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    Tea time front page bump...
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    Ah sorry man, we had a house guest last week who left peanuts, so I am all good for peanuts.
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    Evening bump.
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    I should add: Not that there's anything wrong with that. Of my two bass guitars, one is kept strung with flats and I have two lumps of neoprene cut to fit under the strings when the need arises. I like that sound and I use it often, it's just not a double bass sound.
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    I think it sounds more like a Fender with mutes under the strings than an upright.
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    I'm a fan of Norman's playing but I'd be more interested in the bass he recorded the old Blockheads tunes with. Whatever that was.
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    I bought this bass earlier this year to have a more 'traditional'-looking bass for a specific gig, but I'm no longer doing the gig and now this is collecting dust while I play my Warwick, so I might as well move it on... According to the guy who set it up for me (Shane Haigh in Wakefield) this is a USA Fender body and electronics, matched to a '70s style Allparts Jazz neck. As you can see, someone has enthusiastically festooned the headstock with decals but it's clearly not a real Fender '70s reissue - stuff like the 4-bolt neck joint and truss rod access give it away. The decals look like they belong though; it's a decent job. Body has a few small marks in the areas you might expect below the rear strap point, they're all pinhead-sized dings to the lacquer, nothing serious. There's also a couple of marks on the front of the body just below the bridge but again they are tiny and minor. The back is slightly crazed but has no buckle marks or anything of that nature, it's pretty much spotless. Sounds... like a Jazz bass, because it is. Neck has no issues, frets in good condition, it's taken a low action with no buzzes, currently strung with Rotosound RS66 100-40s. Weight is 9.5lbs according to my bathroom scales. No case but I could supply an old gig bag. I would like £400 for it, preferably collected from me in central York, or I could perhaps journey out a reasonable distance for petrol money. Trades... I'm currently only really looking for a decent carved double bass, 3/4 or 4/4, 4 strings. If you have something like that maybe we could make a deal. Edit for more info originally requested by PM: Neck pocket is stamped October 27 1999, neck itself is branded 'ALLPARTS LIC BY FENDER' under the heel. Under the pickguard there is an open route between the front pup and the control cavity, so this bass would not look good sans pickguard. P.S. Sorry for the phone pics, light outside is pretty glum today.
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    There's a guy who knows where his towel is.
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    [quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1319794671' post='1418596'] Brilliant. This is showmanship people. [/quote] Apparently he was playing with us because he'd been fired from every show on Broadway. True story.
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    [quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1319793444' post='1418575']I've been on stage with trouser flies open before. [/quote] We used to have a tenor player who would stick one bollock out of his fly and play a whole set like that.
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    I had a pedal-operated smoke machine at my feet, and my bass combo was plugged into the same outlet on a block adapter. Fired some smoke, stepped away from the machine with my foot caught around the cable and pulled my amp's plug out of the wall. Took me ages to plug it back in because I couldn't see the socket for all the smoke. I also once got so drunk that I played the wrong song all the way to the first chorus, completely oblivious. That was the last time I drank before a gig. Oh and once my band made me play a solo (the only time I've ever played a solo) and while I was soloing our percussionist snuck up behind me and de-kegged me in front of about 1000 punters. He also once picked me up, turned me upside-down and shook me until everything fell out of my pockets, again in front of a full house. Having a prankster in the band who's also a former state wrestling champ can be tiring sometimes.
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    It's cute that the bassist doesn't just sound like Stuart Zender he dresses like him too.
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib1peLr7Sz8
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    Hey man have you got a mo to respond to my PM from yesterday morning? Still curious.
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    The best - and most versatile - envelope filter I've played was the Robot Factory Meatwad. It's a Meatball clone just like the 3Leaf Groove Regulator (although the Meatwad has more of the Meatball's original features) so I would give the GR a tentative thumbs-up too, although I haven't played it.
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    My loft is full of cases and stands and bass instruction books that I thought I'd list on here but realised it would just create a massive amount of work for me to post them and not make any money. So I think they'll end up at Oxfam...
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    Yeah get the 'cello out and play some Ink Spots tunes on it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0A87WKhRoM
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    I would argue that making a 'signature' sound for yourself isn't very creative. I'd rather listen to a bassist who makes lots of different noises. Preferably on different instruments. Actually I'd buy a sousaphone myself if three-valve brass made any sense to me at all but I'm firmly entrenched in the world of strings unfortunately.
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    That was quick. Did it go to a BC-er? I saw you had it on Gumtree too.
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    I've been using gStrings to tune my DB for the last couple of years, used it to tune acoustic guitars in the street before now too.
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    [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1319372407' post='1413184'] The problem is that we have often found ourselves having enough theory and technique for the music we play and see no [i] practical[/i] reason to push ourselves. Options to break the impasse may include deciding on some new covers for your band which push you, technically or harmonically. A recording project? Some composing? An advanced theory book to read that will spark your interest? A reading gig? Some playalongs that take you in new directions? Some jazz charts you don't know? Just have a poke around until you find something to get your teeth into. [/quote] My problem is the learning cliff I've come up against. Would like to learn more theory but need to learn to read. Would like to learn to read but that is no mean feat. Practise is hard work at the moment and not much fun.
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    Thanks for clearing up the origin, but: [quote name='BigJim' timestamp='1317902496' post='1395948'] It's a back and sides, ... [/quote] I'm trying not to say anything facetious. Ply or carved?
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    I hate the idea that FoH guys turn my band up so loud that nobody can hear us properly, it really drives me batty. Why have a band on in a small venue and set the level appropriate for people wearing ear protection? Why not just assume nobody's wearing ear protection and set the level so that they don't get hurt?
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    Ah so it's not a ply bass after all? Interesting. Thanks for the photos, I take it there's no bevel in the fingerboard for the E?
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    1970s Romanian or 'built a couple of years ago from Peter Tyler'?
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