Bassfinger

We do Blinding Lights in a hard rock style. Indeed, being middle aged farts we do everything in a hard rock style.

Gary Glitter, used to be a huge fan. I've done a complete 180 on that!

Strangely enough we start almost every gig with that one. Its short, snappy, everyone knows it, and it warms both us and the audience up before we start delving in to the set list.

I shoved a dirty great mudbucker onto my '54 transition shape Precision, albeit in the original pup position closer to the bridge. It sounds rather marvellous. Another advantage of a mudbucker is that the top is wider than the coils beneath so it matters not if the hole you carve is a bit rough as the edges will be hidden.

This. I'm a dyed in the wool rocker and I have to playw what seems to me to be some right sheet, but the alternative is to not play at all so suck it up. Fortunately my suggestion of Rockin' All Ofer the World goes down a storm as an encore in the pubs and clubs and has softened the stance of the other chaps on some of my suggestions. That aside I'm fortunate that they're not a bad bunch and any suggestion that gets aired is thoroughly examined to be sure that its viable for all to play it and that no one is disadvantaged. That's perhaps a consequence of all but one of us being in our fifties and long since having outgrown any egos.

HB and Warman were made for one another, like Scott and the Antarctic or Richard Harris and cigarettes.

Be careful who you pick a fight with!

It's hilarious how much they punch above their price point. Very versatile and playable bits of kit, and ripe for modifying. Speaking of which, the Warman pickup is something else. It darkens to tone a touch and adds a slight frisson of growl that I really like. Slap a fancy name on it, trot out some glossy advertising with moody shots of the pickup on a gloss black surface and people would pay 4 times as much and would not be disappointed with the performance.

My Geddy Lee. Tried many jazzes (12 in fact), from player to ultra, and this particular Geddy Lee just felt right, was finished perfectly and sounded sublime. It was the in between, the bears porridge - just right. Nothing exciting on paper but that particular one just had its mojo sorted.

I've had this from DHL just a few months ago. It showed as delivered on their tracking, but actually arrived a couple of days later.

Unless you're doing studio work or large venues with a high quality sound system it's highly unlikely that anyone would notice any difference in the sound. My backup is a modified Harley Benton MB4 because it sounds great in its own right, is cheap enough to be near expendable, but the tone is versatile enough to stand in for whatever my number 1 instrument be at any given gig.

Although my Y fronts are so tired and worn they look like they're made from bass strings.

And on a serious note, when I can be bothered to measure at all I do it at the 17th as I read somewhere that is where one does so, but I have no ethical or moral affinity to that position. I guess it matters not where you do so as long as you're consistent between instruments when trying to set them up in a similar manner.

Might as well get in there quickly... You're all wrong, completely wrong, never heard such dangerous drivel. My way is right and you won't see any professional players doing it any way but mine, except for the professional players that don't but I conveniently won't mention them. You'll all suffer repetitive strain injuries, and Leo Fender will rise from the grave and haunt you. Anyone who doesn't do it my way is clearly impotent and cheats at monopoly. I think that covered most points.

Holy crap, that could get messy pretty quickly! 🤣

Fenders own recommended figures are measured at the 17th...or the 12th, depending on where you read them! 🤣

I do wonder wonder though what 'medium-high' means to different players though? To me it's about 4mm at the 17th fret, but to some that might feel like an egg slicer or quite low to others. Depends on one's previous experiencemI guess. It's a good book, Mrs Bassfinger bought it me when it came out and lime you I'd delved in at random, but eventually read it cover to cover when laid up with the lergie.

He mentions it in his Big Beautiful Book Of Bass. That tickled me as I do the same to aid in hammer-ons and pull-offs, and I presumed he does so for the same reasons but it could equally be as you suggest.

Ironic, as Geddy himself prefers his "medium-high." Gotta agree, they're great instruments. I wouldn't part with mine, it'll be going in my box with me when I go.

Gordon Lightfoot in 2016(?) Well past his best, but the guy is a legend and unlikely to ever play here again so I had to go.

Or renaissance wax.

We have band meetings in the con club in the village mqybe 3 or 4 times a year to discuss set lists, gear purchases etc. These inevitably end up as lengthy social knee's up.

I'd be delighted with either!

I bought it from Andertons. Perhaps I should demand my extra 2mm?