T-Bay

Just now, DarkHeart said:

Isn`t a T/bird technically a single cut?

Nowhere close, it has a top horn removed if anything. Single cuts have an extended horn that stays attached to the neck all the way along.

Haha, Racism dressed up as humour and ‘witty banter’ with a healthy dose of ‘let’s not offend anyone’ to prevent criticism, soooo hilarious 🙄

1 minute ago, Happy Jack said:

Amusing as that image is (and it's now in my head) I'm going to call TYPO and suggest that should read 're-valved'.

 

Damn the auto correct 😂 Yes you are right, I will change it

45 minutes ago, Happy Jack said:

The Bass Terror has a valve pre-amp so you're already getting much of the 'overdriven valve' snarl that I imagine you're looking for.

Rather than using a fuzz pedal, why not just re-balance the controls ... more Gain / less Volume?

 

This^^^^^ plus as a fellow owner of a Terror head I would have a look at the EQ settings. They are a bit weird on the terror heads and I find I have to roll off the bass to next to nothing and really boost the mids and treble. That really helps cut through but won’t sound as good when playing solo. I also revalved the head for a punchier sound, cheap and dead easy to do.

5 minutes ago, Woodwind said:

Get a bari and definitely replace the bass 😎

 

I would love a baritone, or bass or contra bass but they are serious money! ‘Cheap ones’ seem to start around £2k

The saxophone is going well, whether I will use it in anger I don’t know yet. It will never replace my bass but it’s been a nice distraction.

Gouda is nice (the place and the cheese).

20 minutes ago, BassTractor said:

Wot? Breda? I'd forgotten that bit. Near Breda is where I stem from. We're brothers!
Were you the guy overtaking in the rightmost lane in March '91?

I was just outside of Etten Leur, I was doing a master jointly with the University of West Brabant and Gist Brocades, hence the move to Delft. Lovely part of the world. I was there 92 to 93 and never overtook on the right (but did once go around a roundabout the wrong way).

Welcome! Where are you in the Netherlands? I spent a very happy time  living near Breda and in Delft in the 90s.

2 hours ago, skankdelvar said:

Bob Mould hacking the bejasus out of his - er - Strat

* I've heard of Bob Mould

* I don't much get off on Husker Du but ...

* Bob's next proper band Sugar was fabtastic and Copper Blue (← YT link) one of the great rock albums of all time

* Bob's solo work has been fairly tasty especially the recent stuff which has some hilarious vids, hilarious not being something you expect from a man who once released an album entitled Black Sheets of Rain

* His experimental dance music album was a bit godawful but all dance albums by rock guitarists are godawful (oh, Gary...)

* Any rock guitarist who comes out as gay then puts his musical career on hold to become a pro wrestler gets my vote

Conclusion

IMO, Bob Mould more interesting now than Clapton but possibly not as interesting as Clapton once was.  Not as widely influential (though not un-influential, Pixies, Nirvana, Foos, etc).

Clapton more recognisable name than Bob Mould, considerably richer and more widely influential.

The good news is that Clapton and Mould both play Strats and both currently exist in the same world, and lots of people are very happy that this is the case.

With that, here's Bob's take on recent events. It's killer stuff (language NSFW) :

 

Meanwhile, Pete Townshend sits in his room and mithers about being 'relevant'.

Not sure how this has become Mould V Clapton (Mould IS better for the record, proven fact as he isn’t called Eric - ok, Bob is only marginally better). The question was what artist has managed to keep fresh and change output continually. Hence my response of Mr Mould. Copper Blue and Beaster are utterly perfect to me, Black sheets of Rain a masterpiece in misery and his Husker Du output of interest in a hippy sort of way. Apart from his very distinctive voice his style has migrated and evolved through so many genres (though yet to release a Jazz or Rap album as far as I know) so much that it’s hard to define what is ‘mouldesque’ in style. I would disagree with regards to influence, but that may be an age thing. Clapton was utterly irrelevant to most new bands by the late 80s early 90s, Mould is still listed as influential on several new bands I listen to, but in twenty years? That is time moving on. 

32 minutes ago, steantval said:

Who ?

Sits in the same camp as Phoebe Bridger with me, never heard of either of them.

You have never heard of Bob Mould? Jeez, how can you go though life without coming across Bob Mould? Genuinely gobsmacked at that on a (bass) Guitar forum.

5 minutes ago, Grangur said:

Very few carry on with plusatingly earth shattering genius into their dotage.
In fact, can anyone name 1?  (Genuinely would like to know them all)

Bob Mould perhaps? Such a wide range of styles and genres covered. You just never know what will come next.

Love cream, anything after is very meh, as a kid in the late 70s early 80s he was just another irrelevant ‘old man’ (that makes me laugh now in my late 40s) singing stuff that didn’t connect with me. 

Look back, I think not dying was his worst career move.

Edit - the last bit is tongue in cheek in case anyone thinks otherwise, death always seems a good career booster for musicians 

I had a pulsing thump with a tuner when it was powering up (switching on Jack as opposed to just switching on when already powered)no idea why but I just waited a few seconds before turning the amp on.

Single cut, never seen one I like.

Blue every time

It’s no problem, whatever works out easiest

37 minutes ago, Len_derby said:

Right. It’s now in my house in Derby. I’ll liaise with @T-Bay about a Tamworth drop-off in the next couple of days.

Sounds good. I can be around any day, Tuesday is slightly trickier as I need to drop my Capri off for its MoT and collect it later but that will only be a few minutes each time.

6 minutes ago, Nail Soup said:

Just googled that.

Wow seems like prices go up pretty steep for a low register harp...... and really up for a bass harp!

It wasn’t cheap, about £70-80 I think, but that’s peanuts in the grand scheme of things music wise. Check out some of the YouTube videos and you will get a sense of what they are like. The top end is like a normal harp but the bottom end has a unique resonant sound that is just gorgeous.

I am still dabbling. I bought a Hohner Thunderbird low C. The tone makes me go weak at the knees.

Donate to a local school/ young band/ budding bass player?

Or buy a corsa and stick it in the boot and buy a baseball cap to wear backwards.

‘Bring visually’? So it comes down to who you fancy most? 
 

Being serious, personality every time, we went with best singer in one of my bands and I have regretted it ever since.

Wd40 works surprisingly well

I am off the next couple of weeks so apart from an odd trip out I can be around pretty much anytime.

I can’t help with transport but it could sit in Tamworth if that helps at all, 5 mins from M42, 2 mins from A5, 15 mins from M6 and 20 mins from M5