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My first fretless (a Jaydee Roadie) was unlined and had 3/5/7/9/etc dots where the frets would have been.
My current fretless neck - ironically also made by Jaydee - has edge markers a bit like the OP's pic, with the dots where they would have been on a fretted neck. I have painted those dots black and put new dots at the fret markers, because that's what I'm used to on a fretless neck. -
Off the Top of My Head -- Biz Markie
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On 30/09/2023 at 18:09, verb said:
I'd like to bring more basses than I have stands for, does anyone have a stand or two I could borrow on the day?
I've got one, I'll chuck it in the car. It's a battered old twin stand with only one U swivel thingy, but the other half of it works fine.
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On 27/09/2023 at 20:25, scrumpymike said:
THIS YEAR'S AMP SHOOT-OUT!!
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So... let's have a good selection of your amp heads - I'll be bringing an Ampeg SVT-7 PRO, Mesa Subway D800 Plus, and Ashdown RM800 EVO.
I'll be bringing my Genz-Benz Shuttle 9.2, it should fit the bill quite nicely?
On 27/09/2023 at 20:25, scrumpymike said:Last but not least, we need a volunteer or 3 willing and able to play a few short demo lines in different genres.
I have never had stage fright of any sort in 40 years of gigging, but that would make me nervous. I'd have a go as long as I wasn't the only one? I could perhaps throw in a few fingerstyle and pick bits from the previous night's ska set as it'd be fresh in my mind
but my slap chops ain't what they used to be.
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Sound of da Police - KRS-One
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On 05/08/2023 at 20:09, frankzelf said:
It's a 1812, with a 18", a 15" and a 12" in it
I shudder to think of the weight. I slipped a disc just looking at the photo.
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Hell yes, the more the merrier.
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2 hours ago, tauzero said:
I like the ability to go across the neck - I only occasionally use notes below bottom E. I don't understand why so many people think that the purpose of the B string is only to go below bottom E. It is so much more than that.
This, entirely and absolutely. For me, by far and away the most useful aspect of a 5 stringer. The main reason I still use a 5 with one of my bands is that some of the songs are an absolute arrse to play up and down the neck on a 4 and are far easier across a 5.
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Also this. More of a vocal tool than anything, I used it for live harmony BVs with a band I was in many many years ago, since when it's been gathering dust. It's been around the block as you can see by the rack ears, but it's working fine. I never tried it with instruments, I imagine it should work for them too. It's too big to be a paperweight and the wrong shape for a doorstop. I've got a copy of the manual knocking around somewhere. No power supply, but it takes a bog ordinary 9v power supply and only draws 250mA.
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This here.
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We rehearse there too, come to think of it my FX were dreadfully noisy a couple of times a while back. I assumed it was my cheap crappy 9v power plug.
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On 18/09/2023 at 11:09, stewblack said:
Band practice last night in Trowbridge. Or Trowvegas as it's known locally.
Same rig as I have been using at home without any issues. Same bass, cables, pedals - everything. Never had any issues with it
Plug in at the rehearsal room and it's buzzing like a chainsaw. Horrible.
Now the last time I gigged in Trowbridge I had exactly the same problem, but with a totally different rig. And the time before in a different venue with, yep, you guessed it, a different rig.
So, logically it must be the town itself to blame.
Anyone else know any towns to be avoided because of dirty electric?
Which rehearsal room do you use?
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Harlem Shuffle - Bob & Earl
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I played 5s almost exclusively for a good 20 years or so, but in the last 3 or 4 years I've started using 4s again too with one of my bands. For no reason other than I've got a couple of nice 4s and wanted to use them, and the big fat string wasn't seeing any action in that band. At the end of the day it's your money & your choice. Do what's comfortable and what makes you happy. Keep your 5, get a 4 and see how you get on. If you decide to stick with one or the other, that's cool.
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Skinhead Moonstomp · Symarip
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A lawn Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan
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On 18/06/2023 at 12:12, Waddycall said:
You could always go for a rack mount channel strip and power amp
+1 for this. I had a Focusrite Platinum Trakmaster and the sound was cleanliness personified. A superb bass preamp if purity is your thing.
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Scuba Snacks - Fun Lovin' Criminals
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Whelkome Home - Peters & Lee
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I'm going to wear a ludicrous shirt in memory of Simon. No way I can compete with this one though!
2 hours ago, scrumpymike said:
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Big Seven - Judge Dread
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3 hours ago, Chienmortbb said:
I hope to, but I am recovering from a procedure and Ir is slower than I had hoped🩹.
32 minutes ago, obbm said:Speedy recovery. Be a shame if you can't make it.
Ditto the above. 🤞
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"three guiding principles... need to be inscribed on the wall of every live venue: 1. Shut Up. 2. Put Your Phone Away. 3. Don’t Be a Richard."
Amen to that.
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but my slap chops ain't what they used to be.
Overrated vs Underrated
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Overrated:
Underrated:
But if you prefer passive anyway, surely that alone will make it difficult to gel with a preamp, whether said preamp is brilliant or not?
I would add Klotz to that. I've had two of them since 1986 and not a single problem with either of them. Brilliant things.
I guess it depends where you're approaching them from. The neck on my Q4 is a delight to play.
I'll second that, the Wilks pickup in my P bitsa is fabulous.
Having said all that:
100% truth.