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Played the Foodies Festival at Winchester at the weekend with Bodacious. Very short turnaround time on stage as it was starting to run a little behind schedule, and Sister Sledge was the top billing. So, my trusty JV PJ directly into the supplied backline, which was the big Blackstar bass combo. I used this at a Foodies do last year and it really does have some grunt to it - I was rather impressed. Here's a pic taken at the end of the show.16 points
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For sale is this wonderful custom level Acg Tefano bass. The bass is in mint condition as it’s hardly been played since I’ve owned it. The body is ash with a Dirty Finish. Its 3 piece neck is made from Wenge/Padauk with a Pale Moon Ebony board no radius and the standard asymmetric neck carve. 31.5′ scale. Pickups are ACG SB single coils and an ACG EQ02 4K/PT pre-amp. Hipshot Type A type bridge with 17 mm spacing. Hipshot Ultralite tuners and Schaller strapocks. Link to Acg’s website for more information. https://acguitars.co.uk/project/0075-tefano-4/ Collection from Macclesfield preferred but carriage can be discussed. Thanks for looking.15 points -
Up for sale is a beautiful Tacoma Thunderchief acoustic bass. It's a top of the range CB28C made in 2006. As you may know, Tacoma instruments were hand made (in Tacoma USA) by highly skilled luthiers who used only the highest grade materials. Now Tacoma instruments are no more this is quite a rarity. It is very loud acoustically, and loud with a divine tone to boot. Sounds great through the preamp too. It has a top grade spruce top, gorgeous flame maple sides, a stunning quilt maple back and tort binding throughout (looks real deal celluloid tort to me but can't be sure - looks great anyway). This particular bass was an artist custom order, the artist in question being John Cowan - a big name in Nashville who also recorded and toured with The Doobie Brothers back in the day. It comes with a letter of provenance from John himself. You can hear him playing this bass here: At some point in it's life this bass has had a neck repair near the headstock but this doesn't affect it's playability and it holds tune perfectly. The 9th fret on the G string is a little high so there is a buzz there. It came to me like that but I never got around to getting it levelled unfortunately. I've owned it for 2 years but have to sell it and a couple of other basses due to needing to release some funds for a custom build that will be finished in a few weeks. Oh, it comes with the original Tacoma hardcase and catalogue from 2006. Also there is the receipt of sale from the store in Nashville where the second owner bought it in 2009. New, a CB28C Thunderchief bass was over $2000 and this one has custom inlays and the quilt back so a bit more than that I expect. I bought it 2 years ago for £680 all in so in the spirit of Basschat I just want to get that back. I may be seriously underpricing myself but it's hard to know how to price it to be honest! It's a work of art for sure, but I get that it's a niche work of art. I love it but it has to go to a new home now. £680 shipped (it will be packaged extremely well!)10 points -
The general rule for setting a neck position is to wind the top string saddle fully forward and set that at scale length. That is because a string will never flatten when fretted and the one that will sharpen the least (all other things being equal) will be the top string. The thicker strings will tend to sharpen more the thicker they are. So if the top string saddle is set fully forward when the bridge/neck position is determined, then it will give you the maximum backward adjustment available for the other saddles. In this case, I'm working out where the neck position needs to be. So with the G saddle fully forward, I place the steel rule at the saddle peak and adjust the position of the neck until the nut slot edge is at scale length: A pencil mark where the end of the heel comes to tells me how much I have to shorten the pocket area of the neck heel for the neck to be able to intonate. The heel is a little too wide for the pocket and so that will need some tweaking too. If I get this right, I will only need to rout the heel to the depth of the neck pocket and so the fretboard itself will remain unaffected and will overhang the body. It's a job for my DIY router table...which might mean a bit of tidying in the cellar... By the way, that's a crackingly good pocket that @6feet7 and his supplier have created there... This is how it's starting to look so far:7 points
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So, still to finish the stop tail. How to gain that mm of post width for the bridge. One side of the bridge has, designed in, some slide adjustability but the other side does not. Well, to be precise, did not. A bit less dramatic but I realised that if I filed the side of the retainer-nut recess, I could elongate the other side and gain myself the mm: Pretty invisible - especially on the stage So time to drive in those bushes! And here is a pro-tip from a rank amateur...before driving in these kind of bushes, always work out how you will get them out if (when) they get stuck! And in my box of bits, I have an old bed-head fixing screw that is the same thread as most T-o-M/Stop tail bushes: If it gets stuck. I screw in the screw until it bottoms...and then with a large screwdriver, keep screwing. Two possibilities - the bush stays stuck and the screw bursts a hole in the back of the body...or usually, if you are careful, the screw stays bottomed and the bush pulls out. And yes - I did need to use it. One of the bushes did, indeed, get stuck. And yes - this got it out: And so that brings the thread up to date - more fettling to do, but we have the T-o-M fitted: And that means I can properly measure the scale length and work out how much I need to take off the back of the new neck heel and see if we can get the neck to fit in the pocket7 points
