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The Larch.

Compared to other sites there's a lot more diversity on this site. I'm a Yankee and everyone here is more than nice to me. I also think because there's more guys on this site that are in gigging bands makes the threads more engaging. This is a great site. Blue

If anyone is interested in a comparison between the BBP34 and a P bass (American Original) I made this since I could not find any comparisons of the two:

Hi guys, this is my new Fender bass, it is a limited edition PJ all black (with ebony fretboard). I love it, as well as being aesthetically stunning it sounds divinely, very thick sound and defined in any configuration of pick up, especially the split coil. I put the links of some covers with I posted on my channel if you want to hear how it sounds!

Here we gooooooo.....

I think you misspelt 'Orvillian'.

(...lewd comment aside...) I noticed that this particular basschat member was honoured to have their title displayed in a rather alluring hue of green shade. My initial thoughts on the matter pertained to that of an Orwellian notion of inequality amongst piers presented in the allegorical novella “Animal Farm". Utterly appalled by the absence of uniformity amongst allegedly “equal" members I sought to discover the reasons as to why basschat saw fit to have this particular member's title presented in a rather outstanding colour whilst the majority should remain so banal in their presentation. My endeavour lead me to exercise my rights in viewing the limited details of another Basschat user's profile and upon doing so I was pleased discover, albeit relieved, that this particular member was a moderator to this very site, thus presenting me with a logical explanation and ultimately a plausible answer to my original quandary. Alas, my thoughts could rest and all notion of inequality amongst piers within the domain of the basschat website were quashed. I could continue with my daily rituals and tasks in good faith and for a short while I was contented and ultimately at peace both spiritually and mentally... This was until I read that the member in question was ranked a “Bass-playing bird"... My attention was immediately then brought to the user's profile picture which to my horror confirmed my initial fear that this basschat member or “moderator" as they might have you believe was, in fact, a bird that was proficient in playing the bass guitar. The notion and physical implications completely eluded me... Further to my dismay, I then came upon a picture presented several posts beneath the original text. The image was so shocking and unsettling that I cannot begin to describe to you what I saw however I have managed to source and display the image at the bottom of this page for your viewing should you feel the necessity to do so. The above factor and the preceding image below have lead to my concluding that; The basschat website that is presented before the reader's very eyes today was crafted and is currently moderated by “animals"!... How ironic and almost droll that my original contemplation regarding the equality amongst animals should lead me to this very fascinating yet utterly disturbing, and ever perplexing discovery...

I know it's a dark scary corridor, but look at it from my point of view: I've got to walk back along here on my own later...ooops.

Pee-er

I thought it was show us your pliers

Oh, as we were also talking about birds, I thought you meant to show a tit on that photo.

Well . . . . . I met up with Pete, the guy who ran the other band in our school, on a gig with a band that I joined in 1986, via an ad in Melody Maker. He asked me to join his band. He introduced me to Robin, Tim, Pete, Jamie, Nigel and others. Nigel had a band with Dave and they had their own bands. I played with all 3. Roger, the drummer in 1986 band, hooked my up with Polly, Greg and later Steve (mentioned earlier) and Bernie . Playing with Robin I met Ed, Rob, Dave and a dozen others. Debbie saw me on a gig with Dave and I started playing with her. When a different Dave left his band I took over and after a few years moved on to play with Steve. I met Andy through Jamie and after a chance meeting on Woking station, he introduced me to Martin and Keith. That led to joining with Chris, Tommy and a different Steve. Chris left and Steve, Tommy and me played in a cover band for the next 8 years. John occasionally fronted the cover band and I did gigs with his band. Also played with Tommy in about half a dozen side projects. Had an occasional band with Rob and Jools. Ed got me gigs with Andy, Pete got me gigs with Eddy and Dave got me gigs with Johnny. Still playing with some of those guys (especially Pete, from school) and also now depping with Paul, John and Jeff's bands. I think that brings me up to date.

Sew annoying, darn it.

