Stub Mandrel

I nearly went for the Epiphone Thunderbird, but my Embassy has the same pickups.

Not all blues musicians are equal, I have the privilege of playing with a very talented (and knowledgable) guitarist skilled way beyond his age. This is true of all genres of music.

Do it in stages: Learn the four strings: E A D G Learn the notes on the E string (register the pairs and these gaps): EF G A BC D E Now easy to navigate the A string (just the E string shifted up five frets): A BC D EF G A Now realise the D and G strings are just the E and A moved up two frets: D EF G A BC D and G A BC D EF G If you need a sharp or flat, it's never more than one fret up or down from one of those above.

I could bring my Thunder 1, but it sounds more like a Precision than any precision...

For once I entirely agree with @TimR - is it a Blue Moon?

I think many (most?) of us want to play music rather than earn money - I just want to cover the costs of rehearsals, travel and a great collection of gear... There are different audiences and different genres of music. I play in two bands, both playing genres of music I like, and except for two crowd pleasers (Dakota and Sex on Fire) all the songs are enjoyed by all the members of the respective bands. The BL of the blues band is also in a fairly successful and rising indie band - he says 'I don't really listen to that sort of music' and prefers playing the blues. My first priority is to enjoy the music we play, I'm not very fussy to be honest (because I enjoy learning unfamiliar material), but both bands I'm in focus on stuff I really like. We have no shortage of audiences or gigs...

I've had a thought... @scrumpymike - everything he owns unless he sells it between now and then @Rich - Shuker 5-string, something else (will toss a coin on the day), Genz Benz Shuttle 9.2, Barefaced Super 12T cab. @Kateplaysbass - Ashdown CTM-100 and LB212, Pawn Shop Mustang, medium scale ACG Finn, and maybe also ACG Recurve and Bass Collection 5 string fretless, since I'm thinking about offloading both of those @Woodinblack - Bongo, just to wind people up @Richard R - Brawley 5 string, as usual, HB 5 String thing with Roland hex pickup and V-bass COSM synth. @BreadBin - something interesting @chyc - a very nice double bass, an Ashbory Bass, GSS 06B400MKD combo, and possibly Warwick Streamer fretless, Sandberg Custom 5 with Delano XTender, Sandberg TT Marcus Miller rip-off, BC 110T cabinet, BC 112mk3 cabinet, Acoustic Image Coda @TRBboy - Frost Custom Basses PJ5 (my first build from scratch), Sandberg California TT5 Passive, possibly my customised Yamaha BBN5, Markbass Stu Amp 1000w, GR Bass GR 410+ (1200w, 4 ohm), a fairly unexciting pedal board 😅, & converted Trace 1x15" cab, if it's in a satisfactory state by then @Stub Mandrel - Joyo BadASS & PJB C2, American Vintage II 1960 Precision & Squier 40th Anniversary Precision for side by side comparison. Teisco/Kay Tulip for sh*ts and giggles. @obbm - '71 Jazz, '73 Precision, Sadowsky HPJ, Genzler Magellan 350, BF One10 x2, Pedals plus TBA plus raffle donation. @Chienmortbb Fender Aerodyne Jazz Bass, Sire Marcus Miller M2, Bugera Veyron. LFSys Monza Cabinet, Zoom B2Four.

On a related subject... basses that underwhelmed me (note, I may have tried duff examples, or you may have different preferences, so if one of these is yours, and you love it, please don't get upset}. Gibson EB3 Fender Aerodyne Jazz Fender Active Jazz Warwick Thumb (most unpleasant neck I ever held, the laminations had shrunk unevenly). Hofner Contemporary Violin Bass

If you decide to sell, message. That snd a genuine '62 fender would complete my collection...

I love them! Had a gig where one jack underwent 'rapid unscheduled disassembly' (OK it was over 30 years old) and the spare had an intermittent fault. So I replaced the dodgy jack with a Neutrik and invested in two top quality leads with neutriks on.

R******backer. I have no idea why.

Jazzturbation? I'll get my coat...

Lol, playing my 'flats' bass yesterday, left me inclined to answer "when the packet is open".

