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  1. Paul S
    And gone! Now traded, many thanks.
  2. Paul S
    [quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1427408089' post='2730159'] Happy memories of listening to this album when it was first released. This and Humble Pie, Rocking the Filmore are amongst my fave live albums. [/quote] Wot he said.
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    Still got bad GAS for a medium scale Jazz bass JB-63M in black or white. I'm sure one will turn up eventually. Of course I could always order a new one from Japan but that isn't the point, really. Thrill of the chase and all that. Silly GAS for a Squier Katana bass preferably in black. GK MB 500 Fusion, or whichever order those initials go in. MB Fusion 500 GK? Quite like the idea of a valve preamp again. All of which is pretty tame by some GAS standards. I must try harder!
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    Bump!
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    Given that my gigs seem to be few and far between at the moment, I have two on consecutive nights in different pubs in Burnham- on-Crouch. Which isn't remotely near where you are. Nor me, really.
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    I saw them at the Brooklyn Bowl at the O2 last year supporting Corduroy. What a good night [i]that[/i] was!
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    ta!
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    That was plan B if it didn't work out. I've got a rusty old needle somewhere and some drawing ink... The stand extends to 120cm according to the blurb. Mine is extended to 83cm (just checked) but I do think if it were a lot higher it would start getting wobbly as the tripod spread isn't huge. It all came down to where the bass is balanced, I think - and that's the gamble. It was a little tricky to work out as the bracket is offset slightly, and so you have to kind of extrapolate (first time I've used that word this year, I think) where the balance point would be. Gawd bless gaffa tape. I might remove the end-pin and see what effect that has - may make it top heavy, I don't know.
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    I did it to my B2A and, for such a small change, it improves the balance no end. It is still a bass that tends to play mind games with me if I haven't played it for a while. Headless, no body, 24 frets all conspire to make me want to play a couple of frets sharp until my head gets round it all again.
  10. Paul S
    That was a nice place to be in the 70s, I always thought. I had a great time. Didn't do much studying, mind you...
  11. Paul S
    OK, I think my plan has gone well. I bought one of these on eBay - a tatto arm/leg rest [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/371198615942?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT"]http://www.ebay.co.u...K%3AMEBIDX%3AIT[/url] And here it is on the bass: [attachment=187404:stagg1.jpg][attachment=187405:stagg2.jpg] I was worried when it arrived today that the whole thing seemed a bit flimsy but, once I got the balance point sorted out, it sits on the tripod quite nicely. You really have to move it some way before it starts to tilt. And the quick release bracket fits on a treat, straddling the large rout along the back and screwing nicely into good wood at the sides. It remains to be seen how long the tightening nut for the tilt lasts before I have to look more closely at it but, for now, it all seems to have worked out well. Compared to the Stagg stand, it is a lightweight, quick, easy to operate and rather elegant solution, I think. Cheap, too
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    [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1427195082' post='2726901'] I can't, but that's just me I think. [/quote] Not just you, I can't get on with a 5 string. I don't like wide necks very much. I could do with some extra low notes for a few numbers with my new band so will probably string one of my 'spares' to BEAD and risk venturing up to the dusty end if required. Back to the OP - 'need' - I am sure I have seen the word before but not entirely sure what it means.
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    Hi bigjohn - I should have said Katana bass, sorry. More pics. The line on the body that goes to the scratchplate is just part of the lacquer cracks you'd expect, rather than anything to do with what is going on with the inside of the horn. I am actually completely puzzled now. My explanation of forcing an oversized screw into the strap pin doesn't hold up to what is actually there. In some ways it doesn't actually look like a crack, more like something has dribbled down the horn (ooh matron etc ) Nothing on the outer edge whatsoever. No idea. Short of removing the strap pin and rubbing down the paint to see what is going on underneath, I don't think it is clear. [attachment=187383:mustangmaster3.jpg][attachment=187384:mustangmaster4.jpg][attachment=187385:mustangmaster5.jpg][attachment=187386:mustangmaster6.jpg]
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    Its not as bad as that, I will try to take clearer pictures tomorrow. There is a mark that runs along the body to the scratchplate, shown in the picture, but that is a line in the paint finish where the lacquer has started to form a kind of ridge and not connected to what is going on with the upper horn. One thing puzzles me - now I look at it closely again - if it was a crack made as I described then there would be evidence of the crack on the outer part of the body, and that is intact. The paint has not been refinished. Anyway, clearer pictures should help.