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I took off the pickguard, I'll admit, with a bit of trepidation. Was it hiding something horrible? Actually, no - not bad at all. The gap round the pickup can easily be covered with a normal-sized pickup ring; the couple of snail trails (reminder to always use a pillar drill wherever possible when drilling metal) are insignificant; a few surplus holes that maybe can be disguised but, in any case, would be invisible at stage-to-audience distance. Cutting straight lines in aluminium as thick as this is immensely difficult - this is pretty darned good So...to the tailstock. Stop tails on basses are not that common - and there is no commonality across makers. The bushing hole centres do actually match one version of the Hipshot T-o-M ish set...but not the one most commonly available. And the price is eye-watering. So @Happy Jack and I agreed that the only practical first step was to see if I could mod the one he had supplied. But that would mean filing and drilling aluminium alloy away. And that means that, wherever the filing was done, the black powder-coating would be no longer. So I had a ponder. @Happy Jack and @Silvia Bluejay were on the road at the time and our dialogue was being carried out by text via (one hopes) the non-driver. You can imagine the discussion in the car: 'Jack - Andyjr1515 say's he's having a ponder!' 'On no! Not a ponder!' 'Yes - I know...' 'He says if you can't hide it, then you must flaunt it.' 'Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo' ** (** As heard by a pedestrian patiently waiting to cross the road)7 points
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In the mid 2010s I had been long dreaming about a US Spector NS-5XL, using Specor Euro5s for a good ten years at that point. There was a particular one was put up for sale by its original owner in 2015 or so but was sold to someone else in Germany. The original owner is also a german gent and before the bass was sold to him the shop selling it had it featured in a german magazine, hence the great quality pics. Some of these were the locking picture on my phone for years already, so I was looking at it daily. I pretty much played Euro 5s exclusively both live and studio so I knew the design and the sound worked for me like nothing else and during the years a NS-5XL became my holy grail. After all the opportunity came as the second owner put it up for sale making me jumping in the car…I made a 2 days round trip to Germany and bought it in 2017. My main recording bass ever since, I use it a lot for practice, live not so much, only now and then as my other Spectors do the job just as fine but they are lighter. All in all it’s my dream bass and not only that but managed to remain my No.1 long after the honeymoon period was over (or rather, it is still going on 🥰 )6 points
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I already own two of my dream basses: If I had the money I'd also get Simon at Gus to make me a pair of Bass VIs to this design with the Shergold Marathon 6-string bass neck width and scale length.6 points
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It may well come to that. Whether the finger heals or not I'm not taking this lying down; I will play my bass again.6 points
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I have mine, the rest are bonus. http://cellarguitars.com/index.php/cellar-v/5 points
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Thanks very much, everyone. I was pretty down about it (the thought of not playing again rather than the injury itself) when I woke up this morning but I've given my head a talking to and am feeling a bit more positive now. Band practise is going ahead tonight (without bass) and we're going to figure out what we're going to do. I've got a follow-up appointment on Thursday where they'll assess the there's any likelihood of the stitching working and we'll go from there. Annoyingly I have a 111-mile sponsored walk coming up in the next couple of weeks and could do without this hanging over it. Still, as said above, where there's a will there's a way. Thanks for all the supportive comments (and horrifying war stories!) - they're making a boring day at home much more bearable. Cheers, Jack5 points
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I’ve already got mine, Fender US Standard Precision 2015. Any other bass I play, no matter how great, it never feels as good as that one does.5 points
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Meanwhile, back in the Andyjr1515 workshop (a posh word for a bench in the cellar) files were being laid out as a surgeon lays out the scalpels and bone saws. Files, no less, manufactured for proper jobs. Yes - files manufactured for cutting METAL. And up until now used by Andyjr1515 for shaping nothing tougher than...well...bubinga! And even that made him sweat... So, starting on one side first so that it could be chucked in the bin before expending any more energy if it turned out like a dog's dinner: Hmmm...well, it would need to be tidied up. But that might just work...may as well attack the other side... Bit more fettling to do (not least being to file off the copper outer layer), and a proper sanding and buffing of the exposed ali - but this might just work...and maybe even suit the overall vibe:5 points
