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13 minutes ago, petebassist said:
Look what you've started mate! now listening to hours of Roxy Music and considering a new fretless....
Agree, the bass is sublime on this. Another thing about RM, they often had incredible intros, you just had to continue listening... Case in point, Avalon.
Cheers,
They weren’t too shabby in their choice of bass players in the 70s… John Gustafson, Alan Spenner, Gary Tibbs. Not a bad roster!
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And don’t forget, he was the bass player in the punk/new wave band “Breaking Glass” with Jonathan Pryce on saxophone. 😉🤣
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9 hours ago, RonC said:
I've thought about that too but not only the horns are cut off, the upper- and end part of the centre piece (below the armrest) is also partly cut off, that makes it difficult... i think you can only use is when the body is fully covered with lacquer.. so i think its easier to build an entire new body....
All just idle speculation on my part… I know that I have neither the tools nor the talent to build or rebuild a bass. Tools I could buy, talent not so much!! 🤣🤣🤣 Agreed, the new body route you took for your spare neck is the correct one.
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Will be interesting to see if it does get resurrected. I must confess that every time it’s surfaced I have winced but wondered what I would do if I was any good with woodworking tools (which I absolutely am not). I’d be tempted to cut off the sides leaving a wide central rectangular core with the neck and pickup cavities. Then get some wings of a contrasting wood added - either something pale like a figured sycamore or dark like wenge or cocobolo. Make a kinda thru-neck plus wings kinda look.
Wonder if anyone will eventually manage to make something of it.
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On 09/05/2025 at 15:46, visog said:
Gary Barlow on fine form last night in Manchester. Lee Pomeroy (just in shot on the right) appeared to have a ball. Also Milton McDonald on guitar left-front making a second Yes-related band member as he played with ABWH way back when they toured. Add to that Gary himself chose 'Owner of a Lonely Heart' on 'Desert Island Discs' as his wake-up call to step up the production for his music. (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001h1p) However no prog last night, just Gary's solo and Take That bangers. Great show.
And my chum, Jo playing the acoustic guitar and keys behind Milton. Mike Stevens (MD - acoustic guitar, far right) has certainly gathered a fine collection of musicians around himself. Seeing most of this lot as Jeff Lynne’s ELO later in the year. If you get a chance to catch their side band “Big Horizon”… they’re fabulous.
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9 hours ago, Alanko said:
Giltrap slightly too eager with his poodle mullet and 'I'm mates with John Entwistle, me!'
Given his brief will have been “engage John in conversation about his life, career and collection to give us material for an interesting video” and all he got back was monosyllabic or single sentence answers, no wonder he was trying to inject some energy into proceedings and feed him with leading questions. Feel a bit sorry for him trying to drag any kind of response out of Entwistle. I’ve interviewed a few people like that and it’s hard work to get any useful material.
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I’ve used this one - AirTurn BT200 - for years…
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6 hours ago, prowla said:
Two blokes having a chat.
Gordon Giltrap's Fear Of The Dark is a great album.
One of my all time faves!
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A chum’s wife couldn’t make it to Postmodern Jukebox at G-Live so he offered me her ticket. I do love PMJ’s videos where they mash up modern hits with older musical styles. However, live they took it to another level. Such a fun, fun night out.
Not bad seats, either!!!
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Looking forward to this evening… asked by some chums to play bass on Kayleigh/Lavender by Marillion and Thin Lizzy’s Dancing in the Moonlight. Should be fun!
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6 hours ago, Bassassin said:
one-man UK prog scene John Mitchell
Love it!!!!
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On 29/11/2020 at 12:37, TrevorR said:
My only bitsa is my Frankenjazz. Body and neck bought from a guy on eBay called “Build-a-bass”, Hipshot tuners, Graphtech saddles, Audere preamp. Turned our to be a monster Jazz. Was going to swap the pickups but once the Audere was in never felt the need to. Maybe one day I’ll add some split “single coil” humbuckers? Similarly was going to add a high mass bridge but I like the old BBOT bridge plus graphite saddles fine as is!
