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Waddo Soqable

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    Minimum width for 34 Inch neck?

    in Repairs and Technical

    Posted

    I was thinking, unless you want to replicate exactly the existing neck, it'd be a lot easier to buy a cheap J bass style neck from ebay, you could even trim the headstock to be closer to your original.  It'd save a lot of grief making a neck from scratch, unless of course you fancy it as a challenge !

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    Tips on finding other amateur musicians to jam with after 30?

    in General Discussion

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    Does it matter how old you are ?... If there's a group of people who are wanting to play something with someone, then why not just do it ?.. If you look at an orchestra for instance you'll find people in their 20s thru to 60s. I've been in bands with people much younger, admittedly I still had daft hairstyles and my general attitude can be less than "grown up" ....but I cant see any reason not to play with people who are a different age group,  if all parties are up for it..

    End of my Rope

    in Theory and Technique

    Posted

    Cool ! The thing is to arrive at what works and is fun for You.. The U bass sounds like it's just the thing for what you want to do ( I actually quite like the idea of one myself now!). It's always good to try a whole bunch of different stuff before you come to a final conclusion.

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    End of my Rope

    in Theory and Technique

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    24 minutes ago, Killed_by_Death said:

     

    I can never play along to anything by ear, which is part of the reason I quit. Maybe the largest part.

    I kept the u-bass & was playing a few arrangements on it last night, just for fun, no amp. All my instruments were hanged in the living-room, now the u-bass is just above the TV directly across from me.

    We used to do kara-okay bass, me on bass, someone else on vocals, but haven't in a while.

    Reading takes up the space I that used to be occupied by fumbling on the bass. I was just reading on the back porch.

     

    I'm glad you kept it, it's good to have an instrument or two just around in case you fancy a go at any time !  I've got an old piano, that was a local freebie ( it was "interesting" wheeling it down the road with two mates to get it home!).  I've no intention of learning to play it properly, but it's nice to have around, as I'll sometimes mess about playing simple little songs, xmas carols, music hall ( vaudeville to you yanks !) tunes whatever, I probably haven't touched it for a month or more but good to have for whenever..  also makes a good bookshelf and the cats like climbing on it too !    The Karoke thing sounds great fun, you should do some more :)

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    Ever highly customised a valuable bass (and ruined it's "Value")?

    in Repairs and Technical

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    The stingray reminds me.. About 1983 i had a natural finish stingray like the one above, it had previously been covered in stickers ( mainly peeled off tobacconists shops at night !)  I decided to refinish the body for a change of image, so round at the guitarist's flat it was cleaned up and sprayed a sort of vaguely Lake Placid metallic blue, we then, to assist in drying, hung it over one of those little convector blower heaters...

    We return a while later to discover a massive crack where obviously two sections of wood making up the body had separated.  Oops..   Clearly a few F and C words ensued.  My solution, though cynical, was pug it up with car filler, sand and add a few more layers of paint, re-assemble and get the bastard advertised for sale in the back of Melody Maker or whatever asap..  So if you bought a yukky blue Stingray circa 1983 that developed a big split, you'll know why..

    That said, I'll happily take it back and refund the 200 quid or whatever it was, so no robbery eh !!  :)

    End of my Rope

    in Theory and Technique

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    Have you still kept the little acoustic bass above ?.. If so I'd just leave it permanently in the living room, and maybe when watching tv or something you'll find you want to just have a noodle around on it...no pressure...not trying to achieve anything...just for fun, maybe play along to tv show themes, or just meander ! ... When you've had enough, put it down again.. Just a thought 👍

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    Who plays the cards they are dealt?

    in General Discussion

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    12 minutes ago, TheGreek said:

    I have no issues with either J or P profile necks. The only bass I've ever had issues with the neck profile was on a Wal.

    Funny you should say that, i had a Wal about 1981, it was the cheapest one they did i assume ( otherwise i wouldn't have had it !) ... I hated it....it was horrible to play, as i recall it was the fingerboard that felt really awkward, I got rid of it within weeks.

    Hence I always smile to myself when i see Wals going for stupid money and people raving about them.

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