Stub Mandrel
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3 minutes ago, fretmeister said:
I read somewhere that most Fender custom shop stuff is ordered with relicing.
Some might say what's the point paying £££ for a '63 bass if it looks like a 2019 bass?
Relicing is all about image both to others and the owner, but surely we ALL worry about what out basses look like.
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24 minutes ago, SICbass said:
Surely fretting is rather the idea....
I could go fretless
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11 minutes ago, jacko said:
I can understand some wear above the lowest string cos that's where your fingers would fall to after plucking but under normal playing circumstances, how would the area between the G string and the edge get so badly worn?
Or the studs on your forehead when you are playing with your teeth...
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21 minutes ago, Norris said:
If it happened naturally it's mojo. It's up to you if you leave it, or sand the edges to minimise any more loss of lacquer, or even to have it refinished
The problem is the edges of the flaking lacquer stick up and if I pick it off it's going to look like that patch at the bottom.
Temptation is to pick it off then sand down the edges, but then it will look like a bad relic job!
Trouble is I don't play it enough to wear it down!
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2 hours ago, TheGreek said:
I've had a couple of these before...
What's £2?
How can I say no? I live in the ultimate good-taste postcode - DE14: Bass, Marston's, Marmite and Branston Pickle!
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Doesn't take that much pull to deflect a string like that, try it. It's mostly showmanship, he isn't hitting the other strings ridiculously hard.
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17 minutes ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:
I knew it would be this! I heard it earlier too.
And the great thing is that it's actually playable by mortals!
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What would you do with this Maya P-Bass (other than put it on eBay as an overpriced 'lawsuit era Japanese bass')?
I've added ashtray and a new scratchplate since this picture and they look great, but the lacquer has cracked and flaked really badly in several places, not just te two spots in the picture. In a few places I glued great chunks of lacquer back on with PVA!
It's tempting to crack off the broken lacquer and sand the holes smooth to get a relicked look... the alternative would be a complete respray which might be beyond my skills or more than the bass is worth.
To relic or not to relic.
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Thanks for so many positive comments folks.
I'd been looking at the emails and website for months, when I went into the shop without making the connection!
The proprietor seemed to have the gift of the gab and talked me into it and I got home and signed up.
Now it's suddenly very real and I feel it's time to put my money where my mouth is. Ridiculous thing is I reckon I'm a vastly better bass player now than when I was in early '96 when I changed jobs, met the SO and stopped gigging.
I'm pretty sure I can be in tune and tin time, even if I don't quite nail the details; so i'm just going to play this for the hell of it, and who know in 2029 we might be doing stadiums for Saga Holidays 😉
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1 hour ago, Marillionred said:
This sounds like a "weekend warriors" format type thing. I signed up in Nottingham over 10 years ago. Total strangers. The band we formed, The Terminal Five Experience, is still going strong 10 years and two changes of drummers down the line. The band are now some of my closest friends. The first gig we played was at The Boat Club - imagine playing your first public gig on a stage once graced by the likes of Free, Deep Purple, The Who etc. I was terrified, but one song it all was good and we didn't look back.
You have nothing to lose. Enjoy the whole experience.
I think the 'Abbey Road Army' is the direct descendant of 'Weekend Warriors'.
Our gig is at the Boat Club too - now I know the history I'm really fillin' my boots 😲
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I've been learning this from tab after re-hearing it on Planet Rock a couple of times.
Check out the intro 🙂
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Quite a few forum members seem to be actively plugging bands - some of them are even members of these bands!
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Apparently one of my brothers is about to combine a ukelele neck with a metal santa claus selection box 🙂
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I've been lucky. All the bands I've been in have had good drummers. The first (definitely the best musician in the band - started off playing side snare in a competition winning marching 'jazz band') and last were particularly good and gave me lots of good advice. Between the drummer and keyboardist of my first band I got syncopation beaten into me 🙂
But where would we be without drummer jokes eh?
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1 hour ago, prowla said:
I think that the ones which bettered the original were very few.
