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Can I be the first to say 'It's all in the fingers'?

[quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1500730917' post='3339854'] And so, other than a tweak of the truss rod to suit Mick's DR Neon White strings and printing and attaching the label, it's finished Forgive the gratuitous photos: [/quote] Following your builds has been one of the highlights of the forum for me, since I discovered BassChat a couple of years back. I think this may be your Sistine Chapel. Maybe you could call it the Michelangelo. Congratulations to The Greek for the concept and especially to you for the execution. As someone with no practical skills myself I have a genuine admiration for those who do. P.S. hope the build doesn't cause you permanent eye damage the way the Sistine Chapel's ceiling did with it's creator.

I remember reading in a bass tuition book, probably coming on for 25 years ago about a fretless with brass fret markers. Can't for the life of me remember the make/model.

Has 'The Curve' been done? I think it might have been, but a quick google search hasn't turned anything up. I also like 'The Lens' although that does risk people asking who 'Len' is and why you're playing his bass. Other brainstorming ideas are 'The Aristotle', 'The Demosthenes', The Socrates' or 'The Zorba'. Apologies for any inappropriate cultural stereotypes....

Nice.

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1500317978' post='3336915'] I believe it wer young Britney wot said " oops I did it again". [/quote] I'm not generally a fan of the Ricky shape, but that's a beauty.

I've got a VM 70s Jazz which I love to bits. It was originally supposed to be a stop gap until I could upgrade it for a US Fender model, but, to be honest I can't really see the point. A US Fender will obviously be a better instrument, but I seriously doubt it's £1000 better.

I don't think pressuring yourself will work. If I sit down and consciously try to write something, I rarely get anywhere, most of my musical ideas come from noodling around on a guitar or bass. Most of my lyrical ideas come straight out of the blue, normally when I'm nowhere near an instrument. If you're not under any time pressure your best bet may be to step back from the writing thing for a few days

Just a thought, if you're just starting out, have you considered learning to play right handed? I'm a righty myself, but I'm aware that our left handed friends are cruelly discriminated against when it comes to the availability and range of basses made for them.

My brother in law started last year when he was 40ish and is coming along pretty nicely. Ultimately it all comes down to practice, yes there are different levels of natural talent, but ultimately I believe you get out what you put in.

[quote name='Graham' timestamp='1499493362' post='3331833'] The bass ia great, but I'm wondering if there's an issue with this batch of cats? It seems to spend most of it's time asleep [/quote] 😅😅

That is exactly how I like my Jazz basses. Natural, black pick guard, maple board, black blocks, chrome hardware, complete with full cat accessory. NB. be careful when fitting the cat, they can be quite sharp if you attatch them incorrectly.

Never stretched my strings, never heard of stretching strings until I joined this forum. Generally I find things have settled down within 24-48hr of restringing. A bit quicker if I play a lot.

I think my next purchase is probably going to be a maple board fretless V7.

There were definitely trans green Bass Collections. School friend of mine had one.

Nice. Looks like a bugger to tune though.

Result.

I think I've got a link https://www.moviefone.com/2017/06/23/jason-momoa-peter-dinklage-badass-game-of-thrones-reunion/ Scroll down a bit and there's a pic of Slash wearing an Angels and Idols T shirt with Game of thrones stars Jason Mommoa and Peter Dinklage. Is that the one? There's also a clip of the gig, but I can't tell whether Slash is wearing the same shirt on stage with G n R. Ithink he might be, but the mobile footage doesn't really get close enough to be sure.

Found the pic, tried to embed it here but failed. Sorry. Still pretty sweet though.

I started with 80s metal like Iron Maiden and Megadeth, moved on to grunge, had a fairly lengthy indie period followed by hip hop and a bit of dance music. In recent years Funk was my thing, which introduced me to Herbie Hancock, which in turn took me to Jazz. So far I only like the smaller ensemble stuff,mostly from the 60s onwards, rather than trad, New Orleans or big big band, but never say never.

We need pics...

[quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1499191029' post='3329870'] Some blinding contributions! Although, I'm sure there are one or two that weren't hits... or even singles Sadly though, this thread has so far confirmed my suspicions, that solos are passe, and have been for many years Such a shame - a good solo can add so much to a track! BRING BACK THE SOLO! BRING BACK THE SOLO! BRING BACK THE SOLO! [/quote] I was thinking about this earlier while listening to Radio 1. With a lot of chart music these days there's a rapper performing a few bars where previously the solo would have gone. There also seems to be a lot more classical style orchestration in pop music in recent years (even if it's all done on a syth or computer) and quite often you the strings or the horns swelling to a sort of crescendo rather than an actual instrumental solo.

[quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1499116802' post='3329385'] The amazing James Dean Bradfield of Manic Street Preachers... [/quote] If we're talking James Dean Bradfield then this is my absolute favourite. http://youtu.be/gavcjNniIvk The solo work throughout the song is just perfectly apropriate to the song. Generation Terrorists was a huge influence on me back in the day. It was like Guns and Roses with intelligent lyrics and far more beautiful vocals.

[quote name='BaconCheese' timestamp='1499111890' post='3329314'] Just having read the Slash bio, I think he really liked Steven, Izzy and Duff. No bad blood at all. Steven was just so high all the time that they had to fire him. [/quote] The version I heard was that they gave him a shedload of chances and ultimatums to get clean. The end came when he couldn't physically play his parts on Use your Illusion because he was so out of it. At that point the band felt they had no choice but to move on without him. I know he's played with Izzy, Duff and Slash a couple of times since and he' played with G & R at least once in the last couple of years, although I don't know if that was before or after the mini classic line up reunion, so it sounds like whatever wounds there were have mostly healed.

Not an issue for me. My preferred Jazz bass tone is everything on full.