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    Wotcha got?
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    Time to move on my Fender Mustangmaster©®™ bass. I bought this a couple of years ago as a Fender Musicmaster, black with maple neck, rosewood fretboard. Pretty much all original and I didn't pay a great deal for it considering it is a pucker vintage Fender. Once I got it home I realised why it was cheap - I discovered it has a crack in the upper bout caused, I think, by someone trying to force an oversized strap pin screw into it. That crack had evidently been fixed a long while ago but not moved since. I decided to mod it - I had Howard (The Bass Doc formerly of this parish) rout out a bit to fit a Precision pickup into it - a Wizard Trad - with new scratchplate, KiOgon wiring loom and new knobs. Decided to rename it a Mustangmaster ©®™ due to its hybrid nature - sound-wise it is very much like a Mustang. Fairly lightweight at 8lbs, 38mm at the nut. 30" scale. Beautifully balanced on a strap. Fairly aggressive tone but capable of old school thump as you would expect. The rich colour of the maple neck is absolutely gorgeous - something you cannot fake. There are a few dings and scratches but nothing major and certainly nothing that affects the way this plays. The crack hasn't budged since I have owned it. I don't think it will but I make no guarantees - hence the stupidly low price. I am asking £350 collected from SS7, £25 for next day courier to mainland UK. Meet half way or possibly deliver for fuel costs if not far. bank transfer or no fee Paypal. I still have the original scratchplate that is still fitted with the original (stratocaster!) pickup, wiring and knobs - these are included in the sale should anyone wish to return it to its original condition and flog off the modded bits. Any questions, please ask. If you are local, or even if you aren't, and want to see it and try it you are most welcome. Consider some trades - wouldn't hurt to ask. Amps heads, lighting, passive mixer, Squier Katana bass, Fender JB-92M 32" scale jazz. Pics show it as it was when I bought it plus a couple as it is now - firstly Musicmaster [attachment=187345:musicmaster1.jpg][attachment=187346:musicmaster2.jpg][attachment=187347:musicmaster3.jpg][attachment=187348:musicmaster4.jpg][attachment=187349:musicmaster5.jpg][attachment=187350:musicmaster6.jpg][attachment=187351:musicmaster7.jpg][attachment=187352:musicmaster8.jpg][attachment=187355:musicmaster9.jpg][attachment=187356:musicmaster10.jpg][attachment=187357:musicmaster11.jpg][attachment=187358:musicmaster12.jpg] and as it is now [attachment=187353:Mustangmaster1.jpg][attachment=187354:Mustangmaster2.jpg]
  17. Paul S
    Speed GAS.
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    As far as I am concerned, Dairylea tastes much the same as expensive brie. What's more it is easier to spread. So my advice, totally unsolicited, is don't waste your money on brie when you can eat Dairylea. Brie is a waste of money. I think you'll find most bass players who ate brie now prefer Dairylea. I certainly do.
