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    Where do you stand in a five piece band

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    On 19/04/2024 at 18:15, neepheid said:

    Is there a "best" side?  My face doesn't have one of those!

     

    For me it varies by venue.  Most of the time I play at the drummer's left side when I have the choice.  But some venues with their own backline, the bass rig is on the right, so I go on the right.  It's not my stuff so I don't want to be a diva and demand that it's moved around on my say so. 

     

    I don't think it matters anyway, no-one notices the bass player ;)

     

    Agree. When i want to be noticed a bit, in easy bass parts, i sometimes jump a little bit.

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    The bass model design that You hate with passion.

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    48 minutes ago, Musicman666 said:

    well of course you can always remove or reinstall training wheels but fretlines are permanent .. I think of them more like the diagram on top of a gear stick, essential at first but once you get the hang of it then not so much, however its good to know that they are there to fall back on when required. I have heard some reasons to not want fretlines such as they put some people off or others like the look of a plain board, but I suspect some just like to flex in front of an audience. If you want that no fretlines experience then you can always turn off the lights, ..so far I never felt the urge. Fretlines look pretty much like frets to me and I'm very comfortable with that particular look.

    Remove the fretboard.

    Vintage Fenders

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    6 minutes ago, rwillett said:

    So if 45 of us each do £500, we're there. 

     

    That means we each get it for 194 hours per year. That's over a week, a whole week. 

     

    I'm happy to act as the distribution hub so people can collect and drop off. No charge for this service. 

     

    So we only need another 43 of us....

    Start searching, cheers !!!

    The bass model design that You hate with passion.

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    37 minutes ago, StingRayBoy42 said:

    Bongos.

    They look like an overdone, gaudy, tasteless, ostentatious 80s sports car designed by an LSD-fuelled lunatic in the grip of a psychotic episode, available only in a range of hideous, eye-scorching colours that scream of 'Dante meets Bosch in a crack lounge'.

    Horrendous looking things. I'd absolutely love one.

    If You mean Music Man Bongo - it really looks freaky !!!

    The bass model design that You hate with passion.

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    1 hour ago, SteveXFR said:

    Single cut Foderas. They are incredibly ugly and don't sound too special but at least they're incredibly expensive. 

    You really had a chance to check out Yourself how Fodera single cut feels and sounds ? If it's true - You are a god damned luckey guy. I only saw them once in my nightmare, where Felix Pastorius played at London stadium Donna Lee solo !!!😜

    Songs that you hate with a passion

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    On 13/04/2024 at 22:36, RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE said:

    Jefferson airplaine -white rabbit 

    When I used to listen to planet Rock , it always happened to be on . For some reason, whichever presenter played it they never told us who iit was I was hearing . Honestly , it is dated crap . Depressing is an understatement . Morrissey has the enthusiasm of a children's entertainer compared to this drivel . One depressing monotonous tone. She does shout randomly in places , but I can honestly say it was the worst song ever played on planet Rock. I don't miss hearing it ..

    The version i just listened was not a song but karaoke for keyboard, guitar and bass. Maybe good for ''psychodelic fusion/acid jazz''.

    The bass model design that You hate with passion.

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    8 minutes ago, Bleat said:

     

     

    Great pickup, but utterly tedious and boring to look at though nicer than a Jazz bass. I find them completely uninspiring to play. Every P bass I have had sat on the stand more than sat in my hands. The only exception was a Roger Waters sig that was actually pretty awesome.

     

    I like jazz much more than p. P it's pickups just look too boring for me. What ever - there are 1000 who loves both.

    The bass model design that You hate with passion.

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    2 minutes ago, Bleat said:

    Jazz basses. Nasty, horrible things. It looks like something that was left near an open fire for too long and melted. The headstock looks ridiculously big next to such a narrow neck. Oh and those thin, weedy pickups look and sound like crap too. 

    And what would You say about precision basses?

    The bass model design that You hate with passion.

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    27 minutes ago, tauzero said:

    Headstocks are truly awful things. Make a bass unbalanced, add a load of unnecessary weight, make it less convenient to tune, all for the sake of putting an advertising hoarding at the end of the neck. I feel that headstock addicts are to be pitied rather than raged at, poor creatures, clinging on desperately to those awful relics of the past. It isn't as if they can even agree on what is a good shape for a headstock, they argue about them endlessly, which shape will satisfy their terrible craving, which shape repels them utterly. And then trying to repair the damage done to the instrument's balance by paying hundreds of pounds for super-light tuners.

    Mainly when we see a bass - we evaluate 3 things - the body shape and it's finish, the neck, which looks all the same, exept if it's painted with great drakon or snake and headstock. No need to say that headstocks are no more wanted and the smaller the body is, the weight of the bass lowers. I think we all choose what we like or dislike individually. This thread is for those who want to publish the bass models they hate or dislike for their design. Some one could quote - yes i don't like it too. Someone will say that this is the model he loves most. This thread is all freedom full. Please, just respect all opinions and try to write more individually. Thanks.:thank_you:

    The bass model design that You hate with passion.

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    30 minutes ago, Rosie C said:

     

    Ah, but that is my favourite shape! I have an SG-shaped mandocello being built right now, and a Hagstrom H8 is top of my list of must-have basses!

     

    😜 I like tequila, may be You hate it and like coca cola !! How about McDonalds hamburgers - i hate them, but love pizza !! The world is wide !

    The bass model design that You hate with passion.

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    8 minutes ago, dclaassen said:

    It's funny how much variation we have on what we like/hate. Guess that's why there are so many choices out there....

     

    I don't care for the way a longhorn bass looks, but love the way they play....

     

    Mostly though, I don't care what it looks like as long as it does the job. 

    There is nothing wrong with that, keep doing that !!!😉

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