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Whenever I hear the words Rolling Stone I reach for my revolver. I'm not entirely surprised a magazine whose founder allegedly blocked The Monkees from the Hall of Fame and not once but twice stiffed Dr Hunter S Thompson turns out a list of songwriters with Bjorn and Benny at the bottom. No single publication has done as much to 'explain' - and in consequence suck the f**king life out of - popular music than that bloated, self-satisfied rag, begotten as it is of a lethal cocktail of filthy old hippies, pencil-necked pseudo-academics and unrepentant fans of Hootie and The Blowfish. With any luck, next time 'widely respected' Jann Wenner is visiting the Rolling Stone office his frankly colossal haemorrhoids will explode and blow the side off the building, killing everyone who works there in a cataclysm of fire and bloody havoc. Selah.14 points
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We'd never be able to agree on the cabinet, though. 2x12? 1x15? 4x10?? The possibilities (and arguments) are endless!7 points
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I dont get my panties bunched up over something like a subjective opinion from a stranger over something inifinately trivial7 points
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For anyone interested in a report on the progress of FAP, I am entering the third day of the first week, in which the cyle of fourths is applied across the whole fretboard as major triads in three fingerings. Very basic so far but none the worse for that as a back-to-basics reprise. Polished production, made a good deal more digestible by a rather good and slightly hypnotic backing track which is much nicer than working to a metro gnome. A faintly surreal note is imparted by a video lighting issue which makes Scott look as if he only has one eye.5 points
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Glitch in the matrix I think. @Dad3353 please bring @warwickhunt in for questioning. I'm sure it's just a misunderstanding that can all be ironed out with a good beating.5 points
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Somewhere in the Peak District? 😛5 points
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Apparently, Kanye West is a 'better' songwriter than Bjorn/Benny AND the Bee Gees. Ooookay then. I see your revolver, and raise you a sniper rifle and a tall building.5 points
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If only he could randomly suck and blow into a harmonica, he'd have been in with a chance.5 points
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The bass is in absolute pristine condition with no dings or marks. I am only selling it because I need the money and this bass is not getting used ao much. Specs: - 34" scale, - 5 string lined fretless 24 fret marks - three-peace maple neck - ebony fingerboard - mahogany body - figured pear wood top with wenge accent veneer - delano quad coil pickups - marleaux 3 band eq with active-passive switch - includes marleaux rigid gigbag, strap locks, tools and marleaux booklet - includes a new set of Marleaux roundwound strings - ships with laBella deep talking flatwounds. - include two ebony finger ramps (currently not installed on the bass I could consider partial trades with money my way with things like: Fender american precision basses and/or 5 string american active jazz basses (can be nom fender) Noble preamps, vanderkley amplificarion stuff, trickfish preamps, some pedals, and yamaha silent basses.4 points -
Hi Folks.. After much thought and procrastination! Up for sale here is a Beautiful Sei Flamboyant 4 string bass in immaculate condition..Reason for sale is I just admire it, but never play it for fear of damaging it! (Madness I know) This bass plays and sounds as good as it looks! More importantly was built to be PLAYED!! I am the third owner..The bass was commissioned and built by Martin Petterson of Sei in 2004 by Pete (Scooby) He sold it and then bought if back, and I bought it of him in 2014.The bass is immaculate with next to no wear at all. 34 scale, 1.5 inch nut, Ash body, 24 fret maple/bubinga seven piece neck. Ebony fretboard, Madrone burl (Strawberry wood) top and peghead veneers (Stunning) Kent Armstrong pick-ups, Aiguilar OPB3 preamp 18V push/pull midrange sweep. ABM bridge, Gotoh tuners.Very light 3.5 kg.lovely slim profile neck as are most Sei's I've played. Only trade I would be interested in is a Vigier Arpege series 1,11,or 111 four string bass. Open to sensible offers! Any questions please ask. Cheers.4 points -
As Mrs T reminds me regularly, there’s no prize for coming first.4 points
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I ceased buying Rolling Stone in 1982 after an egregiously breathless editorial which opined that the band A Flock Of Seagulls were the future of rock 'n' roll. Not long after I commenced a guerrilla campaign against the magazine and its ownership which continues to this day. The high point of my initiative was the covert introduction of catering-strength chilli powder into Mr Jann Wenner's underpants immediately prior to the 2010 Emmy Awards whereat he was a nominee for an award. The camera dallied only briefly at Mr Wenner's table but even this short glimpse was enough to reveal the excruciating agony on his face as the fiery capsaicinoids interacted with his nobbies. Rolling Stone Founder Jann Wenner Ah, you say, but Jann Wenner no longer owns Rolling Stone, having sold it to media tycoon Mr Jay Penske. Me, bothered? Is it not enough that Wenner birthed the Frankenstein monster that tore the limbs from rock music, added wheels and turned the form into a hostess trolley designed to ferry around his progressive notions as if they were cucumber sandwiches and butterfly cakes at an old biddies' tea party? But, you cry, why has not the Stone's new owner Mr Jay Penske become the focus of your white-hot though entirely justified animus? Well, hasn't he, I counter, a sly smile playing about my lips. What of the recent incident when a wheel mysteriously came off little Jay's electric golf cart and caused a high-speed accident on the links which nearly wiped out not only Mr Penske but his tee partners Pres. B. Obama, Sec. M. Albright and Mr Jay Leno? The fight goes on.4 points
