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Drago
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See, I more often than not play standing up.
The Bassist and Guitarist thread
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DCBassman
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I'd love to, but can't anymore...
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Drago
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I do as much as I can so I remain used to playing that way live. Only the '69 precision replica is so heavy that it limits my endurance, all the others are fine. Im going to use the Harley Benton MB4 and thr Ibanez live, they both sound great and are light.
Wierdly, the Hofner shorty is great standing up. It is prone to neck dive, even across my wide shoulders, but the point at which I rest my forearm balances it perfectly and its great to play that way. I revently discovered they do a violin bass version of the shorty, with the pickup much closer to the neck. I nearly suffered spontaneous structural failure of the Y fronts when I first saw one,
Wierdly, the Hofner shorty is great standing up. It is prone to neck dive, even across my wide shoulders, but the point at which I rest my forearm balances it perfectly and its great to play that way. I revently discovered they do a violin bass version of the shorty, with the pickup much closer to the neck. I nearly suffered spontaneous structural failure of the Y fronts when I first saw one,
Xipe Totec
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That's interesting - seen these pop up on Ebay a few times & it never clicked the body shape's a more angular take on the Deacon/Breadwinner. Quite like it in a wonky/wrong-looking sort of way.
I'm a sucker for a nice headless - my most recent bassy acquisition is a Riverhead Unicorn (had GAS for one since I tried one in the Bass Centre in 1980-something), needs a fret dress but otherwise in great, original condition for a 35-odd year old bass.
I've also got an original Hohner B2A, (which I've had from new & bought because I couldn't afford the Riverhead!) and a Cort B2 Space, from the same era & which has the same licensed Steinberger hardware as the Hohner.
Possibly the best thing about headless basses is how little room they take up!
DCBassman
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I did briefly play around with a Washburn Status copy. It was rather nice!
Cycleops
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Don't know if this is available in the UK but if it is I'm sure you'll all be rushing out to buy it, that is unless you've already got one sitting in your bathroom.
Someone on Facebook has posted this amusing response to the product after noticing an inconsistency.
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delb0y
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I had the Hohner headless guitar once, way back:
Was probably the easiest / fastest guitar to play that I've owned, and bending string was just too easy. Access to the high frets was incredible, too. And it was so small you could almost get it in your pocket. But I got fed up with always having to buy special strings and I never thought that it looked very rock'n'roll, either.
Was probably the easiest / fastest guitar to play that I've owned, and bending string was just too easy. Access to the high frets was incredible, too. And it was so small you could almost get it in your pocket. But I got fed up with always having to buy special strings and I never thought that it looked very rock'n'roll, either.
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Drago
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Ah, one of the greats. My next scheduled tattoo will be the Rush Starman.
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Drago
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No disagreement from me there Bro.
Cycleops
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These stater sets are very good quality now. Can’t speak for the amp but my Rockjam bass which came in a set off Amazon is very good quality for the price, fit and finish is excellent and there are no sharp fret ends. I’d recommend one of the Harley Benton sets which get good reviews from Thomann in Germany. You might have to pay tax though post brexit. One of those from Gear4music in the U.K. would be a good alternative.
Impress on your daughter that it will take perseverance and sore fingers to learn. Don’t know how you’d learn these days, I learnt from Bert Weedon’s ‘Play in a Day’ book, took me about six months before I could strum a tune
. I guess you learn online now?
ColinJ
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I was wondering about that, but it is all taken care of...
Sounds good! I might treat myself to one of those HB sets when I get my state pension in the NY.
