Stub Mandrel
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It would be interesting to see a video of several people playing the same short selection of pieces to compare their fingering styles.
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I can understand why people don't want to do a pinky stretch, it's using ring and pinky together I struggle to understand, as I find it unnatural/uncomfortable. I can see it's a necessity for double bass with long, taught, high action strings, however. I don't have any agenda to stop others doing it though!
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Hi @sprocketflup, roughly where are you?
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I have big fingers and can cover the first four frets 1234 no problem, certainly no stretching for 3, it just drops straight down behind the fret. Surely those with shorter fingers can just place 3 somewhat behind the fret?
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Serious question. Why use 124 on an electric bass. You don't need two finger strength , and even people with smaller hands should have no trouble covering three frets with 123?
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My brother and his partner invited me along to a planned meet up of some Budgie fans in Cardiff. Only one other turned up, but we all had a great chat, and she turned out to be the artist who designed this. Pretty impressive to fill Roger Dean's shoes:
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I like translucent blue.
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Just experimented with my new Embassy, which is a set-neck bass. I can even get an insanely high harmonic at the 11th fret, I can't even find it on any harmonic maps.
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Usually transparent laquer over the colour, or sometimes just a colour coat. Use very, very fine grade wet and dry or wire wool, and you should be able to matt it without taking the colour off. I did this once and it worked.
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Doesn't that immobilise your hand? my fingers would be too short to manage it, especially on the 5-string's wide neck I'd never reach the b string. Owning a fiver made me switch to floating thumb right hand damping .. bit of a revelation that as I'd never understood the need for right hand damping when I only played a four string. Edited 19 hours ago by NickA I'd be unlikely to use do it on my fiver, but for plodding away at a riffs that just use three frets...
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What a great way to present tabI had fun 'sight reading' it. No mishtakes, honest 😉
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When I switch from 1fpf to just using the first three fingers, I rest the neck in my palm and use my thumb to mute the E string.
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My Kay guitar has a stained fingerboard. Looking at the thumb rest, it's the original tug bar but has been moved (screw holes in pickguard) I can move it back. Perhaps fill the old holes with amber beeswax. Neck doesn't look laminated like the one in the video.
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Wow I think recognise several iof those places, is that near the canal behind the Custard factory at the start?
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What are you listening to right now?
Stub Mandrel replied to Sarah5string's topic in General Discussion
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I must be insane... I saw this on eBay, it didn't sell at £150 + £25p&p, but I offered the seller £100 all in and he accepted. Probably over the odds but hey... My understanding is it's actually Teisco not Kay. Unfortunately the pickguard has lost a few chips and that thumb rest looks odd, but it seems to be generally original and complete. Hope it survives the post...
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My brother has an original Jim Dandy it's great. I love the look of the newc pickup version. Retro-tastic.
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I can't see why his wrist and elbow go all over the place. I can't bear the idea of using anything other than my index and ring fingers when playing octaves.
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Update. Nut slighty adjusted, truss rod tweaked up a little, bridge raised a touch. Action now lovely and about 2/3 of the 'recommended' 5/64" 7/64". Really getting into it now. The sound is lovely 😍.
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Back in the innocent 80s, they sounded pretty good for single driver speakers with plenty of bottom end although I was only feeding them 10 - 15 watts each.
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Post your pictures, Lets see what you all look like.
Stub Mandrel replied to slaphappygarry's topic in General Discussion
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After extensive testing I am firmly of the opinion that every bass player needs at least one instrument with humbuckers on.