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My mate calls them “scratch guards”. Makes me feel sick. My wife also calls the glove compartment of a car The drop down. Also makes me feel sick. And when Chocolate is shortened to Choc. rancid. I generally use pickguard.4 points
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Absolutely beautiful - my favourite bass body shape of all. Also, worth noting (again) that Martin is an extraordinary luthier. The work that comes out of the Gallery is, in my opinion, the equal of anything in the world (and better than nearly everything). This is a fabulous example: the burl looks stunning - and I"m a big fan of the OBP3. I play short-scale almost exclusively, though if I didn't...4 points
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Well, the Eurovision song contest started in 19564 points
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MAPLE ROAD THIS SATURDAY July 11th!! Still some tickets available! 2 hour Vista King Concert Cruise on beautiful Lake Michigan! Boards at 8:30 pm sharp and your first drink is free! Join the party! Guys, I'm concerned about this gig. They have cut the capacity in half for distancing but I'm still considered.I plan on staying away from everyone4 points
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Surprised to see Chuck Berry way down in 4th, "My Ding-a-Ling" is an absolute classic4 points
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Now On Hold Great condition Maruszczyk Elwood 5a Ash body in Red Satin finish with matching headstock 34" scale 19mm string spacing 4.45kg weight Angled headstock 21 Frets plus zero fret Rosewood fingerboard with blocks & binding, Häussel JJ pickups Delano 2-band active preamp Volume and blend Passive mode on push-pull pot Wearing nearly new D'Addario XT strings Schaller strap lock buttons fitted, originals included Really nice looking, sounding and playing bass, and a reluctant sale, but I've had some wrist problems that make 5 strings a bit harder to play. I've already got it's replacement - an Elwood (Hellwood in fact) 4 string with the same pickups, I really like the sound of them. Condition is really good, I've checked it over for anything at all and all I could find was a small mark on the back where the finish has gone shiny and tiny ding in the headstock so small it was hard to photograph. There are some scratches on the scratchplate (makes sense ) and a few on the control plate but you have to get it in the right light to see them. I've done some photos of those, and other than that it's perfect. I can throw in a Maruszczyk gig bag, I do have a hard case but I'd need to replace it so that would be £30 extra. It's a good case, hardly used and deep enough for the angled headstock. I'd prefer collection or a meet up half way thing, but I can arrange a courier and pack it up properly (it would be packed better than the couriers advise) and send it insured for whatever that costs if really needed, that will probably be about £30 on top. Now £750, I might be up for trades but there aren't lots of things I'm after. One is a Sandberg Forty Eight in black with creme strips and matching headstock. If also consider a Fender P or Jazz, that is right in the middle of their respective sounds, as I've never owned either only other people's version of. You can get slightly bigger pics by clicking on the ones below.3 points -
Yes all I need are your bank details, and if you give me your login information for said account I can make the transfer happen really quickly. Looking forward to your correspondence.3 points
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If you play with your fingers and call it a pickguard then you are part of the problem.3 points
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If anything it’s worse. You can send the hulk for that. Nasty. Dirty boy.3 points
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Thats pretty bad. No, nothing that ends with a y, like chocky or biky or something like that. Unless you are 5, then it is ok. Still, nothing is as bad as people in the last 5 years using the term Glasto for glastonbury. That is punchable.3 points
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“Tofunk” by Glou Glou3 points
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She’s an English teacher too. It baffles me. ”it’s in the drop down” - WHAT?!3 points
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*not available*3 points
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Final touch...custom logo arrived. Just wanted a similar logo as Rockbass has, but instead of Rockbass is Popbass (my nick name is Pop).3 points
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I have in the past looked around for info on the switches as it wasn't initially clear to me whether the "lowest", "low", "high" etc related to frequency or boost. On the Ken Forums he only says something like the bass, mid and treble controls are set to "some frequencies that sounded nice but I can't remember what they are and I think I have them written down somewhere"! I then found a sheet on the Smith site for the PAPA outboard preamp that has the same dip-switches in and he talks about them adjusting the basic frequency of the unit. From this I gather that the bass, mid and treble controls give you cut and boost and the dip switches are there to "fine tune" the frequencies. Currently mine is set with the New configuration but I feel a "twiddle" coming on to check again what they do in practice 🙂 My current Fusion 25th and the 6'er I traded for it.3 points
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But....... but........ but they're not the same 100 I'd have chosen. Oooh I feel so outraged. [Flounces off to put the kettle on.]3 points
