Bassfinger

Aye, I think tung oil will be the way to go. As aforementioned, I may dye the top first, but will wait to see what the wood grain is like before making the final decision.

Well, mine will be screwed - and glued - together. I also ordered the wood glue they recommend, and I have a fine assortment of clamps and hammers. Due for delivery between 1521 and 1621hrs today...right when Im out doing the school run (or the school walk, as I walk the 3/4 mile into the village and back).

A josh, but a serious point behind it. This ain't my first rodeo, and it will be inspected closely the moment the box is opened before progressing further. Any problems and back it goes, but I'm hoping das ist gud. And it's due for delivery tomorrow. Ding dong!

I fancy building another bass, a slow burning rainy day project. Sadly, I have the woordworking skills of Reg Prescott (younger members should chuck the name into Youtube to see what I mean). So, after a week or somof perusing I went for one of these, and ordered it last evening... https://guitarkitfabric.co.uk/bass-guitar-kit-rickenbacker-rosewood-7141269436391-en.html Plan is to use the body and neck, but fit moderately decent tuners, Allparts Ricky bridge, and maybe ditch the Jazz bridge pickup for a Retrovibe Ricky style item. Im considering using a blue dye and then giving it a deep, satin tung oil finish. However, any ideas, thoughts ior guidance appreciated. So waiting for the kit to arrive - word is this place ships pretty quick - then I can get jiggy with the build.

I do half an hour from the setlist, and half an hour of whatever takes my fancy. Even when I was working it wasn't unknown for me to be awake in my hotel room at 2am with the Hofner Shorty and Tascam bass trainer doing my hour. Bass is what I do, and aside from the safety and wellbeing of my family theres nothing more important to me, so thats the sacrifice I sometimes made. Now I'm retired I walk Mini Bassfinger to school, take a loop back round my fields with the dog, then straight away do my hour. Its rare im not done and dusted by 1015hrs. The good habits of successful people...

They seem to have found a balance between profitability, income, and the level of grief involved in running a business, and seem content to stick with it. Much like Morgan cars. It's not for me or anyone else to disctate otherwise. In any case, start changing the formula and the product, the end result, will inevitably change in some manner and there's never a guarantee itnwould be for the better. Leave it as it is.

I don't know about you chaps and chapesses, but I find the band members that moan about others, that are the most critical of their bandmates, are usually the ones who invest the least time in practice and are the most prone to dropping major musical clangers on stage. I prefer do my hoir a day minimum, then turn up and keep my trap shut, let my fingers do the talking.

No cake puns yet? You lot are losing your touch.

He did indeed, as it made it less demanding to both play and sing. Never really used to rate JD, but in recent years ive payed more attention to his composition and technique and would say hes a top flight all round musician. Just a shame hes not in the game any more. Queen II is my fabourite, and he an May bounce off one another brilliantly.

Ive tried drumming, but never got anywhere with it. I can - badly - play keyboards, basses and guitars of all flavours, mandolin, a bit of trumpet/cornet, harmonica, but struggled with drums. Not being any good at it immediately I never bothered continuing! To my poor brain anything other than a very basic, standard, even number timing felt like patting my head and rubbing my tummy at the same time. You either can or you can't, and i just can't.

I got bolt ons, set neck snd through neck basses on the fleet, and the architecture of the neck structure would seem to have minimal, if any, real effect upon the sound or playability. Of all the attributes that people claim for through necks I have bolt ons that are better in those areas, and despite being far from the most virtuoso player to walk the planet I have zero issue with high fret access with any of them. It's a real non concern for me. With all the death, disease snd anguish in the world the nature of neck fixing is way down there with which is the nicest bath plug.

Have you considered changing the thread title to "Which is the one true religion?"

Did up to Grade 8 classical guitar as a teenager and grade 2 piano but never had any bass training.

Black Sabbath, N.I.B. May as well lock the thread now.

Once a song has been written, even if you composed it yourself, then every time you play the thing its a cover. Unless you're talented enough it compose or improvise a new set of tunes every single night then its unavoidable. Just ask Ronnie Wood after hes Played Jumpin' Jack Flash live for the 80th time in 3 months...

Im the same with condoms as well. Gotta test them for fit at rhe chemist. Sandra on the till is very patient.

I take a second bass rather than spare strings. Beyond that our 2nd guitarist is an electric engineer and loves nothing more than inspecting and servicing the noise making gear, so we've a very high confidence that it will function.

Nothing.

I pack an extra condom, and im good to go.

I wouldn't buy a new bass from anywhere but a shop. Thats the only way to be sure that the exact instrument I receive weighs, sounds, and is finished exactly as I want it. It ain't worth trying to save 30 or 50 quid on a £1000 instrument if you can't hand pick the very best example.

Best to cover all bases and have one of each. Or more.

A brave attempt at an insteumental version of one of the most iconic songs of all time. Somehow it works.

Gigged with mine last week. The tone is brilliant for live work.

Summer of '69. I hate it. Its treacly and horrible, and has all the musical merit of a doorbell. I feel like shouting "I was only one effing year old in the summer of '69." Yet the crowd love it.

I wash my hands before playing, and I wipe my strings down with a slightly moist microfibre cloth after every session. They never suffer a grunge build up, and don't risk breaking from being released from tension and re stretched.