bass_dinger

Trace Elliott, but it isn't green!? I don't understand, but I like it. How does it sound?

A friend shared this event with me. Norm Stockton is coming to Orpington on 2nd October. I plan to attend. 2024_10_2_London.pdf

So, the truss rod does move the neck, but not much. However, the neck is "right", and very rigid, so doesn't really need the truss rod to adjust it. All is well. I have dropped off the spare case at the luthier, and they will contact Toby Diggins for a date to send the bass to them. I have decided not to have a logo on the headstock - I can't find the right one, so, best to leave it off. As for the bridge saddle, I will let the luthier tell me whether the genuine article is necessary, or if the lump of metal was designed to transfer more vibration to the bridge and body.

After playing for perhaps 10 consecutive weeks with just one break, I am suddenly feeling burnt out. The singing in the Sunday service was huge and powerful, and the rehearsal and service itself felt very much seat-of-pants (but in a good way!). So, we rehearsed an intro for one song - come in hard from verse one - only to find that we were actually starting softly in the chorus. Not a problem... But I suddenly find myself worn out, and wanting time off from music in general.

I would like to see Adele team up with Lewis Capaldi, and then split up. That would result in the ultimate break-up album box-sets, from both of them.

Warning - James Corden at the start. She has a powerful voice, and conveys bags of emotion. I am a fan.

I rarely take a spare bass guitar to gigs - being church services, none are important enough to worry about. However, I did once play an open air gig and took two basses. Like a total buffoon, after the break I picked up the spare and tried to play it - but it wasn't plugged in. For that reason, the band always brings a spare bass player.... Of all the solutions offered here, the one that I will adopt is using two basses, one for each half of the set. That gives both basses a workout under gig conditions, and gives purpose to bringing two basses.

Oh my! Surely the windchill will play havoc with the strings and the tuning by the time that you reach the venue?

Good reminder. I paid for lessons (and teaching-venue hire) in a ukulele band, with the intention that the band would gig. The teacher was a musical genius with lots of contacts. I joined the group, learnt 3 songs and five weeks later, the band was playing Mr Blue Sky on the stage of the Stagg Theatre in Sevenoaks. That's worth 20 quid of anyone's money, I would say.

Perhaps anything that has been sold and returned is automatically downgraded to B Stock status. It ensures that they needn't worry about checking out each returned item, and risk missing tiny blemishes that would result in further returns. By flagging it up as B Stock, the buyer knows that there is a risk of potential damage, and Thomann thereby save staff time, at the cost of (say) a 20% discount on such items.

At times, I think that the whole thread has gone off-piste. But I love basschat for that.

Is the signal too "hot" - too much gain from the wireless section output? A cable wouldn't give you that extra gain, so, it doesn't present the same problem.

It is rare to find a classic song - one that is loved by congregation and musicians alike. Shine Jesus Shine - do your lot do that handclap thing after "Shine on me, clapclap clapclap ..."? Gratifyingly, my current pastor appears to dislike Shine Jesus Shine - but the last time it was listed for a service, the congregation were all loving it like "Agadoo" at a Saga Holidays disco... I think that, for every time the congregation sing it once, the band will have played and heard it 4 or 5 times in practice and rehearsal. So, we are fed up with it, but they are not.

Let me fix that for you.. " I commented that the song was on the band's list...." Do you think that they would believe that they misheard you!?

@Nice Guy Rich that sounds like the advertising slogan for something tough and rugged. Maybe a set of all-terrain tyres for a pickup truck, or a pair of hiking boots!

An update. The bass is with the luthier, undergoing a little bit of fettling - fine finishing of the body's surface before it goes off to the spray shop. I think that we are waiting for a slot, as availability is limited. In the meantime, I have purchased a cheap second-hand Hiscox case for the luthier to use to transport it - I could have used my existing case, but didn't want to risk damaging it. So, the option of a case for little more than the price of 5 packs of bubble wrap, seemed sensible. Once the spray shop is ready to take my bass, we will send them an email setting out the important parts of this thread (in essence, "it's Feibing’s Leather dye, blue. Subtle sunburst on both the front and back, make the front look like the pictures, as much as possible.") One issue with the neck and trussrod arose. The previous neck was so badly made, that it warped. So, the American luthier that made the new neck made sure that this new one would be solid. 5 piece laminate, thick slab of macassar ebony.... It seems to be so solid, that the truss rod doesn't seem to affect much adjustment at all! I await an update - it may be that the neck already has the right amount of relief, or that the truss rod is very slow-acting. Or perhaps the fretboard can be reprofiled? And finally, the strings have arrived from https://lordofthestrings.com/en/bass/electric/5-string/sit-strings-nrl5-45120l-silencer-nickel-semi-flat-bass-strings.html Robert

Duplicate post.

I shared the following update with my piano teacher - he has had me reading music (both bass and treble clef) on the piano. Nothing at all complex, but the discipline of reading the music has done me well. And, perhaps inevitably, working on one aspect of my musicianship has allowed me to do better elsewhere. That update: "Well, here's a surprise, for my bass playing. This morning's church service had us playing a hymn in F, with a key change in the last verse, to G. I was used to playing it in G, but not F. So this morning I printed it off in F, read and played along with a recording in F [perhaps 6 or 7 times, while eating breakfast]. When I got to church, I sight-read the whole song, 3 verses in F. Then did it once more, in G. I was amazed at myself, and I put it down to two things: the discipline of the piano lessons; And the fear of failure in front of the congregation!!!" My teacher replied, thusly: "No reason to be surprised. You are quite capable at doing this. Maybe you need to find some confidence in your ability. I am sure in my mind you will succeed and not too far in the future." So, what surprised me, did not surprise my piano teacher! I must say, it was very gratifying to be able to play from the music, more easily than from a chord chart. PS, the hymn was And Can It Be, one of those tunes that have a proper written bassline, including a ladies-and-men call and response.

If @Geek99 has an ipad or similar, and can download an app to it that allows words and chords, that may help. One can quickly alter Folsom Prison Blues in G (but capo'd 3 to fit the singers voice, say) to the actual key of B flat. Alternatively, if you have an Internet connection at the venue, you can use the Ultimate Guitar tab website to get the chords, and change keys on the fly. And, with a bit of luck, you and the rest of the band will both be playing the same version!

Or, as Farrow and Ball would have it, Dead Salmon.

Of all the photos on the thread, this was furthest from what I imagined a basschatter would look like. Initially, I thought that you _were_ Nancy Johnson. Latterly, I concluded that you would be a geriatric punk rocker. But it turns out that I was very wrong. It must be the face cream that keeps you looking young!

Ped, a bassist so legendary, that even his personal photographer has his own photographer to take photos of the photographer...

If churches had bouncers... 👍🏻 "You want to come in....? Oh go on then! Welcome!"

Herbie Flowers was a bass player so legendary, that Dave Swift was his bass player ...

Played again this morning - by my reckoning I have played 7 times in the last 8 Sundays, and I am rather enjoying it. Back to bass this morning, with a guitarist/vocalist, a young drummer with whom I hadn't played with in a service, and a young keyboardist playing string pads. Another vocalist completed the lineup. So, I had a lot of licence to fill space, by adding in movement - I was literally told to "noodle" in the first few verses. In other songs, I was holding down the beat - 8th notes, with the two-and and four-and missed out, to avoid sounding like Mr Brightside. My wife tells me that it sounded like a party - very gratifying to hear that. Great stuff - I felt that I had something to add, whether driving the song, or adding texture and atmosphere to the songs. Great fun too - I can metaphorically detach myself from the instrument, and listen to the congregation.