Frank Blank

@Frank Blank‘s Idiotic Facts - #1.

I have never knowingly heard a Rush track.

24 minutes ago, petecarlton said:

When I fret with my little finger, my middle finger flies away from the fretboard.

I’ve got one of those, it simply does it’s own thing!

Focus are on tour, definitely having some prog yodelling in a deconsecrated church!

1 minute ago, cetera said:

 

I prefer to set up in the side room, cheers.

Save me my usual spot next to you dude!

1 hour ago, NancyJohnson said:

Could I make a little suggestion?  If the numbers aren't so great this year, could we all just congregate in the main hall rather than the little side room

Thing is, the little room was perfect for quieter set ups, then again mine was only audible for a while until more rigs arrived. It’ll be worse this time as I’ve gone FRFR but then at least everyone gets to see it if not hear it. Ignore me, I’ve just talked myself out of my own answer, as you were.

16 minutes ago, wishface said:

When it comes to stringing the bass, is it best to thread the tip into the machine head, or pass it through and wind over it?

From the Guitar Technical Services site, a luthier I swear by...

http://www.guitartechnicalservices.co.uk/acatalog/Bass_Guitar_Restring.pdf

7 minutes ago, Cato said:

I suspect the real problem is that we're getting older.

Exactly this...

30 minutes ago, wishface said:

I've no idea, I just know what you mean by 'wavy neck'

1 hour ago, Leonard Smalls said:

Bow down, puny Earthlings!



(F)ucking hell.

Hello!

5 minutes ago, ikay said:

What makes the Godin feel longer is the position of the top strap button which is opposite frets 14-15 (compared with fret 12 on a P bass) and the position of the bridge which is some distance in from the end pin (on a P the bridge is closer to the end pin). The effect of both of these is that the neck sticks out further from the  body and the top strap button. The resulting hanging position on a strap means you have to reach further for the low frets. 

I play seated without a strap but yes, the bridge is much further from the end pin on the Godin than on the P. Typical me, just looking at specs rather than at the actual bass!

Despite having played bass for (I think) around forty odd years I had, until very recently, not played a Fender Precision although I have had plenty of chances to do so since being on BC. I hadn’t bothered because I assumed that the scale length would be 34” and my Godin A4 has a 34” scale length and the headstock is, frankly, in the distance and subsequently gives me shoulder gyp. However, my bass tutor has a couple of Precisions so I tried his 1971. I was confused, it was lovely but surprisingly short compared with my Godin, short enough to be very comfortable indeed but I think it has a 34” scale. So, my question is (and forgive my utter technical ignorance) just because a bass has a certain scale length, that scale length does not necessarily mean the bass has to be a specific overall length? (As I’m reading this back it’s sounding increasingly stupid). I cannot see an ‘overall length’ spec on the Fender site, is this not something usually taken into consideration? Or am I just missing something really obvious? Naturally I would not buy a bass without trying it but if I measured that 71 Precision I could then compare that overall length with that of other basses in order to at least narrow the field of try outs.

29 minutes ago, spectoremg said:

What's on the end of the stick?

Norwich.

2 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

I'm assuming you mean "Brit" once home and sober again. 

Oh I don’t know, I’m confused.

13 minutes ago, ezbass said:

which often ends in the posters making a rod for their own backs.

...which often ends in the posters making a rudd for their own backs.

 Fixed.

...and I’ve just discovered what shilling means in this context.

I have discovered interesting and helpful info on ‘the other site’ whilst also experiencing the ‘hilarious and reactionary spats’ that I mention in my first comment. What I didn’t mention in that first comment (Im not going to blame being sloshed, it was two glasses of wine sloshed, not enough for excuses) is that the first sentence of this description also pretty much goes for BC too. Both sites have helped me make purchasing choices and also made me so livid I’ve considered leaving. As always with forums, be they here, there or anywhere, they are little microcosms of society with things to like and dislike... Yesterday I was just feeling like a disgruntled Mexican.

Aberystwyth

I’m trying to contribute in a constructive way but I’m sloshed.

19 minutes ago, DJpullchord said:

This site is very biased towards bass guitar though. Sort of assumes all bass comes from a bass guitar.

My 4r53, post chilli, does some good bass (don’t post when oiled, don’t post when oiled).

28 minutes ago, martthebass said:

Nah, that would mean no Blue.......BC wouldn’t be the same. We’re a friendly and inclusive lot!

I was kidding but am a bit pished at the pub and couldn’t find emojis, @Bluewine is an exemplary American and definitely an honorary Englishman.

I pop over occasionally, mostly just to make me realise what a surprisingly reasonable lot we are on here. For the amount of people who contribute this really is one way of the most grown up sites I’ve ever been on. I’ve had some hilarious and instant reactionary spats across the pond on the ‘other’ site. Perhaps we should build a wall to keep them out?

@Cuzzie, sorry Sir, bowled you a googly there! I actually use a Focusrite Scarlett 18i20, not the 18i8, sorry again.

2 minutes ago, Jock said:

Cheers,

Had a look at both of them online but it isn't clear on any website/manual that you can track four instruments simultaneously over USB.

Jock

I have the Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 and have done exactly this.