Grant Fondo
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- Cheshire
I need to do the same, find my old Boss effects box and dust the Yamaha Pacifica off, its been all acoustic recently, time for some NOIZE
The Bassist and Guitarist thread
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Oxford Dave
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- Location
- West Oxfordshire
I ordered a headphone amp a week or two ago so I could play downstairs while she watches the TV. I had a text from Fed Ex last Thursday telling me they had just delivered it, which struck me as odd as I was in the house and near the front door all morning.
The shop has been trying to chase it up, but there was a letter in yesterday's post from a couple living about 8 miles away who live in a road with a similar name to ours and the same house number….they've got my package and couldn't get in touch with FedEx to come and collect it (not surprised, I was trying to the get through to FedEx for over an hour with no luck). I phoned the people up and will collect it from them tomorrow, they sounded very decent folk who were doing their best to help the package find its way to me.
But 8 miles away and a completely different post code - bloody drivers! We used to have a great FedEx guy round here, if he saw me coming along the road and had a package for me, he'd stop and hand it over.
Anyway, hopefully tomorrow evening I can sit here in comfort with my bass, headphones and a glass of decent whisky.
Cycleops
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- Accra, Ghana
Anybody that was into the London blues scene in the sixties/seventies or any affecionados of the blues guitar might enjoy this short video of the making of John Mayall's 'Beano' album, the first British blues album I bought. The film is quite good but with an overly long intro from a couple of guitarists I'd never heard of but some interesting stuff later on. Dwells too much on Decca studio equipment for some reason.
View: https://youtu.be/VE9TzZ_DnnU
View: https://youtu.be/VE9TzZ_DnnU
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Oxford Dave
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- West Oxfordshire
Update on my post above, I'm just taking a short break indoors before returning to the garden to continue playing along with the Grateful Dead's show in this day in 1971. Sounds great through my headphones but the neighbours can't hear a thing!
Cycleops
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- Location
- Accra, Ghana
Lucky neighbours
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Drago
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- Suburban Poshshire
Right, while i'm bored it's time to think of the basses I want to add to my collection. A Steinberger, a fretless Precision, a Violin (probably an Epiphone, which I think sounds nicer than the Hofner) and a Ricky 4003 in black.
Cycleops
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- Accra, Ghana
DCBassman
Guru
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- The lumpy far South West
You'll pay more than all the rest put together for a decent fretless Precision. Wish I still had mine...
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Drago
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- Suburban Poshshire
Mrs D has ordered my Geddy Lee's Big Book of Bass, which will doubtless make me want more.
I'll probably build my own fretless precision.
I'll probably build my own fretless precision.
DCBassman
Guru
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- The lumpy far South West
Best move. Tip: don't get a lined fretless neck, try and find one that's blank, but has the side dot markers moved into exact fret positions instead of between frets as normal. Sounds counter-intuitive, but intonation will improve quicker that way.
Edit: and use flatwound strings!
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
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- Lancaster... the little city.
which one did you get? Just got myself a blackstar headphone amp (for guitar) and I love it.
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Drago
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- Suburban Poshshire
I got the Yamaha Session Cake.
And I use flats on all my bases.
And I use flats on all my bases.
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Profpointy
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We went to see actual Hawkwind themselves a few months back. Enjoyed their (presumably older) prog rocky stuff more than their more generic stuff. Anyhow as it was only a few hundred yards from the house so it was silly not to stroll down the road to see a legendary band.
Cycleops
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- Accra, Ghana
How old are Hawkwind now? They must be getting on.
Oxford Dave
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- West Oxfordshire
Same as Drago, the oddly-named Yamaha Session Cake. Weird name but decent gear. And I've got flats on three of my basses to save me the ball ache of changing strings when I get one of my occasional urges to use them. I much prefer the feel of round wounds and although flats sound good played at home, they don't really cut through enough when I use them on stage.
