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I actually love my own tone - it sounds great too me (and probably just me). I would pick johnny cashs bass player in Folsom prison blues

[quote name='SisterAbdullahX' timestamp='1479936155' post='3180466'] Super glue IS Cyanoacrylate. [/quote] Originally created by accident by a chemist trying to make optically clearer canopies for fighter planes

I have a b2 and use a tiny fraction of its capabilities- I'd go for cheapest if the b1 has what you want

I've played this at an OM night and it went down well

[quote name='Marc S' timestamp='1479826884' post='3179591'] I recall seeing that model around years back. Although I don't know what its' name or model number is.... Although someone I knew had one, and I'm sure it was mid to late 80's Have you just bought it Kert? Or will it be a future project? i.e. are you gonna make this one sparkly too? [/quote] Yep me too - late 80s for sure

If you can find one, a prosebass - I had a fan fret shortie and it was awesome

Wasn't cars and girls intended as a rebuke to Bruce Springsteen ? I read it somewhere He is very underrated and Wendy smith was my dream woman at the time

And it's cheaper so damage wil be less of a worry

Never had trouble getting low action on vintage radius personally You just have to get the nut and the bridge right

I wouldn't hesitate to use the cheapest one if it was the best tool for the job, or I liked it most However none of my basses are expensive anyway, since I'm unconvinced that a really expensive bass will make me a better bass player just by itself

Would you let them tell you where to live, who to marry or what car to drive ? Tell them to get stuffed

I keep trying them but find them a bit thin sounding, I always go back to precision basses for the full-on sound I hear in my head

[quote name='geoham' timestamp='1478861532' post='3172166'] Good point regarding the silver lining! Hadn't thought of it that way. [/quote] yep -think how ticked off you would be if you had invested time and money and [b][i]then [/i][/b]found out that they were inconsiderate merchant bankers

[quote name='Surrpaul' timestamp='1478730630' post='3171326'] Some absolute gold here, thanks all for contributing. [/quote] thinking about it, I did add a little something that you could use (maybe) . Its basic root and fifth,two to the bar, as you know, but every fourth bar I changed the riff to eighth/quarter notes and played I-V-[color=#0000ff]II[/color]-[color=#00ffff]II-II[/color]-I - the two light blue notes are half the length of the dark blue one, to sound a bit like a train passing through points. Where I is E, V is B, II is F# etc ([i]such is my truly overwhelming talent level[/i]) Marshall Grant adds some eighth note lead ups just before a chord change, I dont think it needs more.

Thank you

Does anyone know if it's a standard fender sized neck pocket ? Toying with replacing the neck on one with a blocked rosewood

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1478708518' post='3171109'] Sometimes you hate people for being right Actually it's going to be an interesting challenge, I might even have to pay attention to string damping. [/quote] Add some dead notes perhaps to mimic the percussive sound of a double bass ? That'll keep it interesting for you

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1478714784' post='3171169'] There is country and country and Johnny Cash isn't it, tbh. He only got away with it because it was his definitive style... [/quote] No, he was Western .

[quote name='stevie' timestamp='1478689472' post='3170906'] When playing Fulsom Prison and the harmony moves from C to F - play C, D, E, F. Knocks them dead every time. [/quote] I played this for the second time ever, doing it even more basic than that and it totally got people clapping along. I don't think you need to embellish -simple has its virtues