hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 5 hours ago, Waddo Soqable said: Rutherford was mainly a bass bloke tho wasn't he... And Mr Smalls of course😁 I don’t think he was. I think of him as a guitarist first and foremost, but he obviously can play bass. He spent a lot of his early years in Genesis playing 6 and 12 string guitar as well as bass pedals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share Posted March 18, 2023 As a bass player myself I no doubt look at Mr Rutherford from his bass playing role and he's often cited as one.. obviously he also did extensive guitar duties and probably more fairly should be viewed as an all round musician. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share Posted March 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, ezbass said: Woah... Double neck Rick for me please 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velvetkevorkian Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Was quite taken with this for a while when I started out (owned by a TB moderator) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share Posted March 18, 2023 Yikes!... I wouldn't even know where to start with that.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velvetkevorkian Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 22 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said: Yikes!... I wouldn't even know where to start with that.... By finding a good chiropractor, ideally 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodyratm Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 There was a lovely Status one on Bass bros. Red, fretted and fretless. Daisy Pepper owns it now. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 What is the point of a doubleneck bass / bass? Or is that bottom neck a lined fretless? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franticsmurf Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 I have this one, and played it in duo gigs - not a note of prog in sight 😃 . Here, my partner in crime is helping me cope with the weight. It was very much a show thing as for what we did, there was no real need to swap instruments mid-song. I still have it. As far as I know, twin necked guitars were designed with the main instrument (the one most often played) on the bottom. In the duo, I usually played guitar but occasionally strayed into bass territory and it was fairly comfortable to play, albeit at the 80's fashion 'mid-chest' position. In later years I had the guitar side fitted with a Roland GK3 pick up feeding either a VG8 guitar processor or a GR33 guitar synth. I haven't seen this photo for a few years and I can see I'm playing through a Marshall JMP1 valve pre-amp (in the rack behind me) into a guitar amp. My Strat is ready for when my back gives in and I have to shed the Spirit 😃. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share Posted March 18, 2023 11 minutes ago, Woodinblack said: What is the point of a doubleneck bass / bass? Or is that bottom neck a lined fretless? I guess fretted/fretless is a main one... I'd maybe have regular tuned fretted and high tuned or piccolo fretted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 23 minutes ago, Woodinblack said: What is the point of a doubleneck bass / bass? Or is that bottom neck a lined fretless? A closer inspection seems to indicate that that is the case here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 24 minutes ago, ezbass said: A closer inspection seems to indicate that that is the case here. As do the words "Red, fretted and fretless." just above the picture. I had a cheapy Chinese fretted/fretless, 5 string fretted and 4 string fretless. I'd like a 5-string fretted/fretless headless but Aliexpress doesn't have any. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 1 minute ago, tauzero said: As do the words "Red, fretted and fretless." just above the picture. I had a cheapy Chinese fretted/fretless, 5 string fretted and 4 string fretless. I'd like a 5-string fretted/fretless headless but Aliexpress doesn't have any. A case of posting without reading. In my defence, I was distracted by the picture. Ooh, look! A bee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 15 hours ago, Tokalo said: Is this the bit where we can openly talk about Barclay James Harvest? Les Holroyd was my hero when I was 14. I also thought Mr Holroyd to be a god of bass. (He also played an Alembic as I recall - rare to see those back in the day). I couldn't afford the Gibson - never mind the Alembic - so I got Jack Golder of Shergold to make me this one. I did have the Holroyd Hair though! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Got this in a case at the back of a cupboard somewhere - when I bought it my prog originals band had a few songs that would've benefited from fretless interludes on some parts. Never even made it to a rehearsal before the live band fell apart - fortunately for my back... It's a 1985 Gordy Blueshift, & as far as I can make out it's a one - off, originally built for Pete Glennon, who seems to have been a player active in the Manchester area in the 70s & 80s. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 1 hour ago, tauzero said: As do the words "Red, fretted and fretless." just above the picture. Haha - don't notice anything when there is a picture! Must admit as much as I would love a double neck, I think fretted // fretless probably isn't enough of a difference for the extra weight - I would just play the fretless in a fretted way! would have to be a guitar / bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 16 hours ago, Woodinblack said: 13 hours ago, Alien said: I'd really like this authenticated. I don't think I've ever seen an elf playing bass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 2 hours ago, Waddo Soqable said: I guess fretted/fretless is a main one... I'd maybe have regular tuned fretted and high tuned or piccolo fretted. Get an ibanez ashula for that. All the strings on the same neck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 1 minute ago, Mykesbass said: This is not an elf playing bass, it's a bass playing elf. Language is such fun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilorius Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 In double necks, i can see only one competition - fretted and fretless. Any way i don't like double neck guitars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share Posted March 18, 2023 39 minutes ago, Woodinblack said: Get an ibanez ashula for that. All the strings on the same neck! Nah... I can only do 4 strings at a time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman666 Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Rutherford sporting a status combo... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 58 minutes ago, Musicman666 said: Rutherford sporting a status combo... What that needs is more knobs 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 15 minutes ago, Woodinblack said: What that needs is more knobs Available now at 'Knobs R Us' 🙏 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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