Stub Mandrel

Why are gigs so long in the US? In the UK, two 45-minue sets plus few encores is normal.

Thanks to @Si600 I can't take it seriously very time you mention Panga Panga...

That one above is a baritone, but in standard Uke tuning. Not obvious from the pick is it has a lovely convex back, which is what made me like it.

It's quicker if you choose an original name. My business was page on in a month, and it's tiny... 🙂

Don't want to put a downer, but you do realise it's impossible to find either your website or YT channel? Try putting 'bass guitar review' into Google...

Easy to be too clever. Case in point - Higher and Higher by Jackie Wilson, as I have discovered.

Progfest or what? And Bob Fripp on violin!

Good luck Burke. My brother knows his son.

I've managed to avoid Corona today...

Aiee! TLRT famine!

All broad generalisations are wrong 🙂 You need to take the video in the spirit it's intended: "Young person hoping to make a living from music - don't assume it's just about getting enough work to be paid. If you want to be successful you need to..."

I can just look and that and see the lock mechanism would NOT take my 43kg TE...

Nice to nail it, but sometimes you can't. If it's complex, I generally learn the bones of it then add detail, but I get a lot of satisfaction from playing something spot on, especially a walking line. It also depends on genre. If it's the Faces or a Rory Gallagher song then why try and duplicate something the originals would have played differently every time themselves? Use it as a chance to develop my improvisation. Or circumstances, doing a gig on Saturday, mostly new stuff and styles for me. Acoustic, fretless (me) and vocals. Very few rehearsals and some songs I've only played once so far... some songs are totally improvised, some are in the spirit of the original, a few are by the book. I've learned up to the start of the second verse of Wherever I Lay My Hat and beyond that I'm 'in the style of' - going to be hairy as it's just going to be bass and vocals (am I scared - no I'm s***g myself!) *Ace of Spades - I've had to learn how to play bass chords, super fast, with a plectrum. I would never have attempted this and have now discovered the main risk is cramp! OTOH, doing a battle of the bands with the main band the week after. Eight songs, six of them we're aiming to nail*, one I simplified but I'm now adding in bits and for one I'm going to just have as much fun as I want as we'll all go OTT 🙂

https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/relationships/impressing-women-by-playing-instrument-does-not-apply-to-ukulele-20200210193359 MEN hoping to impress women by playing an instrument have been reminded it does not apply to the ukulele. Experts stressed that the ukulele should only be learned by people who genuinely love the instrument and not by those hoping to look sexy. Professor Henry Brubaker, of the Institute for Studies, said: “While there have been a few cases of male ukulele players succeeding with women, it is purely coincidental. The women were not aware that those men played the ukulele. “Indeed, many ukulele players go to great lengths to conceal their ukulele playing. For example if they are in a social situation and a friend says ‘Jim plays the ukulele’, ‘Jim’ will say ‘no I do not, that’s a lie’.” Professor Brubaker added: “Recommended instruments include the guitar, the bass and the piano. Even the violin and the harp could do the business, especially in the hands of an Irishman. “The only thing that comes close to being as bad as the ukulele is, of course, the trumpet.”

You could say it has it's ups and downs. But it doesn't.

🤩 To speed things up I've just emailed all my bank details direct...

Last night I was playingStand By Me (sorry!) on the fretless and it just felt wrong unless I played the major third distinctly flat (going by my finger position and my tuner). I've just checked and in just intonation a major third is about 14 cents flat compared to equal temperament, while the fourth is almost spot on. Does this mean that (a) I'm going to start listening to classical music (b) feel an overwhelming urge to start pulling frets?

Indeed. And every single band member has a 'Bev Bevan' haircut 🙂

Bet that was great acoustics...

We just left them out...

I'm shamed. I only have about 20-odd (including guitars, mandolins and Ukes)

Very William Morris!

Mornington Crescent!

I can manage that one 😁 How about De-da-da-da?