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Count Bassy

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  1. Mine would have to be the classic "Wake up in the morning; Fried eggs for breakfast"
  2. Also, playing anything on your chosen instrument, and sometimes even a completely differnt instrument, and sometimes just listening, will all feed back into your playing & knowledge in some way. Everyday a school day.
  3. Check all the screws are tight, and possibly put an extra stay between the baffle plate and the grill somewhere?
  4. I remember very well the first time I picked up the late 60s/7-s Les Paul of a guitarist I played with. I was shocked that it weighed noticably more than my bass.
  5. Not bass related, but Sealey tools. I was bought a sheet metal bender, but didn't get to us it for over year (So out of warranty). Then when I did a part of it snapped clean through. Sent them an E-mail enquiring about a spare and they sent me the new part completly FOC, which I received next day. (would have cost about £15 + postage). A big contrast to Clarke Tools who don't ebven reply to Emails.
  6. Whatever you fit it will still sound like a bass guitar to the audience.😊
  7. I think that it is great. Two superstars taking the fosters out of themselves and raising money (all profits) for charity (though I can't find anywhere how much it actually made). It was no 1 in the UK for 4 weeks, 8th in the US, and several other places for weeks in 1985. And that is when , when the charts actually meant something. Both the recording and the video were completed in one 13 hour session. Hats off the them both.
  8. Who do you Love ? (The Juicy Lucy One)
  9. IMHO. Calling for an Encore means that you want to hear more of the band. Doesn't matter what thay play.
  10. Garrison Keeler's "Guide to the Orchestra": The harp player spends 45 minutes tuning up and then someone opens a door and they have to start again. Edited to add: And the double bassist always looks worried - because he's always wondering how the hell am I going to get this thing home.
  11. I am hoping to see Roger Chapman in the spring, by which time he'll be approaching 81. Last saw him just before lockdown. Yes the voice has changed, and the songs (new and old) adapted to suit, what a voice still. Still producing new and strong material.
  12. Having read the site posted to: It says that the process is accurate to 1 thou (0.001 of an inch). Yet further down it says that the frets have to be to 0.0005" (ie half the tolearnce of the process) to avoid buzzing etc. Typo, or an own goal?
  13. two problems I find with jams is that: A: there is a bass player on stage who doesn't want mgive way, and B: That bass player is way better than me anyway. And C. I'm not really an improviser and 😧 I can't count
  14. I can mostly work it out, but very very slowly.
  15. But you are forgetting that Mars Bars were also bigger back then.
  16. Mods. Please lock this thread. BigRed seems to have lost his mind.
  17. However if you run your 500w amp at 500watts then using an 800W at 500w will mean that the amp has extra headroom and thermal capacity. ie it's less likely to stop working.
  18. Lighter/less taught strings = easier to bend.
  19. Some would say that "Dead End Street" would be more appropriate.
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