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Rolling Stone know their audience...3 points
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That is very true indeed!!! But that in turn does very bad things to me as I suffer from terminal G.A.S!! Imagine having to give back a bass you really want to take home! 😂3 points
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Very recently bought on here, using sk8 ad as it better than anything I could do! Really versatile pedal that can be an overdrive, fuzz or preamp. Valve driven with a great EQ and tonal options. Works fantastically as a DI. Adds a nice bit of valve warmth to a solid state amp. Also has Headphone amp and aux in to further add to its usefulness. Runs on 9 or 12 volts (12 volts recommended) and comes with a mains adaptor. this was the new run with the new graphics and more compact pedal just before Dave’s untimely death. looking for £140 posted in mainland UK2 points -
It is always pickguard; "Jean-Luc Scratchplate" would be a terrible screen-name.2 points
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More Family Man!2 points
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Ahem ... £159 is the reserve so he actually wants more for it.2 points
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I don't call them, I throw them. Being Belgian, I won't vote as in French, we call it Pickguard, but for most of the French people it's Pigardeuhhhhhhhhh... Go figure out.2 points
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Weird. I voted, entirely confident it would show me 90/10 in favour of scratchplate. Genuinely stumped me, that has.2 points
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I sawn kerflings, comin' out of the space ship yonder. I took one look and shot 'em in the a55.2 points
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They all have good bits, which (for me at any rate) makes it very difficult to choose between them.2 points
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Buy the best sounding, loudest, cleanest amp you can find. If you need "dirt" or overdrive get a pedal.2 points
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I’ve played loads of baseball bat necks and owned a few. The best sounding-basses I’ve ever played/owned have very slim necks. I wouldn’t worry about it.2 points
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I'm bringing a mask , hand sanitizer and gloves. Blue2 points
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It is a sign of bad design or construction. In a perfect world they would all line up perfectly. Who doesn't want a perfect bass for £2100, when Squier basses have perfect alignment?2 points
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Well, yes, once you have written how it plays like butter and it is the best playing bass EVAR! then you need a reason why you want to sell it. I think it only looks odd when you say 'i have to sell as I need to repair my car' and 'will trade for a xxx'2 points
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I just bought myself one of the Fender Vintera Mustang basses to add to my selection. It's the first short scale instrument I've owned, and it's fun to use. I find myself playing more "busily" than I would on a standard scale length bass. When I got the bass, the Pau Ferro fingerboard looked pretty dry and anaemic. So, Ioosened off the strings and set about dressing the fingerboard. I scraped the board with a single edged razor blade to smooth off any raised grain in the wood, then buffed the board with super fine steel wool. The next stage was to apply lemon oil. This was left on the wood overnight to really soak in to the pores. In the morning I wiped off any excess left over. The end result is a board which now looks dark and lustrous, and feels super smooth to the touch. I've also received a set of medium scale La Bella flatwound strings to use (I got medium scale as short scale strings would only be usable on top loading short scale basses. The Vintera has the traditional "through body" stringing, so needs a slightly longer string length to accommodate this). I've also got a Nordstrand NM4 to use if I want (I mat also fit a couple of solid shaft CTS pots too, and a switch craft jack - just because I have a few unused ones in my "bass bits" stash at home. Oh, and the Hipshot lollipop tuners that come with the Bass are very cool!! Fingerboard - before, and after.2 points
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I could play a straight bat assuming it doesn't have any kinks in it I could go with: "Hardly Bent-One"2 points
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I like sending and receiving cardboard boxes2 points
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Well, today was surgery day. I have a big old hole in my bass now. The little nibble on the top right is leftover from the old bridges ground wire, not a router disaster So far I don't think I've destroyed/ ruined/ killed anything, but won't know for sure for a while yet.2 points
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Finally some updates. I decided to put this on the scale and landed on a whopping 3,5kg. Yikes. I then decided to put this on a diet. I also noticed that thikness was also a bit too much, about 42mm. So with that I mind, I made this kind of a routing jig / contraption for shaving off layers from top and bottom (well, front and back actually...). I know that Stingrays are officially about 40mm thick, but for the sake of weight control and also curiosity, I went down to 39mm. I like routing, it's meditative like painting. Preparations just take 80% of the time Of course after this I also had to make that electronics cover thinner but good thing it was thick to begin with. Also, edges had to be re-done, no biggie. I'm hoping that the neck route will get rid of some extra weight and I also have a special feature in mind, more about that later2 points
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