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    One of my bands plays, amongst other things, funky rock stuff. We do a few pacey numbers but mainly what we play is all about the groove - very laid back. Sounds like you might be looking for a similar feel? Just looking at some of the funkier stuff in our set list we cover: Cajun Moon, a JJ Cale track, in the style if Maria Muldaur. Nice and funky. Black Friday - possibly more rocky than funky but a nice groove. Spooky - Atlanta Rhythm Section. Hound Dog - split between a back-beat and shuffle. Down In Hollywood - Ry Cooder Long Train running - our own arrangement, kind of turns it inside out but works well. [url="https://soundcloud.com/spracks/long-train-running?in=spracks/sets/illegal-tender"]https://soundcloud.c.../illegal-tender[/url] Shaky Ground - Bernie Marsden - some nice rockier bits in that. Midnight At The Oasis - slightly more up tempo than Maria Muldaur but not quite Brand New Heavies. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - the Robben Ford version. Slow and soulful. Why Did You Do it - Stretch re-recorded this a couple of years ago for a reunion and it is a rockier version. Six Blade Knife - Dire Straits - nice groove. Breakdown - Tom Petty - again, nice groove. Favourite Shirts - Haircut 100. Frantic paced funk but with 2 x guitars and no horns it is a bit rockier. I wanted to do Funk #49 by Joe Walsh but when we tried it something wasn't quite right so it was abandoned.
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    It seems to me that discussion forums (fora?) have a limited shelf-life. The more successful they are the more they become victims of their own success - more members means a higher percentage of people that are prepared to have a pop at others and spend a lot of time saying not very much at all. The atmosphere (ethos ) changes, people leave because it isn't the same any more, leaving more of the noisy minority to remain - and so it descends into a downward spiral. I hang around mainly to both fuel and cure my GAS. I had exactly the same thing in a specialist 'sub-tropical gardening' forum I started in the infancy of the internet back in the late 90s. At first it was brilliant - back then exotic gardening was one of the coalfaces of horticulture and everything was new and exciting. Well, the Victorians had a decent bash at it but then everything was lost during the two wars. Some of the best gardening brains tuned in and we genuinely moved in uncharted territory discovering new plants, new uses for old plants - wonderful. Then slowly it became incredibly popular, the whole thing 'dumbed down' and became a chore. After 9 years I pulled the plug - but for some time afterwards I spoken of as the guy who shut down the forum, not the one who dreamt it up in the first place and kept it running. I just hope this place can either keep going in some form or another or, if the time comes, fall down naturally and gracefully.
  21. Paul S
    And now gone.
  22. Paul S
    [quote name='Donnyboy' timestamp='1427020149' post='2724678'] Are you me? [u]Or are there a few old/fat blokes?[/u] I had one too and thought it was cracking- sold it to a young skinny rock god type! [/quote] I get the feeling there are maybe one or two. There are certainly a lot of rock gods. At least, that is impression they give.
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    Dano Longhorn.

    Paul S replied to Maude's topic in Bass Guitars

    New member of the Danelectro Appreciation Society here. I recently bought a Longhorn and I absolutely love it. Love the way it looks, love the way it sounds, love the fact it weighs as much as a hedge sparrow's wing. The Dano sound can cut it in rock, funk, blues, anything 'old school'. Yet dial in more tone and increase the the back pickup in the blend and it has some real bite. Mine is black. On the strength of that I even more recently bought a DC9 in gold sparkle and it looks ridiculously camp - love it. I think a gold lamé strap would be interesting.... sounds similar but different.
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    I'm in 3 bands and for various reasons we are all rehearsing a lot. Two of them are now ready for gigs and starting to get some - we still rehearse to keep sharp. One band is still new and putting together the set. All the rehearsal spaces I use have PA supplied, so we use that unless we are road testing something before a gig. I have a BF Compact and Midget, always use both for gigging but rarely for rehearsing. I take whichever I feel like playing through at the time - if my back is playing up I'll just take the Midget. I rotate my basses and use whichever one I fancy unless I am trying something in particular out. Guitarists seem to vary - I play with 5 altogether and they all do different things. 3 drummers - seems consistent that if kit is supplied they will use that, if not they bring their own. Like a lot of people have already said, the idea is that we have all learnt our bit and the rehearsal is just making sure we can all do the right bit at the right time. Also, because we are a bit older, we need to practice our stuff regularly as we forget otherwise.
  25. Paul S
    Under 8lbs, 32" scale, black body, bwb pickguard, maple neck, passive with S1 switch. Anything else is icing.
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