SpondonBassed

Crikey Blue. I almost spat my tea out when an image of you in platforms with tartan cuffed cut-off jeans and scarf popped into my mind! I bet you could shang-a-lang with the best of them too. OT: If the question is Where do you stand on stage presence?, I can't honestly claim to have any. A presence is necessary, I know but I've not got much stage experience to have developed one. I am envious of the fourteen y/o kid at our local public jam who shreds guitar while doing all of the showman moves. He brings his performance to a climax by running into the main dance floor with his wireless to end up spinning on his side yet still keeping the groove. His dad and brothers are all musos so he's come from a greenhouse environment where his abilities have been encouraged and grown. Musically he's pretty good too. You can forgive the odd misplaced pick stroke given his energetic routine but you don't have to do that often. I expect him to go far. Compare that with me; a fifty five y/o born again bassist who doesn't get out much. My only moves are to walk on the spot or head bob (badly). I don't want to dance with my lines but I think I shouldn't be anchored to the spot either. One's own personality and stage appeal are difficult to perceive from the audience POV. If it's something one is trying to cultivate one would need to trust the opinion of someone who attends your performances, not necessarily a fan, and who gives concise feedback on how they perceive your act. I think that a few lucky musicians don't have to do this because they have natural charisma but the rest of us have to work at image a lot more. It can backfire too when the image is bigger than the music. Not an easy path to tread. You might have a goal to achieve but life has a way of making you score goals that you wouldn't have chosen for yourself. If you are lucky you can go with it but sometimes you can get displaced from all that you love just to fill the image and keep earning. I am going to enjoy reading the responses to your topic.

Welcome Colonel Saunders. Still no chance of getting your secret recipe for fried chicken I suppose? I wouldn't worry about not knowing how the forum works. We had an overhaul of the entire forum (software and host) recently so nobody else does either! Glad you have another string to your bow given that you had to stop playing brass and woodwind. You're in excellent company you know. Lots of horn players crossed over to the fundamental strings and became accomplished bassists. Nate Watts for one.

The first time I read that it made my eyes water!

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I was more in mind of Cosa Nostra. Your suggestion is more musical so I'll go along with it, thanks.

I like them both but I prefer the newer ones with dark against the body. Will you cap those with dark wood as well? PS: DOH! They're upside down aren't they? Still works for me like that though.

Welcome Kelly. We'll forgive you the guitar. But you should know that one day you might be called upon to do a thing for the Basschat Don of your area. You are a part of the family now and you can never leave.

Looking at the case with it's lining, I thought it was a lining like that sometimes found with cook-in packaging. I bet you could do microwave chips in that with the radiation from the valves above and the liner below. I'm not sure if this has been mentioned in the eating/drinking on stage topic already. I'd also have a modestly sized whole trout wrapped in tin foil with butter and a good pinch of chopped dill roasting above the grill leaving a gap for sufficient air circulation to cool the valves and gently heat the fish at the same time. Yum. It'd be a respectful nod towards Mr Wakeman's famous curry-on-stage story. Asbestos gloves might be needed for handling the chips when they're done. BYOB

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Welcome Clem. You needn't feel badly about it. None of the rest of the membership pays much attention either. Heeheehee. Joking aside, I think it's why I like it here. Not as many zealots as some of the other places I have been.

News just in: Gravity sucks.

On reading again... Did you say that you were going to do the same to your orange cab? Outrageous! You have my respect.

Classy.

@owen gets away with it on his DB. Why shouldn't I then? Maybe this is why;

Well said. Seldom have I seen such meticulously finished edges. I mean, anyone can sand a surface but how many can do so without spoiling their edges?

If I have to have a headstock I like it not to be too long. I also like it angled back and with a volute. I only discovered this recently.

I sometimes pick up my housemate's 3/4 sized spanish guitar and try to remember my chords. I don't like his steel strung acoustic but the spanish guitar is nylon strung and comfortable. You're right, it's not a bad thing to do at all. It always helps with the main instrument in some way like you say. The ukes are okay too as long as I don't go far from first position. But, bass is so much more suited to my fat fingers. It's like slipping back into a comfy jock strap after a couple of days of wearing a thong. (Probably should've just thought that too.)

Thank you. Just remember that it was inspired by Andyjr1515's story of the durability and overall versatility of objects made from thin wood and of the occupational hazards encountered during live performance in Wolverhampton.

One day, students of history will wonder how the great knob wars of the 21st century started...

Going by that photo you should get enough of Frank's DNA out of sweaty deposits in the switch cover screw holes to make a new Zappa. Unless they are yellow sweaty deposits in which case you'd be barking up the Husky tree.

It looks like Andy's got inserts that will work on split, splined or flattened spindles.

Knob on! (As they say locally) With an oil finish they are going to be like little jewels against the Amboyna top. Would you accept a post as Basschat's full-time knob consultant?

Ah. That's a shame because the proportions were interesting looking taken in isolation. You'd have to bear in mind that I own two paddle basses though.

Hahahahaha! I think it's all because of that thickened upper-horn where most others taper off. You won't thank me for saying that I got the same vibe from your plans for the modified SR205.

What was the issue with shape and size for your ex-Ibby? Neck dive, low mass, belly-rash? I regard my kit build as a test bed for ideas. Glad to meet someone of a similar mind.