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17 hours ago, Bassassin said:

Found a bit more detail - "Tulio" is just a US importer brand so not really an ID - but as an unbranded bass, it's a Fujigen EB-2. A proper oldie too - this is from a 1965 catalogue for a US importer brand called St George, owned by a New York music shop chain.

Apparently one of the first US importers of Fujigen instruments, when the company was still in its infancy, and operated from an out-building on a cattle farm owned by its founder, Yuichiro Yokouchi.

All important information...

Ohh, I like the one on the right, very Surfcaster--ish.

Im sure it will be fine, just ensure that the tail wire holes in the tailpiece are nice and straight and theres enough space above the holes to fit the nuts.

I have a set of old (and probably a bit knackered) spiro weich you can have - if nothing else, you'll find out if you like the feel/tension or not.

PM me....

Personally I think it's always a good idea to try a set of Spiros at some point in your playing carreer, ther's a good reason why they're (probably) the most popular double bass string.  Plus, if you don't like tham, you'll always be able to sell them on.

Any decent quality braided stell cable will do.  The only taile wire I would't buy again is the Wittner one with the threaded ends that insert into the holes in the tailpiece - the one I bought snapped at the threads after about 6 months, though It's entirely possible that was caused by the slightly wonky holes in my tailpeice rather than a problem with the cable.  I had it replaced with a standard braided steel cable and a cable clamp and it's been fine ever since.  

https://gollihurmusic.com/tailgut-tailpiece-hanger-replacing-with-stranded-cable/

Metal tailpieces are fine until you start mounting things on them, like pickup jacks or preamps, when they are prone to all sorts of annoying buzzes and rattles.  I have a Stentor with a metal tailpiece inthe rehearsal studio and I have to stuff all sorts of bits of foam between the pickup jack and the tailpiece to stop it rattling. 

Currently in the van on the way to our first gig in 6 months. Had a mega rehearsal last night so we're not too rusty and we have 2 brand new, never played live songs to debut, which is nice. 

The crowd will mostly be made up of the regulars of the festivals we put on and who we haven't seen since February.  It'll be great, as long as everyone behaves....

We once had to start our second set without the drummer as he was having a massive whitey in the car park. 

7 hours ago, LeftyJ said:

I don't know how serious the intentions were when this abomination was released, but it's AWFUL. This kept popping up on a metal forum I used to be a member of.

 

That's bad. The song's bad too. Maybe that's why they look so cross in the video?

The Stagg, G4M and the Harley Benton EUBs are pretty much the same thing.  There's variation in the on board electronics but that's about it.  In my experience of various products from all three companies, Harley Benton has the best build quality, but that's reflected in the price.

You can stick/draw postition dots on the side of the fingerboard, so I wouldn't let lack of factory applied dots influence your choice.

13 hours ago, musicbassman said:

Amplifiers?  - there was one, a Vox AC 30, which had been borrowed. It had six inputs, so there were two guitars, a bass and three mikes plugged in. Brilliant!

The mike stands were broomsticks which were propped upright by bricks. Then the tape recorder style mikes were sellotaped onto the tops of these.  Result!

Yes. This. Though the amplifier was a Sound City Fender Twin type thing.

I reckon my first song was Whole lotta Rosie by AC/DC. We also did Paranoid by Black Sabbath, but probably without the  instrumental section at the end.

I'm going to stop looking at this thread, there's too much cheesy 80s hair metal and it's reminiding me of how much time the teenage me spent sat in our drummers living room watching Raw Power.

20 hours ago, Leonard Smalls said:

Here's a beautiful bit of 80s... Skipetty skip!

 

I'll see you and raise you:

6 hours ago, bassbiscuits said:

Utterly ridiculous from the outset, but fast forward to the last minute for the man on fire, the backline exploding etc etc.

Stunningly bad.

Though I did buy this album at the time, when I was young and impressionable.

I think I was also guilty of owning this at the time. In my defence, I would have been about 14 and easily impressed by this sort of thing. The people who made it, however, were grown adults.

I've used a  bass Snark for years (I got it when I was in a jazz trio that ended in 2014).  No problems with battery life or bits falling off, although young Rev did chew off one of the rubber bits on the clip.

I find it works best on the bridge of my laminate bass and the scroll of my carved bass.

1 hour ago, TheGreek said:

Jack Bruce???

Pete Brown wrote a lot of Cream's lyrics, certainly on the later albums.

I think Steve Harris writes a lot of Maiden's lyrics, or have I made that up?

Steel strings generally have a stronger fundamental and note definition than nylon, so it's probably more that you can't hear the note as clearly as you used to.

Have you even used this? It looks brand new.

Mine looks like its been ravished by badgers.

Great preamp - does everthing you need it to except play and pull jazz faces.

Just 4 at the moment. There was a Banksy Rat stencil sticker in the lower left bout but it was getting a bit tatty round the edges so I took it off.

'Sorry seems to be the hardest word'

Well, you say it four times in the song, Elton, so it can't be that difficult.

'Anemone' is a much harder word than 'sorry' IMHO.

Just now, Ricky 4000 said:

Hhhh, I tried that excuse on the building inspector re our 2 storey home extension.

It didn't work.

As usual, it's one rule for them, another rule for us. ☹️

It's almost like rock stars are lying to us.

Jefferson Starship:

Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember?
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll

A mamba is a bad tempered, highly venomous snake and Marconi would deeply regret messing with it.

And that's before we get into a discussion about suitable foundations for large urban conurbations.

As the Bluebird (genus Sialia) is indigenous to the north Americas, not nothern Europe, it is very unlikely that mutliple Bluebirds would be seen flying in the sky in the vicinity of Dover.

Unless they were Bluebirds that had escaped from a local aviary.

I do about 60 gigs a year across Dorset, Devon and Cornwall. There's loads of great little festivals and a great network of bands and musicians. 

As long as you're prepared to do a bit of travelling, you'll have no problem.

1 hour ago, NickA said:

  Cool solution though and if you're using a may pickup won't change the sound much I guess.  I think a totally acoustic player would have a fainting fit.

I dunno, I use a magnetic pickup and this makes me feel a bit woozy.

I'd echo the 'what are you doing to your bass query'. In 12 years, I've only had the bridge fall over three times - two stage invasions and one instance of late night loading into a badly packed van.

2 hours ago, Grahambythesea said:

I thought they already had - Mike Dirnt Signature model?

Ah, but thats a single split coil in a P-bass shape, the RS Countour has 2 x '51 style P bass pickups in a Jazz shape.

I love the look of the RS Contour but not £3000 worth of love.  A £350 Squier with the same look would be very tempting.

On 05/06/2020 at 15:43, AndyTravis said:

It’s a more or less carbon copy of the RS guitarworks contour 54 which has been knocking about for at least 10 years.

 

 

I thought the same thing. 

If only they had put proper old P bass single coils in, instead of jazz singles.