Stub Mandrel

I want to be able to play more of this than just the intro and chorus 😞

Shabby Chic.

That kind of feels as if Not the Nine O'Clock News did speed metal...

Thin polyuerethane rubber gasket, some basses come fitted with one.

Most basslines seem to be one or the other. For example the typical blues-rock bassline tends to use notes in the key associated with the current chord, typically by moving a riff around following the chord changes, but even if it has a lot of variation or uses the blues scale etc. (e.g. Can't Get Enough) On the other hand 'non-bluesy' walking lines seem to stick to the original key as well as fitting in with the individual chords (e.g. Sunny Afternoon).

I saw a blue metallic J yesterday and thought of you 🙂

Send for the immodium! Ricky's got the pentatonic runs!

That would explain the 'Gibson' style spacing...

There's no better way to learn than from other musicians. Even rote copying improves your technique, and it's hard to not to improve your understanding of music by doing so. I'm sure my technique and improvisational skills have come on in leaps and bounds since I've been learning lots of covers.

If you want to understand the theory, it's probably just as important to understand where the notes are in the key the song is in as well as where they are in the chord. So, playing a D over a G chord in the key of C. So the 'D' is the 5 of the G chord, but the II interval of the key.

I can do that! But I'm no Jaco... just long fingers 🙂 But I don't compete with other bass players, I compete with myself!

Are Gibson trademarking a new Guitar Power Pose? How long before they decide that standing legs akimbo with your instrument angled upwards is an infringement?

No, they've just sat together in my mind for decades for some reason. Perhaps it's just the melancholy mood and droning style.

Rumour has it that Gibson have backed out of suing Guild and Gretsch for their use of tha capital letter G. Instead their lawyers have filed a suit against Nestlé, quoting Golden Grahams., As these can be more easily be confused with a gold top Les Paul.

There's a world of difference between Oysterband & June Tabor and some angst-ridden teenage singer-songswiper.

No, it's really good. And I love the original. P.S. does anyone else detect a similarity between Love Will Tear Us Apart and Is Vic There by Department S?

I've been practising with a 250 modern Fender Bassman head into a 4x10 fender/eminence cab. Last practice I also wired up the matching 1x15 cab and was astonished at how much louder it became. Last Saturday I did the gig where this amp was the backline. By gum it was LOUD and nowhere near turned up, had it turn right down to let the PA and monitors carry the load. I can't imagine ever wanting more power on stage than that 250W stack.

De-nibbing. As any fule kno.

Only if Bruce Dickinson is semi-pro because he flies airliners and runs an aircraft servicing company on the side.

Note the starfleet shaped scratchplate...

I bow to your greater knowledge, but such things are very subjective and despite being a major HW fan it made me think of the Dead.

More than a hint of the Grateful Dead in this, to my ears.

It will stop them seizing again, but you need a penetrating oil, heat or rust remover to free them up.

We covered two of Bob Marley songs the week before last, including Redemption Song. But we did have a Jamaican singer, and the second one (One Love) was an impromptu encore her family and most of the audience joined in 🙂

Actually regurgitated stomach acids ought to be a really effective rust remover...