rwillett

Half term hits everything, what’s worse is that different parts of the country have half term at different weeks, so the impact of it lies a week before and a week after as well as half term. Also many orgs have their holiday year from April 1st to March 31st so people take even longer off at half term. Feel free to mutter in the corner Rob

I had joined a local band just before Xmas. Well when I say band, we had a good drummer, a very good singer and then me. I moved back to the skinny strings as it didn't really work with just bass, drums and a singer, but that was fine. I just wanted to have fun. We'd agreed a couple of up tempo jazz and blues covers to get going. Two sessions later, singer pulled out citing too much stuff in her life and somethings had to go. These things happen. So the drummer and myself had a session to try and work out what to do. She can sing, I didn't try as my voice dropped eight octaves when I was about 12 and hair appeared in odd places. We messed around with some covers, didn't really work, so I suggested she choose a beat/tempo she likes on the drums and I'll jam something, anything but it'll probably be blusey in nature 😊 Well 45 mins later, I put the guitar down, she put the sticks down and we smiled. We actually played properly as a duo. We clicked on timing and it just worked. I wouldn't quite say it was Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton at the Albert Hall but I thought it sounded great. We were tight and just knew when to start and finish. I suspect most other people who play in a band think I'm wittering on, but I was over the moon. It's been a loooong time since I've played with anybody and this felt great. I'm going to try and write something original so we have 3-4 songs that we can sing or more likely she can. AI technology has not moved fast enough to make my voice sound good, perhaps another ten years or so. I know many of you play gigs all the time but for me, this was a big step forward. Rob

Did they charge you? I thought they stung people £20 for this service.

As it was immediately relisted, I'd go with fake bids. Given his description as a "liar and a crackhead", adding in scammer to this seems quite easy. I think you dodged a bullet here TBH.

The chords are dead simple and its entirely possible I am overthinking it. Its 'just' E, A and D. The damping is pretty key to it but I'm just struggling to get it right. To me it's about less rather than more, but it doesn't sound right yet. I'll probably get it and I'll go "Ah!" thats what I'm doing wrong. Got 45 mins on a massive Teams call with 400+ people so might just practise quietly in the background (Mic is off). Thanks Rob Rob

Black Velvet - Alannah Myles Turn the Page - Bob Segar Hollywood Nights - Bob Segar - Bass and rhythm guitar. The rhythm looks dead simple and (to me) is really subtle and complex. Spend a few hours and still can't get it right.

Been there and done that

I like the patchwork one, I'm sure thats not the right name for it, but I'd love a guitar like that. Mind you the top one isn't too shabby either. Rob

I'm sure its not that at all (No I'm not)

I wonder why I struggled to understand what I was listening to Now I have a recommendation, I'll try that one. Perhaps we need a dedicated ToneX thread for stuff like this? Thanks Rob

Was this the "welcome to the mids" you alluded to earlier?

Nothing helpful by the looks of it....

I hadn't clicked on the second link before. I just did and actually took my glasses off to check I was seeing thing OK and I hadn't inhaled something I shouldn't have. I thought the body shape seemed to move in front of me. I will check my medication as well. After saying that, that is a lovely piece of wood for the body. I would probably have flipped the back and front so the darker seam is in line with the neck as opposed to be being at around 20 degrees which does rather stand out. It's not a bad looking bass, using pencil eraser ends for the volume and tone knobs is a brave and unusual design decision. The head end of the neck looks very thin compared to the bridge end and the strings seem to fan out more than I would expect, but it could be very playable. I've made worse myself However not dropping 1600 Euros to find out, but would love the wood on any guitar of mine. Rob

A single grainy picture taken with a phone camera circa 2002, doesn't even show the head and some -ve feedback reviews that probably should warn anybody and everybody to keep as far away as possible...

Agreed, I thought about it but don't think I have the skills or nous to do the job and would much rather learn from somebody else Also I hadn't had any Kronenbergs.... Rob

Ok thats really helpful. Thanks all. Thanks very much. Rob

If it had been my mum, she'd have the handkerchief out rubbing off invisible spots off my already scrubbed face, telling me sternly not to mention the funny smell around gran, flatten my hair and don't talk about music as no one ones to hear about it. Rob

What does player grade mean please? Rob

Woohoo I'm now vintage++ and I have three vintage guitars. I'll take that

Thats my problem, I have nothing to base (no pun intended) my views on apart from what sounds nice to me. I hear that the Fender Bassman 57 is a fantastic amp and a Dumble amp is worth gazillions. I hear something called that and have no idea. I've never even seen these mythical amps, and now I think back on it I haven't seen 99% of all ther other amps and effects,.

There are a lot of good tones in the ToneX trying to get out. Get used to the software and it does work, might take some time

Brought his book on British Blues, turned up on time, well packaged. A dull and boring transaction, which is just how it should be Nothing wrong, wish all purchases were like this. Looking forward to reading the book. Thanks Rob