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  1. Frank Blank
    I loaned my bass rig once, decades ago, and it got damaged. I considered the person I loaned it to a good friend until I realised he wasn’t remotely apologetic and wasn’t even considering repairing the damage. Our friendship was scuppered and my gear was damaged so I lost out in both departments. Just be aware of one thing, nothing determines how close friends, and family for that matter, are than money. I don’t lend anyone anything because you’ll soon find out that life-long trusted friends will turn ugly over a tenner. I’ve seen good friends fall out over less and families disintegrate over tiny disputed wills. If you don’t lend your gear you’ll soon see who your real mates are. </rant>
  2. Frank Blank
    Thank you, I love learning stuff.
  3. Frank Blank
    The ... is called an ellipsis and is very often misused, much like the word 'literally'. Here is the definition from the OED. Grammar. The omission of one or more words in a sentence, which would be needed to complete the grammatical construction or fully to express the sense; an instance of such omission. Formerly used as the name of the dash (—) employed in writing or printing to indicate the omission of letters in a word. It should only ever be three full stops long and always has a space after it.
  4. Frank Blank
    David Byrne on Desert Island Discs... ...getting old is weird sometimes.
  5. Frank Blank
    I’m with you on that Brother. Amen.
  6. Frank Blank
    I agree but I think the one of the reasons that we are so susceptible to such marketing and branding is because it appeals to the spiritual gene so to speak.
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    I wasn't doing the bass devotion down, I too prefer the supermarket to church. I agree wholly with your last statement. I have a very strong feeling I'm going to end up with a slightly modified Squier Jaguar as my main electric bass.
  9. Frank Blank
    I would say it was a pseudo-religious facet of Hyperconsumerism. In lives so devoid of meaning we apply almost spiritual value to manifestly temporal items. Mind you one could argue that the physical components that go to make up a musical instrument can, when played, move one (and an audience) into a spiritual dimension. Instruments are coarse temporal tools that can, through utilization, create high art, perhaps they deserve the almost fanatical devotion we give them? But if that were the case we'd be happy with an instrument that simply did that job yet we do seem overly concerned with very subtle nuances and variations in how they sound and look. Perhaps, again, this is a bast***isation of spiritual devotion, to believe these subtle nuances really can add up a higher musical (and therefore possibly spiritual) experience, otherwise we'd be happy with the first tuneable bass we could play. Just as an aside the iPod chose One Nation Under A Groove this morning so I stuck it on repeat for the drive to work. This might be why this rumination has such a holy slant..
  10. Frank Blank
    Quality icon MonkeyTrick.
  11. Frank Blank
    Hmmmm, I am looking to get a 12 string but worried this might be a bit big. I’ll ponder further.
  12. Frank Blank
    Is this still available?
  13. Frank Blank

    Hello

    Frank Blank replied to Misskelly's topic in Introductions

    That’s a bit Hotel California!
  14. Frank Blank
    Sure thing.
  15. Frank Blank
    Cheers, I have had a look and left messages on relevant posts.
  16. Frank Blank
    Likewise with Tina Weymouth, she's superb. I don't know what the thing is with big basses, I struggled for years and just thought it was my lot to struggle because I have small hands for any instrument let alone bass, what I really meant by my boys with big basses comments was that you need to try stuff out without the burden of thinking you need big (or small for that matter), try everything without preconceptions is what I mean. When I went into my local music shop the chap who usually serves me and knows my particular tastes in instruments just pointed at the Taylor and said Tried one of these? Be careful when you pick it up, it's as addictive as crack. I did pick it up and I only put it down twenty minutes later in order to pay for it. Try everything.
  17. Frank Blank
    So, having mused over the replies to this post, I think I would like some bass tuition. Do you know of, or are you, a bass tutor in Essex? What I'm looking to learn really are scales and some basic theory, I don't know an interval from a segue! I have some idiosyncrasies to my playing but that can be discussed but as I'm thirty years into playing I doubt I'm going to change my style. Any offers / recommendations?
  18. Frank Blank
    Just as a comment on this, my main bass is now the Taylor Mini-e Bass, obviously it's a bit niche but it exactly what I need for my current band. The scale of this is actually 23.5 inches and, despite it being a huge change from my bigger basses it was an instant and significant improvement for me, so much so I had one of those Oh dear, I should have been playing short scale for the last thirty years! I would suggest getting to some some shops and trying differing scale length basses out but most importantly, don't be put off by the It's too small / short / looks like a toy brigade, it's a boy thing, I'm sure Freud would have an answer to why men need big basses, same reason they need fast cars I expect.. just try everything rather than thinking to yourself that's not for me. The neck on mine is tiny but it has improved my playing hugely.
  19. Frank Blank
    Well I have the SWB Pro on order but I won't be ordering the fretless SWB-1 until I've sold my Fender Modern Player fretless on here. As soon as I have the bass I will be straight on here to let you know.
  20. Frank Blank
    £666 - you, Sir, are The Man.
  21. Frank Blank
    Are you still avail for tuition? I’ve emailed a couple of people in Southend but no replies.
  22. Frank Blank
    I prefer the look of a lined fretless for some reason, good job as I couldn't manage to shift mine on here so I best get used to looking at it as it doesn't get played.
  23. Frank Blank
    I have many more adjectives for such an event, none of which are printable here.
  24. Frank Blank
    Second line of my CV there, currently entering a ‘futility loop’.
  25. Frank Blank
    That condition is better than ok and warrants a higher price, don’t diddle yourself Sir, that’s a beautiful bass.
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