4 Strings

Ha, oh well, glad it's being seen and enjoyed by others, thanks!

Here's one I've not seen before thought might be new to others too. I'm always delighted to see something new from one of my biggest heroes and influences. Note is almost obsession with using open strings (that intro, not 5th fret on the D for the G?) fed, I think, from his background on the upright. Anyway, if it's new to you or otherwise, hope you enjoy it. (Is that Smokey in the background conducting his song?) [url="https://youtu.be/vh_Qg4CbM8Q"]https://youtu.be/vh_Qg4CbM8Q[/url]

[quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1445679899' post='2893299'] Some info for you [url="http://www.glguitars.com/features/neck.asp"]http://www.glguitars...atures/neck.asp[/url] [/quote] Thanks, Gary, that's the kiddie, very interesting. Just had a look at the old ('87) Wunkay and, sho'nuff, same, never noticed, you have to look really hard! Seems to work well, not that the other methods don't, but G&L seem to have a thing about avoiding twisting necks, the reason for their crown shaped fingerboards too.

NBD! A G&L L1500 imported from the US. All sorts of nice comments relevant (amazing neck - hugely powerful sound etc). But, the unexpected thing was the neck construction. Maple fingerboard, no skunk stripe, natural assumption would therefore be..... yes, you got it, separate fingerboard, as if it was rosewood. No! Looking closer there is no separate fingerboard. How did they get in the truss rod and its anchor? Looking really close, really close, you can see that the neck has been split vertically, just off centre. Presumably the rod and anchor inserted sideways and the two halves stuck back together. Even when necks are made as a sandwich of different woods I understood the truss rod to be inserted under the fingerboard. For the record I can get the action impossibly low for a bass with no buzzing. New one on me...'Mazing!

I maintain I Want You Back by the Jackson Five has one of the best baselines in any song. How much of it he created I don't know but it is superbly played and, not being a fan of the use of picks, this is one of my very favourite performances. A sad loss.

I saw this in Currys recently. Various colours in various states of supposed wear and tear. Funny how some items seemingly need to be shiny, others, seemingly, need to have been owned for years and well used. [url="http://s1341.photobucket.com/user/4Strings1/media/2015-10-01%2011.14.59_zpsvpzapcfn.jpg.html"][/url]

Strings more lively than the solo. How does that scratch plate work though?

Nothing wrong with a decent P, is all you actually need and many famous players seem to gravitate to them eventually. Congrats! I notice yours has a skunk stripe at the back. Is it a one piece neck or a separate maple fingerboard? Also, that G string position away from the edge would bug me also. The older Fenders used to have multiple grooved string saddles. I wonder if you managed to get one as a spare part (or even all four) you could space the strings as you pleased. https://www.allparts.com/BB-0355-001-Vintage-Bass-Bridge_p_590.html for example

Bought a G&L L1000 from Gareth, straightforward, friendly and honest, recommended. <edit> - Nov 20th - [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Just a quick note to say how much I'm enjoying the L1000. I'm using it as first bass, great player, great sound.[/font][/color]

We just played festival in Bedfordshire. We needed to use our dep keys player, he charges £150. That's the deal, nothing to do with him what we get paid. As it turned out we got paid £250 but the organisers at the end so it was easy to pay him, otherwise, it was our choice to do the gig, knowing we'd need to stump up £150 from band funds.

[quote name='Salt on your Bass?' timestamp='1429437199' post='2751307'] I'll post up the full rig once up but this Retro Six Ten has just arrived so will be using it with my 400w Laney Nexus Tube. Should be putting it through its paces Monday night at rehearsal [url="http://s1297.photobucket.com/user/andysalt01/media/19084_10153273775088000_1708345995115863206_n_zps6lj2udnz.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s1297.photobucket.com/user/andysalt01/media/11146249_10153273775403000_7148549081658949877_n_zpszdwcbacy.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] Very nice indeed! How do you find the Nexus?

The £12500 is almost nothing to do with how 'good' the bass is, it's more to do with it becoming a 'collectable'. The thorn in the side of affluent society. It could easily be argued that equivalent new basses are almost all better than the old ones. More stable necks, better production and quality control etc. Rather like cars, which are much better designs, better made and last way longer than the old ones, but how nice to see a Morris 1000 or a DB5 driving along!

Been away from Basschat a while, too busy playing bass! Thought I'd return with a contribution. Here's a short snippet (nicked from a longer compilation) from Kingstock festival last summer. https://youtu.be/8b3IVPGK9a0

Been to one couple of years ago. I understand it was £600 and required at least 20 people present. He was great, lots of songs and stories, plenty of shredding on his acoustic and he hung around for ages afterwards with a drink and chatting.

We play Motown and soul in and around London/Essex and wider afield. Celebrated our 100th gig last year, album selling well, two more planned and 30 odd bookings already in for 2015. Mostly secular gigs but some Christian gigs too (you don't have to be a Christian yourself). We looking for a keyboard player to provide keys, strings and brass parts to well known Motown, soul and funk songs. Can either cover for certain dates or be in the 'first team', whatever you can do. Fronted by 3 girls plus guitar, bass, drums, sax Rehearsals in East London. All gigs cover expenses, some will be paid. Fancy it, or know anyone who does?

Regular gigs, chose a Genz Streamliner 900 and a BF Midget T, never wanted anything else. (Also bought a BF Compact, but not had cause to use it). I can only think of a Super Midget to make me happier.

[quote name='umcoo' timestamp='1409505899' post='2540294'] [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/goat_punisher/media/DSC_0242_zps68c08a37.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] Very groovy

Great fun! Mine was a stage block happening, got a little enthusiastic and they spread beneath me, you know the 'overcentre' thing, the more I struggle to try and bring them together the further apart they go until I had to give up and disappear (only up to my waist) into the hole, not dropping a beat! Got back up while some people pushed it all back together again and carried on playing to people pointing and giggling and I'm thinking 'yes, very funny but it's over now' until I realised the stretching had pulled my flies wide apart and what was hanging out wasn't supposed to be part of the show (fortunately I had clean on underneath!). Such was my commitment I waited until the end of the song.