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Since pulling the frets out of 2nd ever bass, I never been too far away from having one in my collection and these days I have 2. I don’t normally do New Year’s resolutions, but this year I decided that unless the project or song absolutely called for frets, then it was going to be fretless all the time. I’ve loved it. Rather than having to think where I would use the ‘bump-less beast’, I just pick it up for everything and it’s rare that I have to change. In terms of ease of transition, I’ve always played close to the fret so playing fretless has never been overly difficult and it has improved my ear. I’d also love an upright, but the practicality, not to mention the cost, of owning one gives me pause. I have played one and I like it, although it is a very different animal.

I’m currently running a Sadowsky SBP2 into a VTDI. If I had to go to just one, I’d probably get the SBP1.

TBH, it was your GAS thread that started me looking at Sadowskys again and now I’ve caught it! I still have my eye on a used, 5 string Metro, which I don’t need. Oh, the horror!

Well that’s just greedy. Let me relieve you of the Sadowsky to make you feel better . Enjoy, you lucky duck.

It's Lee's birthday today, 73 years old.

Fabulous basses; enjoy.

Wishbone Ash: Argus > Wishbone 4

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Ah, I see now.

That Jake is getting some tasty mojo to it @wateroftyne.

Ooh, there you go; lovely!

SW does surround himself with stellar players. The drumming on the To The Bone album is stunning: Jeremy Stacey and Craig Blundell. Craig (an ex-marine) played on the TTB tour and was on the Beeb’s recent drumming series. I found this documentary very interesting...

Yep, that sounds familiar. 🤞

I ordered a recording interface that seemed to crawl across Germany according to the tracking and then suddenly it was in the UK and out for delivery. Fear not.

I thought it liked to jump and frolic, before being thrown in the air and being caught by a certain part of its anatomy.

Thanks, I guess it's kind of a cross between a 'Ray and and a Sterling p/g. It did take a lot of messing about with templates to get it right for the manufacturer and, even then, it still needed a bit of fettling. The tort celluloid, on the other hand, was a doddle as it's the kind of thing they stick on acoustic guitars and is really thin; you can cut it with a craft knife.

😱 Oh, that’s not good. Someone’s having a laugh 😡.

My guitar playing nephew was on a tour with Ms Q (one of those multiple act affairs). He said she was lovely and is a really good pianist. She had a tough time with her ex hubby back in the day apparently.

It is and I have. Tony Levin’s Beyond The Bass Clef is another good collection of bass/biz anecdotes, but it might be out of print these days.

But once you know it's unzipped, you can't unsee it. Rather like the dodgy patch on his ceiling in the Murder On The Dancefloor video. 😂

I've been tinkering with my Elwood L fretless of late. I added clear scratchplate some time ago, but recently made that into a tort one by adding some thin celluloid behind the p/g. I've also added a DIY thumb rest made from dowel and painted with nail varnish. I've started to notice a tiny, tiny ridge between the neck and fingerboard; I guess the ebony has shrunk a tad. Doesn't affect the playability, I just know it's there. Still love this bass and it is definitely my go to. Weighs next to nothing (3.2k IIRC).

It seems to be an album that was worn out by a lot of folk. I've never worn out another LP and I've certainly played many of them as much, if not more (Made In Japan for instance), I wonder if the pressers used cheap vinyl? I remember, that after wearing out the intro section of Woman From Tokyo, when I heard it out without the skip, it just sounded wrong.