Stub Mandrel

I have (hopefully) four more cheap dmx PAR lights (for a total of six) coming tomorrow with one of the cheap controllers. It may be weeks before I have time to experiment propery dueto work

Start on the g string, any note, come down one fret higher on each string so you're back on the first note an octave higher on the E string. The intervals are all major thirds so any of the notes can be the notional root. G, Eb, B, G perhaps surprisingly, resolves nicely to E. The song in question uses just three chords: Em, C, G. We certainly struggled for a long time we were trying to finish on a C chord (over which G bass sounded best) to create an unsettling effect but we couldn't get happy with it. But omitting the G letting the C hang and the bass does a run up then down that chord then E works. There's probably some deep musical theory at work but I'm b****** if I know what it is.

And Dr Snuggles. Watch to the very end 😁

That's a plus!

At last night's rehearsal we thrashed three songs over three hours to hone their structures. I was charged with finding a satisfying end to one song and after much trial and error found that adding a descending arpeggio of a four note G-augmented chord was an awesome way to take my finishing run down to the final E. I've never found a 'musical' application for one before but it sounded absolutely perfect. We'd tried loads of ideas but going up to the G then down sounded perfect. No punter will ever appreciate six people spending fifteen minutes to get to that!

That's what Phil said he'd done at the start.

Not a matching headstock. Phew!

To be fair, he switched off tweeters in the larger cabs 🙂

Actually I was just baffled that it left me off the list...

Fritz keeps Vlogging us!

Meta AI (Facebook) updated me on musicians fom my home town.

Does this mean he now wants a shubbery?

If they just have a buyout and don't go into administration/ bankruptcy you should get the order eventually.

"Every time you go away, you take a piece of meat with you."

I once tried out a bass through a Crush 50, at any volume could only get overdriven tones whatever I did. Later, when I was older and wiser I discovered the 'blend' control effectively pans from a clean channel to a dirt channel. If it's been left dialled to the dirty side, you'll get exactly the symptoms you describe.

The first photo my brother sent is possibly too disturbing... The second one shows he's already channeling Duck Dunn... He's insistent that if he'd chosen as bass for himself this would be it. Everyone is knocked out by the burgundy mist finish. But he still plays like a guitarist 😁 received_1864114047862136.mp4

I plan to even though I have to be back for a gig that evening!

Well done Stew... that's three years in a row!

Perhaps I should have grabbed the chocolates instead? Ms. Stub's reaction was 'woW..gorg x' which I think was positive... she's never said that about any other basses... 🤣

Sorry for my complete meltdown when I realised that holding your double bass upright and figuring out where the first few notes were was utterly beyond me in a brief try!

He covered all the basses

A Harley Benton MV-4MSB Gotoh 🙂

The first episode I heard was wherecthe Golgafrinchans arrived on Earth. The Captain was in a bath and autumn caused a run on the leaf-currency. I was lying in the endless sun with other scouts listening to it on a portable radio.

Two of them run on about 0.2A, so you could use a usb powerbank.

Wow. What a day. So many incredibly nice people. Tried lots of 'first time basses'. Cracked up with the absurdity of that bass synth that turned me into Eddie Van Halen 🤣 Brilliantly organised, wonderful nosh. And then I won the bass... I think I was in shock for half an hour! On my way back, I stopped to call my guitarist brother and he was 30 minutes before a gig at the Earl Haig. Only 15 minutes away, so I decided to watch the gig and give him the bass. He was absolutely made up and says it's stunning and "It’s the bass I would have chosen!! Colour and spec". He promises a photo soon... Thank you everyone, what a brilliant day. Three requests for next year: 1 a compressor workshop to explain how to set them up properly for different purposes. 2 more vegan lardy cake. 3 can I win a left hander for my other brother? 😁😁😁