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3 hours ago, BassApprentice said:

it's just a weird way of executing a short scale. 

For weird, read cheapskate.

1 hour ago, Cato said:

He turned up on my instagram feed complaining about Davie 504 faking something or other.

 

Calling out the transgressions of other influencers seems to have become his 'thing'.

There’s a fair amount of banter between Danny, Davie 504 and Charles Berthould on YT.

Any of The Jam’s greatest hits are your friend in this regard.

Green Tinted Sixties Mind - Mr Big

It has been an absolutely crap period for losing bassists of lately  .

Nooo! 😢

Digging in the Dirt - Peter Gabriel 

4 minutes ago, HeadlessBassist said:

I've heard that the secret handshake involves playing repeated slap triplets while simultaneously singing Arne's "Rule Britannia". 

Well, it was a secret 🤐🤦🏻

14 minutes ago, pantherairsoft said:

It is time to play the bass and stop spending so much time on an internet forum

I actually did a fair bit of this today and most enjoyable it was too. 
 

Welcome to GM status, we’ll heat up the crumpets and wax the paddle for the initiation ceremony .

That's not good for a non B stock instrument and dead batteries is another no-no. Anderton's are really good guys, raise it with them and I'm sure they'll sort it soon as.

Black Coffee In Bed - Squeeze 

34 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

Oh mate - I’m still playing, I’m just choosing what to play.

As it should be.

29 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

My dad’s been in hospital, mum not doing great…

 

mother in law seems to be in rapid decline.

Sorry to hear the above, Andy. Never rains but it pours. 

I play live, which is a performing art, according to the definition. Therefore, I must be an artist. I am currently sitting in a comfy chair, with my 2nd glass of wine for the evening, which potentially makes me another kind of artist . Cheers 🍷!

Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now - The Smiths

If you have the ability to blend your pickups, rather than just toggle switch, just favour the bridge a bit more, that will get you most of the way there. However, some sort of humped EQ curve from 250-750Hz should get the job done too.

Perhaps it’s time to step away from the technical side and concentrate on performance. By this I mean try to stop analysing what you’re doing when playing in your band and feel the groove of the song more and what the other band members are doing. I had an example of this in my own playing, recently. I was playing along to a song I know well with one of my fretless basses and I played it well enough, but it lacked something, I was going through a series of mechanical motions that, whilst they did the job, didn’t seem right. I then played the same song on my EUB. My upright skills, by comparison to my EB skills, are really not great. I don’t have the dexterity or the stamina that I have on EB and have to pare back my performance. Anyway, I played the song the best I could with my upright abilities. What happened was that, although I was delivering a less technical performance, I was really enjoying it, I was actually physically dancing with the EUB and just enjoying the groove. Out of the 2 performances, I know which one I preferred and which one an audience (and band members) would appreciate more. 

26 minutes ago, Frank Blank said:

 

Yes. It seems to be an issue with these particularly, I was expecting it.

Perhaps these Godin-alikes come from a different factory. However, at at least £1k less than an actual Godin, it's a small price to pay. 

From the many reports on BC, Sire fret ends are normally as smooth as silk. Plainly, this is not always the case  .

Tea in the Sahara - The Police 

11 minutes ago, MacDaddy said:

I have the nut at roughly forehead height.

I do this for my WAV4.

1 hour ago, Beedster said:

I'm pretty sure he and I are thinking the same, it's why the headstock was out of the pics

I have my suspicions too. Headstocks are often (nearly always) the giveaway.

16 minutes ago, RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE said:

It’s Marley Denton ! 

I call Skwire

12 minutes ago, wateroftyne said:

Every now now and then the QC with this particular builder seems to miss the mark... it's a shame, 'cos they make some beautiful instruments.

Hello, it appears that WoT is in the know as to the identity of the builder. 

3 hours ago, cetera said:

Just had confirmation that Chris Childs (Thunder etc) will be a special guest and will do a Q&A, short career chat and demo at around 2pm on the day.

Chris is a top bloke and a very tasty player. I’ve seen him with Thunder, but mostly I saw him with local legends (when I lived down south), Bad Influence, when I making the jump from the 6 string thing, to the righteous instrument. I count him as an influence because of this timing. He also has a great singing voice too. Very much the complete package - so when I say top bloke, I mean utter, utter bastard . Seriously, those attending are in for a treat.