

Yeah, half first into his account, second half with sofa shot.

[quote name='lowhand_mike' timestamp='1461231369' post='3032624'] nice bass, where do i get me some of those points? could do with some [/quote] Tell me about it. I spent LOADS of mine getting my Maruszczyk and my Enfield, which is why I feel this one may end up with someone else Funny thing is I'm wanting a sonic blue bass... a YOB bass... And a classic fender... And this appears. (mind you - 1973 - not exactly a classic fender year is it... I'd have been more tempted by a PEB Stingray but I was born 3 years too early)

If I were to change one thing about my order in retrospect I'd request low profile frets. Because I'm an extremely aggressive player I can't get on with jumbo frets. I didn't know this till I got a bass with them on. If there's one change I'll make to this bass, I'll put it in for a fret filing. I didn't realize at the time but my main bass I've been beating up for years has tiny short frets on it and that's why I can still play really hard with a low-ish action and no buzzing on it. But that's entirely down to my playing style and me not understanding the impact of those large frets.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1461227374' post='3032561'] Nice colour. It's a refinish though. [/quote] Is it? Shame. Still, looks gorgeous. I need to figure out if I have enough wife survival points to pull this off.

YOB Jazz bass in a lovely blue. http://thebassgallery.com/index.php/bass/4-string/jazz-1973.html I've already spent near 3 grand on basses this year... I really can't justify this.

Don't even know what make my first guitars and basses were. They were all about £20 from the 2nd hand shop in the late 80s and kept breaking.

Is it not just a standard allen/hex key? If so you can pick up an entire allen key set for a few quid and that should give you one for both the truss rod and the bridge saddles as well.

I've been thinking about this whole availability thing, from a number of perspectives, especially as music is so easy to listen to now. For example: I am typing this while listening to a playlist of tracks I've never heard before on spotify... Absolutely unthinkable when I was 18 in 1991. And sure... I probably know "Too Dark Park" by Skinny Puppy or "Master of Puppets" by Metallica more intimately than I'll ever know anything else again because I could only buy one album a month and would play them on repeat for ever, but would I go back to that? f*** no! In the same way that a starving man wouldn't want to go back to the time he found a piece of mars bar in a hedge, and when he ate it, it was the best mars bar he'd ever because he hadn't eaten in a week. No. Those days are gone. Incidentally all my first stuff was broken sh*t from 2nd hand shops. My first bass was a short scale piece of crap with no name on it that barely made a noise over the hiss, and one of my first guitars, the electronics fell out, along with what looked like hay. In short, I'm not completely against the old definition of nostalgia as an illness. http://knowledgenuts.com/2014/06/29/when-nostalgia-was-considered-a-crippling-mental-illness/ No, things weren't better back in the day. The truth is you were young, full of wonder, everything was new and your memories are partially false and partially rose-tinted.

Yeah, I think you're more likely to be talking truss rod tool or your neck would probably be banana'd by now.

I love how lazy Nile Rodgers' right wrist is.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1461083376' post='3031314'] Unfortunately a large percentage of musicians are bell-ends. [/quote] I can't speak for all musicians, but I certainly am!

Lovely... but... <ocd> Take.... plastic... off.. bottom... pickup... <\ocd>

You might be able to pick up a second hand Enfield Lionheart for that, seriously great basses. About £1700 new though.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1460722160' post='3028167'] It's played on a keyboard on the original. [/quote] Yep. So there's not going to be an "original" tab. I'd take the notes and play them where it's most comfortable. If necessary sit with the guitarist and ask him to show you what he worked out.

Was it like this? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2prE-DUyESY[/media]

What? No Mustang Sally?