songofthewind

Thanks for that, Dave. I can totally imagine getting completely lost on a six string bass! Even though I’ve been playing six string guitar for a long time.

How did the wide neck feel, playing it for a whole show? I briefly investigated an Ibanez sixer in PMT Oxford. It felt HUGE to me, but I have weedy little guitar player hands.

Ibanez SR’s are great basses, very good value for money. I just got an SR500 and it is lovely to play. I’m guessing yours is too. have fun!

Yamaha BB1000, quickly defretted and a Jazz pickup added by Norman Reed in Totnes. Got a second fretted sunburst one for a pair. I got them from a guy in Glasgow called Charlie Marks, who had a funny wee music shop in Kilmarnock Road. I also got a seventies Tele from Charlie. Everything always cost £150.

So, tinted but not lacquered? I see. Mine was tinted poly finish.

And now I’ve just noticed your neck have got maple boards with plastic blocks. Best not to take a heat gun to those..

I had a similar vintage tint neck. I used a heat gun judiciously to get the poly finish off, and then refinished it with a couple of coats of Liberon Finishing Oil. Looks much better and feels great.

I love this whole album. Makes me think of Quincy Jones’ Body Heat.

That is not just blacker than a very black thing, it is shinier than a very shiny thing. Really beautiful.

So do I! I even play them sometimes!

Ooh, a black Les Paul shaped thing (or two). Sexy! All I ever wanted when I were a lad. Good work, Christine!

I’ve only tried digital octavers, and I find to my ears they warble, rather than jump an octave. But, I am pretty deaf (reformed guitar player), and have tinnitus.

Cmon guys, picture it!

Tort with the yellow one, mint green with the blue one.

Correct.

Or the headphones not being able to reproduce that low frequency? Which ones are you using?

True dat. But that envelope filter has got to be used sometime, right?

I often wonder if drummers do that because they think they sound boring, and want to seem skilful. Sorta like guitarists and, who knows, maybe even bass players sometimes. I know that I sometimes feel that I’m just playing boring repetitive crap, and stick in some pops or something, and o& course it falls apart. Other times, when I am feeling confident and in the groove, it works a treat.

I’ve got one HB Fretless Jazz, one bitsa Jazz, one Sub Ray 4, and one Ibanez SR500. And nine six string guitars.

^^ Jesus.

I had a Norlin era Les Paul Custom, as black as a very black thing. Beautiful it was. A friend said it looked like a weapon. Those two guitars above look da biz.

Blimey, that Fishman on YouTube thing is nuclear. I use the Digitech iStomp with Swing Shift loaded, and it sounds OK, but not like the Fishman.