Dad3353

As an exercise, try playing a simple shuffle on the hats (ting tingty-ting etc...), constant, hats closed at first. Count yourself in, and play the bass drum on the 'Two' (so one Two three four one Two three four...). No snare for now, just that for a while. Once that's going down naturally (you're 'feeling' the one-drop for the bass drum...), add sporadic cross-stick snare clicks. Anywhere in the riddum, as long as the shuffle continues and you don't lose track of the one-drop. If you do, leave the snare and pick up the pieces, carry on. It's just a matter of letting it happen, with in mind the notion of 'less is more'. an occasional hi-hat lift brings it to life, once it's all cooking. It helps, once you're able to do this 'one-drop', to get a bass in there, but it's not essential. Good luck wid it, bro...

Nah, I'll stick with my Hofner, which has all the bass sounds I'll ever need, thanks all the same. My globe-trotting days are over.

Now that I look, I find a Fender Japan Thinline. Hmm... Rare, but they do exist... 2012 Fender Japan Thinline Jazz Bass VMH ...

I've not yet seen a semi-acoustic (hollow-body...) version, which is the style (and weight..!) I prefer.

This is incorrect. See here ...

'Never say never' and all that, but it's not looking likely for me, this time around. I've pinned it all, and put the pic on my desktop, as usual, but yet another bout of depression is setting in, which hinders my 'creative' muse quite heavily. Maybe, and I hope so, but it's only a 'maybe' for now.

Wasn't York, itself, named after some hick town in the US of A..?

What a strange question..! What would be your favourite Lada 1200 to drive as your only car (red ones count..!)..?

Yeah, new pots does that to a bass. ..

No more than new tyres on a second-hand car. Not the same (maybe...) for a curator of a museum, but I'm not such, soooooo...

Aha..! A convent cell, then..? ...

On the other hand, this wide-spread visibility hasn't done our 'friend', Facebook scammer Mick, any harm, so ...

Playing in prisons now, eh..? ...

Many decades ago now, I worked in a music shop, here in France, and worked regularly with one or two variety bands, as well as 'depping' often enough wherever a drummer or bassist was needed. There was a 'pool' of folk that would be called upon, over a rang of instruments, and a much wider 'pool' of competent musicians. These latter would rarely be first choice for opportunities, as, for whatever reason, they did not have, or maintain, the contact skills that the former used. Maybe less motivated, maybe with other commitments, maybe just less 'personable'... Whatever. Most had fine musical skills, chops, technique, repertoire etc, but didn't get the calls. I took a lesson from all of this, and honed my 'personal' skills almost as much as my drumming rudiments and chops. Luck plays a part, but contacts trumps playing ability most of the time, that, I'd say. Just my tuppence-worth.

'Whiter Shade Of Pale'..?

Is this where the term 'peddler' comes from..?

The reference is probably StewMac, USA. They are certainly not the cheapest, but their gear is decent stuff, not Chinese whatever. We found, for a couple of luthier projects, that it was well worth joining the StewMax 'club' thing, to get free shipping. The cost of the yearly sub was quickly saved, as shipping tools is expensive. We've looked at, and tested, quite a few cheaper options, but none have been worthwhile (well, not quite; we did get a few decent tools from a Spanish supplier...). I don't rate Amazon at all for this category (although I use 'em a lot for many other things...). Hope this helps. Douglas

He often does refins on other people's basses, but without telling them. He likes the look on their face when they find out. ...

It's also smuggling, too. Just sayin'.

Within these hallowed halls, at least, you are famous..! (Well, it's a start. ...)

Already recounted in a previous topic, but it's appropriate here, too... We lent our 5-string Cort (the least-expensive fiver, at the time...) to Rodney Curtis (Maceo Parker bassist...) for our 3 Elephants festival, as his Lakland had a dead pre-amp. By good luck, it had the same p/u configuration (J-MM...) as his duff bass. He changed the strings and played a splendid set with it (it sounded great through the Ampeg backline...). He signed the back (now worn off...), and was very happy with the way it played. At the time, that was our n° 1 bass. Happy daze.

And the winners are ... @Dad3353 (Hey, that's me..! ...) and @Nail Soup Here, then, are your Winner's Certificates (download and save as pdf file, then proudly print and frame...) ... BC_Chal_Cert_2022_12.pdf ... which look like this (but bigger, of course..!)…

A bass is a bass is a bass. For most repertoires, in most bands, what the audience hears, and what most band members recognise, is the bass. What model, make, year, colour... These details are quite a way down the list of 'Things To Worry About'. Get a 'spare'; that's a Good Idea. If you come to need it, as a spare, it'll matter little whether it's white or black. I'd suggest the '50s 'P', as a change and variant, unless 'your' sound in the band mix is heavily dependent on what your Stingray sounds like. I would doubt that, but I'll admit the distant possibility. A bass is a bass is a bass. That's my tuppence-worth.

One measures string height..?