Waddo Soqable

1 minute ago, SteveXFR said:

Do the Scottish drink?

Only to excess.. 

10 minutes ago, shoulderpet said:

8-10 week wait but this one is gorgeous https://www.thomann.de/gb/gretsch_ltd_elmtc_g2229b_junior_jet_ot.htm

Yep that's the same body carcass and scale as the "ex bass Vl" " baritone" the headstock is even the same shape by the looks ( tho the latest version bari has a little skinny HS)

  I'd safely bet that's got the same regular single truss rod arrangement. 

In all seriousness (for a change)  I did mention a couple of times in the past that the forum could have an "ignore topic" button, there have been a bunch of politics and similar type threads I'd have gladly "ignored". 

I have seen an ignore topic button on other forums, so it's obviously an option on the whole forum template thing. When I suggested it in the past a mod or two replied with some rationale as to why they couldn't or wouldn't do it, can't remember why it was now.

Obviously the simple solution is to scroll past stuff you don't fancy and ignore it. 

On 18/08/2023 at 13:36, BigRedX said:

Can we make the Den Of Iniquity disappear permanently for everyone?

Into the Valley, Skids

5 minutes ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

I am not going to waste my meth on cleaning sticky knobs, way too expensive! 

 

Though I am curious if regular amphetamine works as well?

 

 

Of course it does, you'll approach the task obsessively until its done, and then some... 

2 hours ago, Downunderwonder said:

Methinks you forgot about your fretting the bass?

 

I started on violin. From memory had it been the convention to do it ^lefty^ it would have been no less difficult. Both hands have a lot to do in the way of fine motor control.

 

I tried bowing my acoustic bass the other day. Did not compute thanks to the action being 'anticlockwise' from the violin. One day I will have to spend a whole weekend getting to grips with it.

 

If you don't believe me try getting your violin playing mate to play it reversed in their lap. Not many would produce any song.

I do take your point about the fretting hand, you're doing more complex stuff with it than you're doing with your "master" RH, esp with something 6 stringed. 

When I've flipped a bass the other way as an experiment my otherwise dextrous right hand becomes fairly hopeless! 

No doubt you can train or condition people particularly if you start young, but I'd agree with the post earlier that it's very wrong to force right handedness on people. 

Well greatest respect to them then, I can do absolutely nothing left handed, even write in the crudest fashion. 

Difficult to say though if you'd been conditioned from an early age who knows.. 

4 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

BBC Four, the National Youth Orchestra are playing right now some rather more contemporary pieces (Over 160 musicians; that's a lot, even for philharmonic orchestras..!). The key word is 'Youth'; there seems to be about an equal spread of men and women, giving a lie to the notion that women aren't interested in playing music.
On another note: I've no way of knowing for sure, but statistically, they would be about 10% of left-handed players performing. I've not yet spotted a left-handed instrument, though. Interesting..? I think so... 

Hmm.. I'd say there's likely more female musicians in "classical" orchestras than men, certainly that's the impression I've always had since I first witnessed those kind of "gigs" many decades ago.. 

So you reckon the left handers have to learn right handed in this kind of sphere then? 

As its on the face of the HS, you could take the tuners etc off and sand the whole HS face flat again and refinish/ respray just that bit, it's probably the easiest part to re do independently of the rest, and if you did the original finish yourself when you built it you might even have a bit left of whatever you used. 

It's clearly bugging you so might be the way ahead you'd be happiest with? 

3 minutes ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

I did consider acetone but didn't want to risk it eating anything more than the rubbery coating. The other thing I had lined up to try if the surgical spirit didn't work was lighter fluid.

Lighter fluid is always a good one, and less savage than Acetone for sure. 

Soaking knob in surgical spirit? 😳

Acetone is v. good for removing gunk, but can attack some plastics so needs to be done rapidly

The only dual ones I've had were in the rickenbackers and that was long ago. I don't recall any significant difference at all versus anything that had the regular single one though. 

Just now, bassist_lewis said:

Are you selling musical instruments and accessories?

Only very (very) occasionally, if I get one o' them special offers from evilbay "80% off fees" 😁

(and none of the stuff has ever been orange) 

I'd think it'd be a normal single truss rod, the one in my Gretsch is..

BTW mine is  a Jet type "baritone guitar" with 30" scale and they were originally supplied as a bass Vl but it would as far as I know share a basic body shape and scale with the 4 string Bass version. 

21 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said:

Guitar Case of Left Handed Chords...

Is that some new Jazz Quartet?.. 😉

Sounds more like a satanic cult... 

Kind of like a hammered dulcimer with thick "strings"..

We messed about with making odd stuff like that from junk back in the 80s, good fun 😁

21 minutes ago, White Cloud said:

Yes it's still available...horrid stuff🤮

I imagine it's a bit of a cheapo "asda's own brand" quality type liquid.. 

I Got Your Number etc.. The Jags

Having looked around a bit, orange does seem to be a bit of a thing with guitars at the mo. 

3 minutes ago, Geek99 said:

yes they do. I like it 

Well I'll have to give one a try if I see a can anywhere, purely on a research basis.. 😁

1 minute ago, JohnDaBass said:

Just arrived, my Fender Mike Kerr bass in Tiggar Orange. 

Lovely bass with a JMJ neck , Jag body (better suited to my "portly frame" than a Mustang) enormous Humbuckers and fancy Barbie gold hardware.

Really pleased. 

Not tempted to paint the back Tigger stripes on it then? 😁

2 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

 

I remember it well

 

Oranjeboom Orangeboom it is a lager not a tune

I still cringe at the thought of it.. 

Do they still do Oranjeboom lager?

They had a terrible tv advert for it in the 70s / 80s with a cheesy tune lifted from some other programme ..