EssentialTension

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1441554034' post='2859744'] Thing is, having that early perspective is like being in at the start of anything. You know what things were like before it started and then the situation rolls away and it's like - er - being on a bus and you can see what's happening out the windows as you go along the way and you know where the bus has been because you got on at the bus station rather than further on along the road at the bus stop by the abbatoir, say. But if you're waiting for the bus further along the road you only ever see the [i]front[/i] of the bus coming towards you while you're waiting at the bus-stop by the abbatoir and then you get on the bus and you only see what's happening out of the windows [i]after[/i] you get on the bus but you don't know where the bus has been and you don't what it was like on the bus before you got on the bus at the bus stop you did. I can see how that might give one a kind of perspective. And wisdom. [/quote] But what if it's one of those circular buses like the number 11? It doesn't matter where you get on because the bus always goes all the way around and around and around and around and around ... a bit like this thread really.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1441483512' post='2859214'] I love the internet. [color=#ffffff].[/color] [/quote] Outrageous.

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1441470687' post='2859108'] ........... whereas I could be biased having seen them 36 times over ten years. [/quote] I never counted how many times but I saw them when they were The 'N Betweens, when they were Ambrose Slade, as fresh skinheads called Slade (with the Northfield Mob after them because, of course, they weren't real skinheads) and actual Slade ... but many times around Birmingham and environs between about 1966 and 1972. Slade were a great band but I don't really get how you could be a Slade fan and not get The Beatles unless it was merely a rejection on principle of the previous generation - which would not be unusual. I'd be extremely surprised to find Slade not being big fans of The Beatles.

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1441387887' post='2858586'] Making the trombone cool since 1977. His simple yet effective solo in A Message to you Rudy is always good for a bit of air trombone. [/quote] Rico was recording from around 1958 in Jamaica.

... and I believe [i]Merry Christmas Everybody[/i] features John Lennon's harmonium (borrowed from the next studio) on the opening chords. Which proves .... nothing at all.

Not my cup of tea but at least it is less likely to fall over.

[quote name='jazzyvee' timestamp='1441446700' post='2858926'] yep that's what I've always done and I'm amazed at the number of players who don't do that and they leave loads of windings on the peg too. [/quote] I'd say as long as they do not overlap then more windings on the peg is very good; especially with flat Fender style headstocks.

[quote name='the boy' timestamp='1441442646' post='2858878'] It would be interesting to see if blue "gets" monty Python. He was certainly there. I was there but I never got it. Maybe I'm thick and it all went over my head. [/quote] Of course, Python were only influenced by The Beatles. They were comedy when The Beatles do it. No influence at all from The Goons, from Edward Lear, from Max Wall, from Round the Horne, from TW3, from Peter Cook, from Bernard Montgomery, etc. etc. etc. and just in case anyone thinks I am serious ...

[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1441441575' post='2858864'] [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NS7Gkv4NNA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NS7Gkv4NNA[/url] [/quote] Ah, yes, Monty Python, The Beatles of comedy.

I recommend the Terem Quartet ... [media]http://youtu.be/msedLtGEgrk[/media]

I forgot to mention that ... 7 The nut may need some attention or even replacing if it's cut very badly. Mine was fine. 8 High frets may need filing down. Again mine were fine.

And ... [url="http://bassvi.org/index.php"]http://bassvi.org/index.php[/url]

[quote name='jazzyvee' timestamp='1441320409' post='2858002'] I have a bass that I use exclusively for reggae and the round wound strings on it are around a year and a half old. That is an unusually long time for me to keep strings on a bass but I wanted to see if I got a warmer more mellow tone over time for the genre with old strings. However, last weekend I played a gig with the bass and whilst the strings were in tune in the open position there were a number of places on the bass, more noticeably 7th fret and below, where the notes sounded very slightly off pitch and as a result I found myself bending the strings to pitch during some of the songs. I checked the tuning during the gig and the open strings stayed in tune all the way through the gig. I've recently got some Elixir's so will most likely put them on the bass and check the intonation before the next gig. But I just wondered if it's normal for older strings to lose their pitch along their length. [/quote] There are two possible solutions. 1 Get newer rounds but play over the fingerboard, with sponge under the strings at the bridge, and then EQ them appropriately. 2 Flats.

[quote name='howdenspur' timestamp='1441407817' post='2858772'] Hi If you don't get an answer here and if you do Facebook, it would be worth checking the Bass VI group there. A lot of knowledge and experienced owners. Rod [/quote] Also, [url="http://offsetguitars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=71490"]http://offsetguitars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=71490[/url]

In my experience, you'll need to do (at least some of) the following: 1 New strings - La Bella or Kalium. The 84 E string is never going to work properly for intonation or tone; you need to get into the 90s or even 100s for the E string. ESSENTIAL 2 Get a locking tremolo - the standard Fender Jaguar one fits. NOT ESSENTIAL 3 Replace the bridge - there are other possibilities but my preference is the Staytrem bridge, turning the bridge around helps but not enough , in my view. PROBABLY ESSENTIAL 4 Shim the neck - it took me three goes at shimming before I got the correct bridge height and break angle - the bottom of the bridge needs to stand roughy 1/4 inch above the thimbles and this will not happen without a typical 1950/60s Leo Fender neck shim. For the shim use ordinary business card; there are instructions on how to do it here on BC if you search (as well as on Youtube). ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL. 5 Set the neck relief, action, intonation in the normal way. ESSENTIAL 6 Remember this is a 1960s design (based on a 1950s design) for fast mass production; its engineering precision (pun intended) is not up to modern standards but that doesn't mean that it can't be made to work. ESSENTIAL Here's mine ...

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1441399966' post='2858719'] ... That's a CIA black ops safe-house. ... [/quote] Ah yes, didn't the men from U.N.C.L.E. hide behind a dry cleaning shop?

It's worse than you think ...

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1441383827' post='2858549'] Always good to have an alibi. ([i]I saw you on the grassy knoll[/i] ) [/quote] There weren't no grassy knoll guvnor ... see for yourself ...

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1441383133' post='2858540'] ... Anyway, like most people of my age, I remember exactly what I was doing when Kennedy was assassinated. I was leaning out of a window in the Texas Book Depository with a carbine in my hands. [/quote] Funny that, but I was in the Cooperative record department buying The Beatles new second LP [i]With The Beatles[/i] that was released that day.

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1441354190' post='2858129'] Davey Jones capered about holding a bass when he wasn't playing maracas. Not too sure he was playing it though! [/quote] How can you doubt he was playing it? [media]http://youtu.be/sUzs5dlLrm0[/media]

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1441222098' post='2857115'] ... This video has given me melodica gas ... [/quote] My son's band feature regular interludes of [i]dub pipe[/i] or [i]Jah pipe[/i] (as they like to call it). It is a great and effective but cheap little instrument.

OK thanks for that.

I like the melodica entrance.

It seems, oddly, that McCartney didn't get it even though he was there. Talking about the [url="https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Night+That+Changed+America%3A+A+Grammy+Salute+To+The+Beatles"][i]The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles[/i][/url],McCartney said: [quote] "At first when I was asked to do the show, I was wondering if it was the right thing to do. Was it seemly to tribute yourself? But I saw a couple of American guys who said to me, 'You don't understand the impact of that appearance on the show on America.' I didn't realize that." [url="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/28/grammys-beatles-salute_n_4679512.html"]Source[/url][/quote] It appears that being there wasn't enough. This is a USAdian experience and is not merely about age. I was 12 but I wasn't there because I was watching Sunday Night at the London Palladium instead ... and Thank Your Lucky Stars and Ready Steady Go etc.

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