Stub Mandrel

I bought a fretless relatively early on, unlined, and found it surprisingly easy to play, I think being a finger-per-fret player makes it easier, as once you've found a position you aren't moving you hand up and down. I've tried lined and it makes you obsess about being in the right spot, without lines you relax (which improves things) and rely on your ears to tell you if you are out (which improves things even more). The other day I tried playing scales along each string, eyes closed. I made any tweaks necessary as I went but was pleasantly relieved to find myself finishing in tune with the first harmonic. I like side dots as if you make a big movement, you do need some landmark to make sure you start off close to in tune! In between ones are a nightmare. After a practice with the new soul outfit last week I got a text to say "Fretless bass was an inspiration. Thank you" which helps make it worthwhile 🙂

This what Carol King says, but to be fair that's from the fretboard, not fret...

Looking back, probably the Trace Elliot combo. The weight isn't a real issue with wheels fitted. Back in the day I used my 150W Laney and was always running it pushed hard to keep up. Now we aren't the loudest set of folks, but at todays practice I got asked to turn down. I was only on 1 1/2...

I've been thinking about how to rationalise my pedal board. Today I came to the conclusion that Fuzz and Distortion isn't right. I need overdrive as well.

According to the pedia of Wiki there's a style of compression known as 'motown style'.

Classy Croc? Or Posh Alligator?

You really gonna argue with him?

Yep, this is a great video. All our band are into Rory's music, and we've got Brute Force and Ignorance on the list 🙂

It's fascinating to compare how the intonation is set on the different basses on this thread!

Bring 'em all back, I say!

Those who avoid budget basses may be interested to note that the J74 he's chosen has an RRP of £329...

Wait until you get asked for Old Town Road 🙂

My compressor keeps it simple... too simple?

Indeed - I sent a question via his website yesterday: He included the bit from the programme:

I always fanciedthat my Hohner B2 made a passable stab at a Chris Squire sound.

Do you have a link? His sound on 'Beastie' is exactly the one I want to have. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhZMmyLqHHM Incidentally this is probably the bass before the Riverhead Unicorn in the show us your headless bass thread, anyone know what it is? Looks different from a standard Jazz.

Just an observation for the hopelessly lost... While distortion and signal processing pedals often sound good with one or more setting 'dialled', the typical compressor pedal is usually designed to give a usable general purpose result with all the knobs set at 12 o'clock so this makes an obvious place to start.

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