Stub Mandrel

2 minutes ago, EssentialTension said:

But do you have the trousers?

I'm tempted by these:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mens-Bell-Bottoms-FLARES-Jeans-Trousers-Corduroy-Cords-Hippy-Paisley-60s-70s-NEW/292537426266?hash=item441c96e15a:m:mjXvAPT0hVckGeiQgoDZpHQ

Except I just blew a fiver on a new labcoat in anticipation of Hawkwind's 50th birthday tour 🙂

Asia.

<ducks>

2 minutes ago, KevB said:

Blind Faith were probably one of the early supergroup fails.

Commercially, not musically!

15 minutes ago, Misdee said:

Special Edition? Let's face it, EBMM  put out more "Special Editions" than Status Quo have done farewell tours. The fingerboard doesn't look quite right on a fretless,  and will not wear well over time, I fear.

But it's roasted....

1 hour ago, Cato said:

What's going on at the 10th, 11th and 12th fret?

Is that just decoration or is it some sort of cunning playing/learning aid from Mr Mandrel's youth?

I gave it to my brother, it's been lent to various people, one of whom added the stickers; he died and it was recovered from his effects and no-one can bring themselves to peel them off.

At the time I just accepted the bass as it was. Playing it now, it has a ridiculously low action, teensy frets and wide but shallow neck, P rather than J width. The bridge is very hefty and decidedly superior to a Fender one. Only played it through a little Line 6 practice amp last weekend.

It does seem to be the original pickguard as some (not all) the marks seem to match up, it's also a very odd shape as the steel plate is asymmetrical so a jazz plate wouldn't fit. I bought it new in about 85?

31 minutes ago, EssentialTension said:

With the Osmonds it ain't just the bass player ...

 

Just love that song.

But if you have dance skills like that, why waste them on imitating a crazed chicken?

A couple attached to very small 8-string basses.

1 hour ago, Reggaebass said:

😁

I think Action Man #5 has overdone his daily rum ration...

14 minutes ago, Teebs said:

BassChat

Some poor deluded soles don't understand what this forum is about and end up floundering around.

It's like why students feel teh need to get piercings, tattoos and dubious facial hair. They want to look as roadworn as us genuine boomers 🙂

@ped is right, it's marketing guff designed not to help you choose P or J, but to give you some rationale for whatever choice you make, which hasn't quite hit the mark and ends up damning with faint praise.

Steve Chambers  - a mate of mine.

17 minutes ago, Barking Spiders said:

These days I just can't get enough of Clutch, best rock band I've come across in aeons.

Argh!

I've been exposed to Stryper!

How's this for an extreme bit of fading, the two pictures are about 32 years apart, I was briefly reunited with the bass over the weekend. In contrast the wood seems to have become a nicer, darker colour.

On 19/10/2019 at 12:22, Delberthot said:

And there's more - yes really

 

Is that twerking...?

On 20/10/2019 at 10:18, dave moffat said:

Harvest Moon - Neil Young

Just learning that. Get the basics down (dead simple) : the extra bits, little runs, harmonics are fairly random... that's how I'm going to do them anyway!

1 hour ago, caitlin said:

I am glad of this thread because I realise I am working exclusively on dot to finger placement and I should be doing some interval audio work or sutin, certainly attempting to explore the difference between a minor chord and major one and probably a bit of flat 5 and add7 add9 because my ears are crap.

LOL! Been practising playing guitar accompaniment to some of my brother and SIL's songs. I much improved one bit but it took google for me to prove what I suspected - I was adding in a 13th chord 🙂

I din't mean dyslexics can't read music; I meant that if you can't read music despite trying and teaching you may be facing similar issues to dyslexics. There's a word for it - dysmusia and  it's thought that even some pro musicians have it.

It's not linked to other aspects of musicality, although it might stop some people from getting into music.

I sincerely suspect that I may be affected.

21 hours ago, Bassfinger said:

Conversely, I can't read tab to save my life.  I can see full well how it works but when I try my brain just won't grasp it.

I suspect we are 'equal and opposite'!

44 minutes ago, BrunoBass said:

He texted us earlier today, saying he wants to meet up. Apparently there are some personal things going on that he wants to talk about. We’ll see.

I'd got to 'I wonder if otehr things are going on in the drummer's life?' before I read that...

On 20/10/2019 at 11:35, bassfan said:

Where’d you get that! ?? Just been told our gig next week is Halloween themed.... can’t do this again.... The makeup runs. 😂🎃

Try a stuffed crust pizza instead, those thin and crispy ones always drip.

I got invited to waggle my knees like Dusty Hill.

I got an excellent deal on a 2nd hand bass in Guitar Guitar in Edinburgh,

Kenny's in Glasgow was pretty good too.

Anyone know if they sell Fender nylon tapewounds?

Three rules to walking basslines:

1. Play in key
2. Play in time
3. Play whatever you want without contradicting 1 & 2

In practice what you want to do is play a sub-melody that 'pushes' the song along, a good walking bassline should sound totally aligned to the song, It can be repretitive or not have any repetitve figures, its the acme of good playing because it's like playing an ace guitar solo but  has to stay grounded in the song not go off into the stratosphere.

Next week i'm playing an assortmment of istruments (bass, guitar, mandolin) with my brother and SIL for my sister in law's birthday, and depping a coupleof songs with my other brother's band on bass. Today went with B & SIL to the hall to check it out and we did a few songs, one of which I've never heard before, and they all went reall well:-)

Well I've come upto scotland to meet up with eh Tanglewood (and a large quantity of wine).

My brother who had collected it also has custrad of my very first bass, a Hohner Jazz,, which was un to meet again, it has tiny guitar frets and a wide neck so doesn't feel very jazz but the action is negligible and it plays great. The pickguard has faded so all the red has disappeared! The Tanglewoood is behnd me:

The Tanglewood was pure acoustic so i brought up an pickup whcih cost £9! from Indonesia. Clear that the action,like all tagelwoods was awful, A play wth the truss rod borught it down nearly 1mm, but I cut another 2.5mm off the bridge (allowing for teh piezo pickup) and all is now lovely. Not a buzz but low action. the bargain tuner/5 band EQ works absolutely great. It was traumatic drilling and hacking holes all over it! £400 guitar reduced to scrap in minutes 🙂

But my bro hoovered the sawdust out, I added a second strapbutton for my Chowny (R) elephant strap and its absolutely wonderful to play and hear! 🙂