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Images that made you want to play bass
Frank Blank replied to oldslapper's topic in General Discussion
Sir, there is a chasm of difference between hair farmers and men of quality and distinction, of which you are most certainly the latter. -
Images that made you want to play bass
Frank Blank replied to oldslapper's topic in General Discussion
Bleedin’ ‘eck, you lot wanted to be hair farmers. -
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Excellent to hear someone praising Extremities, it’s a fine album.
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Just for clarification, it was.
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This makes a change ...
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I thought the tone control was in the back as per the Rob Allen site... Is there a tone control? yes, Mb-2 and Mouse 30 basses have a passive high trim control located in the back cavity. You can access this through a small hole in the back plate with a small straight screwdriver. Wide open (full clockwise) is "flat", and as you back it off (counter clockwise), you will reduce high end. This is a subtle control, and is mostly to fine tune how much finger noise and articulation you want in your sound. I think of it as a master control, a "set it and forget it" that you can fine tune the overall sound with.
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I had an Ashbory, I threw on a bottom of the garden bonfire.
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What are you listening to right now?
Frank Blank replied to Sarah5string's topic in General Discussion
I'm not a fan of guitar solos in music, but I love the guitar work on Tubeway Army records, Numan himself is credited as being the guitarist on their output, I don't think (despite having listened to them for decades) that he was the guitarist! -
Yes, a picture of a plasterer's radio, which is what I resembled afterwards.
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01 Ever played a gig sitting down? Yes, ever since I've been in an acoustic duo all the gigs have been sitting down. 02 Ever gigged on a different instrument? Yes, lots, on drums in my teens and early twenties. 03 Ever shared a stage with a musical hero of yours? Only as a tech. But my old thrash band once supported Dub War, Benji wore one of our Beanie hats, I was chuffed. 04 Any fan ever had a tattoo of your band's logo? Heh, not to my knowledge. 05 Ever signed an autograph in a dressing room? No, but outside a venue in Iowa a band I was working for were signing autographs and I was asked to sign several posters and shirts, I did explain that I was just a tech but it didn't matter, an English accent seemed to be enough. 06 Ever cried on stage? Only with laughter. 07 Ever worn a hat on stage? Yes, never (I don't think) done a gig without one. BTW I own 40+ hats. 08 Ever gigged with a band you hadn't met before the gig? No. 09 Ever been in a relationship with a fellow band member? Yes. 10 Ever played in different bands on the same day? No. 11 Ever had anything thrown at you while playing? Yes, a joint, and, bizarrely, a copy of a drumming magazine. 12 Ever crashed on the way to the gig? No. 13 Ever left a band over the choice of set list? No. 14 Ever slept in the venue despite it not being a hotel? No. 15 Ever been supported by a band clearly better than you? Hmmm, difficult one, certainly more technically proficient bands but we were never bettered in the swagger dept IMHO. 16 Ever played a gig suffering from some debilitating medical condition? No, but I have thrown up due to excessive drinking twice whilst on stage. Once all over my snare which was hectic during the next roll. 17 Ever been in a band where the guitarist was your favourite bandmate? Yes, every one, as it happens. 18 Ever played in the grounds of a stately home? No. 19 Ever injured yourself on stage? No. 20 Ever been told that your bass isn't loud enough? Yes, by an excellent guitarist.
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The new superhero Octoknob, oh wait, that's @Teebs' alter ego.
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Albeit a bit 'knobby'.
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You know what, I'm considering buying a pair of these basses, one fretted, one fretless so I never have to take the ACGs out of the house!
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Controls here...
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I have to say that making the effort to plough through the 70 (admittedly it was just over fifty when I harnessed up the plough) is well worth it, reading everyones opinions and discussion made my mind up to never use a trad amp/cab again. Mind you, saying that, perhaps we could do with a refined and honed FRFR thread like @EBS_freak has created for in-ear headphones? All that aside, I do indeed run a HX Stomp / QSC K12.2 rig and it's a total game changer.
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Images that made you want to play bass
Frank Blank replied to oldslapper's topic in General Discussion
This is very true. Suzi was a huge influence on me but not in a bass playing sense ... -
Images that made you want to play bass
Frank Blank replied to oldslapper's topic in General Discussion
I expect because although a superb and influential player he's not what you call visually appealing. -
Don't forget to put your foot on it.
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Pink seems to do the trick!