My Bitsa (or Frankenjazz as I prefer to call it) has been a bit more bitsa’d… new scratch plate to accommodate a Catswhisker neck humbucker and a Catswhisker 2+2 Jazz humbucker in the bridge… luvverly!!! Sounds fabulous!
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On 16/04/2025 at 17:13, mikebass456 said:
They're 23 1/2 " scale according to the specs, so should be ok for the 24" of the Martin....I'll give them a try and see how I get on with them! 🙂👍
Zoinks! 24” 😮😮😮 That really is SHORT scale! I can see why you’ve had string finding problems!
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As others have said, for ensemble playing an amp (even a wee practice amp) is essential but they can sound good and different to an electric. I must confess, having the acoustic at home is great. I probably play that at home more than any of my other basses. As an example of how they work live, this is us playing an acoustic Springsteen song at our regular jam and my Faith acoustic bass holds up perfectly well…
But a couple of tips… as others have said, ditch the phosphor bronze strings for some black tapes and get a Feedback Buster soundhole plug.
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On 16/04/2025 at 00:13, Bassassin said:
and when I heard Hooks In You, the first release with h, I thought they'd been railroaded down a commercial pop-rock route & didn't bother listening to them for a very, very long time!
I can understand why it was released as the lead single at the time but it’s the worst (or at least, the most ordinary) song on Season’s End by a country mile. Still love “Easter”.
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Imelda May - Sneaky Freak
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Unexpectedly I’m off to see Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox at the end of the month. A chum’s Mrs can no longer go, so he’s offered me the ticket. Yay! Should be a blast. I love their YouTube videos!
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2 hours ago, prowla said:
If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice...
…see what you did there!
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25 minutes ago, Bagman said:
NZ is basically volcanic
check out the history of Lake Taupo
As a Kiwi Johnny Cash tribute act might sing… 🎵 “…made my home on a burnin’ ‘Ring of Fire’…”
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On 13/04/2025 at 18:09, Marc S said:
I quite liked Guy Pratt, and he went up in my estimations after reading his book - very well written, and so entertaining. Also, I really enjoyed his lockdown videos & bass lessons
He was a properly good bloke and really down to earth when he came to the last SE Bass Bash - and absolutely hilarious. How many players of his stature would leave his original Betsy and the Spector he used to record Like a Prayer sitting on stage after his talk and say, “I’ll just leave those there if anyone wants to have a go on them…”?
Barry Moorhouse brought a range of his Bass Collection basses to try out and I can confirm that the Betsy copies are really, really nice. Properly tempted.
Enjoy it! I’m not the slightest bit jealous, honest!
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3 hours ago, Killerfridge said:
I keep meaning to come down to this, hopefully I'll drop in in the next month or so
Do, do! It’s a great vibe and a nice bunch of folks! Zero egos too, which it nice!
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Country theme night at our Weekly Monday Night Jam last night was an absolute hoot! A great mix of great tunes, cheesy songs and lots of folks not taking themselves too seriously. Did 3 tunes in the end - here’s one of them: Gunpowder & Lead by Miranda Lambert.
The house band opened with a slice of Albert Lee - played even faster than Albert plays it! The guy in the hat is Nick Meier, who is the regular host. Not so shabby on the skinny strings… but then he did spend 5 years or so playing in Jeff Beck’s band in the 2010s… yes THAT Jeff Beck! Lovely guy and quite a player!
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On 14/04/2025 at 12:09, Killerfridge said:
They did a video recently (ish) talking about Warwick, and despite calling the section "Warwick Thumb", they only showcased Streamers, which felt like a bit of a disservice
Research is not a strong point in their gear videos… lots of mistakes that a quick pre-record check would have avoided.
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This Monday we’re doing a country themed night. I’ve been nabbed by some folks to bass on The Devil Went Down To Georgia, I Like It, I Love It by Tim McGraw and Gunpowder & Lead by Miranda Lambert. Should be a bit of a hoot, even if it’s not the type of stuff I normally play.
Last one, I played Still Got The Blues For You which went really nicely despite the lead player’s OD pedal not working. Talking about working up Parisienne Walkways in a couple of weeks! Result!
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Song Title Word Association...
in General Discussion
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Jocky Wilson Said - Denys Midnight Runners
*sorry, I mean “Jackie”