Frank Blank

1 hour ago, Wolverinebass said:

Yeah, go on then. I'm up for it! 

One seat gone! 

4 hours ago, CamdenRob said:

I’d end up taking home that White Emperor standard classic 😕

I have a black one (preferred colour) reserved from the next batch arriving at everyone’s favourite German music retailer in a couple of months time. But that gets more expensive by the day with the slide in the value of the £ 😕 with every £100 my reserved one gets more expensive, that white one looks more attractive 😕

Let’s go get it!

8 hours ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

Yes, I did think to an outsider that might not read too well 😂

This is a local thread for local people, we’ll have no trouble here.

21 minutes ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

Give me a shout if you decide when you’re going, just in case 😜

Will do.

I hope the dude who runs the place isn’t reading this!

31 minutes ago, CamdenRob said:

I’ve looked at going a few times on the train from London but it looks a bit of a hike from the station... Could get a cab easily enough though I suppose.

You could but I could drive you to the door!

Just now, TheGreek said:

Are you suggesting a burglary??? 😆😆

Monty.

11 minutes ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

Any daytime to be honest, depending on what Mrs.H is up to. 

Ach well, worth a shot.

22 hours ago, Frank Blank said:

I am, unsurprisingly considering the post title, considering taking a drive up to Bass Direct in the near future. I occurred to me that somewhere along the 143 ml route from my part of Essex to Leamington Spa someone/two/three might want to occupy one of the three spare seats and visit this veritable Aladdin’s Cave of bassology? If anybody fancies the trip then we can sort out dates/times etc. Or is this a stupid idea? 

Weekends? You could give me you wallet for safekeeping for the duration of our perusal.

16 minutes ago, Teebs said:

Thank you Frank 

I use Audacity for exactly the process you are describing. Slowing down, looping sections, it can do all that stuff.

21 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

still 1 funeral short of a full anecdote...

My new album title, there...

I am, unsurprisingly considering the post title, considering taking a drive up to Bass Direct in the near future. I occurred to me that somewhere along the 143 ml route from my part of Essex to Leamington Spa someone/two/three might want to occupy one of the three spare seats and visit this veritable Aladdin’s Cave of bassology? If anybody fancies the trip then we can sort out dates/times etc. Or is this a stupid idea? 

16 minutes ago, Slappindabass said:

Mica Paris in fame the musical. Bloody awful show.

That’s a shame, she’s a great singer.

@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!