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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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    Forgot to mention, a label in the UK has released a limited edition 7” single of “Fools Gold” and “Liquidator”. Again, all done on a cassette machine and using a 25” super short scale Tanglewood EB-18 bass, Hammond organ, melodica, etc. It’s pretty lo-fi though so purists and hi-fi buffs best cover your ears now 😂 https://www.discogs.com/release/25484437-Earl-Natty-Fools-Gold
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    Hi - sorry for the late reply, I haven’t logged in here for a while, the lathe cuts were done in Cardiff by a company called Lathe To The Grave. I’ve done three different projects with them so far and they have been brilliant and easy to work with. Can recommend 100% https://www.lathetothegrave.com
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    Nice! I love these, my first bass was one of them, it had ancient flatwound strings on it and was brilliant to play. Used it on a few records as well. Would have another if I found one in my country. You should have no problem finding a buyer for it, GLWS 👍
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    Very few of my mates shared my tastes in music when I lived in the UK so I’d often go to gigs on my own. It would be the only way to see Brazilian artists I liked, if they ventured over, or South American artists, etc. Trying to get folks to come along to a cumbia or Latin gig was impossible, so things like that were usually solo missions. No point asking when you know you’re going to just get a blank expression. I rarely had the opportunity to play the exact kinds of music I liked either. Didn’t matter too much, but it probably won’t happen in the future either. Now I’m out in the sticks in rural France I’ve seen just one gig in the two years I’ve been here, and that was by accident 😂 Isn’t isolation brilliant?!!!
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    I lived in London for 20 years on and off and only twice had any ‘bother’. Neither times were music related, more a case of wrong time, wrong place. I tended mostly to gig in central London so even though I’d be doing load ins and outs with high end gear in busy streets, I wasn’t often doing the same thing in areas that were too dodgy. Had more hassle and problems elsewhere in the UK to be honest. Depends where you’re planning to be, obviously, but I generally found London a lot safer than other places in the UK I lived in, or gigged in. Caveat: YMMV and all that. Good luck if you make the move though 👍
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    Have used Bandcamp for about 18 months and can definitely recommend it if you’re selling music or merch. It’s easy to add Bandcamp links to websites or YouTube videos or social media posts etc. I don’t earn tons of money from it but every release I’ve put on there has covered, say, my medical insurance for the year, or car insurance, or paid for new musical gear etc. Defo worth a look 👍 I’ve thought about having a website but Bandcamp does everything I’d need anyway so I’ve just stayed with that. YMMV and all that, though.
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    Eh? You’ll be saying you don’t like Khruangbin next!
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    Not sure if anyone had mentioned Simone Butler from Primal Scream yet? She used to play a Rickenbacker but plays Precisions with the Scream. She sold me a CIJ fiesta red Fender Mustang bass in 2003 when she worked in Denmark Street. Great player and she has stage presence for days.
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    I was initially unsure, and it’s hard to tell because their albums are very ‘produced’. But I remember seeing them at a festival in France and they were like “White Light, White Heat”-era Velvets gone house music. Quite a garage rock feel for a supposed dance outfit.
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