That just had me in stitches.. 😙

Just starting out in 2006, I found a bizarre thing in a Denmark Street music shop ... it was a tiny electronic tuner with a spring-loaded clip which you could attach to the headstock of your guitar or bass! Amazing! Who knew such things existed? So I bought one and it was on my bass when I first played at a jam session. All evening, the more experienced musicians were coming up to me to look at it, go 'tut' and tell me it looked dreadful, then walk away shaking their heads. The following week, pretty much all of them had one on their headstock.

Python Derail:

No.3 The Larch Horse Chestnut

Fixed.

You’re right, in which case...

Pliers 😁

Going completely off topic is what BC is about and this thread is a fine, fine example. 👏👏👏

Obviously in all possible pier related ways I win, what with being a Southendian...

Bit of waiting time until the neck arrives. What Mike and I will be arranging while we are waiting is him taking profiles of his favourite playing neck. I do this for scratch-built necks as a matter of course but it is usually possible to do with bought necks too. All basses have their own feel, but what it seeks to do is to achieve a comforting familiarity of playing experience. I'll send Mike some proper instructions but it is a simple process. Basically, you protect the neck with sellotape or low-grip masking tape at the 1st, 7th and 12th fret positions, then use a simple carpenters profile gauge (which will be in the post to Mike this afternoon ) to take the shape at the three points and the depth of neck at the 1st and 12th: Each profile is transferred onto a piece of A4 paper: And then Mike just sends me the piece of paper: I then check the depth of the neck and then cut a profile template and get the scrapers out and tweak the shape to match: Right. Better get the profile gauge in the post!

Ah but this is neither colour mixing by addition or subtraction but by knitting. Rules apply that are not widely known in this universe Plus the green bit had slipped at the time of the image

I had to pullover just to say weave it out son, you’re a looming nuisance.

My Fender Aerodyne is now sulking and refusing to come to the Bash next year... perhaps if you endorse side dots it may change its mind?

Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have a winner!

There's a knitting section as well ??? This site gets better and better...

Step this way and I'll show you. No, it's OK, no need to tell your mates where you're going. We're coming straight back.

There are no guys in the cellar. There are no strange noises coming from the cellar. The power does not dip alarmingly shortly after Ray has gone into the cellar. If we all stick to the same set of "facts" we'll be fine. So, I say again; There are no guys in the cellar.. There are no strange noises.......

Cough cough. Aherm. 😉

I recently finished reading "Watching the English", which is a serious anthropological study of English culture disguised as an entertaining pop culture book. Looking at many aspects of life the author tries to identify essential English traits, and there are longish discourses on pubs, special interest groups, and male friendships. There is no claim that good traits or bad traits are exclusively English, but she does try to work.out what the combination and proportions are. BassChat works because it's like a proper but very friendly local pub full of blokes with the same interest. Very quickly if you understand the culture you are welcome, and if you don't then you aren't shunned, you're still welcome unless you're offensive.That culture includes being helpful, gentle teasing as part of bonding (stop sniggering), occasional willingness to share important stuff, accepting that it's not winning an argument here that counts it's getting the wittiest answer in, and a few other unwritten rules that I suggest you read the book to find out. It is almost a textbook example of the better traits of national character.The mods are the equivalent of the bar staff. I think the Bass Bashes help a lot as well. I have only been to one so far, but having met some of these folks they are now real people, not just strange avatars. The only other forum I have found vaguely comparable is the Sound On Sound forum, which is also fantastic. However it is more focussed on the topic in hand and less likely to get sidetracked. By soup, for example.

Mrs.HKH and I are staying at the Hard Rock Hotel in Tenerife at the moment and as a regular visitor to Hard Rock establishments, I’m always drawn towards the basses on display. I thought it might be a nice idea to share the basses in cafes/hotels worldwide and what might be known about them. I’ll start with this one which is the first instrument I saw whilst checking in today which is in the main lobby at the HRH Tenerife.

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- "Is he a No.1 too?"

