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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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Hey fellow grumpy people I am looking to try a short scale bass for the 1st time. currently play all 34" Warriors and find I now have to sit to play or get left arm fatigue. before I spend a fortune to have JD make me a shorty, what would be a good one to try on for size? Was looking at gibson eb0 and mustang. Any suggestions welcome
EB-0 is great but very 'bottom-y'(I like that). Squire VM Jaguar SS is nice too(about $150-ish).
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.........live together in perfect harmony. what an unfortunate song
There are some light weight short scale basses that can help you. My Hofner 500/1 Beatle bass is like playing without an instrument. The bass has a different sound and a floating bridge.
My other one is a Cort headless with Steinberger hardware. Very light as well. Negative is it requires ball ends at each end of the string. Limited string choice as a result.
An advantage of short scale is that you can play some songs that you might not be able to pull of as easily with a long scale.
You really want to try short scale basses out to see how you like them before ordering one.
I had a Jaydee bass in 1984....Boy it was heavy...but a great guy to deal with...and a stunning and beautiful bass
Traded it for a Music man Sabre...which like an idiot I traded in on a new Stingray...because the Sabre was not a Stingray....DOH
...my idiot youth
I was under the apparently mistaken impression that these were adapters to play 45rpm records on a 1/4" spindle turntable or changer. Imagine my surprise upon learning they are actually camshaft lobes from a '66 Trabant!
Just a little something to steady my nerves.......just a bit..................... touch more.......perfect.
Anyone here experienced with birdsong basses?
Yes....Sold two of "em.....
Hey guys,
I'm new here. I can't play anything for crap and have a lousy voice, but occasionally criticize young people.
im a fat sweaty and relatively unfriendly old man. that usually are me from most clubs, but I thought I might get in here. Of course I only read the first few pages of posts, then skipped to the end because I fell asleep. so if the club is full, then I'll just stand on the sidewalk and pee in your yard.
I'm new here. I can't play anything for crap and have a lousy voice, but occasionally criticize young people.
im a fat sweaty and relatively unfriendly old man. that usually are me from most clubs, but I thought I might get in here. Of course I only read the first few pages of posts, then skipped to the end because I fell asleep. so if the club is full, then I'll just stand on the sidewalk and pee in your yard.
Saturday Reprise
All this talk about bridges and medical challenges can be tied together by a song, Bridge Over Troubled Water. The song was released on January 20, 1970 as a followup to The Boxer, it was followed by Cecilia.
The cast of characters:
A demo version, you can almost hear the orchestration in the piano harmonics.
Paul Simon, liking to be inspired by others, listened to this record as he worked on the song. "Every time I came home, I put that record on, so it was in my mind. I started to go to gospel chord changes, and took the melody further. Then there was one song where the lead singer was scatting, and he shouted out: 'I'll be your bridge over deep water/If you trust in my name.' And, well, I guess I stole it."
All this talk about bridges and medical challenges can be tied together by a song, Bridge Over Troubled Water. The song was released on January 20, 1970 as a followup to The Boxer, it was followed by Cecilia.
The cast of characters:
- Paul Simon – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion
- Art Garfunkel – lead vocals, percussion
- Los Incas – Peruvian instruments
- Joe Osborn – bass guitar
- Larry Knechtel – piano, organ, Fender Rhodes
- [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Pete Drake – Dobro, pedal steel guitar[42]
- Hal Blaine – drums, percussion
- Jimmie Haskell and Ernie Freeman – strings
- Jon Faddis, Randy Brecker, Lew Soloff & Alan Rubin – brass
- Buddy Harman – percussion
- Bob Moore – double bass
- Charlie McCoy – bass harmonica
- Roy Halee – engineer and co-producer
A demo version, you can almost hear the orchestration in the piano harmonics.
Paul Simon, liking to be inspired by others, listened to this record as he worked on the song. "Every time I came home, I put that record on, so it was in my mind. I started to go to gospel chord changes, and took the melody further. Then there was one song where the lead singer was scatting, and he shouted out: 'I'll be your bridge over deep water/If you trust in my name.' And, well, I guess I stole it."
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