Count Bassy

1 hour ago, nilorius said:

They just think that Fender design absolutely rules the earth and it will be easier to sell j and p shape models.

To a large extent Fender did get it right with the P and J bass body shapes. They fulfill the essentials of balance, access, and comfort etc.  If pretty sure that when they came up with them they didn't just draw a shape and say "That'll do". Even the P & J shapes aren't really that far apart. These shapes can be tweaked by other companies, but in many cases coming up a dramatically/instantly recognisable different body shape is to the detriment of basic function.

They same way that  the vast majority of cars are basically the same shape.

IMHO of course.

33 minutes ago, Johannes said:

Only 5 strings for me. For what reason would a 4- stringer be better?

Only if one is worried about weight I guess (I'm not).

I like a fiver because of the low D, mainly as a low minor 7th when playing in E.

Massive Rack. Phnaar Phnaar.

Standing up while playing certainly has more visual impact than sitting down. A folk dance band I was in (playing melodeon) used to sit down. Then was at an event where the band was standing and we reolved to stand up from then on.

If you are incapable of standing then there may be nothing you can do about it, but  (IMHO) the visual impact will be diminished.

On 09/04/2024 at 11:34, police squad said:

yep I'd go for that

But he's a tw@t.

On 05/04/2024 at 09:59, ezbass said:

Quite right. The only fish that is permissible on a pizza is anchovy, and shell fish.

 

 

Fixed it for you.

1 hour ago, TimR said:

 

Well I suppose as it's the Internet you can either only ever play root notes or be a flashy show off. 

 

I'm obviously one of those flashy show offs as I have been known to quite often play as many as 4 notes in a bar...

 

I once played 8! 

 

 

8 notes in a bar is acceptable if you're playing a whole gig while you're in there.

I lost the will to live after 2 minutes

Looking at the video the player hasn't got any head or shoulders, so nowhere to hang a strap. Therefore playing it on the floor.

But as to the qusetion why? Jaco is dead, so I guess we'll never know.

3 hours ago, Obrienp said:

What’s a 4D bridge when it’s at home? Four dimensional? Sounds a bit sci-fi but I’m struggling to think what the fourth dimension could be.

Well it's obviously one better than Schaller's 3D bridge.

18 hours ago, tredders said:

Where’s “plays like butter”? 😃

8th in the list.

"A Kick Up the Eighties"

And what do they mean by "Europe" these days?

Geographically Europe includes the UK, Russia and Scandanavia, and anything in between. The "EU" is far more restricted.

11 hours ago, Geek99 said:

Meaning it won’t beep?

Exactly that. A continuity tester is normally used to test connections of a nominal Zero Ohms.

1 hour ago, Geek99 said:

Just the pickups at the wire 

 

for some reason I couldn’t get the connectivity tester to read across both coils but resistance did 

To most continuiyty testers R20K will register as an open circuit!

Never knew him personally, but remeber his contributions here very well, so condolences to everyone.  Strangely enough I was thinking about him a few weeks ago because we now have a member called just "Old Horse", and I was wondering if that was him, and if not where "Old Horse Murphy" was.

On 22/02/2024 at 19:12, Dan Dare said:

 

R&B originally stood for Rhythm and Blues. Very different animal from soul and a world apart from what R&B currently stands for.

Ah, but it was "R & B" (Good), whereas the new stuff is "R n B" (Bad).

Singer sounds like a bit of a w**ker. Sees a potentially successful band and wants to get his mates in.

Perhaps you should turn the tables and get another singer in.

Note that Lead, especially lead shot (if loose) will damp vibrations, and might alter the tone.

19 hours ago, silverfoxnik said:

In terms of 'bad run ins' and confrontational or contentious posts etc anyone remember Big Beef Chief??

 

Those were the days.. 😂🤣😂

And TIM of course (not related to any any current member called Tim (or was he?)).

you can tune a bass?????

On 27/01/2024 at 13:05, SamIAm said:

Hmmm ... I would suggest they use their own or go away!

Sam x

For the instrument perhaps, but everyone bringing their own amps would be chaos.

And, surely, part of being the house bassist is to provide the backline.

On 22/01/2024 at 20:59, Linus27 said:

Probably going to be an unpopular opinion but I'm not a huge fan of Mick's playing

Two possible answers to that:

A: That's absoluetly fine, everyone has different tastes. Jaco was also an incredible player, but musically  never hit the spot for me, whereas Mick Karn did. I could listen to Mick Karn all day. Jaco about 3 minutes.

B: That's absoluetly fine, your are perfectly entitled to be wrong!😄

Totally agre with the chap, except that Mick Karn should be rated, not "up with Jaco", but "well above Jaco".

On 20/01/2024 at 22:04, Geek99 said:

Didn’t they have about 8 pickups ? 

Two Jazz pickups and a P pickup on the American version, just the two jazz pickups on the Mexican version.