People often quote Tokai as a sort of blanket case, but actually they did a range, so it's dangerous to extrapolate the assertion that some were better than the original to all were.
Oh I did say some, but my beautifully finished 'made in Japan' (genuine) Fender Performer probably came out of the Tokai factory in 1987 along with many other 'real' Fenders...
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24 minutes ago, bassbiscuits said:
Tho not by me, aged 12, unfortunately.
It was the only thing I could afford at the time - a whole £60...
More than I paid for this Kay, which is probably even more basic... (apols for reposting this pic!)
" I have seen that these guitars sell for £250-£300. No silly offers please "
Another one is listed at £57 which is probably greatly over-valued! And everyone thinks they are 60s when they were late 70s (and barely more than entry-level toy guitars).
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1 hour ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:
The key to the whole thing is a strong musical director who knows what they are talking about. Ideally you would also want one person within each group answerable to the MD and they should all have a good idea of the capabilities of each musician involved in respect of what will be required of them.
Thanks. It seems each 'band' will have a leader who does all the coms, but I think the choice of songs will be 'democratic' rather than imposed, which is good.
Funnily enough that reminds me one of my brothers (guitarist) did a 'mixed bag' charity gig last year - wasn't keen on the songs he got but he enjoyed it. I think one was Black Night and his attitude was "I just noodled around in a harmonic minor scale".
I honestly hadn't considered the similarity in the situation, although its a long while since I played with anyone other than family.
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Check for broken wires.
Try switch cleaner... otherwise get new pots.
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11 minutes ago, bassbiscuits said:
Satellite you say?
Crikey, they were known as crap even at the time!
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Thing is if you sue someone for the lawsuit bass not being a lawsuit bass would that make it a lawsuit bass?
To be fair, some of the MIJ guitars/basses from that era varied from very good to better than the originals (especially Tokai).
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59 minutes ago, leftybassman392 said:
Time to break out the vocal chords perhaps...?
Something I want to avoid if at all possible... I can just about sing in tune but not much call for Paul Robeson covers...
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40 minutes ago, Soledad said:
I'm a Trace fan - I grew up on big heavy rigs and that was normal up to a few years ago, maybe more than a few but recent. I reckon there have been a very few landmark bass systems ever: The legendary Acoustic 360 - if you're old enough you'll remember the first time you plugged in... FFS
Then for me TE. OK< Ampeg needs to be in there. I certainly agree Trace are heavy lumps, but boy do they deliver.
I wonder and hope - is TE gear due a bit of a comeback?
I always wanted a TE rig. That's why I got the Laney - lots of controls and overload LEDs, a sort of poor man's Trace Elliot 🙂
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59 minutes ago, Marc S said:
Good times indeed. When I think back to some of the awful, cheap basses and amps that were around, and affordable back when I was first playing.... eugh! makes me shudder - especially that Kay Rick copy I had
My first electric K-2T - body is undisguised plywood! I had to loose the terrible 'sub-bigsby' and fit a tune-o-matic bridge.
You Tube is full of videos of people raving about the pickups!
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1 hour ago, upside downer said:
Sounds like fun, I'm sure they won't force you to do anything you feel uncomfortable with. Good luck with it! Only problem I've got with it is the question on the registration form saying,
'Any other instruments (Can guitarists fill in on bass if required for example)'
Yeah, cus anyone can play bass, eh? Bah!
Apparently most people who sign up want to be lead guitarists... they tend to run short of bassists and vocalists.
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Then for me TE. OK< Ampeg needs to be in there. I certainly agree Trace are heavy lumps, but boy do they deliver.
The importance of a good drummer, the pocket and groove
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It's worth reading what Neil Young says about playing with Crazy Horse.
There are deeper, more primal forces at play - the ones that bonded our deep ancestors together through music.
Is it a coincidence that the most powerful parts of a good gig are when the audience sing, stomp, headbang, clap or dance to the music, no matter how well they are 'in the pocket'?