SpondonBassed

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1504696982' post='3366628'] ...I wrote a piece ages ago for oboe and 6 string bass, I wouldn't know how to start writing TAB for oboe . [/quote] I would have thought it was a challenge worthy of an accomplished musician like your good self. Heeheehee. Don't mind me, I'm not a musician, I'm not even a bassist. My whole life is a hack.

[quote name='Yank' timestamp='1504686822' post='3366504'] Thanks guys. There's a few different tunings that folks use, the main one being C G D A, like a tenor banjo which it was designed to give them a second instrument when Dixieland was on the wain and big band jazz was on the rise. Viola and mandola also use this tuning which if you capoed at the seventh fret is the same as a mandolin. Some tune them like the four high strings of a guitar, known as Chicago tuning. [/quote] [quote name='mikel' timestamp='1504689678' post='3366538'] Nice instrument. Has anyone tried ukulele tuning? My missus plays the uke and would like to try a tenor/4 string guitar, but is not keen on learning a new instrument. I foolishly implied it would be no problem tuning the same as the ukulele. I realise the strings would have to be swapped to maintain reasonable tension as a uke is not tuned low to high. Any ideas? [/quote] Has she seen a baritone uke yet? You can substitute the high G string for new low one to get incremental tuning too. You will need a wider slot at the nut and the saddle and bridge hole may need attention but it gives a nice vibe a bit like a Spanish guitar on the bigger body.

[quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1504650161' post='3366403'] Do those of you who use public transport ever feel uneasy about carrying your gear around, from a safety / security perspective? [/quote] Only when I carry one of my headless basses with me. The uneasiness is not from fear of theft or damage. It's because I carry them both in rifle cases and the authorities are extra vigilant for suspicious packages. I bet I get followed on street cams wherever I take one for a walk.

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1504692136' post='3366566'] ...Notation is a universal way of communication, TAB isn't, it's instrument specific, but as a means to learning something it's fine, if that's the course that your personal playing has followed. [/quote] Again, no. It is a form of communication into which you have to be educated. Hardly universal unless you consider the universe to be populated solely by standard notation readers. Not everyone is literate or educated. We are never going to agree on it being universally acceptable.

[quote name='paul_c2' timestamp='1504688869' post='3366527'] I thought I'd adequately explained this - standard notation shows the pitch, from which you can deduce the fret and string (from knowing your instrument). It won't tell you exactly which string/fret it is (there may be a choice, depending on the pitch, ie notes below G#/Ab on a 4 string bass, there's a choice of 1....) but then it is often the case that tab doesn't have the best position, simply [i]a [/i]position that the tab-writer thinks is the best one. [/quote] Then tab just shows you where to put your fingers. Score does not. You can't convince me otherwise. Forget the content for a minute why don't you.

Why are we even talking about correctness? Both systems are dependent on good source material. Are you saying that there are [i]no[/i] poorly written scores? Whatever system you use, if you don't hear what you expect for a piece you are working up, you look at alternatives, modify, improvise, beg advice etc. whatever system you've been reading. Before any intellectual wannabes get on my back again this does not apply to orchestral arrangements as a general rule. GIGO

[quote name='paul_c2' timestamp='1504653128' post='3366413'] ...To those who say that tab shows you where to put your fingers.....so does standard notation!... [/quote] I don't agree.

[quote name='dyerseve' timestamp='1504618963' post='3366095'] can we keep the comments clean please gents... [/quote] [Imperceptible titter] I tried a Victoria sponge once under a bridge and got away with it. I am known locally as a jammy git though. I heard later that someone called Mary was on the lookout for me as she thinks she owes me a kick in the berries.

[quote name='honza992' timestamp='1504641792' post='3366341'] And finally I routed the neck taper. Using another of my uttlerly hideously ugly jigs. If you are of a weak constitution, or are a proper woodworker, look away now. The neck is narrow - 38mm at the nut with 18mm string spacing at the bridge - so I've kept it a reasonable thickness front to back, 22mm at the nut and 24mm at the 12th fret. Lots of people seem to like using graphite rods but my novice prejudice tells me not to. I feel as though they would fight the truss rod and I'd rather have the neck 1 or 2mm thicker. The flatsawn neck blank seemed to have pretty straight grain so I'm hoping for a stable neck..... If I have some time tomorrow, I'll start on the neck carve. Thanks for visiting. [/quote] When you're gettin' jiggy widdit it is bound to be ugly to onlookers. The results you are getting however are anything but ugly. Leave it to the tool makers to tart up jigs. It's more important to think of substance over style. Having said that, I like your drill press for its clamp. It looks beautifully simple for clamping flat work.