Very old setlist (1987) that I've shared before... it's in my albums. Spotted Strange Little Girl, which I remembered as being quite heavy sounding(!) perhaps that was how we played it back then? Anyway, listened to the original for the first time in ages and ages, it's ethereal and beautiful, and as you'd expect for the more sophisticated end of The Stranglers, JJ's bassline is exquisite. Between Ultimate Guitar (much of it totally crocked), BigBassTabs (structure right but some simplification and minor errors) and my own ear, I think I've got it down. What a corker of a song, and I can't imagine a greater contrast with Peaches, which I've been playing with the current band. Whatever happened to real rock bands (not progsters) who could put something heavy and something delicate on the same album (Sabbath, Uriah Heep...) Enough of my guff, wrap your ears around this...

Perhaps if I state "A high mas bridge increases sustain by using its inertia to reduce energy loss into the body" it would be less radical. However, this statement is not compatible with the manufacturer's claim of : "Extremely high wood energy transfer." My concern being that if one of their statements is nonsense, perhaps their other claims are dubious? There is a get out if, and only if: The high mass bridge has 'extremely high wood energy transfer' but loses even less energy from the bridge than a traditional bridge than the increase in energy transferred to the wood. No doubt someone will want to dance on the pin of how much more energy 'extremely high' is compared to what a standard bridge transfers.

They have use buy dates. You'll see healthy ones well past their date, and leaky ones with years to go and still in the packet.

If the nut-neck-body-bridge system is infinitely rigid, then it will not vibrate at all and sustain will be Determined by the extent of other losses. If the nnbb system is highly resonant, energy from the string will be readily dissipated into it (e.g. acoustic instruments). Note that many acoustic instruments have excellent sustain and produce a long note using only energy sapped from the string. I estimate acoustic guitar at <<0.1W. Presumably energy lost into an electric instrument is the tiny power generated by the pickup (peaking around a mW by my estimate), a tiny amount of sound energy and the rest is heat. Perhaps the energy lost into the body isn't especially significant. However, the fact remains that a high mass bridge can't increase sustain by sapping energy from the string.

If 100% of the energy from the string goes to the body, then the string will stop vibrating. Total damping.

Duracells are not what they used to be... Search 'Duraleak' on Facebook 😞

I saw Lee Aaron at Reading Rock in 1983. She seems to have changed a bit... 😁

You need a pair of these.

Well it could be considered rude not to let a host of prospective buyers see the Jabbas...

@scrumpymike - everything he owns unless he sells it between now and then @Rich - Shuker 5-string, OLP/Jaydee fretless 'Ray, Genz Benz Shuttle 9.2, Barefaced Super 12T cab. @Kateplaysbass - Ashdown CTM-100 and LB212, Pawn Shop Mustang, medium scale ACG Finn, and maybe also ACG Recurve and Bass Collection 5 string fretless, since I'm thinking about offloading both of those @Woodinblack - Bongo, just to wind people up @Frank Blank - Short scale Jabba_the_gut fretted and fretless basses, QSC K12.2, Grace Design Alix. @Richard R - Brawley 5 string, as usual, HB 5 String thing with Roland hex pickup and V-bass COSM synth. @BreadBin - something interesting @chyc - a very nice double bass, an Ashbory Bass, GSS 06B400MKD combo, and possibly Warwick Streamer fretless, Sandberg Custom 5 with Delano XTender, Sandberg TT Marcus Miller rip-off, BC 110T cabinet, BC 112mk3 cabinet, Acoustic Image Coda @TRBboy - Frost Custom Basses PJ5 (my first build from scratch), Sandberg California TT5 Passive, possibly my customised Yamaha BBN5, Markbass Stu Amp 1000w, GR Bass GR 410+ (1200w, 4 ohm), a fairly unexciting pedal board 😅, & converted Trace 1x15" cab, if it's in a satisfactory state by then @Stub Mandrel - Joyo BadASS & PJB C2, three or four hopefully 'interesting' basses.

How do people cut and paste the list without losing the username links? Are the links needed?

I struggle with flats. I lije to be able to feel the frets under the strings withou needing a grip like Jeff Capes.