Do Fretless Exist without a Burst Finish?

[bobyoung53]

All true statements; except it should be noted that James Newell Osterberg Jr. (Iggy Pop) was born in 1947. Definitely not an early Gen Xer, and without whose artistic vision the Ramones would not exist as we know them (if at all):

"I bought the first Stooges album at Alexander's as soon as I saw the cover. I just liked the way they looked: tough. I might have read something before that, but nothing prepared me for the music on that album. I was crazy for it the same way I had been when I first heard those first rock and roll 45s from the jukebox." - Johhny Ramone

Nor would Malcolm McLaren have asked the young Mr. Lydon (Rotten) to join his (commercially motivated) pet project (The Sex Pistols) based solely upon his outward appearance during an accidental meeting. Curious, also, that Lydon's own project would be named Public Image LTD... Maybe more tongue in cheek than is initially obvious?

Point being - let's just all be careful to provide Boomer and/or Creation credits to those individuals who actually earned them in the first place... Not the ones who followed them closely behind the closing door.

And for the record- I am not a Boomer myself, but Gen X

I saw The Stooges in Boston in 1969.

 

[lyralain]

You bought an EHB1005MS but you claim to have small hands.
Thin neck, yes, but it's pretty long.
How does this work out for you ?

It's not that big of a deal. Neck width & profile are the thing that's super important to me, and Ibanez usually hits in that regard. In the world of guitars, their flattened wizard necks on extended range instruments can be more comfortable than some of the chonker 6-string necks from other manufacturers, for example.

With bass, neck length is even less of an issue than guitar. I can reach a 4 fret span anywhere on the neck, more towards the parallel of the fanning. But really I can just change positions if I need to go further than that. Look up vids of young children playing full-sized basses to see what can be done.

 

[No Compute]

I saw The Stooges in Boston in 1969.

Exactly.

The Stooges were touring out of state for decent pay five years before The Ramones played their first local gig. People should stop acting like these guys invented anything.

 

[5StringBlues]

This thread has everything. Except food content.




Can't be a classic rambling TB thread without totally non-related food content.


Tho I do think I saw an avocado toast reference earlier.....

 

[lyralain]

Can't be a classic rambling TB thread without totally non-related food content.

I've got some smoked tofu marinading to toss in some homemade Sweet & Sour sauce later.

Fry the edges brown, coat it in orange and each bite is a Burst of flavor.

 

[zubrycky]

I like your G string repair . If only Jamerson had known about that.

Strings are way too expensive here in Brazil.

I bought a new set when I sent the bass to the luthier and that faulty G string broke right off the bat. The luthier saved the day. So far, so good.

 

[5StringBlues]

I've got some smoked tofu marinading to toss in some homemade Sweet & Sour sauce later.

Fry the edges brown, coat it in orange and each bite is a Burst of flavor.

There ya go, much better than last weeks mayonnaise tangent.



I've been craving mapo tofu all week. Unfortunately , I'm living in the middle of BFE right now so it's not happening.

 

[truand85]

This thread has everything. Except food content.




Can't be a classic rambling TB thread without totally non-related food content.


Tho I do think I saw an avocado toast reference earlier.....

There's a carrot pic somewhere in here I'm sure.

Punk rock was invented by a band from Peru called Los Saicos.

 

[Jeff Scott]

Part of the reason you see so many refinished basses old Fenders today is because a LOT of players sanded off the finish and left them bare wood or painted them with clear coat.

I did one of my 1972 Jazz Basses that way. Sanded off the 3TSB (lots of sweat equity in that!) and Tongue-Oyled® it. A friend of mine has it now, sporting a no-name fretless neck (this is the same bass I replaced the neck/mid pickup with a Rick hi-gain and replaced the cheap bent-plate bridge with a Schaller 3-D).

This thread has everything. Except food content.

Can't be a classic rambling TB thread without totally non-related food content.

