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One thing i noticed when first playing a fretless , was that if you put your finger on the fret line, it produced a sharp note. This is because your fretting finger is much fatter than the fret line, and therefore, some of your finger is in front and some behind the line. You need to place the edge of your finger upto the line rather than on it. ( see pic ) In addition to that, the further up the neck you fret, you will find that you need to make tiny adjustments to finger position, especially at the dusty end

Thats Marco Minnemann of the Aristocrats ( English chap Guthrie Govan , and American Brian Beller ) and Dream Theatre among many others Amazing drummist Beggs is a trooper, fab bass and all round nice blokey

Fretlines may have been useful or not, but sometimes his fretting hand is way off the lines enough to be a tad sharp or flat, but its hard to hear at that speed. None the less, it was fab playing. I couldnt do that even if i rehearsed my nuts off.

I loved Duran when they first emerged, and even listening to this stuff now brings back some good memories of sharing a giant 4 floored Oxford house with a bunch of musicians back in ye olde 80's I think he's a likeable chap and a decent fatty string pleasant plucker. But FFS - dont film on a poxy mobile...please. You got a few sheckles John. Get a decent camera. Guy managed it

I can't stand band politics, as always, its seems to be the school playground again, just like all other areas of politics, but musically speaking, Wodger was a writing genius and shall always remain as such to me. I quite like his outlook on life and such, too Yes, he's probably got some character issues, but so does everyone.

Mounting them in that picture on the right is a bit of a gamble. If the magnets are the full width of the pickup cases, i guess it would work, but if they're not, then a couple of the strings or more will miss the magnets

Likewise I give to 3 creature charities but not because of ads. Choosing which ones is a puzzle.

We dont care

Me too, and if @Happy Jack thinks we care about what he thinks that we think he cares about what we cared about re. influences, then he can think again.. er..... where was i ? Oh yeah, i was influenced by Quo and Hawkwind when i was a teenager, as if anyone cares

I watched it

Top geezer bloke. Been very fond of his DB playing since i first bought Solid Air back in the 70's which i still own, but also his work with Nick Drake, which i also own and nor forgetting his pre Martyn and Drake stuff with Pentangle, and yes i own some Pentangle as well. Coolest DB player around.

Silly buzzard

https://www.mcgregoramplification.co.uk/amplifiers_bass-amplifiers_bassmate-series.php I have the more modern Bassmate 650 head - its quite a trouser flapper. Great sound too

Unbelievable. The price is not far off a good condition unmolested original SB1000. As @TheGreek said, by the time the parts are sourced, for instance, Aaron Armstrong will charge about £110 delivered for an SB pickup built to spec, so just the pickup will take the price to over £900, and then its still got that monstrosity sticking out of the body. Other bits and work will take the price to over a grand, and then what you have is a repaired ogre of a bass thats near on the same price as a normal SB1000 Where do these dreamers come from

When i spoke to Clive Button on the phone a year or 2 ago, he told me his TE designs were from the series 6 onwards. I was asking him about my Series 5 4x10 combo and he didnt design the 5 series or before. Presumbaly that was Stuart Watson CB designed this lot though Series 6 range, SMX range, SMC range, 7 Band range, 12 Band range, GP7 Pre-Amp, GP12 Pre-Amp, AH150, AH200, AH300, AH350, AH500, AH1000-12, Valve Series, VA350, VA400, VR400, Twin, Quatra, Hexa, Commando range, Boxer range, PPA power amplifiers, Powered Sub 15, Bass effects pedal range, MP11 etc: Acoustic - TA100R, TA50R, TA200R, TA Concert range, TA60, TA35, TA30, Acoustic Cube, TAB100 (Acoustic Bass), Acoustic PA 16 channel powered mixer system, Acoustic PA 12 channel powered mixer system, TAP1 acoustic pre-amp pedal, in fact everything that came out of Trace Elliot all the way through to 1997.

Me too - VH were awesome, but their heyday was with Roth IMO. Yup, a bell ender, but i find him real funny too

Only kidding J Your choice looks awesome

An absolute 1st class pr!ck. He likes to shoot anything with a face. Hunters are so brave, aren't they

I wanted Wenge, you bar steward.

Ditto Love funk, but old school, and even been in a funk band. There's almost no slap tunes i enjoy, apart from Bowie's Ashes to Ashes ( Bowie live at the BBC in 2000 with Mark Plati taking over slap duties on a Stingray is awesome ) Mark King is also pretty good at it, but the rest i can live without

Sorted

That Dominic sound is amazing from a fretted bass http://www.mike-sabre.com/DDPFretlessBridge/ddpfretlessbridge.html

Been around for a couple of decades now. You cant do fretless slides on that system. It doesnt sound too much like a real fretless. This other one is far better .. a fretted and fretless in one bass. Dont think they're available anymore though - or maybe they are.

Blimey. I nearly understood all that

I thought James Ferguson was very scincere. And as for the shop, i've bought items from them and had no issues with any of it. Accessories rather than guitars. I'd not let this deter me from buying in the future.