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Everything posted by Owen
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Ouch. But the costs look fair. Hourly rates are not what they used to be. My personal experience was with a Double Bass and a luthier. It hit almost 4 figures. It is never a great moment.
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I have always done some side to side vibrato on some longer notes in a phrase. I never realised that I did it until I went fanned fret. Side to side on the most angled frets with roundwounds was not for me.
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Thanks, I will go and have a look.
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Of course, my problem is that I now have a neck looking for a body. I am trying to get my head around neck pocket proportions. I am fully aware that it is probably obvious to everyone else already. Writing stuff down enables me to "finesse" my thought processes. And you are all my friends so it is OK. I had thought of getting an unrouted 4 string P body blank and opening the neck pocket slightly more than usual, but that would need a bit of an overhang for the G side of the neck to get things centered. So is this a matter of getting the instructions for some CNC action and going in from scratch?
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I have two of these. How did that happen? Anyway, this is structurally sound but needs the clasps replacing. I have the clasps, somewhere, and will find them if someone wants this. You will have to fit them yourself. This is why it is dirt cheap. -
But not the big ones. A pair of minty EM15 wooden boxes. Have your desktop look like a gig with proper grown-up speakers (you will need a hi-fi amp, obv) -
I have a bunch of books I have been saving for the right occasion. I was going to split the books, mount the prints in frames and hang them on the wall. Anyway, back to reality. All + whatever the postage will be. I will trust you to top up that payment once I have actually posted them California Cool - a paperback coffee table kind of thing (PCTKOT) which catalogues a bunch of hip LP covers from the 50s. Full sized £12 The Cover Art of Blue Note Records - PCTKOT which catalogues a bunch of hip LP covers from the 50s. Smaller £8 The Complete Electric Bass Player by Chuck Rainey £10 The Sound I Saw - photo book of some stonking pictures in black & white (SSPIB&W) of jazz vibes from the olden days (FTOD) £20 The Jazz Bass Book by John Goldsby. With CD - cos everyone wants a CD £12 Guitar Player Repair Guide - Dan Erlewine £8 Sold The Real Book Vol 2 in our favourite clef. Bass. £17 Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass. £30 Bass Line - The stories and photographs of Milt Hinton - I heartily recommend this to anyone with even a passing interest in jazz. It is his story, told by him and documented in pictures by him. It really does not get any closer than this. PCTKOT - SSPIB&W - FTOD £25 Over Time - The Jazz photographs of Milt Hinton. He was there, he had a camera. As close as it gets - kind of a 2nd volume from the one above. . PCTKOT - SSPIB&W - FTOD £11 The Jazz Theory Book - Mark Levine. I was going to read this and achieve Jazz World DOMINATION. You can guess the rest - £25 Sold -
"The Sensitivity knob is basically a more/better control". Beautifully put.
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Italia Straps strap. Nice. Nice bass, obv.
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EVERYONE needs a collapsing trolley. I have a Ruxxac one which I bought a solid 20 years ago. I would not be without it. -
Black Protec Contego 3.8 Kg / 8.3lb Grey Protec Contego 3.1 Kg / 6.83lb
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They appear on one of the FB relic guitar groups.
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I have owned several (P and J) and currently own an original '66 J. Functionally there is no difference. The original has more bragging rights, but other than that, for me, they are the same. If he made a 66 J 5 and a P (with an A neck) 5 string then I would happily flog most of my kit. But he wont. I have asked several times.
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A recognised authority on the subject. I have acted as an expert witness for several situations.
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This is the stuff. When I said in a minute I clearly meant tomorrow!
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Hi all, I am just wondering about a new gig bag. I am fully aware of all the options out there. But I am thinking about weights. And I though it would be a good resource to have a list of weights. Anyone care to weigh their empty gig bags? I will do the Protec Contego in a minute.
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I was sitting there waiting to train wreck. But he drove on through.
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The whole congregation got anxiety. But not as much as the bloke playing in one key and singing in another. On a musical level it was quite impressive, but in the moment, not quite so impressive.
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We started one song in D but the leader sang the first verse in G. By the time I had worked out what his vocal key was, he was moving back towards D. It was intense!
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No need to apologise! I should have put a smiley in there.
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Intense!!!!
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I suspect the WRU one is even worse.
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Hmmmm...............awkward........!
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Whatever is playing bass on Deeper Underground does something weird at 1:05 and then they C+P it at 2:02, 2:20, 3:22 and 3:41. I am fully aware that I need to get out more.