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Oh man... A custom RST sold through Music Loft in the US... Lovely...4 points
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I now have a couple of basses I'd have considered "dream" basses, an ACG Krell 34" fretless and an early German-built Warwick Thumb NT5. I played an 87 Thumb NT5 for decades, sold it after a period of inactivity and now have a replacement, it's the bass that suits me best of any bass I've played. The Krell is a full custom-built spec and is a phenomenal bass as well as a minor work of art. I'd love a Wal Mk2 5 string fretless, but I'm just not going to pay the asking price, and the ACG is just as good.4 points
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That Alan's a clever bugger - look, they fit together perfectly!4 points
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I'd go to Jon Shuker and I'd say "Hello Jon, here are some biscuits**, please make me this:" Headless 5-string. 32" scale, through-neck. Neck probably a maple/wenge/flamed maple sandwich like my current Shuker. Definitely a birdseye maple board and orange side LEDs. Body shape and woods undecided***, but a chambered body for light weight. Turner MC5X Multicoil pickups with 'English Voicing', as per funkle's 'Wal-ish'. Lusithand Double NFP Special preamp, again as per @funkle's 'Wal-ish'. Basically I'd like a headless 32" Wal ** there would also be money involved. Sadly Jon doesn't make basses in exchange for Hobnobs. *** this would involve a trip into Jon's legendary Wood Store... if you know, you know4 points
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That sucks, big time! Sorry for your troubles ☹️. If, in the worst case scenario, it doesn’t take, Sabbath’s Tony Iommi is probably the leading authority on playing with missing/damaged digits. Like him, I suspect you might need some sort of protective, prosthetic.4 points
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After a three week layoff, last Saturday my band reconvened to play at a 3-band mini-festival in yet another Dorset village. This was a strange venue insofar as the teas, games and kiddies stuff were in one field, whilst the tractors, vintage cars and music were in the next field up the hill; yes, there was pedestrian access between the two, but only a crazy treasure-hunt navigational challenge round the back lanes for vehicles. I parked on a 1-in-5 slope near the pole barn set aside for bands, but was very grateful later for the Jeep’s ultra-low 4WD to get out after the rain that pelted down - many others needed tractor assistance! So what about the music? We followed a competent rock band with a barely-competent set dictated by the absence of our kb player (on holiday), our still-learning dep guitarist (young guy doing his best) and a rather superfluous fiddle/harmonica playing lady who was there to make up the contracted line-up numbers. Frankly, I wasn’t happy with that line-up nor with the unforced errors littering the sets, nor with the need to play only stuff that I’d describe as cheese and cr*p, because that was all the scratch line-up could manage without falling apart completely but that still happened, of course – crikey, we’ve always played ‘Jolene’ in Fm, but due to wrongly placed capos, panic and fluster-clucking that resulted in three restarts in Db, Eb then Bb, which is what we ended up busking it in! Now here’s the paradox – the punters (local worthies mixed with working farming types) loved us, wanted more (although we didn’t have any more to give) and were very happy to pay us. Moral of the story? I just don’t think there is one... perhaps it's if you get out of the venue alive, the gig was a success!3 points
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Happy to echo the comments above... I have 5 ACGs currently, they are genuinely some of the finest basses money can buy. £800 for this spec is definitely cheap. I suspect you'd be looking at three times that new, if not a shade more.3 points
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Sei flamboyant headless 4. Sadly I’ll never justify spending that much on a bass.3 points
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In Isolation, along with Chaos Bleak will be supporting The Rose Of Avalanche when they play at The Donkey in Leicester on Sunday 28th July. It's an early gig: Chaos Bleak 4pm In Isolation 5pm The Rose Of Avalanche 6pm Tickets are £11 in advance3 points
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They've got in a bit of trouble for making inappropriately supporty noises for Kyle Gass... However amid a storm of protest, they gained a number of extra followers and sold a shedload of merch, the profits of which they donated to Black Lives Matter. So we may have a larger than expected crowd!3 points
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I don't really have one. I like trying different things. I've got a few "keepers" - as in the ones I would prioritise in a house fire... G&L L-1000 Yamaha BB1200 Epiphone Jack Casady Signature (20th Anniversary) But I'll keep trying things that look interesting to me, as and when I see them.3 points