Tho I do think I saw an avocado toast reference earlier.....

I thought it was 'bread'?

Did someone say food? Bread? Dough? My BIL made dough making bread and other delicious culinary delights in his bakery.

Note the fretless look on his face.

 

[Jeff Scott]

I've got some smoked tofu marinading to toss in some homemade Sweet & Sour sauce later.

Fry the edges brown, coat it in orange and each bite is a Burst of flavor.

We still have some tofu from dinner the other night. Crispy on the outside, nice and soft on the inside.

 

[basspraiser]

Yes they do come in other finishes!

Here are 2 of my fretless beauties...

 

[No Compute]

Punk rock was invented by a band from Peru called Los Saicos.

Well, even if that were true (despite The Stooges and The Trashmen having formed and performed prior to Los Saicos), how far did that influence spread? Did anyone in North America or Great Britain hear one of those exported vinyls? Of course not. So a tree fell without anyone in it's proximity to hear... Hardly influential to what the World at Large has come to know as 'Punk Rock.'

I've got some smoked tofu marinading to toss in some homemade Sweet & Sour sauce later.

Of course you do. We already knew that based upon the original title of this thread

 

[bobyoung53]

Exactly.

The Stooges were touring out of state for decent pay five years before The Ramones played their first local gig. People should stop acting like these guys invented anything.

I don't know if anyone invented anything, it kind of evolved, I mean The Troggs had the attitude and minimalist approach before either of them did. The Ramones were a style as well as a type of music but were the first band to really put it all together IMHO anyway, I like them all.

 

[bobyoung53]

There's a carrot pic somewhere in here I'm sure.

Punk rock was invented by a band from Peru called Los Saicos.

They were a savage garage band here in Lima Peru, nothing more, nothing less, this whole Los Saicos invented punk rock is fairly recent, they did have some pretty good stuff though but during the 50's and 60's there were a lot of "punk" rock bands. I'm not taking anything away from them but no one invented punk rock.
Here's some "punk" rock from 1958.

 

[God's Favorite Bass]

I cut my teeth on all the early punk bands and even some protopunk like MC5 but c'mon man everyone knows Dewey Cox invented punk during his cocaine phase.

 

[No Compute]

I mean The Troggs had the attitude and minimalist approach before either of them did.

Yeah; and Steve Reich was already making minimalist music in 1963. That doesn't make him a punk. And your Troggs and Jimmy Dee examples are kind of making my case for me, IMO. That stuff is an awful lot less aggressive than 'The Stooges' S/T release in 69, no?

Were those same bands doing this one year later?

 

[5StringBlues]

More tofu, less punk.

 

[bobyoung53]

Yeah; and Steve Reich was already making minimalist music in 1963. That doesn't make him a punk. And your Troggs and Jimmy Dee examples are kind of making my case for me, IMO. That stuff is an awful lot less aggressive than 'The Stooges' S/T release in 69, no?

Were those same bands doing this one year later?

Yes, I don't think anyone 'invented' punk rock, but aggression to me is just one part of that music and when I saw the Stooges they were nothing like you would think, they were strange, Iggy was smearing himself with peanut butter and hitting himself with the mic but nothing really aggressive, he didn't taunt the audience at all. Actually they were a very good sounding, well rehearsed band, they sounded like the record and unfortunately most of the audience didn't really liked them, I liked them though, I was a kid with no preconceived notions and I will say one thing I never forget them. I do think The Ramones were the first ones to really put it all together and deserved (if anyone) to be called the first punk rock band although of course they were just a very famous garage band in the continuum. "punk rock" is just another tag you need to identify styles of music to me.

 

[truand85]

Well, that opened a can o worms.

Punks don't care who invented punk rock.

 

[lyralain]

More tofu, less punk.

The two often go hand-in-hand. Though in that regard I'm admittedly more into the musical descendants of punk-meets-metal such as Cattle Decapitation.