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Grassie

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  1. I got over the Sire headstock thing and bought one a couple of years ago. Been in and out of love with it since (tried selling it recently), but sound-wise, it sits really well in the band I play in (the guitarist loves it), and its passive sound is classic jazz bass. So I’m going to keep it. But it’s the first bass I’ve had where the neck plate screws have corroded. That’s where Sire have cut corners - cheap screws (the pickguard screws have rusted very quickly) and cheap fret wire (mine go a lovely greenybrown if I don’t clean them regularly).

  2. 22 hours ago, Kevin Dean said:

    Has anyone else stopped gigging due to this .. I've got it mildly , wearing ACS earplugs isn't doing it for me it's cutting out all the ambient sounds & the Dr says wear them or stop gigging :(.

    My tinnitus has gotten worse over the past year for no apparent reason. I only started regular gigging again in April and it's not down to that because the tinnitus peaked before April. I've had audiology tests and have been told I need hearing aids, but have yet to take them up. 

    Hasn't stopped me gigging, started to wear earplugs just to protect what hearing I have left, but a bit like shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted...

    PS tiny Isle of Wight venues don’t help. “Ooh, I appear to be stood on the drums again...” 😉

  3. 3 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

    Yeah I’ve noticed that some are and some aren’t , the difference being the front routed ones you would have to have a pickguard on  to cover the groove 

     

    If I go the clear coat refinish route, I’m thinking of making a new pick guard and control plate from a similar hued wood. Would look nice I think. 😊

  4. On 01/09/2018 at 22:09, Reggaebass said:

    I did mine with a heat gun it is definitely the way to go ,very clean   .I stripped the whole body in about 2 hours 

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    Interesting that mine is front-routed from the neck pickup to the control cavity, and yours isn’t....

  5. On 29/08/2018 at 19:03, visog said:

    Totally agree - Adam Neeley, Rick Beato and Scott Devine will give you (free - not even talking about Scott's subscription site)  so much bass and wider music to work on, plus a broad  industry perspective which is intelligent, witty and contemporary.

    The mags on the other hand are little more than advertising catalogues with bizarrely esoteric bass reviews interspersed with bearded post-metal players of which you've never heard. And Victor Wooten on an endless loop.

    That said, even the mighty Viz is being challenged online now by the consistently high hit-rate Daily Mash... (At least the wordy articles rather than the cartoons..) 

    I’ve only recently discovered Rick Beato on YouTube, and what a thoroughly pleasant chap he seems to be. 😊

  6. 21 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

    It actually started off as a bit of fun but when I stripped it it was a nice piece of solid alder and things went from there I’ve got la Bella tapewounds fitted , very clean deep sound 

    Wow that looks really good! Thanks for the tips guys. 😊

  7. Hey all, 

    I bought a used Baby Tuner a while ago but I’ve started having issues with it. When it’s sat in my pedalboard connected to 5 other pedals, after a while the display stops working - clicking the foot switch still mutes the signal from my bass but the display is blank.

    However, if I use the tuner on its own, there are no problems. The power adapter I’m using is a 1A which is plenty of juice for what the pedals are drawing.

    I’m stumped. Any ideas? 🧐

  8. Not like that, ya filthy..::

     

    I have acquired my son’s Squier Affinity jazz bass and have decided I would like to take it back to bare wood and refinish it with a clear coat, or possibly use an oil finish

    So any tips for removing a modern poly finish? 😊

    Hoping to read lots of positive stories about how easy it is, and virtually zero tales of woe, cursing and grown men quietly sobbing into their pillows at night...🙈

  9. 6 hours ago, Bean9seventy said:

     

    but after meeting MK @ The LBGS he made it quit clear in post interviews he was Not how you think  ,, by a long chalk ,

    he remembers us ,, he knows who we are ,, the other bass players i know,, i grew up with ,,  are his friends , eg people he knows very well ,, like Tubsy ,,

    the longer the post went on ,,

    is there anything else ??

    Yes. Could you clarify the above quote please? As a non-cryptic answer.

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  10. 10 hours ago, Bean9seventy said:

    right ,, they were not just a " bunch " of players ,, they are the players that started brit funk ,, plus

    look in soho there is a sign out side of a coffee bar that reads The is The Birthplace of British Rock  april 1956 ?

    it was started by teenagers who wanted to form bands , brit funk was "exactly the same ,, the 1st brit funk gig was 1977/78 a band called hi tention  & Tubsy was in the crowd ,,

    meanwhile the players who met louis johnson & bootsy @ the gig in london via " the fraternity " were already funking the hell out of baas guitars   they knew heatwave they knew everyone AWB  motown every DJ   you care to mention

    they are the facts & this story is the evidence ,,,

    so ? if MK totally ignored the most funkiest soulful people in the UK & their mega star supporting fraternity every time they went to Denmark St ,  why did he rip off their bass lines ??  ,, in fact why did he even bother to slap ? ,

    And round we go again...

  11. 1 hour ago, Bean9seventy said:

     

     

    finally ,, you can see peeps all trying to defend MK ,, i knew this would happen ,, & the excuses to defend MK are getting weaker by each post ,,, the tread is not about MK its about the 1st UK  Slap players  ,, i was not the 1st ,, i was part of a circle of players who were,,

    anything else ... ???

     

    My point (which you seem to have missed entirely) is that you’re claiming that because you and some friends of yours went into a shop where Mark King worked, and played some slap bass while he may or may not have been listening, this directly influenced him and his playing style for which his is most famous. 

    I’m merely asking you to provide a bit more proof than merely saying ‘this happened, so it’s fact’ based on the assumption that he’s never (in any of the interviews I’ve seen/read in any case) mentioned being influenced by customers venturing into the shop he once worked in, and them playing slap lines. 

    Its not about defending him, it’s about proving your claim. 

  12. On 25/08/2018 at 23:44, Bean9seventy said:

    yeah ,, MK was taught by one of the guys who worked in the shop right ? 

    No, I don’t think this is correct at all. At least, I haven’t heard him say anything of the sort on tape or in print. 

    It is possible you know, that when Mark picked up a bass he did his own thing more or less straight away, influenced by Mr Clarke et al.

    On 25/08/2018 at 23:44, Bean9seventy said:

     

    we know MK was not slapping the bass until he saw " us " ^ meaning the 1st handful of uk slap bassists ^ like Tubbsy

    How do you know? 

    On 25/08/2018 at 23:44, Bean9seventy said:

    btw if i am not mistaken there were no college courses on slap bass in the UK until 1980 ,, before that it was called temporary music or jazz

    from Al Jolson to Ali G ,,

    Do you mean “contemporary music”? And Ali G???

    Im confused... 🧐

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  13.  

    I call it a pick because I like to say "pick" rather than "plectrum". "Plectrum" is two syllables and therefore takes twice as long to say than "pick" does. 

    I'm a busy man y'know...

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