[quote name='honza992' timestamp='1504640490' post='3366328'] Bit of a mish mash of an update today. But let's start with knobs..... Hee hee...... I make my own. It's not complicated, but again (like neck inserts) you really need a drill press. First up I glued the fretboard cutoff onto a piece of mahogany scrap from the body. I then thicknessed this blank to the final height of the knobs, 19mm or thereabouts. [color=#ff0000][b][Image deleted][/b][/color] I then securely clamp the blank UPSIDE DOWN on the drill press. Every fibre of your being will try to persuade you to clamp it facing up. If you do, as I have done (and I think more than once), yer buggered. Anyway, clamp it down then drill a 6mm hole for the knurled part of the pot. Then [u]without moving the drill or the body[/u] take the 6mm bit out and replace it with a forstner bit, I use 14mm. Drill a few milimetres deep, enough for the hex nut that secures the pot down to the guitar. Assuming you haven't moved anything you should find the two holes are concentric. Again, without moving the drill or the body I use the mother of all plug cutters to cut our the knob itself. Mine is 1/2". [color=#ff0000][b][Image deleted][/b][/color] Assuming all goes well you should find everthing is concentric and rotates without wobbling on the pot. I hate a wobbly knob Then to reach our knob climax It's just a matter of drilling a 2mm hole for a dot, and a 2.5mm hole for a 2mm grub screw on the side. Somewhat rashly I then decided to sand a bevel onto the top so that in dark you can feel where it's positioned. I'm not quite sure why, I'm only likely to be playing in the dark if my 50p in the electric meter runs out prematurely. I'm not sure whether I like the result or not. Also part of me wishes I had put a bit of maple veneer between the two parts of the knob, so that there was a bit of seperation between the two colours (ie between the mahogany and the ebony). To my eye they are just a bit similar. But, I've got no more ebony scrap so I shall just have to live with them. Let me know what you think. [color=#ff0000][b][Image deleted][/b][/color] Knob update complete. [/quote] [attachment=252957:LesDawson.png] I'm thinking you might be the bloke that Finbarr Saunders was based on. [url="http://viz.co.uk/category/finbarr-saunders/"]http://viz.co.uk/cat...nbarr-saunders/[/url]

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1504629467' post='3366185'] ...One was riding a "Rascal" with an oxygen tank... [/quote] That quite un-PC. It's like beating urchins. We're not allowed to any more. I'm betting they look really nice on their FarceBook pages though.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1504560168' post='3365745'] ... ... [/quote] [font=comic sans ms,cursive][size=8][color=#0000FF][b]RESPECT![/b][/color][/size][/font] This is a man who truly knows how to [i]woodshed[/i].

That's a nice looking bass. Sounds good on your sound cloud too.

Congratulations, it looks lovely from the images I've found. Is that eadg as opposed to EADG on bass?

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1504399582' post='3364651'] So public transport doesn't work for everyone. Just like anything else there are variables that come into play. Definitely not for the 4 hour, 3 gig weekend. Thanks for the education on public transport guys. Blue [/quote] Just don't ask about HS2. It would be a bit like putting the cat amongst the pigeons. What time do your sets usually end Blue? I'd say most public transport has shut down for the night by then anyway. When that happens here, you'd need either a taxi or a safe stash for the gear while you hoof it home. Pubs and clubs in residential areas of British towns and cities are often finished by 11:15 leaving it possible, if pushed, to use a bus. You are stuffed for a connection with another bus route at that time of night so it needs to go all the way past home. You need a car. I'm stuffed on that one.

[quote name='Norris' timestamp='1504614023' post='3366050'] Who wouldn't try to strangle the trombonist? [/quote] [muted] Wha! Wha! Whaa.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1504612749' post='3366037'] [color=#ff0000][b][font=open-sans, sans-serif][size=4]He was eventually led away from the party and accompanied home by an armed friend wearing night vision goggles.[/size][/font][/b][/color] [font=open-sans, sans-serif][color=#000000][size=4]That is one of the all-time great sentences about bass playing.[/size][/color][/font] [/quote] I was just about to post that same quote when I thought I'd better read through. It's good because everyone has a friend like that, don't they? I'm assuming the bassist is the armed and stealthy one.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sponge-Wooden-Handle-Glitter-Application/dp/B00IJ7DE90?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-ffnt-uk-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B00IJ7DE90 With tremolo...?

I especially like that polo mints are a part of the creative process. The headstock looks good.

[quote name='Mickeyboro' timestamp='1504425603' post='3364688'] Yes it was cheesy, but it wont be possible in 10 years time so glad they did it. Watching is not compulsory! [/quote] For me it was. My experience of some of the artists is lacking and in your own words, it wont be possible in 10 years time. Like I say, I wont repeat the experience.

[quote name='Oldman' timestamp='1504355659' post='3364337'] Having seen the Stax Roadshow in the mid 60's with Booker T, Duck Dunn, Steve the Colonel and the Bar Quays, Arthur Conley, Sam and Dave I was disappointed and agree with the consensus about Mr Chuckles, he's sh1te. Walking the Dog what's that all about? In September '66 I was privelaged to be on the set of Ready Steady Go when Otis Redding headed up the Stax Band, there is no substitute for the original Artists, but Bev did a good job. I watched some of the last half, I will watch it all before consigning it to room 1001. [/quote] Bev is worth mentioning, I agree. She was a good element in the mix.

Don't forget that you need reliable eyesight for the stave too. Reading at 140 BPM? I'd struggle at 60!

On 6music now, Tom Robinson's had lots of requests for the Dan.

Sad news. I think Tom Robinson's got the Dan on the 6music playlist by popular demand this evening. On now.

[quote name='honza992' timestamp='1504381804' post='3364551'] I did wick in some thin CA glue. Massive overkill probably. My guess is the threaded inserts are many times stronger than woodscrews. I started using them becuase my wife is Italian and we travel quite a lot back and forth, so I thought I might be taking a neck off frequently. As it turns out I now have a 16 month daughter so thoughts of doing anything in Italy other than running round after her then collapsing in exhaustion have vanished....there is nothing less relaxing than holidaying with a toddler.. [/quote] I'd say over engineering is fine and acceptable. In that neck root area especially. It's not overkill given that you intended to dismantle more frequently than would be expected. It's great to hear your daughter gets a multi-cultural experience already. My friend's just had twins and knowing her she'll have them with her visiting her school mate in Turkey before Christmas.