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    Strangely, I'd not heard of him until yesterday, when my father mentioned that they were neighbours back in the 60s (and apparently still encounters him locally from time to time).
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    Generally, private rehearsals/jams seem to have been the most fun for me; all the enjoyment of playing with other musicians, but without any travel difficulties or hassle from the audience or venue staff.
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    This comparison of some Man from Uncle themes may be of interest: The 2nd version seems to me to be the definitive one, but the first is certainly good (nice time signature). It gets a bit cheesy from the 3rd onwards, IMO.
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    Thanks for asking. I’d rather not at the moment, though.
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    Gigging in a decent venue is great, though it's not something I got to do often. College bar gigs with students* vomiting and passing out, or demanding to play the band's instruments if they are paying attention to the music at all, are certainly something I don't miss. * On one occasion it was instead a barely conscious lecturer sprawled on the floor in front of the band.
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    Indeed. Still bigger-time than me - IIRC the largest audience I played to was around 250, but it was jazz so that might be considered a huge crowd. ;-) When doing public speaking (at least in my experience) it's always easy when the audience are people who know little or nothing about the subject and are interested in learning more and/or being entertained, and it's a topic I know well. If they're knowledgeable in it (and worse, if I'm not) and they are waiting for the opportunity to ask "questions" at the end to show their own knowledge then the fear factor ramps up rapidly. Such a treat is in store for me early next month... Perhaps that's a similar situation to what you're facing, with the music shop staff giving the impression of being able to recognise expertise even if they don't possess it themselves.
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    The last time I went into a shop to try something out I was very pleased that they supplied headphones without my even asking, therefore removing any fear of being embarrassed in this manner. BTW, the one time I did try to play in public last year my mind went blank and I totally cocked it up. But, this was solo; it was always easier playing with other people.
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    Do you think that this recording would count? It popped into my head when reading your comment, but I might well be mistaken about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NtZ2W8L5Rw
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    I'm the same. Even a ukulele I tried which had the dots in the correct (i.e. as on an unlined) place but lines as well was too confusing. But, the TF bass's neck was fine - the extra white dots were very discreet. They're barely visible on the photos on Bass Direct's site. I didn't get on with the body at all, though.
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    I have tried that particular one. The side dot markers are rather nice in that there are black ones on the usual places (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12) and white ones in-between that are discreet enough to not distract. Unfortunately, it seems that I don't get on at all with Precision bodies.
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    I've listed a bass in the right-handed forum, but with the admin's permission I've linked to it here as there are marker dots on both sides of the neck and it might therefore be of interest to left-handers also. Perhaps. Anyway, here's the link:
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    Edit: Withdrawn, as I now have plans to sort out the body colour issue. There's not any real need to sell this now, but it doesn't get used any more and so I'll leave it here in case it could benefit anyone with the the same playing but different colour preferences. Originally bought on this forum, it's a WD Music neck (dots on both sides so a left-hander could presumably use it) with an ebony board on a body made by Ernie McMillen. The pickups are Villex passive (stacked volume, passive mid and treble cut) and although there's a panel on the back there's nothing underneath it. The strings currently fitted are LaBella Copper white nylon, .050-.105. With the light body and these low tension strings I've found very comfortable to play. I discovered that a crackling neck pickup volume control seems to have been a loose wire - I'll have to re-solder this if I can find my soldering iron or borrow one [Edit: Fixed - see below]. Everything else seems to be in order. Collection would be preferred so it can be tried; I'm working in Oxford and live in West Oxfordshire, and could perhaps meet somewhere or deliver for petrol money. If required to post it would probably have to be Parcelforce ; in this case I'd have to include a gig bag (to be taken into account if you want to make an offer). I had a bass come over from Japan in said bag without damage. Please ask if you have any questions.
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    They're good fun, but anyone you speak to about the habit will either make the same dreadful "jokes"* or tell you about their distant Scottish ancestry and how much they love Scottish culture. * Can you play something with a tune? How about playing "over the hills and far away"! Ha ha, ho ho! etc.
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    Never had this, but did get the following: "So, you play bass? Is that a proper one, or one of those "double bass" thingys? And a week or so later from someone else: "Bass, eh? Is that a proper one, or one of those other things, er.. bass guitar, that's it!"
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    First bass gig 8/3/95 in the Holywell Music Room, Oxford. I know this as I recently found a tape in my garage with the date written on; I sound like a bad guitarist faking it whilst trying to stay in tune on a cheap unlined fretless.
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    This has long been a favourite for the bassline, e.g. around 5:22.
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    Thanks - I have previously tried contacting Eastwood to ask about dot marker positions on some of their fretless instruments but they couldn't be bothered to reply to me. Definitely one to avoid if the dots are positioned like that.
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    This is one to keep for yourself, then ;-): Jimmy Heath, The Gap Sealer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m1aAFJK8EE There have been some excellent ones mentioned already, but just in case, here are some more with double bass which might perhaps be of interest: Grant Green, Matador: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41CEdVrCisQ&list=OLAK5uy_kZaA66OI6CbN2F4yOFoXtKTU703gOPs-g Wes Montgomery, Full House: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP1Bw0wKZtU Gerry Mulligan, What Is There To Say: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSR1sfaSQE8&index=5&list=PLoWjNId-4Pl7lvvzIY5iyXqDsjlsmIZAY Lee Morgan, Search For The New Land: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUYnnziZYDU&list=OLAK5uy_mDQUijgzKgU6RAxMSj-sJqwkrc8Y0cT_w Bobby Hutcherson, Stick-Up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVubNyQmNYU&list=OLAK5uy_kogSSPI73YQanAKstx_NTOQMUtOvGDY8Y (esp. "Verse")
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    I might well have been tempted if I'd seen it. Instead, I got this one here (W D Music Jazz neck with ebony board):
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    Shown here with a Jazz (not for sale) for scale. Includes gig bag and is in good condition with no marks I know of. I've put some plumber's silicone grease on the nut to aid tuning. It's a lined fretless, but with the side dots in the "correct" place, i.e. where they'd be on an unlined neck. Sounds OK, but plugged-in the G string is too quiet - reviews on thomann.de suggest that this is a common problem, sometimes with the E string being the offender. Presumably (as someone here remarked) the pickup's position needs adjusting. I'm in West Oxfordshire and work in Oxford; I suppose I could post this but it's probably not worth it.
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    It’s the Hal Leonard one: https://www.halleonard.com/product/viewproduct.action?itemid=696481&lid=8&keywords=Blues bass&searchcategory=00&subsiteid=7&
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    I received a book with lots of example blues bass lines, with accompanying CD. Perhaps, with some work, this may even result in my blues playing becoming somewhat interesting.
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    They used to do an unlined fretless P-bass (E83), one of which I bought in 1994 as my first bass. It was black with a white scratchplate. I now wish that instead of selling it to provide money towards a very expensive EUB I had instead kept it and put better strings and pickups on, as well as replacing the plate.
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    Is this the one of which you're thinking? If so, do you have any idea of price and availability? There don't seem to be any prices on their site: http://www.anuenue-uke.com/en/products/one/93/251 This looks like it might be quite nice if the strings could be replaced with flatwounds of some sort.
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    The HB one could probably be useful enough to perform (if I were still competent enough to do so) assuming that the pickup volume issue could be fixed, though I don't know how to do that. Thanks for the comments on the other models. Perhaps one day I might buy a better one!
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