Reggaebass

On a Freddie McKay one today 

25 minutes ago, ossyrocks said:

See my post above.

Yes.

If any of you are unaware of the Harrisons I would beg you to do some research. They are crooks, through and through. I personally know people who have worked for them.

 

They had a reputation of being able to source anything..... and they could.....because they frickin made it

I have read a fair bit about them before once and didn’t twig that was their shop, probably best to avoid them, thanks for pointing this out 

1 minute ago, nilorius said:

Hard core doom neck.

Could have been mine, he only used 5 frets 😁

This must have been heavily played looking at the neck wear, nice bass 

https://reverb.com/uk/item/79902368-fender-precision-1966-blonde-slab-ex-the-who-john-entwhistle

18 minutes ago, taunton-hobbit said:

The one I prefer is Jah Marcus Dubplate?

 

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Is that the white label one? Don’t think it’s on YT 

Isn’t the original one by Freddie McGregor on the album Bobby Bobylon which was released in 1979 

Great pickups, GLWYS 

Assuming not only are they scamming but avoiding reverb fees 

Welcome Stone 

5 minutes ago, SurroundedByManatees said:

I had an happy accident:

 

 

Late '70, complete with original Swedish purchase invoice and Hagstrom case with Fender nameplate.

Really nice , looks in great condition, good find 

King tubby day today 

Zombie thread 🧟, I’ve played a couple, great Basslines and not the easiest I’d say 

4 minutes ago, taunton-hobbit said:

I have told this before (long time back) - I had the Heptones for a Sunday night show & the backing band simply didn't turn up.

 

I landed up playing every Heptones version track that I could find, with the guys doing vocals on the dance floor through my dj mic (several times).

 

The crowd loved it (& them)

 

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Very cool T-h, things like that don’t happen very often, good times 

Was going through some of King Sounds tracks and I like this version of the heptones song Book of Rules, great voice and bass 

18 hours ago, chris_b said:

February has been an unusually busy month. I have worked up about 60 songs for 4 bands

That’s really good going Chris, well done, I’d struggle with that myself 

I’ve had custom shop fenders and they are amazing instruments, don’t know where you get the badly bolted together bit, they have gone up in price considerably and I wouldn’t now pay 5k for one, I’d rather go vintage for that money 

Really liking this, Aston Familyman Barrett on bass & Junior Marvin on guitar, Aston Barrett Jr on drums 

A bit of Bob 

On 08/02/2024 at 13:03, SumOne said:

Truth wave Rights being one of my favourite reggae tunes

Hi SumOne , there’s some  info on here about the releases you might find interesting, lots of other links to look through too at the top, I like the one on the early labels 

https://www.downbeat-special.co.uk/truthsandrights.html

5 minutes ago, miles'tone said:

Also I was pleasantly surprised to see the cinema nearly full, with many young teenagers in attendance. 

If the movie is turning on the current new generation to Bob, reggae and a path to positivity in general then it's a worthy job well done imho.

Thanks miles, yes it’s definitely positive if it reaches the younger audience, the cinema was fairly full and many young people there, 

I already knew the history of Bob from when I first bought Exodus around 77 but it was really good to see it in a film, I thought they did a great job of his life story, good to see a few shots of studio one too, I especially liked the part with the Wailing Wailers doing Simmer Down

I’d say it’s definitely worth a watch if you haven’t already seen it 

Well I’m off to see ,one love the Marley film, shall report back later 

8 minutes ago, greentext said:

Is it something you think you would do each time you restring, or just a one off to try it? 

It was just to try it really, some of my flats are 20 or so years old and sound great, I wouldn’t say it’s taken them to that point but definitely takes the edge off 

On 12/02/2023 at 12:58, greentext said:

I know Sean Hurley mentioned he uses Vaseline to achieve the same thing.

 

Has anyone actually ever tried this and is it worth trying

Just reviving this one as I tried it today, I fitted a new set of labella Low tension flats to one of my jazzes and played it for a while, then I took them off to clean the fretboard and adjust the truss rod, I wiped the strings with Vaseline and cleaned them with a clean cloth and refitted, you can’t feel the Vaseline at all and the difference in tone is considerably noticeable, a much warmer sound but not too dull, it’s what I was looking for so really pleased 

7 minutes ago, eloisa said:

Angus & Julia Stone - Heart Beats Slow (Live Acoustic)

I like that one too, Thanks very much for that information eloisa , much appreciated