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My JMJ mustangs are pretty much my perfect bass; I have three of them, two blue and one black. I wasn't initially keen on the roadworn finish on the body but it has grown on me, however I might strip down one of the blue ones and get it refinished in nitro in a custom colour possibly with a light relic job. Not sure what colour to go for though, perhaps something unusual that makes it unique.3 points
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@Boodang's Sei Flamboyant headless fretless 5.3 points
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Here's a couple of AC Guitars Salace SC E Types...3 points
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Here's my nearly new Guild Starfire 1 bass for sale. Walnut finish. I bought it new earlier this year, it's never left the house and to be honest I've barely played it (house renovations have eaten all my fun time this year). I payed extra for gigbag as they don't come with a case. Also I'm throwing in the new set of medium scale Labella flats that I bought for it but didn't have time to install. It's a shortscale bass btw but because of the bridge design it requires medium scale strings. There's a push/pull volume knob for series/parallel options with the pickup. *edit - £400 includes shipping Couple of vids to give you an idea of what it sounds like:3 points -
I’ve watched this a couple of times now and have really enjoyed it so thought I’d share with the BC community! I think Ian Allison really gets the best out of the guests on the channel, and this is no exception. As for Tim Lefebvre, I think he’s all-round fabulous. This interview covers, amongst other things, Knower, Bowie (again), Tedeschi Trucks, and some sound advice (and examples) of what happens, and what to do, when you mess up in the studio/on stage - it happens to the best of them! Well worth a watch…3 points
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I’ve not had an injury as bad as that, but I did manage to snap the last bone in my left ring finger. I could see in the X-Ray that the bone sections had moved apart, leaving a gap, and the end of the bone at an angle. I asked if the bone was going to be pushed back together, but was told that it would do that itself… It didn’t, and it left a bony lump under the finger pad. Fortunately it didn’t take too long to get used to it. The worst part was not be able to play, and losing over thirty years of callouses… Just in case they might prove useful to you, I shall mention these rubber thimbles that I keep getting with just about anything music instrument related that I buy cheaply from Amazon. I actually find them useful for when building models, because I am a menace with a scalpel… I hope your recovery is speedy and complete.3 points
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Satdy was a Private Do booked via an agency. Company Summer Party, early start (6:30), early finish (2x45s), we got there to catering, bouncy castle, face painting for the plethora of kids still there when we arrived, etc, etc. What the agent had neglected to mention was the 150yd schlep of all the gear from the car park (in some faceless industrial estate Stockport way) at the front of the buildings all the way round and down to the bottom of the grounds. BL didn't bring anything with wheels on it (other than the van), so it was a PITA just getting the gear to the stage. Mostly indifferent crowd, more focused on hitting the free bar (cans and bottles, mostly lukewarm) and getting their kids back home, plus the rain about half time didn't help. Despite the lack of crowd enthusiasm or engagment, the organiser said 'You're the best band we've ever had', so I told the BL to take note and put the price up for next time. Small stage under an awning (didn't leak, a plus), but my inear mix was inexplicably awful and I couldn't get near the desk to adjust it. Two 45s, one encore and we buggered off - home for half nine, but the schlep ruined it. Plus point was I'd had that cheapo Sonic P to a good tech (Matt Ryan) local to me, and the final touch of a fret dress and good setup finished off a promising bass into a go-to one. Stomp and inears is the rest of the rig...3 points
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It felt like a contractual obligation but the other half of my goth duo wanted us to play his street party. All the questions that one might have from that sentence ran around my head, and the bar was set low in my mind. I made the online promo very self mocking and tongue-in-cheek BUT as is often the way with these things, it was actually much better than anyone could have anticipated. I played bass, mandolin, mandocello, sang and played guitar. Having taken a back step from live work to write / record, it was nice just to be out in public again. And the weather was lovely... not at all phased when we burst into our rendition of The Cult's "Rain" towards the end.3 points
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Final gig done in a busy weekend. Tortworth Hall, Gloucestershire. Massive hotel, very nice. The family are repeat clients and have booked us before for other weddings/ birthdays. The function room there is pretty large and has just enough room on stage for an 8 piece band. The event definitely felt like a Sunday gig, and it took a while for everyone to swop modes from lounging around the gardens with nice food into party time- we played their first (Bless The Broken Road) and most people headed for the fresh air immediately after. Had the first choice lineup though and by the time the second half started we had them partying. So glad this is the first day of the holiday for me, knackered this morning but just love playing. Incidentally, a very nice Dino in the car park, as well as us muppets.3 points
