CWB 20: Babes and Barbarians

[etoncrow]

Originally Posted by Lee H

interesting that she uses a lefty bass, but it is strung upside down as if she had just flipped a right handed bass over...well to me at least, because I do not know anyone who does that...I am left handed, but play right handed basses....I might try this just for novelty

If you read the linked thread she talks about having an impaired left hand. Hendrix played guitar lefty/righty.

[Thor]

Originally Posted by Lee H

interesting that she uses a lefty bass, but it is strung upside down as if she had just flipped a right handed bass over...well to me at least, because I do not know anyone who does that...

I am left handed, but play right handed basses....I might try this just for novelty

I tried it once. Basically, I would have to retrain my right hand completely, none of the movements that come naturally or automatically to my left hand translate over.

It's a great thing to do if you want to feel like a total novice again.

[Thor]

Crowman, did you see that Chet Atkins youtube link I left you a few pages back?

[etoncrow]

Originally Posted by Thor

Crowman, did you see that Chet Atkins youtube link I left you a few pages back?

Nope, I was majorly under the weather most of the last week. Woke up every morning fully capable of doing a great Barry White at Karoke. In bed most of each day. Kinda skimmed through and missed a lot of CWB. I'll go back a find it.

edit: Found it Big O! Thanks. I have most of Knopfler's albums; including one with Chet. I appreciate you thinking of me and sharing. I had an uncle that could do Chet Adkins perfectly; including playing "Battle Hymm of the Republic" and "Dixie" simultaneously. He had a band with his sons up in Baltimore. When we were sixteen one of his sons would visit and sit in with my band. He would play a sax solo, dance out into the crowd on the dance floor like James Brown. Do a split holding the sax straight out and dance backwards to the stage all while still playing his solo. Pretty cool for a 16 year old kid. But I digress....old folks do that you know...thanks again Brother, I appreciate it a lot.

[DerTeufel]

I pulled the trigger on a new (to me) amp head today. I won't say what it is just yet, but a little detective work will reveal what I got.

[etoncrow]

Congratulations DT! I like detective work. Arthur Conan Dole once said through the charactor Sherlock Holmes, "Once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

[Mulebagger]

Originally Posted by DerTeufel

I pulled the trigger on a new (to me) amp head today. I won't say what it is just yet, but a little detective work will reveal what I got.

Oh man what is it? The suspense is killing me!! I'm too ADD for detective work!!!

[chuck3]

Originally Posted by DerTeufel

I pulled the trigger on a new (to me) amp head today. I won't say what it is just yet, but a little detective work will reveal what I got.

no new amp for me. but today was a new mando day:



what's funny is we're going from this all-acoustic gig on Friday to an all-rock/dance gig at Vassar on Nov. 30. For that gig, I'm amping up and just playing electric.

[DerTeufel]

Originally Posted by chuck3

no new amp for me. but today was a new mando day:



what's funny is we're going from this all-acoustic gig on Friday to an all-rock/dance gig at Vassar on Nov. 30. For that gig, I'm amping up and just playing electric.

That is a beautiful instrument. Congrats!

[chuck3]

Originally Posted by DerTeufel

I pulled the trigger on a new (to me) amp head today. I won't say what it is just yet, but a little detective work will reveal what I got.

I tried to figure it out but couldn't, so I guess I'm not much of a detective ...

[etoncrow]

Originally Posted by chuck3

That's sweet, Chuck.

[DerTeufel]

Originally Posted by chuck3

I tried to figure it out but couldn't, so I guess I'm not much of a detective ...

Here's a hint: go to my most recent posts in my profile

[chuck3]

Originally Posted by DerTeufel

Here's a hint: go to my most recent posts in my profile

ha ha - you know, I actually did go to your profile to see if your gear list had changed, but it didn't seem to have changed. I didn't think to go to your most recent posts.

congrats on the GK MB200! Looks sweet. You know I use mini-heads a lot. To be honest the Nov. 30 gig will be the first one through a full rig since April - been playing through the FOH a lot and using the mini-head as preamp.

[SmokeWrench]

Originally Posted by DerTeufel

If anyone is interested in hearing the recordings, pm me and I will give you the link.

If you're proud of the recordings, why not just post the link for everyone to listen to?

[chuck3]

Originally Posted by etoncrow

That's sweet, Chuck.

thanks. It's a lot nicer than the one I've been using. I'm not giving up my day job as bass player but both bands I'm in like some mando for a few songs a night, so I figure I might as well take it a little more seriously.

[DerTeufel]

Originally Posted by chuck3

ha ha - you know, I actually did go to your profile to see if your gear list had changed, but it didn't seem to have changed. I didn't think to go to your most recent posts.

congrats on the GK MB200! Looks sweet. You know I use mini-heads a lot. To be honest the Nov. 30 gig will be the first one through a full rig since April - been playing through the FOH a lot and using the mini-head as preamp.

Thanks. I tried that head out back in April and really dug the sound that I got through a single 15. I really don't need a whole lot of volume, and while the Kustom head that I have does the job at the moment, it takes quite a bit of knob twiddling to get a tone that I like. My personal preference on an amp head is one that, when set flat, sounds great (I set the EQ according to taste, but like it when I don't have to do a lot of twiddling). The Kustom sounds sterile when set flat.

[DerTeufel]

Originally Posted by SmokeWrench

If you're proud of the recordings, why not just post the link for everyone to listen to?

I'm not especially proud of the recordings. Too many stumbles in the first set, second set went better. Vocals were not loud enough. About the only thing that I liked about the recordings is the tone that I had going on.

Here are the links for prosperity

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/49203465/Nov10gigpartone.MP3

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/49203465/Nov10gigparttwo.MP3

[Lee H]

I have decided that I am going to build myself another bass. My orange Not-a-fender sounds so nice, but I just cannot get used to the feel of that slim contour Warmoth Jazz neck. I think I am going to try a P bass, but I am undecided on pickups. If I thought I could duplicate the sound of my orange one, I would use stacked diMarzio jazz pups, but I am really considering a single humbucker as well.

looking at bodies on ebay. Probably going to be buying another warmoth neck...May black this bass out, to match one of my bikes

[chuck3]

Originally Posted by Lee H

I have decided that I am going to build myself another bass. My orange Not-a-fender sounds so nice, but I just cannot get used to the feel of that slim contour Warmoth Jazz neck. I think I am going to try a P bass, but I am undecided on pickups. If I thought I could duplicate the sound of my orange one, I would use stacked diMarzio jazz pups, but I am really considering a single humbucker as well.

looking at bodies on ebay. Probably going to be buying another warmoth neck...May black this bass out, to match one of my bikes

not sure what your taste in pickups is - but I have had a good experience with one of these. (The hot single coil.)

http://www.seymourduncan.com/product...pbass/passive/

you can't see it too well, but it's in the bass on the left, and turned a kind of "meh" reissue into a very usable bass:

[etoncrow]

Just a note of observation: It has been 23 hours w/o a CWB sighting. Where are our lady friends?