Stub Mandrel

One of my brother's mates played bass in Killing Joke for a bit, but never recorded with them.

More cake? Extra cake?

Leeky Bach says "Up yours, saxon!"

I'm up for it!

A late friend of mine was an exceptionally skilled metalworker. He had worked at a piano factory, making parts of the action. It required working wooden parts to 0.001". This is not a usual precision for timber work, and it was not easy. 0.001" is pretty much 0.025mm. An accuracy of 0.1mm should be acceptable for the vast majority of woodwork.

Buy a small hobby router.

I used to gig a Laney Probass in the 90s. Same model as Krist Novoselic used on Bleach. Still got it. Very basic compressor, lots of tone shaping options. Three effects loops (count 'em!)

0.001mm is about two wavelengths of light or 4/100,000ths of an inch. It's about half the amount your bass's neck expands when you warm it up by 1C.

I think worrying about how fast you can play is a good sign of a beginner. There is a correct answer though - fast enough to play in time and tune to the fastest song you want to play.

I've never been very convinced that most of what America calls punk is punk (the Ramones and the RHCP in their early days FFS !) One honorable exception - the Dead Kennedys.

Another way of putting the comments above might be "don't let pedantry kill creativity".

This is Martha Ladly, the keyboard player in 2011.

Flanged bass - it's almost prog 🙂

Any questions?

At ~£250 for teh HB and £1250 for the Sandberg, you can afford to give the HB away if you can afford the instant depreciation on buying the Sandberg.

I think electric bass opened up new possibilities. Being fretted and more accessible it meant much more complex basslines could be played with less time to develop technique and the volume to be heard (compared to upright bass)

My brother has just given me a KR mini. Much better than my old QY10 as changing pattern or tempo is rapid. You can program in chains of patterns and control it with a foot pedal. You can record patterns although it seems not to be hugely user friendly. I think the point is that it is meant to be basic, just easy and fun to use. If I want complex patterns I can use a DAW.

I once shared a urinal with Noel Redding. I am so glad I didn't complement him on the bassline to Hey Joe...

Excellent suggestion.

I can't read pitch from notation to save my life, but I have no problem understanding the rhythms from your transcriptions. The vast majority of transcriptions (rather than original compositions that start off on the page) must be approximations anyway, unless the player is a robot with no feel...

Lovely double one in Pino's wherever I lay my hat 🙂 Very satisfying to nail it!

When I bought it, it had flats on. The only 6-string I have ever played that had flats on it. Incidentally, my Maya fretless has a blockboard body. Two layers of blocks with thin layers between and top and bottom.

@skankdelvar may take a dim view of you comparing the immaculate Dorothy to a rugby player...

Re-read with care 🙂