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[quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1503183232' post='3356347'] Back on topic: fans of Donald Fagan might also be fans of Rosie Vela, whose 1986 album 'Zazu' sounds like 'The Nightfly' but with a female singer. [/quote] Are you the bloke behind all of those [s]helpful[/s] website suggestions along the lines of "[i]If you are looking at this you may also like [/i]..."? Heeheehee

[quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1503173040' post='3356270'] Sorry if that's how you interpreted my my post. It was n't my intention. [/quote] Accepted. You needn't worry though, I didn't take offence because I'm used to it.

Welcome to the forum Ben. The jam that fizzled out eh? I've heard of those too.

[quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1503156906' post='3356118'] It would indeed. To each their own, but there are tried and trusted ways for us to learn. As with "ambient's" earlier comparison of learning music to reading a book. In order to learn how to do the latter we generally take a certain path. We start off with our ABC's, we get familiar with the sound the letters make. Most people remember at infant school, constantly saying out loud..."D-O-G" = dog....C-A-T= cat etc. We move on then to bigger words and then on to constructing sentences. We then start reading child's books, maybe with pictures to help us get the gist of what the written word says. Finally we move on to adult novels and literature etc. Do you see a certain path being followed here ? I certainly do. It is THE ..(there's that word again ).. learning path to reading and writing. One that I'm sure the vast majority of us have taken. Like the content of the book, music is also a language and has it's own learning path. So in this context I think the word "the" is valid. Granted, some people choose to join the musical path somewhere in the middle. They then often find themselves having to backtrack.....mostly this brings them back to ground zero...which is the most beneficial place to start. [/quote] Forgive me for saying but that sounds ever so condescending.

Welcome to the forum Steve. I think we might actually have an "[i]It's all in the fingers[/i]" thread. Enjoy.

It's about time I got the wiring sorted. Now, what was all that fuss about lead-free soldering? I had no problems at all. Wired as per diagram except that I used wire colours differently from the diagram. The jack and pups will be soldered in situ when the body is fully finished. The humbucker pups have been supplied thus: an earth screen twisted with a green wire, a red wire twisted with a white one and a single black wire. The wiring diagram shows only an earth and a single signal wire from each pick up. I can understand that a humbucker, having two coils, might have four signal wires but these have four plus the braided strand. I don't know enough about this so I will go and read a few things before I decide. It might be that I could introduce a switch to separate the outputs of the humbuckers and allow individual or summed output in series or parallel. Not knowing if these pups are any good I'll probably play it safe and leave it at the four pot control configuration. Update: I have looked at lots and lots of humbucker diagrams and I can see how they are mostly supplied with the option of taking a coil tap from between the opposing coils. These pups are an unknown and I will install them as single units rather than muck about on my first build. Splitting the coils is a modification that could be done later if so desired.

[quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1503139286' post='3355965'] ...If a person wants to make progress along the learning path... [/quote] That would be THE learning path would it? Like there is only one. Sorry, I can't see it from your point of view.

Cheers Luke. Hope yours is back on track.

This is my house mate's compressor; [url="https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/first-drives/hottest-corolla-on-a-charge"]https://www.autocar....lla-on-a-charge[/url] Edit - Autocar wrongly say: [i]it was generous of Toyota to build an engine designed specifically for the Lotus Elise[/i]. They didn't, it is a Yamaha powerplant. Substitute "[i]use[/i]" for "[i]build[/i]". I only get to use it on rare occasions. To the OP: I usually have a little onboard compressor on either of my combos but I am not playing at volumes where it counts. Always practicing, never loud enough to be representative of a gig. I do not own any pedals or boxes.

I'd feel better disposed to dots if they were accompanied by words from my own language. Sorry but I'm a bit too thick to understand the terms used otherwise. I've been exposed to them since childhood but they still mean little to me unless I stop to think. It kinda defeats the objective. Tab is clear and concise. Not too much information but enough to get you going. If additional detail is required then I might crawl through the more abstract stuff in score. I sometimes spend a little time doing so but more usually I rely on my ear to fill in the detail. If there is no recording to listen to it takes me a bit longer to get there but I never regret my inability to sight read all of that squiggle. Even when I had clear sight I didn't get on with it. The following explains my background so you can get off here if you are easily bored as I have addressed the OP above; I was just started on how to read and write music at an English Primary school but at age ten we emigrated. Had we stayed I was all set to take up violin as part of the normal school curriculum but I couldn't follow through because of the move. The next school taught music more by example and by ear. Music was in the everyday culture as well. Nearly every house in Ireland could hold a ceili at the drop of a hat. Most houses would have a tin whistle at least but more usually there would be fiddles, bodhráin and guitars handy. In addition, we hosted a band every Sunday at our pub near the border with Northern Ireland. I'd meet working musicians from all around the country, north and south. It wasn't until secondary school that music was available to me on the school syllabus and I had had a further change of school by then! The teachers there were mainly clergy. Not such an unbiased education as I would have chosen in hindsight. I was also in puberty so I was a lost cause. Boarding school is not the best place to experience those sort of hormonal changes. Celibate priests and nuns are just plain weird to live with. Everything I learned from English Primary is still there and I can use it but it is only the beginnings of an understanding of written score. Events in my youth meant that I had issues with the education system and I rebelled. It turns out that being taught history first in England and then in Ireland caused my mind to reject History as a subject having heard both sides of the story. They weren't taught the same even though they were the same set of events. I have no trust in the education system as a result and I've never relied on it since. I'm not knocking a classical education but I find those who push it as THE way are ignorant in thinking that it can work for all musicians. It doesn't.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1503089161' post='3355695'] But only if you completely wreck your bass first, as far as I can see from that picture. [/quote] I'm thinking that bass is less than five years old. Does playing a genuine relic help more or less than a wannabe? (Trick question)

