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    Enfield

    Beedster replied to dub_junkie's topic in Bass Guitars

    This was my other semi-Enfield (Fender neck)
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    Very few people play Rics, even fewer play FL Rics, this is a niche instrument by all standards. But yes, I'm surprised it's still here also. BTW I read somewhere that you should never have an odd number of FLs
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    Enfield

    Beedster replied to dub_junkie's topic in Bass Guitars

    It was a very useful experience owning it, being able to - to all intents - swap between basses mid song at the flip of a switch gave me a real appreciation for how the different tones sit and reinforced my thinking around the tone I love, essentially Precision. The fact that on the Fusion (the bass in the post above), the neck pocket is Fender fit was very useful as I was also able to try a lot of different necks, which further cemented my preference for all things Precision (the wider the nut the better). The basses themselves have Simms Custom Shop written all over them, that is, pure class at every level - design, engineering, finish, functionality, and tone.
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    If this had been around a couple of months back, it would have saved me quite a lot of hassle........... I still suspect a Jag would really work for me, but alas cash is short and I very much doubt this particular example will be around long, good luck with the sale @J66Bass
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    Nice bass 👍
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    Greg, perhaps we need to form a consortium
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    Enfield

    Beedster replied to dub_junkie's topic in Bass Guitars

    My ex, it was a stunning instrument, I sold it simply because I tended to use the Precision option only and already had a Precision fretless (and at the time sadly and unexpectedly found myself with funeral costs to pay). Not for the first time, if the option presented I'd probably buy it back given the flexibility would work well in my current band project 🤔
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    Enfield

    Beedster replied to dub_junkie's topic in Bass Guitars

    Glorious design and engineering, and the quad PUPs and switching between P, J, and MM are a great concept. Sadly I suspect the reality commercially was that given the option, most bassists prefer to have three separate basses than three basses in one.
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    I now have a hard case so am able to post this 👍
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    And don't underestimate what this will do to a Precision with flats either
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    Thanks guys, yes this is a decent piece of kit, in an ideal World it would be staying but I'm currently in - and thoroughly enjoying being in - a rather fluid musical project that requires relatively frequent change of gear (living the Basschat dream) and this preamp and really doesn't figure for the foreseeable future 👍
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    Until you had to carry it to the van
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    One of the most sublime moments I've experienced playing music was a small gig in a music room in Canterbury. The band almost outnumbered the audience, but the audience seriously out-qualified the band in terms of musicianship, several musicians, engineers, luthiers, and real music fans among them. It was a covers band with some originals thrown in, first track was Whole Lotta Love. I was playing my 4003FL through a Mesa M-Pulse 600 and two Bag End 1x12s. We arranged it slightly differently to recorded; the guitarist opened up with that glorious riff, singer sang a few lines, and then I came in with that iconic bassline. And f*** me did I get the audiences's (and the band's) attention. It was the first time I'd played the bass in anger and wow, it was a tone to die for, hard to describe but the blend of the presence of the back PUP and the lazieness of the front PUP, plus the lovely slow build of a fretless strung with tapewounds. Lovely, just lovely 👍
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    That's a whole Warmoth bass for about the cost of a Warmoth neck, quality 👍
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    It was a different form of heft
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    Agreed, as far as I'm concerned the only thing that a bassist should ever worry about is underkill, nothing worse than seeing some poor sod clipping the hell out of a 100w Carlsbro combo provided by the venue
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    Learning to read notation is a joy, and a profoundly liberating experience especially if up to this point you have been dependent on tabs. As mentioned earlier, tab tells you nothing other than where you put your finger, so is utterly useless unless you already know the piece well, in fact I often find it quicker to work out a bass part by ear than I do by tab. I'd say that some of the estimates re learning times above seem a little extended to me, with days of working from a score that has both tab and notation you'll start to recognise finger placement from notation (so you're already able to do everything that tab can do for you), and while the learning curve around timing of notes is more complex, it's an entirely logical system so you will no doubt catch on quickly, especially if you start with relatively simple pieces. Have fun 👍
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    In what way is the cab overkill? Weight, dimensions, volume?
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    That makes sense, also means he’d be playing the right positions for live (assume Bb) while rehearsing as recorded (assume A). But yes, a headf*** for a new player using the same sheets. A lesson to be learned
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    I get the impression that the tab you posted above is correct for Eflat tuning on bass but that the notation doesn’t agree with it
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    Bloody hard work and makes a DB bow feel so much easier, someone somewhere told me about it, I believe some players perform with them
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    Have you tried it on upright, quite a useful training tool
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    Is it not suggesting that Bb is the first fret on the A string or am I missing something?
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    Yep, you can transpose tabs, for example when playing a bass down-tuned by a tone 1 becomes 3 etc 👍
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    The problem of course then becomes that we can't get the gear we want, or we can't get it at the price we want to pay, r we can't get it as quickly as we'd like to get it! Music retail is an increasingly unforgiving space, I'd not want the pressure that must be present every day for owners and employees. I think that we on this forum should be slightly more forgiving of the likes of Anderton's, Bass Direct etc, they do a great job in supporting our collective and dopaminergic instrument and audio fetish 👍
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