Stub Mandrel

An inch or two lower than when seated. Any other height and the buckle rash isn't in the middle of the body.

Maggot Brain should be like that. But don't blame the bass...

Question... my soundcloud is a warts and all trip through my musical 'career'. Is it wise to edit it if I want to get gigs?

Sorry, Tony Levin just doesn't have the boobies.

There are many imitators who can do Jimi note perfect. Which completely misses the point, he rarely played a phrase the same twice. And the sheer variety of voicings, vibratos he's getting there is astounding.

Thanks for reminding me of this epic bassline (and sound).

I bought my Hohner Jack V for £130 and I'd happily do a tone face-off against all comers 🙂

Bugger me. I always wondered who and when invented the idea of a consistently repetitive underlying rhythm. Now I know.

Sounds like he might as well get himself a Dingwall, then you can try it out and see if it fits or not.

Of course, if you're worried about someone else's lips being all over the mic, it means you expect to get yours on it too... No one is innocent.

And the entire nation of Canada. Well, perhaps not.

What gear do the rest of the band have?

I suggest you marry your band. Most people would be delighted to have a partner who insists they buy a £2.5K bass.

Classic: Epic: Unbeatable!

https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_hot_rod_5_bass.htm?sid=a20760ee68faa618fe4b6c1459db7b3c And if they don't like you can afford to poke it up their bottoms.

First a question... can you clarify which Status Quo bass player is meant? Or are they all better than everyone else? Second, it's well know that Rhino Edwards' choice of tone woods is above reproach.

Amusing that sound engineers get exercised about people swapping mics, or even amplifiers. No-one raises an eyebrow if you swap guitars for basses, even active for passive... heaven help us I bet the sound engineers don't even care which tone wood you use 🙂

I want to get into building more seriously, so I've ordered some inexpensive fret pliers. I have some fret wire, when it comes out I will compare and if it's different I will order some to match. Thanks 🙂

I have carefully set up my Tanglewood acoustic bass, dropping the bridge by another mm (I'd taken at least 2mm off it a year ago) and tweaking the truss rod to get the action really nice and low and surprisingly the fixed intonation has improved. Annoyingly there is one buzzing fret - fret 8 on the D-string, and it is quite bad. Careful inspection and I'm 100% sure that it's a low patch, not fret 9 being high, so scraping fret 9 down won't solve t - just move the problem up a fret. Looking at fret 8 it has a tiny crack visible between it and the fingerboard under the E, A and G strings (which don't buzz) but not the D. I suspect that in its past it has fallen on something that has given a hefty knock to the D-string right on the fret, pushing it in. I expect that removing the fret and very slightly reshaping it, or even just replacing it would cure the problem. But I don't have any idea how to remove it without damaging the fretboard, can anyone advise.

Hawkwind 50

My tone is entirely dependent on the tonewood the bass I am using is made of*. *Or more accurately, the cost per cubic foot of the tonewood...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonewood