bass_dinger

Craig Gardener? Where is he in the music industry now? Tell me that! Whereas KingPrawn is a veritable Collosus of the bass world.

But if you play the fretless bass, you can do something similar. Strap a GoPro to your fretting hand pointed at your plucking hand, and share the results here. I once heard the trombone described as the fretless trumpet.

I am thinking about having the neck made into a lined fretless. Before that happens, I have a question for those bassists who are playing a lined fretless. I already know that I don't use the position markers on the fretboard. I instead use the side dots. So, should the dots to be on the fretline rather than in between them? I don't already play fretless so, I have no opinion on what side dot positions I would prefer.

This feels like the equivalent of taking one's dog to the vet for major surgery, only to be told that it's just indigestion, and that some Syrup of Figs will sort it out... I have learnt that: Not all 5mm Allen keys are equal. So I will get a proper one, to keep in my kit case, rather than the one from my Poundland set. Not all luthiers are equal. In retrospect, it seems obvious that the first luthier should have tried an engineering solution (loosen the nut), before the luthier solution (replace the neck or truss rod). Ironically, @Bunionwas closest to the target when he quipped about truss rod gel being the answer.

Yes, it will ruin a guitar. What product ruined this guitar? Olive Oil.

"Uncle Len, tell us the story again, about how you served in the War...." And in so doing, teach me how to serve better. Yours expectantly, but Puffed Up with Pride and Impatience. Bass_Dinger

A solution in search of a problem.

I spoke with the singer on Sunday. "You were singing the other Sunday." "Yes! I enjoyed it! I can't wait to do it again." "Did you manage to..... listen.... to the service?" "Yes I did!" "How was it?" "Very good!!" Clearly, she can't hear herself. Truly awful singing and no self awareness. Someone needs to tell her, because if I do, it won't be pretty.

And also, one for the "Don't knee your guitar in the neck joint " brigade. What a silly thing to do. He seems pretty cheerful about it, notwithstanding the break!

If I were paying 70k for a bass, I'd expect Ronnie Lane to deliver it. It is no longer available. I am guessing that it was sold through another channel.

Redeculous!

Confession time.... I rarely practice the songs for a Sunday service. Instead, I practice the bass. That might involve playing the songs for a Sunday service by ear, or using the chord charts in one key, and a YouTube video in another key, and transposing the key on the fly. More often, however, I will be playing basslines from ABBA songs, 70s disco, or rock songs. Anything to get my fingers moving and my mind working on new material. Then, when I arrive to play for the service, and the singers decide that A is too high, and can we do it in Gb, I have already played something in that key* earlier in the week. How do others practice for the rehearsal? (Practice is personal - what you do alone. Rehearsal is relational - you do it with others). * Girls just wanna have fun, most recently...

Forgive my ignorance. Why can't one buy a P bass with an extra pickup at the bridge? Unless it's a J bass with a different pickup at the neck.... and a different type of neck?

I had no idea that amp covers were so readily available. Having got the amplifier fa while back for very little money, i see that fully specified cover will cost pretty much the same. However, it feels like a worthwhile investment, to protect the amplifier on its travels.

I find ebay helpful. One can search for completed items, to get a feel for the selling price of a specific item.

Could you share a recording of the solo? Then, basschatters can make suggestions about how they might respond to the task. Better still, they might share recordings of their own attempts, and you can take inspiration from those examples

£500 Boulder Creek acoustic bass, with a cedar top, in the manufacturer's cardboard box. Arrived undamaged, apart from a semi-detached bracing on the back. It rattled like a snare drum, if I hit it in the right place.

My bandmates often tell me something about a break wind - it all makes scents now . . .

I once packed a hifi amplifier in a purpose-built wooden frame, to protect the knobs and speaker terminals. It was so snug, that when it arrived, the facia had a little crack in it. Conversely, someone in my church handed over an Ashdown Acoustic Radiator with no packaging at all - it was placed in the back of a van, naked. The amp was returned after repair, and still has the remains of the transit sticker on the side. Not so much UPS, as Oops. When I next sent the Ashdown Acoustic Radiator for repair it was in a box, face to face with a second Acoustic Radiator with spacers between them and two inches of surrounding packaging. It was only just within the 25kg weight limit . . . My dad ordered a CD player from Ebay. One box, the same size as the CD player, and a layer of corrugated cardboard. The seller seemed surprised that it did not work when it arrived: "that's how I always pack them and they have been fine before."

But how do you attach it to the rotary sander? Carol Kaye allegedly used to bite Paul McCartney's nails too, but there is no evidence for that in EMI archives.

That was quick! 😉 You managed to create a design that is entirely new, yet which looks like the evolution of the guitars on which it was based.

A baritone ukulele would use the first four strings of a guitar - the Loog, the first three. However, the Loog looks and sounds more cool than a ukulele and is perhaps designed as a trainer instrument for guitar. I agree that a guitar has too many strings, and it takes time to work out both what strings to play and which to mute.

That's not a word I have come across. Even Google can't help me.

My hero!!

Last week, a lot of the band were away, which meant that the very experienced worship leader needed to bring his own band in. He asked if anyone from the church's own Gospel choir wanted to come along. One person who arrived was truly awful- flat, sharp, moving from one note to another using glissandos until she hit the right one. The very definition of Fretless Singing... Let's see how they deal with this situation. I am told that the band and all the singers will be invited along for vocal training, and each person will be recorded individually, and allowed to listen to the results. The person will be directly told, even though we have a recording of the problem already. I think that we are going for kindness, and enabling. The leadership don't want people to feel hurt or excluded. As for me, I am comfortable enough with my ability to offer to step aside, if they want to ....er...make space for new talents.