Richard R

Welcome aboard! Yep, nice bass. Learn to play the instrument you have, and in a year or so you will have an idea of what else you might like to try. For example I assumed I would prefer narrow necks, but the bass I play is nicknamed "Queen Elizabeth" as you could land an aircraft on the fretboard.

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I've enjoyed this thread, @JapanAxe. I don't really understand the implications of the in-and-outs, but it's been interesting. And if I ever do need to understand valve amplifiers, I know who to ask.

What is it? Is there an NBD post? My daughter says the fretboard looks like the swirl cakes she makes for friends' birthdays, but I assume it isn't chocolate and vanilla?

My apologies! I blame the tiny profile pics and my aging eyes. The only vote was in favour, so I guess you're in with 100% of the vote. Unless @bassfanoverrules.

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Blast! Not fast enough!

Luke Jackson is supporting Fairport on their current tour (sadly interrupted for a week as they have covid in the tour party). This is the tale of a young Canterbury farmer offering the object of his affection a lift home.

In this case replace the volume knob with an on-off rotary switch though, so it looks the same and is easy to put back. And get an amp that goes up to 1/-.

I'm wondering if we should allow this one. 🤔 It was an altruistic purchase, it's not bass-related and it's not in the signal chain (especially if @lozkerrcan't play it). Do we let him back in?

I thoroughly enjoy this thread. More for the torture of logic and reasoning than anything else 🤣

Welcome aboard! We hope you have a nice time too. 👍

I understand completely what you mean about funerals. I work from home, can flex my time, and live close to the church, so I am first call for sound and livestream duties for mid-week funerals. Too many last year and it does get draining, I certainly couldn't play repeatedly at them. I'm now less burned out than I was. We have stable tech across the board, almost enough trained people to run it, and the band I do FOH sound for wants me to play bass. I can hand FOH duties to the person who first taught me the ropes and actually play regularly. Last week I was actually happy with my playing on 4/5 songs!

Want to confuse your bowels, or possibly sent a cheap guitar through the post? Use these:

Fairport UnPegged were both interesting and superb, as was the support. It would be good to compare notes with @Stub Mandrel who saw the full band last Friday, but I don't want to clutter up this thread. Is there a "concert reviews " thread? If not then I'll start one.

A hat and/or a gilet. I've had cold hands and Reynard's since my teens and get stiff hands or white fingers at the slightest trigger. While gloves and hand warmers work well, I found that by far the best thing is to keep the rest of me warm. If the body is warm then it doesn't pull the circulation from the extremities to try to reduce heat loss.

Good news: Fairport Convention, in about 15 minutes, as I'm in the bar during the interval before their set. BAD NEWS! Before the show the band said that Dave Pegg tested positive for Covid this morning, so is not playing. So they've had to work out a new set of old songs they can play without him.

I see what you mean, it's "nearly but not quite..." Maybe if the body was as-is, but the neck was the colour of the lighter wood on the body and slightly reliced. That would maybe tie it together better?

Following with interest!

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Welcome aboard! Pro drummer?

Welcome aboard! Lots of TC users. Rummage around the Amps and Cabs forum and see who you meet.