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The difference in sound between silicon and germanium diodes was astounding. Is that really the only difference - the diodes - or are other settings also changed?

For me, Crazy Little Thing Called Love. Made all the more fun when the rest of the church band know it, and have played it at an open air festival (to trick the audience into liking us...). Billie Jean is also fun, when the stick- swinger is warming up

That's a flex right there!

Do you have a link??

54-46 was my number Fast Car by Tracey Chapman

Pachalbels cannon 4 bars long. It's based on a repeating bass motif. There are dozens of songs based on the chord sequence. https://youtu.be/3uhKiGz118k

I'll take you there, the Staple Singers.

The Pina Collada song - two chords! Dance the Night Away - the Mavericks

Four bars that work for the whole song (or almost the whole song)? Sweet Dreams are made of this Seven Nation Army Tainted Love The above three have the same relative chords, and one can play the bassline to seven Nation Army to Tainted Love. Same for Stray Cat Strut. Anything short that works with a looper should work with a programmed TRB303. I started up with a list of songs that had an iconic first four bars - which is not what you requested! Billy Jean - Michael Jackson Beat it - Michael Jackson Cars - Gary Numan Don't you want me baby - Human League Peaches - Stranglers Rescue Me - Fontella Bass Hit me with your Rhythm Stick - Ian Dury Oh what a night - Silly Love Songs - Wings

It's not really a chordal instrument. Don't be misled by the similarity to a guitar. Yes, the frets mean that one can play chords, but they were designed to be melodic instruments. Most of bluegrass mandolin seems to feature fast melodic runs. Vivaldi's mandolin concertos are again melodies not chords.

I do wonder how bassists manage to switch between instruments! I think that that addition of a high C or the loss of a low B would confuse me! I admire people who can switch.

Here, an Ashbury Lindisfarne octave mandola. It seems to be what you described- guitar body, double courses of strings. And it sounds gorgeous!

Did you manage it? It is surprisingly possible, I have found. I am also pretty sure that there is a key change or a mode change in there, but I cannot say what is happening in technical terms At 3'20 it seems to revert to the original key, but I cannot hear when it left it!

Here, another Rotosound advertising jingle.

You have got me thinking. Is the bass funky-sounding (single coil J-bass, steel round wound strings?) - or is the funk from the fingers, the tight timing, and by playing the strings nearer to the bridge?

I think that is clear that, if you are an attractive yet unrecognisable bassist, Rotosound requires that you share a photo of you gazing longingly at the product, while wearing false vampire teeth and playing a bassline that would fail the audition for a function band. Only then can your tout your wares on this thread.

Not at all - I am enjoying it hugely! And, if I get a bonus point for every Like and Reply, at this rate, I will be a Bass Chat High Master and General Big Cheese on this forum, in spite of not even knowing the difference between a good-looking model and a bassist.

1967 Advert - "that is the Who with Rotosound strings!" 2023 Advert - "who is that with the Rotosound strings?"

I wish!! (See what I did there....?)

You're not taking the question seriously - which probably tells me all that I need to know about the likely answer! Is the man that tall bassist who makes cheese? Is the person in the hat the young German girl who works for Thomann and demonstrates basses on their YouTube channel?

My basschat feed has an advert across the top of it, for Rotosound strings. Lots of attractive, young, happy people smiling because of their string choice, and a couple of older, professorial gentlemen, making music. Are they well-known musicians, or models chosen for their good looks?

Is the question "why have I fallen in love again with the basses that I have put up for sale?"? Clearly, you bought them because you liked them at the time. So, no surprise that you still like them. But maybe you no longer need two of them. It's a hard choice - the same happened with me, when I showed my dad the Boulder Creek 5 string acoustic bass that I was about to sell... after 10 minutes of playing, it went back in the case, for me to keep.

Right angled Jack plug, wrapped around the strap here. I have some straight Jacks but realised that they were not ideal

Apologies. I had assumed that bridges and piezos were always separate. My lack of knowledge resulted in some poor advice.

Cut the bridge in half. Then, the bridge can fully rest on the piezo, with no arching to leave a gap between bridge and piezo) Or have the bottom slot recut so that it is flat. Or make sure that the bottom of the bridge is flat.