EssentialTension

Life's too short, walk away. Especially if singer and band don't even realise there's a problem.

Fender Mustang Bass, crafted in Japan sometime between 1999 and 2002, sporting a Fiesta Red finish and an aftermarket brown tort pickguard.

Yes, I think son regrets selling it.

My son used to have a Crafter SA-TMVS with a Kent Armsrong lipstick pickup, a piezo in the bridge, and an L.R.Baggs preamp. It was around £280 new in 2010ish. Bargain guitar.

It's a nine-year-old thread. The attached pics are probably long gone.

A (major or minor) third higher is common, e.g. Everly Brothers. Personally, I never got much beyond shouting in unison while playing the root note or walking fours. Good luck.

And it's both an Antoni double bass and also a Chinese cello.

Do you prefer not to use 'frets' because intonation should come from the player?

Straightforward dealings, Recommended.

Thanks Larry. I enjoyed the beer, hope you enjoy the book.

Do basswood Squiers sound like basswood EBMM Bongos? Just asking for a friend, obvs.

or The Beatles, or McCartney individually, or Ringo's drumming.

Matt Monro

Well, that's twenty minutes wasted. Basses that looked different but sounded much the same - a bad noise.

According to Jet Harris website, Diamonds was played on a Fender Jaguar ... https://jetharris.biz/jetsgear.htm - scroll down just over half way

Worth a watch for Shadows fans if you haven't seen it ...

The great Jet Harris was the first bass guitarist I was aware of.

Wouldn't the two pickup be a Fender Jaguar, like in this clip ...

The Turtles and ... The U.S. Teens featuring Raoul The Atomic Enchilada Howie, Mark, Johnny, Jim & Al Quad City Ramblers The L.A. Bust '66 The Fabulous Dawgs The Cross Fires Chief Kamanawanalea and his Royal Macadamia Nuts Nature's Children The Bigg Brothers Fats Mallard and the Bluegrass Fireball … … and Flo & Eddie

At the time rounds were taken to be new fresh and cool which in a certain sense they were - particularly the marketing of Rotosound Swing bass - such that there was quite strong peer group pressure to use rounds. The limitations of much bass amplification to compete with guitars and drums meant most of us couldn’t hear ourselves and the overtones of rounds may have helped with that. On the other hand I suspect many if not most professionals were still using flatwounds.

Hayman 4040 for me ... 1974/5

Thanks. I had forgotten about the red box and the low tension like TIs.