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  1. Stub Mandrel
    Anything with Talman on it is far more lovely than its price tag suggests. I really hope they don't bring out a bass version of the TCM50 because I would have to buy one straight away:
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    Stuck on Apache for me. I was hoping to see Avengers Endgame for free...
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    Our drummer wants to do it, he complains most bassists slow down by the end - but he very kindly suggested he thought I could keep up!
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    If you ask me, the first post on this thread has been taken over by the spirit of Doris Stokes...
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    Most of the time when I was gigging regularly I used to have three basses and generally used at least two on every gig (one was fretless). There's a degree of showmanship to changing instruments, and it adds to the fun, plus different basses make me play differently.
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    A bit of digging suggests that in the 70's they used it for budget guitars and basses along Squier lines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Starcaster#Re-use_of_Starcaster_name Wiki says 'the basses were j-shaped' but the only example I've found is a p-bass: no wait! Plot thickens: But at best that one just has the neck plate...
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    Ver' pretty sir!
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    Makes me want to reach for the Stylophone...
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    Some of the HB ones get very good reviews. I prefer the look of the B30 to the B35, but one reviewer complains the strings on the B35 are too close together, I would probably prefer that! Sound a bit lacking in presence in the video here: https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_b_25m_acoustic_bass.htm The sample of the B30 sounds better. What surprises me is that there seem to be very few duds out there!
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    Err... 🙂
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    It's a strange Bitsa. The Fender Starcaster does exist, but that isn't one...
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    Funnily enough we were meeting last night to discuss our plans for world domination, and one of the things that came up was how little thought many smaller bands give to their live sound, especially how it works all together rather than as individuals.
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    Booked a slot, but tough choice, most of my basses have new-ish elites or rotos fitted. Just two which had new but unknown strings fitted when I got them.
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    And how could such a totally bad-donkey band end up so anodyne in penguin suits and doing the co-ordinated footwork when they started out like this?
  15. Stub Mandrel
    Err... wasn't Heinz well know for his (bleach) blond hair? I only see the shads...
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    Black Ash is making a comeback? Wow - I must be getting old!
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    The Planet Rock audience is pretty much a down the line 'classic rock' one, so don't expect John Mclaughlin in there... but it was an audience vote not just a list made up by the station (I'm pretty sure they would not have chosen most of those tracks). As a regular Planet Rock listener I was a bit confounded by the list. I get the feeling that there weren't a huge number of votes cast, resulting in some very odd inclusions and exclusion, there was some concerted pushing for a few bands. Would have liked to see Pearl Jam's 'Alive' in there (some argue it's derivative, I'd say it's full of nods to other guitarists). Also 'Like a Hurricane' - the best soundcheck ever... Some of the songs are really odd choices for the artists concerned. Last year they had a vote for the 40 best riffs of all time. Even the presenter (Wyatt) observed that some of the songs weren't actually riff-based... What really counted were the Friday Rock Show top-ten songs of all time countdowns of the early 80s 🙂 But I didn't vote so I can't really complain...
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    Go on then!
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    I do need to think hard about how much this bass will get used and for what. My experience is that I get that bass and its feel and sound decide its function; after last nights band meeting I think we need to decide exactly what we mean by 'unplugged' - is it a quiet version of the band or might it be me and the guitarist doing a lunchtime pot in a wine bar?
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    Trying one yesterday I was chatting to another chap and he suggested flatwounds as we both found the string handling noise excessive when amped up. I suppose it depends on what you want to do - bronze roundwounds might be ideal if you want to do acoustic folk, roundwounds might be better if you want more of a poor man's EUB sound?
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    Err... it's a strat?
  22. Stub Mandrel
    The designs I have seen for 'classic' Trace Elliot power amps are designs that would stand up fro good quality hifi of the time, with very low levels of harmonic distortion. I have no doubt the 'Trace Elliot sound' comes from their preamps.
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    Damn! Damn! Damn! Just discovered these: I've played one of the Talman semi-acoustic six-strings and it was gorgie!
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    My daughter's got a Crafter 6-sring (might be their budget brand) and it's not bad. Body depth is a thought. Thinking back the Tanglewood ones have plenty of projection but very thick bodies - also made the first fret feel a very long way away.
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    Any suggestions what this is? the 'folds' are placed so it is angled at about 10-15 degrees. Is it just a manufacturing defect?
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