Stub Mandrel

This is a great fun one to play but I can't imagine trying to do the organ part as well!

It's becoming the new Sex on Fire... I prefer this version:

I suspect enough for it to be put to one side a decade ago... then refound and donated without being checked. At least I got ripped off by a good cause...

Oft said. Curiously my Fender Performer (a 4 although legend says a 5 prototype was made) which has 16mm string spacing was made specifically to appeal to a burgeoning market for 'slap' basses.

I can barely see it! The chameleon bass... 😁

Arguing about preferences vs. playing your bass

Just remembered I have tail end of an amazon gift card, with black friedegg I just got a metronome for £3.54.

My Blackstar one has a basic drum machine built in. Only a handful of patterns but more inspiring than a metronome.

Don't forget, it anglicises as 'godzilla'.

Flats v. Rounds? Frets v. Fretless? Active v. Passive? P v. J? Bongo v. Toilet Seat?

Shhh... that's my achilles heel.

And a ranje switch...

Nowt stranger than folk...

In pedal terms, flanging is done by time shifting one copy of the signal, phasing is done by applying a frequency dependent phase shift to one copy. Flanging sounds much more in your face as a harsh shifting comb filter across the whole range of frequencies, while phasing tends to more smoothly accentuate/cut a broader band of frequencies.

Very much this. Though one potential advantage is with twin pickup basses - being able to mix them onboard without the crosstalk of passive mixing. Although that interaction is part of the sound of some basses and not all onboard preamps used with passive pickups do this. Edit: SOME but not all actives (e.g. my Hohner Jack with EMG licenced pups) have a weak passive signal due to low impedance pups. My Sire seems to have a better passive signal but still not as hot as a typical P. This means the active/passive comparison for an individual bass doesn't always equate to comparing two active/passive basses of similar configuration.

Blind Bass Tony was a little known blues artist from downtown Chicago in the 1930s and 40s.

It seems the 2007 model is digital and plays sampled sounds. Looks like the chip is decoding key presses wrongly. I can't find any shorts or see corrosion.

The 2007 reissue doesn't use a discrete resistor ladder, instead the 'keys' appear to go to an on board chip: Not my photo... I dont know what goes on inside the black blob, could be a resistor network or a custom chip.

This.

NECRO-THREAD ALERT! I got a stylophone in a charity shop. The batteries had died unpleasantly but I cleaned it up and replaced the positive wire. But it's doing odd things. The notes don't all come out as the correct note. Not tuning errors. Black notes in brackets: A (A#) B C (C) D (C) C# F (F#) G (G#) A A# B (C#) D (D#) E Except sometimes notes swap, especially if you go back and forth. Sometimes they are way out. It's not like shorts between two keys making them the same - more like it detects the actual key but assigns the wrong pitch. Any ideas?

Bob Moog was on record as saying his name rhymed with vogue.

I have three fivers and long fingers, which suggests I prefer five? With big hands I have no trouble playing one finger per fret up to the nut, and I actually find the extra string feels clumsier and makes muting harder (I tend to mute with fingertips not palm which limits the number of digits available). Also, I find I can play four without looking at the fingerboard as often, it's essier to get lost on a five (that said I can (debatably) play guitar with six...) They are also heavier and feel clumsier. So why five at all? Obviously if you want the low notes, but for most songs they are just a novelty like using an effect pedal (exceptions in our repertoire are Gasoline by Audioslave and even Devil Woman which benefits from a drop D). Then there's the 'easier to play' argument. I found playing Pressure and Time with multiple fills in Fm easier on a five... then the band decided to play it in Em. Finally the 'different options' argument. Well virtually all I play was originally played on four. Using a five for blues rock is fun as you do find yourself going down or across instead of up, five string is oddly suited to blues progressions. You can do a much more solid job in D. But it does feel gimmicky at othe times - I probably only use low B or C a handful of times in a night. Really though it's all down to personal preference, I like the way five makes you think differently but it IS harder, for me at least. It's just occurred to me that in the 90s I mostly gigged with two 24 fret basses. Now I mostly gig with fewer...

P.s.: It's a whoop of gorillas, professor.

Well a flanger is meant to simulate playing two tape recordings side by side and slowing one down by dragging on the flange of the tape reel. So do you pronounce 'flange*' as 'flanj' or 'flang'? *innately humourous word.