Clarky

This Rabbath method looks very interesting for someone (ie, me!) Who can lose his way on the 'fretboard' when moving up and down the neck of a DB. Two questions though, Fatback: In the vid, Sturm teaches first position with the first fingered note on the G string as an A. If you wanted to, say, play G# followed by A, would you use your first finger for both and slide from one note to the next (which I assume as it maintains integrity of overall hand/thumb position)? And in the second position, is your thumb opposite (using the G string again) the C or C# (I am assuming the latter, so your first finger falls naturally on C)? Cheers Clarky

Sloppy thirds in Hammersmith, OK Jigster?

[quote name='The Bass Doc' timestamp='1325754154' post='1486984'] OT......They reckon Clark Gable was built like a hoose end.... [/quote] Ah, maybe thats what they shouted at my last gig ... I thought it was "Clarky you play like a horse's @rse"

Bent bit of tin The standard Fender bridge, as opposed to high mass bridges, Badass etc

This 1981 'transition' (PB serial number but early Mk 1, like Mick Karn's) fretless beauty should be with me by the weekend or early next week [attachment=96446:02fullfretless.JPG] [attachment=96447:03frontfretless.jpg] [attachment=96448:Wal in case.JPG]

Thanks deksawyer! The good news is its being picked up tomorrow and I may even get it for the weekend Here it is in its case [attachment=96445:Wal in case.JPG]

Sorry I'm distracted, love. I just don't know how to tell Bilbo we are going to encore with Moondance

Looks like BassDirect has the amp in stock [url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/EBS_Amplification.html"]http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/EBS_Amplification.html[/url]

"And I thought she'd be impressed that I played guitar on Chesney Hawkes' 'The One and Only'"

[sup]"FFS love, I never knew the cover of Astral Weeks was so engrossing. Are you trying to tell me something?"[/sup]

Are we even sure those are his real legs? They look like they are from a ventriloquists' dummy, sewed on to the bottom of his jacket. I think his real legs and lower torso are hidden inside the fake chair. Perhaps the ad was directed by David Lynch?

The long taught Simandl method uses only the first, second and fourth fingers to 'fret', with the third finger acting as a support for the fourth finger. Like any other instrument, as the years have gone on new styles have developed and many more contemporary players finger a DB similarly to an electric bass. It is important to have your left wrist and forearm angle correct (your elbow should be elevated, not dangling loosely, in a sort of arrow shape) to maintain positioning and stamina.

Tease

Dougal's blonde PJ then? [attachment=96373:DSC04619.JPG]

Fretless Rickenbacker perhaps (like the Lindisfarne clip you posted, WoT?) ... thats assuming its not a PJ at all

[attachment=96343:def-leppard-153336.jpg] Maybe