Count Bassy

Spray the back of the white pickguard black before screening?

2 minutes ago, gjones said:

Successful bands are never democracies. If a charismatic and talented singer/front person is good at what they do, then the band revolves around them. All the successful bands I've ever been in have revolved around the singer/frontperson. Play what they want you to play and things will go smoothly, think you or any other band member has a say in the set and suddenly you no longer have a singer/front person. 

 

 

Been there and done that with a singing drummer. As soon as other members (all three of us) started suggesting songs he threw his toys out of the pram and walked. Yet another band that went nowhere.

On 15/12/2024 at 13:58, meterman said:

Certainly not unusual for a drummer to have £5000 worth of gear onstage with him. But they could easily get away with a £500-all-in kit, and many do.

 I'd agree on the shells, but the difference between cheap symbols and slightly more expensive ones can be like chalk & cheese.

Not saying that the really top end cymbals should cost what they do. I suspect they're taking the piss a bit, or is it the normal diminishing returns thing.

EDIT: Having said that I have an (1890s) anglo concertina that would be considered top the range, or near. The sound, feel, action and response are tremendous, and I wouldn't sell it. One that cost half as much wouldn't be the same, but would (should) be a perfectly playable instrument.

On 12/12/2024 at 17:36, Dan Dare said:

I had the mosfet one. When I bought it, I could hear negligible difference between it and the valve one, so I thought I might as well save 50 quid. The M may have been a touch brighter, but that was it. Many of these class D amps that boast valve drive just use a single ECC83 in the input stage. I have a Carvin that does just that. It doesn't add much in my experience. Rounds off the sound a little when you push the gain, but that's about it. You aren't going to get a full-on valve overdrive out of them.

I have a Carvin BX700 and have the same opinion, but more so. I can't detect any difference between the Valve and solid state settings. Perhaps my ears are shot.

On 26/11/2024 at 19:45, Chienmortbb said:

It is of course Flanger with the G sounding like Garage (the real way not the posh way)

 

The first G or the second G?

20 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

no, your reply is absurd because he didn't say he held that opinion at all, so you made up an argument to be outraged against.

WARNING! Do not feed the trolls!

If Ebay retain their daily turnover for 2 additional days before paying then that is a shit load of money that they will be getting interest on.

PS: Is "Shit" now allowed by the profanity filter then?

I am not a particulary good player but still find the B string very useful.

Obviously it gives you the extra range, but also also allows you to play (say in E) higher up the neck (useful with my small hands),

The extra range gives you the low minor 7th in E, and obviously the low D and C giving for those keys.

As for why not a 6 string. Well, it's a bass isn't it? Extra range at the low end  is far more useful than extra notes at the high end, and 6 starts to make the fretboard too wide.

I still have some 4s, but they rarely get played.

PS: I am not the sort to get worried abot using notes that were not in the original!

Bought some model railway trackwork from Dave. Price agreed and everything and then he adds in a "Few bits & bobs" to the box. A few bits and bobs that almosted doubled the value of the contents! Would he take any extra money? No he would not!

He's a very naughty boy, but a real gent and decent bloke.

Thank you very much Dave.

Top Bloke.

If you scale the black one to 105% the two overlay each other almost exactly, except for: 

The head which does seem to be a bit bigger on the Sterling,

The tuners themself which seem significantly bigger on the Sterling.

The control plate which is bigger on the sterling.

32" Scale

Five string.

Flexible sound options

After that it comes down to trying it out.

15 hours ago, Dood said:

I was once recognised in a Morrison's supermarket. Does that count? 

Your own family don't count as general public!

On 17/11/2024 at 00:21, CharlieSBrown said:

Hi,

 

I bought this amplifier second hand. The ground had a hissing noise, taking a look when I opened the lid I saw that it had paint on the inside sheet and it didn't completely close the ground. I removed the paint that was inside, now it has continuity with the ground with the covers and the ground noise dissapears.

Excellent result.

Could be useful as an ear level personal monitor on stage perhaps? For acoustic instruments at least, if not bass guitar.

For £33 it's not a big risk is it?

In my limited experience different strings can make a huge difference to the sound.

I have no idea what I will be drinking tomorrow, let alone July next year.

Mrs Bassy doesn't know this, but we're going to see Popa Chubby in Montpellier on 6th December. She loves his stuff, as do I.

4 hours ago, super al said:

It's a shame it wasn't vinyl, worth an absolute fortune 😊

But poorer sound reproduction.

Ducks rapidly.

Thanks for all your thoughts folks. Perhaps I'll give it a bit longer before deciding or giving up.

14 hours ago, casapete said:

Albert is 81 this December and still doing it, long may he continue. 😊

On Monday evening he said that he was 81, so one of you is wrong!

EDIT: According to Wikipedia you are correct. Perhaps he meant to say "81 this year", or perhaps he did say "81 this year" but my 67 year old ears failed me!

Yes, Monday evening was great. All very laid back and didn't need the fast solos. At one point he said that he'd been listening to his back catalogue, and was frightened by how fast he used to be. In some ways reminiscent of J.J. Cale.

The graphic in that article is a bit misleading as they use a different scale for the Safisfied and dissatified sides.

Eg. The royal mails Bar for satisfied (47%) is the same length as  its "Disatisfied" bar (27%).

On 29/10/2024 at 09:04, geoham said:

 I can't fathom how such large boxes get 'lost' by couriers when everything is tracked by technology

I think they conuse "Lost" with "Stolen"

Albert Lee, Monday evening at the Stables (MK). Excellent night, though he seems to avoid the lightening licks he was once famous for. Mind you he's 81, so fair enough I guess. I hadn't realised what an excellent voice he had, even at 81.

Where to start?

I am now 67. I am a fairly solid player with stuff I know, but in no way spectacular. I can leran stuff up to my limit, but I am not good, or confident, at jamming along to things (unless it's blues).

The last time I was in any band was pre-covid, and even then the last couple only lasted a few gigs before they collapsed in a heap. Some didn't even make it to gigging:

• Got fired from one because their previous bass player moved back into the area.
• One band had two gigs lined up but the drummer decided to take a holiday at the time of the second gig, causing the guitarist to quit in disgust.
• Another band the drummer/main singer wanted to be band leader (Ok) but literally stormed out of a rehearsal when the rest of us suggested some ideas.
• Yet another the guitarist was a Jazzer at heart and decided he needed to concentrate on that (fair enough, no hard feelings - still mates).
• More recently got involved with a metal band which I decided wasn't really for me, so resigned which caused  a domino effect of resignations (NOT because I had quit (I'm really not that good), simply that my quitting showed that it was possible).

Obviously I was a common factor here, but I genuinely don't think that I was cause of these break ups.

I have contacted a few people via bandmix etc. But I get the impression that a lot of the people just want to join an established band,  or even just like the idea of being in a band again rather than the reality, without having to put too much (or any) work in.

Anyway, one way or another I have not played bass in a band at a gig for over 5 years. My main outlet at the moment is a localish open mike (with Mrs Bassy on piano/saxophone), at which I have played bass, but even there I seem to be focusing on singing. 

So, to get back  to the thread title. I am starting to face up to the possibily/reality that I may never play bass in a band again. Which is sort of sad, but probably realistic.

( I do occasionally play melodeon and anglo concertina in a folk dance band).

Do I give up on the idea altogether and just stick to the occasional open mike?

If that is what I do then there is no way that this would justify my collection of basses, amps and cabs, PA stuff and various bits and pieces. So I really should be moving stuff on.

I don't quite what I expect by way of any response from you all, but I just needed to get it off my chest.

CB.

I assume this has happened.

What did she say about my caterpillar problem?