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On 23/10/2022 at 18:42, Roger2611 said:

And I thought this thread was going to be about Feeders greatest song....flounces off in a huff 😂

Edit - double post fail. I shall add an irrelevant quote.

"Don't believe everything you read on the internet"

Abraham Lincoln 

On 23/10/2022 at 18:42, Roger2611 said:

And I thought this thread was going to be about Feeders greatest song....flounces off in a huff 😂

I saw them live recently. They were great!

Guess which song they saved to the end?

@Grimalkin

I know you like to prove a point in here. I'm not going to get sucked into debating with you as it is a pointless waste of time.

The OP has stated that he plays by ear. I play by ear. Whether you think that is correct or not is irrelevant to me.

2 minutes ago, Grimalkin said:

 

You have to be playing at a slow tempo to pitch correct on the fly, anything higher and you can forget about it. Then it's positioning and muscle memory, no chance of individual note pitch correction. From 0.30:

 

 

How do you suppose all the many players of unlined bass guitars and upright bass players have managed for so long?

The guys in that video aren't looking at their fingers half the time!

Also - to answer the OP. I would not put frets on this lovely bass, I would either find a replacement neck or just use a different bass.

3 minutes ago, Grimalkin said:

 

Explain please, Jaco?

Apologies. Pino.

The concept is the same - the intonation is adjusted to where the player feels comfortable, not where the eyes say it should be.

I've tried compensating for the angles you look down at the strings at, i also tried compensating for my own poor technique. The upshot is that regardless of how the intonation is set you play by ear and adjust very quickly to any difference (as one should on a fretless)

1 minute ago, Grimalkin said:

 

Having the silks sitting in the grooves ain't great, its out of adjustment on three strings and screwed right back on the springs. To set it like that, your intonation would have to be constantly pitched sharp.

That depends where you put your fingers. It's a fretless...

You seem to be failing to grasp a simple concept - exactly the concept that Jaco employed in your quote.

22 minutes ago, Grimalkin said:

"Pino used to use another fellow to adjust the intonation of his basses, so that the basses were intonated to where he visualised the pitch to be on the board."

 

I should explain that a little more, Pino would play the bass, while another fellow would make the adjustment that he wanted. So it could be done in situ, and intonated to him. To where he visualised the pitches to be, unlined after all.

So by that logic, this bass may well be intonated where the OP wants it. I've experimented with various different ways of intonating a fretless, all have their merits. It may look wrong to you, but that doesn't make it wrong. 

Really interesting 👍

Very little to add as I haven't played in a tribute, except to say that in my experience of sound systems; having someone who knows the band well doing FOH is a good move.

12 hours ago, mr4stringz said:

A topic perfect for Muzz Skillings.

Agreed

I'm #18

I'm pretty sure #19 is the very slightly bemused Ms Stubette 🙂

On 14/10/2022 at 03:13, Downunderwonder said:

 

All options in one and mysteriously still for sale.

I've met the seller - he has really excellent taste in bass guitars. Definitely worth checking this one out I would say.

20 minutes ago, BCH said:

Wonderful gig @ one of our fav' venues All Saints church Shillington Saxon), most of the village turn up! Also they provide a hot meal...gig heaven...ha

 

 

A hot meal and an appreciative audience, that's what it all boils down to in the end!

8 hours ago, fretmeister said:

I’ve never liked rats.

Same

I've tried a LOT of them, I'm still not entirely satisfied. 

I'm currently using a combination of Le Bass, Hot Wax and a Darkglass B3k but am not getting what I want.

3 hours ago, ern500evo said:

My very early ABM500EvoRc decided to give up the ghost on me tonight, with a puff of smoke and the delightful smell of electrical burning, halfway through the first set of a gig. One stroke of luck, before the gig I was going to take my Darkglass Microtubes X ultra off my little pedal board and put my EBS Sheehan pedal back on but decided I couldn’t be bothered  to faff about. I don’t usually go through the PA for smaller gigs, but luckily I was able to use the Darkglass as a DI box to bail me out. 

Definitely worth contacting @Ashdown Engineering they are really helpful and can usually get you sorted.

That's really nice 👍

46 minutes ago, nekomatic said:

 

and also Ruth Goller of Melt Yourself Down and (very differently) SKYLLA

Melt Yourself Down have some very bass driven tunes. Excellent stuff 👍

I'm still tempted! The trouble is I don't think I have any pedals that you haven't already tried 🤣

38 minutes ago, Adey said:

There are some fantastic skinny string players too amongst the girls.

 

I saw Nita Strauss with Alice Cooper recently. Wow! She is a fantastic musician!

I recently discovered Minnie Marks - she plays guitar and foot drums and has an amazing voice too.

Awesome!

On 16/09/2022 at 14:11, stewblack said:

This is what it amuses me to call my whiteboard.

 

I was really impressed with the sounds you were making with this, obviously the playing was a big part of it but every time I heard that synth pedal it made me want one!

3 minutes ago, Linus27 said:

I think the first bass I bought was a Washburn Force ABT bass in red with the lighting crackle design on it. No idea what happened to it but I know I bought it from Andertons in the late 80's when they were in their original building.

 

I've also has a couple of Washburn AB20 acoustic basses. They were great basses but to me were a bit pointless if not fretless.

I've got a crackle red B20, and a plain (but aged) red B10 with a B20 neck and bridge.

My first bass I owned was a B2, then I had two B10s.

4 hours ago, Richard R said:

Whose little battery powered amp was this? I ought to remember but my brain's gone blank!

 

 

@Mottlefeeder's acoustic Ibanez 5 string sounded lovely through it. A perfect pair for backing up an otherwise acoustic set.

 

I have a feeling the amp is also @Mottlefeeder's