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So what is your dream bass, whether that be totally custom, or a model that is already in production? If money wasn't an issue, what would it be? Personally, I've given it a lot of thought, and here are the specs I dream of, on a custom made one: A custom made 4 string, 28,6" scale, bass, with a slim modern C profile, bolt on, clear satin finish, 5 piece laminated Jatoba/black Ebony (just 2 relatively narrow layers of Ebony in between 3 wider layers of Jatoba) neck, with graphite rods enforcement and a double action truss rod, a tilted 2+2, gold plated tuning mechanisms, classic B.C Rich inspired, headstock, but overall slightly more narrow, and with the "devil horns" slightly shifted, so that the upper slightly larger "horn" is sitting a bit more forward than the slightly smaller and slightly retracted lower "horn", and a 24 medium jumbo stainless steel frets, 12" radius, figured Ebony, fretboard, with an ESP LTD F-204/F-1004 style inspired Mahogany body with a spalted maple top, in a transparent matte black burst finish, with a blood red solid circle figure with a black OM sign in the middle, placed approximately right above the bridge, and equipped with an EMG Geezer Butler reverse P pickup in the neck position, and in the bridge position a gold plated DiMarzio Relentless Middle reverse P pickup with a gold plated series/parallel switch, with an active stacked LPF/HPF tone filter control for each of the 2 pickups, and an active pickup blend control, equipped with knobs made of solid transparent red plexi glass encapsulated in hollow gold plated cylinders with a thin spiraling gold rib going upwards around them, gold plated steel mono rail bridge pieces, milled from solid brass, with a string spacing of 17,5mm (or perhaps instead even a wammy/tremolo bridge with 17,5mm string spacing), and an accordingly more narrow neck, with a 38mm wide graphite nut. Equipped with Elixir Nanoweb guitar strings of the gauges .074 - .056 - .042 - 030, and tuned to tenor bass, A standard, tuning, as in the upper 4 strings of a 6 string bass tuned to regular B standard tuning.2 points
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Time for me to part with this little beauty - kitchen renovation turning out to be more extensive than I first thought. I love this bass, it's just one of those instruments that makes you smile as soon as you pick it up. I've used it with my acoustic duo, both into a bass combo and straight into the PA and it's ace - kind of woody / upright-ish sounding that sits well with other instruments. It plays really well. Great for home as well as stage use. Brief Spec. Top Material: Solid Spruce Back and Sides Material: Layered Sapele Nut & Saddle: Nubone Nut/Micarta Saddle Scale Length: 23-1/2" Number of Frets: 20 Rosette Size: Three Ring Strings: DAddario Custom Light (.037, .050, .062, .090") Tuners: Chrome (100/200) Bridge Pins: Black Polycarbonate Finish: Varnish Neck Width: 1-11/16" Fretboard Inlay: 4mm Dot Italian Acrylic Neck/Heel: Sapele Fretboard Wood: Ebony Electronics: ES-B Case: GS Mini-e Bass Gigbag It would seem to have been made on 4th November 2017 according to Taylor, so is one of the earlier models. It is in excellent condition, with just a few blemishes in the satin finish which you have to look for in the right light- certainly a good 9/10. The solid spruce top has some great figuring (see pics). I've just restrung it with a set of new D'Addarios, and the used set are included as spares too. It comes in the original Taylor rigid / well padded gig bag that protects it very well, and is also in excellent condition. I think I've priced this to sell - a quick search has seen them going s/h for anywhere between £550 and £700, so £450 is a good price. The equivalent model new on Thomann is currently £859. Cash on collection would be good! However, I will deliver / meet up within a reasonable distance of Brough (HU15 postcode area) for my diesel costs. I can also offer postage / courier at your expense, subject to finding a box. It shouldn't be too expensive as it is very light and compact. The gig bag will offer a lot of protection for this too. If you need to know any more or need more pics then please PM me. ( I have good feedback selling stuff on here too). Thanks for looking. Cheers.2 points -
Great time tonight, we nailed the Beastie Boys ‘Fight for your right’ and Nirvana ‘Lithium’ at their first rehearsal, so we’ll throw them both into Friday and Saturday’s sets this week 😀 Was a hot one though! A huge fan was barely enough to get us through! IMG_4564.mov2 points
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Status Empathy 4, neck through in absolute stunning condition, zero fret wear, walnut burl, apart from a couple of scratches this could pass as new, the action is low and neck relief perfect (no truss rods on these early status), I won’t bore you with the ‘Status not producing anymore graphite’ as I’m sure anyone interested knows that🤷♂️2 points -