I've not followed Fagen specifically but I liked Steely Dan. I think it was IGY that made me listen more to Fagen. He's an acquired taste for me and I still haven't quite got there. Nightfly was a great album though. I still have a four track cassette recording of my long lost LP somewhere. I'll get my spandex jacket.

[quote name='NickA' timestamp='1503063530' post='3355450'] ...He could still do the Guildhall or the Derby Arena tho. [/quote] I'd hope so.

Very nice of you to say Stearstree1304, thanks. These were taken after three coats of Teak Oil had been rubbed in and cut back with fine steel wool. 24 hours between coats. I'll do seven coats on this like I did with the neck. I'm expecting a higher gloss than I want at the end so it'll get a final coat in Danish Oil for a satin finish.

Baldrick might have been a bassist; "Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom" The German Guns by Baldrick. Blackadder WW1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8ye1iPjxFY

No pressure Blablas. Heeheehee One of the advantages of building from kits is that I can watch the real craftsmen carving their visions out from hand picked pieces of timber while I happily put together some generically shaped parts. All I have to do is finish them really but I get a vicarious buzz from posting my meagre efforts none the less. It's been great because I get advice from those who have built from scratch. Hanging with the big boys; I'm not that creative but it does me good to absorb the knowledge that is being shared here.

The Wettening. As promised the first signs of how the grain will look. It lit up with a wetting from a damp sponge. After it dried I refinished with worn 400 Abranet. It's remarkable how the grain pops when wet. A little raised lump about five millimetres across appeared on the back in the centre of a swirly bit of grain. It looked like a blister but the fingernail tap test did not expose any hidden void. It sanded out fine. I am on my second coat of Teak Oil. No photos yet, maybe this evening. The surface texture and colour are developing nicely. I caught myself rubbing the surface after cutting back with wire wool. I think I must have looked like Les Dawson's Cosmo Smallpiece. I am a total pervert for fine wood finishes. [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js3xIg2pw8w[/media]

I never thought of Country as being a spooky genre before. Thank you for changing my perception.

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1502919571' post='3354449'] Well what went from a very promisingly & Keen singer last week has ended in a no show this week. So with a gig next Friday, me & him are taking singing duties. Neither of us can sing, but we both sing better than the drummer! Bloody singists! That's 5 this year. [/quote] You're not paying them enough in jelly babies. Try wine gums. Seriously though, I'm inclined to take lead myself in my next band rather than go through all of the time wasters like you are having to. It helped of course that Vintage TV interviewed Glenn Hughes the other night. He's an inspirational bass/vocalist. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BExpG10BH0

Twang ticky twang ticky twang - Boom boom!

Welcome Boomboomboom. It is rare that a member will admit to having the fabled GAS before coming in here. Usually BassChat gets blamed for whetting appetites for new gear. (GAS - Gear Acquisition Syndrome)

Welcome Kev. I've had a similar break before returning to it. It surprised me how common it is.

Well, I had photos to share but the latest browser update caused problems at this end so they'll have to wait. I've drilled all of the pilot holes in the body and done some work to get the control knobs slightly recessed into the body curve along with some general tarting up. On to the sanding. In general the kit came with the body and neck finished close enough to size for there to be little shaping work needed unless so desired. The finish is rough sanded and there are little irregularities to be taken care of but nothing serious. I had taken the time to scrape flat where the bridge is going so that it makes good surface contact and a few hours of sanding has been invested to reveal the curves in the ash. I promise to put images up of the grain wetted before the final rub as soon as the browser plug-ins update.

[quote name='GrandfathersStash' timestamp='1502867007' post='3353963'] many thanks --goodness grace, guess I am just too old, for successfully googling a person do you even have more to google with, please? Club? Name of Session Venue etc? [/quote] Welcome to the forum.

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1502790237' post='3353514'] It made you who you are today! My dad used to keep a drum stick (Premier 5B IIRC) in the car so he could hit me and my brother with it when we were pissing about in the back. To this day my brother prefers sitting behind the passenger - contrary to popular belief it's much harder to whack someone at that angle when driving. Also fond memories of listening to 'Real World Live' (I think) by Peter Gabriel on holiday in Norfolk. Truly made bass my favourite instrument. [/quote] Ah the good old days. Back when parents could abuse their children with both rhythm and impunity.