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[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1463379821' post='3050790'] What about putting flatwounds on it? [/quote] Not a bad idea, actually. I've been meaning to take the plunge with flats on a 5-string for a while now.

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1463342300' post='3050663'] Yup. Basschat definitely needs a fetishists section. [/quote] Sorry, but what do you think basschat already is? 😉

Great, thanks very much for your help ikay.

So I've got an Indonesian 55-02 which I always play in passive mode. It sounds fine, but is then always wide open on the highs. I can control it on the amp, but some sound guys just leave it very trebley out front. What I'd like is to have is a passive tone control. Any suggestions? I am super un-techy and would have to get my guitar guy to do it. Forgive me if there's a dead obvious solution that I'm overlooking.

Looks like the lovechild of a gypsy jazz guitar and a Shergold Modulator.

Fitted case?

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1463260910' post='3050067'] I'd rather watch Nick watching Bubinga's cat having a 5hit. [/quote] Now that's just sick 🤓😉

It seems that Victor Bailey has had serious health problems over many years which are currently preventing him from playing. Very sad but there may be some hope. http://forbassplayersonly.com/victor-bailey-faces-challenges-stays-strong/

[quote name='Merton' timestamp='1462740608' post='3045417'] 33" [/quote] As you mention that, I was curious as to how viable a 33" or even 32" scale low B might be. Does anyone have any info/experiences to share here?

I've been playing for about 35 years. Constantly 'cos I do it for a living and it still happens to me occasionally. I've no idea why. Sometimes I even get blisters again, although my fingertips are like leather. As you say, no need to worry, but it is odd though, isn't it?

Very natty, congratulations.

[quote name='goblin' timestamp='1462555760' post='3044053'] I get on very well, and have performed with Jackie Wilson's son... does that count? [/quote] Was that, by any chance, Bobby Brooks? I've worked with him too. He's absolutely brilliant and it's almost freakish how similar he looks and sounds like his dad.

Phew! More of a gag than a serious comment, so if it gets a laugh, then it's all good 😄 P.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1461970565' post='3039323'] Three main reasons, in no particular order:[list] [*]Assholes. [*]Asshole. [*]Assholes. [/list] [/quote] Fixed? 😘

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1462275943' post='3041618'] Indeed... You can also pick a random word and put "core" after it. [/quote] Isn't that how they wrote the scripts for the Carry On films?

I only started using a pick when a show I was playing demanded it. I'm still not super proficient, but it's enough to get by when I need it. I does have loads of cool variations in tone, and I plan to spend more time getting into using one.

[quote name='Yawn_Blah' timestamp='1462122070' post='3040433'] obviously [/quote] Charming...

Someone spent a lot of time building that. Why?

[quote name='BottomE' timestamp='1461864157' post='3038351'] Really helps if you have a nice swollen organ [/quote] [Austin Powers voice] Oh behave....!

[quote name='bornagainbass65' timestamp='1461708485' post='3037092'] I like a bit of Lyle Lovett too. I find 'If I had a boat' very moving, though I'm not sure why, and there's that fantastic song with that includes the lyric 'the whole thing was paid for by the funeral director, who poisoned the saxophone section...' [/quote] 'If I had a boat' gets me emotional too. The intro to 'North Dakota' is just sublime. He can span the range between deeply touching and pant-wettingly funny. Come to think of it, maybe that isn't such a wide stretch...

People have been dragged out onto the street and publicly flogged for doing less than that.

Looks a bit like a Jaydee with a Ray neck 😳

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1461682128' post='3036705'] I'm a huge fan of Lyle Lovett, have been since his first album. Seen him live a few times & he's always excellent. [/quote] I saw him live in a church, appropriately enough. It was only a six-piece though. Still great, but I'd love to see him with his Large Band.