At one Dogs gig at the White Hart we were forced to wait on stage, in the alcove, for about half an hour after the gig, just so some space would free up on the floor, so we could start breaking down and loading out. At another gig there, there was a massive fight, complete with spilt pints and broken glass, right in front of our extremely expensive subwoofer placed on the floor, stage left. At Ye Olde Swan, the guy who tried to sleep in Jack's DB case also walked off with it a few minutes later, once it contained his shiny Ali DB. We ran after him, of course. He was too out of it even to realise what he was doing, so we had no problem taking it back from him. He then proceeded to try and wrestle an extension lead from my hands, at which point I angrily yelled at him. That seemed to work - he went away... The Wheatsheaf in Dunstable is a friendly place. I'm not keen on the layout and the area where the band has to set up, as there seems to be no decent place where I can be more or less in front of the band with my tablet and the camera. No complaints about the manager or the crowd.

Yeah, sorry. Just a right one, though...

So who is Dave ?

I think ewe are being a bit harsh! That kind of talk will damage our relationsheep! So stop bleating on and go and fleece someone else!

At Ye Olde Swan in Burnham (a pretty lairy venue) I came back from a load-out trip to find a drunk lying down inside the gigbag for my DB and pretending to be dead.

Mighteous sound through Ampeg valve rig at rehearsal tonight

Not saying you can't have dots too...but, like in an M&S ad, they will not be any old (Eden) dots - these will be Andyjr1515 dots

They've got the vote???

I'm in awe of some of the football pitch sized boards on display here, with their own generators, postcodes and "speak your weight" functions. By way of a contrast, I give you a terrible photograph of mine. I'm not even sure that it can be described as a pedal board as it's a piece of MDF, covered in gaffa tape with a few things stuck on it with velcro. I had a pretty comprehensive board a few years ago, but I found that most of the pedals rarely got used (other than the tuner). Occasionally, I'd hit the Q-Tron to simulate "adult entertainment" incidental music to amuse the lads at rehearsal, but other than that, I was carting around a slab of redundant gizmos to every gig. So, I flogged them all and bought a Zoom B3 and never looked back. The recent addition of the expression pedal (£20!) has meant that I have now programmed all my noises to work only when I rock the pedal up, meaning I have a much larger area to hit with my dainty but uncoordinated feet. There's a two gang extension socket on the board with a female iec connection, so I can use a regular kettle lead to power it all - I'm not a fan of having skinny power leads on the floor. Also on my bijou-boardette is a stick on clock - all the way from china - and a cute little tin where I keep the spare batteries for my SmoothHound wireless thing. It all lives in an old Makita drill case which I've padded out with an old foam camping mat. Oh, and a pick holder as well, for no reason other than I had one. Cheap? Yep. Cheerful? Very.

It got stuck in my hat

I play a lot of weddings, and no-one ever faces the band - why would they? OK, there's some who are interested for a little while, but unless you're the sort of band that puts on a show (like a tribute act), they've come to dance and have a good time with their friends, not to 'see' the band. We're just there to add the music in a live context. The iPad thing is a definite one, though: on many occasions I've had people (usually girls, but then most requesters are girls, I think blokes are too embarrassed) ask for a song, and when I've said 'Nope, sorry, we don't play it', they point at the iPad and go 'Just play it'...and it's not just kids that do this... The worst, though, is usually Irish pubs - here, it's not just girls by any means, and it usually goes like this: "Play Mrs McGinnity's Goat*" "Sorry, we don't know that one." "Sure you do, go on..." "Really, we don't" "Ahhh, you do: it goes 'Bippety boppity diddle dee doo" (cue drunken rendition of their favourite song, which goes on a while, leaving you standing there a bit embarassed). Then they stop and look expectantly at you... I should add that although we do SOME Irish stuff to please the punters, we're not a ceilidh band by any means; we're just an acoustic-ish trio... Oh, and the best one is: "Play some Irish; play Dirty Old Town" "You mean the song written and sung by an Englishman about Salford?" 😁 * Insert really obscure Irish tune here: it's like a challenge...