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  1. Frank Blank
    Killing Joke were a band you were risking trouble with if you spat at them, I’ve seen a few post gig dust ups. JJB was a major reason I picked up a bass. Just as a possible list of interest, these are people I have successfully spat at in a gig situation... Suggs Fad Gadget Ian Astbury Kim Gordon Nick Cave Marc Almond Doctor (from Doctor And The Medics) ...it’s not big nor clever but what the hell.
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    Thank you so much! That’s perfect.
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    Any chance you could post a pic of the back of the SWB Pro? I’ve just ordered one and I’m curious to see the back.
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    I wholly agree with this.
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    This...
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    Oh my God, Fragile... such a +1.
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    Jah Wobble on Metal Box, sublime. That’s the pinnacle for me, right there.
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    +1 twice.
  10. Frank Blank
    See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah, City All Over! Go Ape Crazy! by Bow Wow Wow - Leigh Gorman, yes... Empires & Dance by Simple Minds - Derek Forbes, yes...
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    Gentlemen Take Polaroids and Tin Drum by Japan... Mick Karn, what a dude.
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    I saw Motörhead at the Cambridge Corn Exchange on 12th of April 1982. They were so loud they caused the building structural damage... proper. The second loudest band I've ever seen.
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    I had a feeling someone would kindly point me in the direction of an excellent and huge thread! Thanks. Your comment confirms what I was thinking, tuners, bridge, J pup but I hadn’t considered the strings so that’s cool advice. Did you change tuners?
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    As I clicked into this article I somehow knew that scene from Spinal Tap would be depicted somewhere, class.
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    I have had a scoot around the site and can't seem to find a definitive thread on this, please feel free to disabuse me of this notion and direct me if incorrect. I am selling up all my full scale basses in order to completely move over to short scale. Initially I was considering a Chowny but I am leaning towards getting a Squier Jaguar and modifying it, if, indeed, it needs any mods. Any opinions on this, any people out there who have modified a Squier Jaguar, if so what mods have been good/bad, any people who think it unnecessary? Any opinions, thoughts welcome...
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    You may have saved me a post here. I am thinking about modifying a short scale Squier Jaguar, after the mods, how did the bass compare with your other basses?
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    I think this is absolutely right.
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    Venn Crossover, a short-lived offshoot from Grand Funk Railroad, Mel Schacher playing for both, sometimes simultaneously.
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    As I tend to bifurcate people into two groups over almost any topic or action, I.e. those who don’t look where they are going and those who get out of their way, people who enjoy football and those who don’t, glass half full/empty people etc. There are also two groups with no Venn crossover, those who like The Cult and those who like Killing Joke, I’m afraid I’m in the latter group,so I can, grudgingly, only go as far as ‘good’ when it comes to SSS.
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    I think this is it, sustain seems to be a general indication of the overall quality of the bass.
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    It would certainly be enough for me.
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    Very true, it's more why sustain appears to be one of the characteristics sought after by bass players when selecting a bass that I'm trying to get at?
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    She Sells Sanctuary - great song btw, well, not great, good. I realise it is the length of time a note sounds for, what I'm trying to ascertain is (which is not adequately, or possibly at all) addressed in my initial post is why sustain appears to be one of the characteristics sought after by bass players when selecting a bass?
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    As an offshoot from this post, can anyone explain to me why a bass player would desire their bass, or perhaps more accurately the material their bass is made from, to have ‘sustain’? In my many years of bass playing it is not a quality I have sought from a bass nor heard in music to my knowledge. Again, am I missing out on something or am I simply a philistine with no nuance to my hearing? Could someone point out a bass line or piece of music where the bass is employing sustain? I discussed this briefly on Saturday with the chap who works on my guitars and he was as baffled by the concept as me.
  25. Frank Blank
    *NOW SOLD* Price drop - Fender Aerodyne, mint condition, unplayed £500 Here are the circumstances. This bass was bought on 17th November 2017. It went straight from the Fender carton into a gig bag and on the 18th Nov. it was taken to Guitar Technical Services for a Pro Set Up. As GTS had a backlog the work was not finished until just prior to Xmas when I was unable to pick it up (full documentation of set up with pics). I picked it up today. The reason for the sale is that just a week after the purchase, on the 25th November to be precise, I had my short scale bass revelation and realised that short scale is the way to go, I haven't played any of my standard scale basses since. So yes, I am taking a huge hit on this one but such is the search for our ideal instruments!
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