You might not be able to deliver blistering chromatic runs quite as fast any more, but I seriously seriously doubt it's a career-ending injury for you. There might be a bit of adjustment time and you might have to rely on your index and little finger more, but you'd be surprised how quick you can get back to a point you're happy with it. Incidentally from my time working in a venue I saw enough young and beginner bassists using one fretting finger and one plucking finger to play perfectly well, and they didn't have your years of experience to fall back on.2 points
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When I sang backing vocals in an original band I pretty much had free hands (same with the lead guitar and bass I played in the same band), but did take suggestions/instructions if required. Having sung in the local church choir in my youth (I think from I was about 12 till about 18), getting a lot of practice with musical pieces with several harmonizing voices, coming up with harmonizing vocals on the spot is pretty much second nature to me.2 points
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EB string are the only brand I used to break so I haven't owned any since the late 90s. I was using the pink packaged super slinky's O think. After some years of searching I've now landed on DR strings and haven't had a set disappoint me. If I were in your position I'd play the current strings to end of life to see how long they last you. Everyone has different amounts and composition of skin grease on the fingers, some more acidic than others and this will make a big difference.2 points
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By way of encouragement (and in addition to my sympathies) I can offer you this ... Sometime in the mid 90's, I was on a UK tour and playing at a small music venue (Sturminster Newton, as it happens). A guy had watched me set up and stayed as we soundchecked. Afterwards he came up to me and complimented me on the sound and the rig (my original Bass 400 and Diesel 2x15 - got to get the plug in). I asked him if he was a bass player too. He replied that he had been until 16 days previously. I told him that that was a very precise answer. With that, he held up his left hand, that was heavily bandaged. 16 days before, he had taken off the top half of all 4 fingers on a band saw. I learned later that they had had a collection for him and commissioned a special left handed bass and he was playing again, swapping to left handed playing. That's not to try and out-do your traumatic (and doubtless worrying) injury, but to demonstrate that where's there's a will, there's a way. Very best of luck to you. As has been said earlier, let Tommy Iommi be your inspiration.2 points
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Ok, if the problem returns, Surrey Amps is handling Genz Benz and Mesa repairs for the UK.2 points
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That was when Andre Previn played John Cage's 4' 33", and stayed on for a 2' 27" encore.2 points
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Obviously not bass and also a far more comprehensive injury but Django Reinhardt is just dazzling:2 points
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I'll assume that was tongue-in-cheek.2 points
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I am playing in pubs. Will everyone please stop projecting their own experiences onto everyone like there's an effing rule book about this or something?2 points
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Last month's jam had 4 bassists and 0 guitarists. "Aha!" I thought, "this could be a great opportunity to learn the head for a favourite piece on guitar and call it at July's jam, particularly as one of the other bassists likes it." This time, we had 1 bassist (me) and 1 guitarist. Maybe next time... We did just about manage to get through Gichi though, which was nice.2 points
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A very warm July evening on Sat and no air con! But had a really enjoyable wedding gig with our 'dep crew' - first time with our new drummer and he did a great job! Al Krow (@al_krow) • Instagram photos and videos2 points
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There are two DIFFERENT fuses for 2 DIFFERENT reasons. I have to deal with this stuff whenever submitting products for international/CB certification testing. The first (in the UK) is the fuse in the "13A" (BS-1363) plug cap, also referred to colloquially as a kettle cord. This fuse is sized based on the wire size in the mains lead wire. This is because of the unique 30A ring circuit in the UK (and some UK colonized locations) where each receptacle is fed from 2 circuits simultaneously configured in a ring type distribution. This is an efficient way (less copper) to deliver power, but inconvenient for protecting because of the higher available fault current. The UK approved fuse style is BS-1362 which has specific opening and clearing characteristics to comply with the regulations. The second is the equipment protection fuse that is used to protect user, the equipment and external wiring from overload and fire in the event of a fault within the equipment. If it's and external fuse that is intended for user replacement, the fuse value must be printed in a specific format on the back of the equipment (the type, voltage and current... like T3A/250V) which says that it's a 5mm x 20mm time delay fuse, 3 amps, suitable for up to 250 volt operation). There may also be an L or H which signifies low or high clearing capacity. If L or H is not present, either L or H rated fuses may be used. The lowest approved plug cap fuse that I have seen is 3A2 points
