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  1. meterman
    I used to borrow a Thunder 1 (the non-active one) when I was starting out on bass. I loved the ‘1970s kitchen table’ look of it and it sounded great to my teenage ears. It weighed about as much as I did back then. Still wouldn’t mind trying another if I ever found one near where I live.
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    Or this. Michael Dempsey on bass. Love it.
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    Almost forgot this. Huge influence on Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Sisters Of Mercy, Prince and many others. Violin bow on a Precision bass as well 👍 ‘ave ittttt!!!! 💥
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    Some amazing bass on pop hits in the early 80s 👍 I remember liking Talk Talk, XTC, Japan, The The, Orange Juice, and loads of others. Like this: ‘ave it!!!!! 💥
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    I never took the C3 anywhere until I sold it. Those things are nuts! I bought a smaller Hammond for gigs, a 1967 M102 that was split for transport but even that became too much. I still play air Hammond sometimes, my back doesn’t mind that so much 👍
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    Not a bass, but my old 1963 Hammond C3 organ + Leslie speaker. Absolutely glorious sound in full throttle. It was the first thing that sold when I got rid of my studio. Regretted it at the time although I knew I didn’t really have any other choice. I probably wouldn’t have time to play it every day now or even every week but on the occasions it might be possible... phwoar! 😅
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    I’m probably something of an anomaly (well, more like definitely, both my parents were fairly odd) in that I’ve not been asked for download codes when I’ve sold vinyl and CDs at gigs, ever. When physical copies of albums and singles have sold on Bandcamp then buyers receive WAVs of the items at point of purchase but that’s as close as I’ve got. I’d love to do some with previously unreleased stuff and give them away with T-shirts or something.
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    A guy I did some session work for used https://www.cramduplication.co.uk/ to do his CDs, I think he’s done 3 or 4 different albums and EPs with them now. I’ve always made a profit from CDs, never made anything much from streaming though, and that’s even with being in a signed band that had records out, plus tunes on TV and soundtracks and radio etc. Just depends on the type of genre probably?
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    Woah, hang on - these Soul Destroyers? With Malcolm Catto on drums? Same band? I used to have the vinyl of this 😎
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    Los Altos - a fairly loose Catalan folk outfit who play acoustic covers of The Ramones, 999, The Damned, Stooges, The Saints, Wire, Soft Boys, etc, sung in Spanish. Just doing it for laughs as and when we get time to play, which isn’t as often as we should as it’s always a laugh when we do. Sometimes we play acoustic Spanish folk tunes and stuff as well. Lords Of Superglue - a gonzo ‘77 style punk rock outfit whose songs are all around 70 seconds long and the lyrics are always about something daft, like your mum wearing pyjamas to go to the shops, or when you glued falafels on your girlfriend’s car. Or when you snorted crushed up Ricicles for a bet, or about gabions, or reality TV contestants or Thai green curry or whatever. We make Splodgenessabounds look like King Crimson, but somebody has to. They were called something not especially PC before I joined, so I’m glad they changed it. I didn’t choose either name but they’re alright for what they are I guess.
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    For me the Bronco would probably do everything I need a bass to do, the lack of top end access and even a two-saddle bridge wouldn’t make any difference to what I do, but there must be a short scale bass out there that has 24 frets? I fully admit I’m a proper duffer who sounds he wears boxing gloves when playing bass, mind.
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    I reckon you should just have done with it and shoot them, and replace them with musicians who’ll be happy to play for £25 less per gig than you and the drummer. If that seems a bit harsh to you then you could always pay the replacement musicians £20 less per gig? Just brainstorming here, I’m not actually sure what the right answer is. Or maybe don’t shoot them, just set the dogs on them? Hard to know.
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    Yes, I saw them on an Australian guitar store's site, I have seen them advertised in Europe but no retailer seems to have stocks yet. I have no idea of the string spacing but can't imagine it would be any different to the existing spacing. Mind you, it's Fender so anything's possible! The Coral and vanilla white options look decent to me. Not that I need one...
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    I realise these might be old news / not news / not even interesting 😁 to folks here but I hadn't seen any mention of the new Squier Sonic series Bronco basses? Standard BBOT bridge and upgraded tuners (might still be like cheese though) and a non-maple neck option for the black bass fans among us. Obligatory pic: I almost bought a s/h Bronco last year and have a Mustang bass now otherwise I'd be looking at these with a keener eye. Probably the same Strat pickup in there, though...
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    Phwoar, now you're talking! Sounds exactly like my side project The Lords Of Superglue. Where do I sign up? 😂
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    Thank you! 🙏 I admit, I do like The Menahan Street Band and Martin Denny, spot on 👍 We just had a couple of 7” singles out on a label in the US last month as well. Flute, vibraphone, zither, electric sitar, Space Echo, analog synths, drums, pick bass etc. Sort of David Axelrod / Gabor Szabo / Can / The Poets Of Rhythm, kind of thing. But done on a 4-track 😂 Funky but not ‘straight’ if you know what I mean?
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    No pop or rock music round ours. My mother listened to Indian classical music and Bollywood soundtracks, plus a bit of opera, Greek folk, Argentinian folk, maybe an easy listening LP sometimes. But always with the stereo volume on 10. Super loud! My dad had a box of cassettes of jazz and blues, Charles Mingus, Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler, Thelonius Monk, John Lee Hooker, Bukka White, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee etc. I still like all of that stuff (ok maybe not Albert Ayler so much) and even though I’m not particularly nostalgic I guess it has stayed with me.
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    I did a session for a producer about 10 years ago who wanted me to use one of his basses (a Japanese Jazz copy that buzzed like crazy) and he had a long wire coming from the bass with a teaspoon attached to the end of it tucked into my sock. I found this pretty weird, but it worked as the playing ended up on a release. Would prefer a non-teaspoon solution if possible
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    Thank you for the info. I have no idea about continuity or resistance or what I’d be doing with a multimeter, but I appreciate the advice, thank you 🙏
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    Thank you 🙏 I’ve no idea where the ground is on either of my basses but hopefully they’re not fiendishly tucked away somewhere unobtainable.
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    I don’t have a multimeter or know anyone near me who has one. The strip of tape / copper wire thing makes zero sense to me, but then admittedly I do have learning difficulties! Never had to do this before and I haven’t managed to find a YT tutorial that I can actually make sense of. I only want to do this once, properly, and not balls it up like I usually do with anything maintenance related 😂
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    Yes, exactly this. Mostly when I’m recording it can be an issue.
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    Hi everyone, hope you’re all well and warm and doing alright 👍 Just wanted to ask the BC collective hive mind about shielding tape. I need to add some shielding to my Jazz bass and my Mustang bass, but it’s not something I’ve ever done before. I admit I am very very lo-fi when it comes to maintenance and setups and anything technical so I apologise in advance if this sounds daft but is it really just a case of ‘buy some copper tape / stick it down in the cavities and on the back of the pickguards / screw the pickguards back on / job done’? And is all shielding tape much of a muchness or is there a best brand to go for? I appreciate any advice anyone’s got on this cause I’ve no idea🙏 Many thanks - Lee
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    Just three. Mustang bass Jazz bass Tanglewood mini precision Lot of other gear though (3 drum kits, countless guitars and keyboards, etc) The Mustang gets all the play.
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