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    Longest Gig you ever played???

    3 hour blues jam. At the end my whole left side was numb. Not a medical emergency but just the consequence of playing a '73 Tele bass with a...
    Post by: Velofixer, Jun 23, 2022 in forum: Bassists [BG]
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    I’ve been playing bass for 52 years.

    Started in 1971 when I was sixteen, there have been some gaps but I still play. Out of 51 years there have been 3 and 7 year bassless gaps, 2...
    Post by: Velofixer, Jun 23, 2022 in forum: Bassists [BG]
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    NICK LOWE ! !! !!!

    Was privileged to see Rockpile a half dozen times from 77 to 80; NL isn't a bass virtuoso but there are few better singer songwriters. Played an...
    Post by: Velofixer, Jan 19, 2022 in forum: Bassists [BG]
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    Scenery chewing vocals

    Can anyone say "Journey?"
    Post by: Velofixer, Jan 19, 2022 in forum: Miscellaneous [BG]
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    Rush as a form of contraception?

    So silly this tribalism in music. I wouldn't know about Rush except for the girl I was in an intimate relationship with 40+ years ago who was a...
    Post by: Velofixer, Jan 6, 2022 in forum: Miscellaneous [BG]
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    Bireli Lagrene on bass, conjuring Jaco!

    Which ones does he play bass on? I am a lame and halting gypsy jazz guitarist and a big Bireli fan!
    Post by: Velofixer, Dec 29, 2021 in forum: Bassists [BG]
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    Bob Mosley from Moby Grape

    He is active in the NW, there was a Seattle Times article about him in the last month.
    Post by: Velofixer, Dec 29, 2021 in forum: Bassists [BG]
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    Need a book recommendation

    Have old Danelectro single pickup shorthorn with electronics issues-could use new jack and pots. An minimally experienced in electronics. What...
    Thread by: Velofixer, Dec 17, 2021, 2 replies, in forum: Pickups & Electronics [BG]
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    How did Ronnie Wood get such great tone on the first 2 Jeff Beck Group Albums?

    First bass line I learned was "Rice Pudding." Beck -ola is my Old Testament.
    Post by: Velofixer, Dec 16, 2021 in forum: Bassists [BG]
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    How did Ronnie Wood get such great tone on the first 2 Jeff Beck Group Albums?

    Has he played bass on any Stones recordings so far?
    Post by: Velofixer, Nov 18, 2021 in forum: Bassists [BG]
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    Danelectro Owners Club

    Copper on Danos is THE iconic color, like blond on a Fender or Rickenbacker fireglo!
    Post by: Velofixer, Nov 9, 2021 in forum: Basses [BG]
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    Ever been truly blown away by a piece of music?

    The overture to Mendelsohn's Midsummer Night's Dream, in 1975.
    Post by: Velofixer, Oct 28, 2021 in forum: Miscellaneous [BG]
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    Danelectro Owners Club

    Beat up bronze color, don't know the age, kind of a LP Jr shaped double cutaway body. US made and I snagged it for a song just before Covid shut...
    Post by: Velofixer, Oct 13, 2021 in forum: Basses [BG]
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    Getting a Sire...

    Anybody play one of the new short scale Sires? Currently playing an old beat Dano that has tuning challenges and electrical issues.
    Post by: Velofixer, Oct 12, 2021 in forum: Basses [BG]