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What are you listening to right now?
Baloney Balderdash replied to Sarah5string's topic in General Discussion
Danish vocals/bass/drums all girls trio, which unfortunately broke up : -
Miracle - Nelson Can
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Bassface to space face (i.e. empty..kinda)
Baloney Balderdash replied to Barking Spiders's topic in General Discussion
The first I suppose... -
Cody Wright was/is deeply inspired and influenced by Bobby Vega's pick playing. Not sure who this Booby Vega you mention is though, some common bass playing family member of Dolly Parton and Suzanne Vega?
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The Short Scale Bass Appreciation Society!
Baloney Balderdash replied to Baloney Balderdash's topic in Bass Guitars
It's not a novelty bass at all judging from the demos/reviews I have watched and read. What makes you think that? -
What are you listening to right now?
Baloney Balderdash replied to Sarah5string's topic in General Discussion
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Stop innovation now! It's an order! Straying from hunter-gatherer culture was a mistake, and it all went horrible wrong from that point on in history! Throw out your basses and go back to banging on logs with blanched bones and whistling in the dark at once!
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I fully agree with this! Bobby Vega is THE absolute master of bass pick playing. If any ignorant ever claims using a pick for playing bass is exclusively for amateurs or failed guitarists (Hello? Ever heard of utterly useless hacks such as Carol Kaye, Paul McCartney and Chris Squire?), just link them a couple of videos of Bobby Vega playing bass with a pick, and watch their jaw drop and faces turn red as they come to a realization of just how deep their ignorance run.
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I can't seem to find the headless bass there, tried to put both the brand and model name/number in the search bar to no avail. The other models mentioned in this thread does show on a search of the brand, but not that headless one in the OP.
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Yes, that is how I store my emergency picks too, in the exposed creek between my buttocks. Adds a nice salty, interesting and quite unique spicy, kind of rich umami, flavor to the picks too, for when holding the pick between my lips when temporarily swapping to finger plucking mid song.
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I have absolutely no use for a ramp as how I pluck the strings really is more so stroking the strings with the outmost tip of my fingers/nails in a slight inwards unforceful slapping motion, rather than really plucking, pulling or striking the strings. I will never pluck the strings as deep as any ramp will go, and I don't have any issues controlling my plucking, and even if I did by the time my fingers would hit the ramp they would already be way too deep in compared to how I am supposed to pluck the strings, so it would still be of absolutely no use to me. Finally I also utilizes floating thumb technique, so a ramp would be to no need as an bulgy oversized thumb anchor either. Also in my honest opinion I think ramps look out of place and ugly.
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Not quite as practical if you utilize palm muting.
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So it's standard 19mm string spacing? Or is there a reason why this should remain a secret to the person who asked?
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Music for the heart -> Lovesongs through all time
Baloney Balderdash replied to a topic in General Discussion
One of the most beautiful songs ever written about unrequited love : And a really silly one about being silly in love : -
https://www.thomann.de/gb/pick_holders.html This, for instance: Which could be attach to for example either somewhere on the body of the bass, or on the strap.
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I assume 17mm, as it seems to have a Mustang Bass bridge (which is 17mm string spacing), and the body is a Bass VI one, which would suggest a more narrow, guitar wide, neck heel/pocket, rather than a standard bass one. Mind though that I do not know this for a fact, but it does seem very plausible to me.
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You can't blame them for not upholding a consistent production quality between all their products at least.
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Or you could use one of the Wedgie rubber picks, that with guarantee will not break, and a lot harder to accidentally drop as well. I am quite fond of the soft 3.1mm one (they come on 3 different hardness/flexibility grades: Soft, Medium and Hard, and 2 different gauges. 3.1mm and 5mm). Probably not a viable solution though as it doesn't exactly produce a regular pick sound, but rather a tone/sound that lies somewhere between pick and finger plucking.
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Yes, in the same way that guitars in white finish, according to Billy Corgan, sounds superior to guitars in any other color finish.
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My parents did play a fair share of music from Danish folk artists, and been to a couple concerts together with my parents with a couple of them as a kid too, and yes, folk does have a very big place in my heart, and on guitar it is actually also what I mainly write/compose. However by far the majority of the music I compose/produce/create is in the much more experimental end of the spectrum, with quite a few electronic elements, and on bass specifically a fair share progressive/math and doom/stoner rock stuff as well, so in that aspect not so much. Though I have composed some more folky stuff on bass too. I guess my answer would be "to some degree".