BreadBin

2 hours ago, oldslapper said:

I’m taking up young @BreadBin offer. Me and Brendon have a long history of handing each other instruments 😂

This is an undeniable fact. Long may it continue! 

Stagg EUB available if you need it @oldslapper

15 hours ago, SteveXFR said:

My final gig tonight and I didn't go out on a high. Hand cramp meant I could barely hold my pick in the last few songs and my playing sucked.

We were opening for a Motorhead tribute and unfortunately, the crowd weren't in to our stoner/sludge metal. 

Not a good night. Even the drive home was horrible with the wind and rain.

Sorry to see this, but maybe confirms that you are making the right decision at this time. I hope you can still enjoy making music in some way though mate 

This afternoon/evening. Played for a friend's birthday, our biggest stage with this particular band and only the second with laptop backing tracks. My first time running the laptop and one minor hiccup but overall it was a great performance. We are in a good place and really enjoying it 🙂

I seem to have added 'Laptop operator' to my tasks!

This is a great sounding rig.

On 28/11/2023 at 14:55, chris_b said:

. . . . with the monster drummer Dave Raeburn.

I've played with Dave, he's a legend! 

He sat in for us on drums at a couple of practices when I was a young lad. We used to hire a practice room from him.

If you do end up replacing the neck I think a few of us would like to see what's going on under the fingerboard of the old one 🙂

59 minutes ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

 

 

Also a crack in the fretboard is a really bad sign.

 

 

This. 

Sounds like the rod has been overtightened and the wood has failed at the headstock end. Adding washers will only exacerbate the problem.

3 minutes ago, BreadBin said:

circumventing  the c0ck filter 🙄

Is now my new signature!

I got in trouble for circumventing  the c0ck filter on a Saab forum, they told me it was because it was a family forum and young kids might be reading. These are young kids that like Saabs but have never watched Top Gear, right? 🙄

Cool bass 😎

As seen here...

32 minutes ago, Jackroadkill said:

Balls, you beat me to it!

And me!

14 hours ago, lidl e said:

Knobs ands jacks towards the top like this:

 

This way round, for quicker changeovers on multi-act stages. You can simply unzip the bag and flip the top part underneath. 

I want to do a modern day version of Johnny Cash called Johnny Contactless

2 minutes ago, asingardenof said:

Drop D is how I'm playing it. I believe the original wasn't played on a bass at all but was a programmed synth line.

It was a live band song long before Trevor Horn got involved.

On 27/12/2023 at 19:21, asingardenof said:

I just suggested Two Tribes to the band and everyone was on board. Then I looked into what was involved...

This is a cool version 

I'm pretty sure the original (live band, not studio) was played on a 4-string tuned to drop-D which is a bit easier. 

A bit of background about my entry. Recorded by my band Aimless Arrows in our luxury headquarters somewhere in West Wilts (ok, its a shed but its a posh shed)

A cover of a Bob Dylan classic, our lead singer Simon arrived at practice - announced that he had learned it and that we should record it for fun. I didn't know the song but quickly cobbled together a bass part based off the chord structure and vocal melody. We laid that down pretty much straight away and that is what you hear now, this was the 3rd take iirc.

As you can hear there are many vocal parts, also some festive sleigh bells! Vintage piano and sax (and drums) were programmed by Jeremy our lead guitar player and studio master.

Megadeth - Peace Sells

Hands down has to be Gaupa for me. I had no idea how much room I had in my life for the sound of Bjork does stoner rock.

5 minutes ago, lurksalot said:

I’ll try and add it later , but if you check the SoundCloud permissions are not set to private , I might be able to edit the voting thread 

Thank you, it's set to public 👍

https://on.soundcloud.com/7YuzL

A late entry from me

Our band did a thing

Also available on YouTube 

https://youtube.com/channel/UCx1NDcazqxUqWusgjocbkUw?si=hhjER86KusPxyTYF

And many other platforms too!

2 hours ago, Downunderwonder said:

Jaco couldn't spell FRFR!

Wasn't he the doctor in The Man With Two Brains?

7 hours ago, Big J said:

Odd question, but I’ve never found another bass player (in person) with the same thing. 
my middle finger on my plucking hand catches the strings. I have to keep it cut to the skin to avoid a clank noise on the string? 
do you guys get that? 

I do, have some expensive clippers and a diamond nail file to keep them tidy. The middle finger clank is something I really don't like