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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

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GwenOnBass said:
Figure with anyone who lives in a world as far away as Norman Bates, the best thing to do is avoid all contact. :eyebrow:

Of course that "house" is not even close to full size, and is (or was, last I was on the lot) part of the Universal Studios tour in Studio City. Universal Studios does have a fine amphitheater, and saw America there. That was one of those life situations that's difficult to resolve. Free tickets to a concert, except it's America. :meh:

An Ashdown, two pedals, and a Greenboy?

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What about the 'marching' kick drum?:wideyed:
 
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GwenOnBass said:
Saw an Earth Wind and Fire tribute band a couple years back that had horns. Bass player was wireless and was all over the stage.
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Saw EWF with Chicago 4 times. Verdine was all over the stage, not always vertically. Met him, and the other 2 original members, at a post show 'meet-and-greet' in Tampa-nice guy. Very tall(I'm not).
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GonePlaid said:
Saw EWF with Chicago 4 times. Verdeen was all over the stage, not always vertically. Met him, and the other 2 original members, at a post show 'meet-and-greet' in Tampa-nice guy. Very tall(I'm not).
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Oh yeah Verdine is just as amazing in person :thumbsup: :cool:
 
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Understood regardless :)

So yeah this is representative of the work from Spider

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GwenOnBass said:
Spider is good by me. :thumbsup:
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We have a lot of the ones with the red hourglass marking around here. They are extremely docile creatures, otherwise there would be no one left alive in California.

I have a yard full of ivy, and black widows inhabit all of the dark recesses of most suburban yards here, but my dogs go tromping through the ivy with wild abandon on a daily basis. Out of an abundance of caution, I do "eliminate" the rare ones I see in the open or the ones that are in a position to attract their attention because I don't want them to have a mouth full of black widow. But the likelihood of getting bitten by one of these gentle creatures seems extremely low.
 
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Four bassists in the house at my Friday night jam this week. One happened to bring in a sweet Shen upright that I would've loved to have bought at the swap meet I saw it at last summer. The new owner had a lot of work done to it and it's even nicer now. He's a very good player and since our usual lead guitar/dobro player was otherwise occupied I took over a lot of that role on slide bass. Speaking of which, here's one of my current rabbit holes:

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From left: soft brass (360 alloy), silicon aluminum bronze (642), soft brass, chromed steel. The bronze one is the clear winner so far and the smaller diameter brass one will get cut down and contoured similarly next. The one with the big finger indexing features dates back to the late 70s and was perfect for my old Travis Bean, but it's a bit on the heavy side for my current two fretlesses, which I've been using considerably lighter strings on.
 
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Slide bass is a new one for me Charlie, but I can see offering a cool new vibe that folks might enjoy. In fact, we just attended a concert at the Strathmore in Bethesda Maryland with two phenominal acts, Jake Shimabukuro & Sierra Hull.

Jake is a Uke player and by the end of his performance there was not a person in the house whose first thought when they hear the word "uke" from now on will be "limited instrument for strumming Hawiaiin music". I was blown away by what innovative musicians can do that make you forget any preconceieved notion of what an intrument is trationally limited to.
 
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Passinwind said:
Four bassists in the house at my Friday night jam this week. One happened to bring in a sweet Shen upright that I would've loved to have bought at the swap meet I saw it at last summer. The new owner had a lot of work done to it and it's even nicer now. He's a very good player and since our usual lead guitar/dobro player was otherwise occupied I took over a lot of that role on slide bass. Speaking of which, here's one of my current rabbit holes:

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From left: soft brass (360 alloy), silicon aluminum bronze (642), soft brass, chromed steel. The bronze one is the clear winner so far and the smaller diameter brass one will get cut down and contoured similarly next. The one with the big finger indexing features dates back to the late 70s and was perfect for my old Travis Bean, but it's a bit on the heavy side for my current two fretlesses, which I've been using considerably lighter strings on.
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Ok....This is my application for dumb question of the week.....
Your slides don't look as if they'd slip over a finger so....

Are you using a regular fretless resting on your lap?.....Or what?....:unsure:
 
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Passinwind said:
Four bassists in the house at my Friday night jam this week. One happened to bring in a sweet Shen upright that I would've loved to have bought at the swap meet I saw it at last summer. The new owner had a lot of work done to it and it's even nicer now. He's a very good player and since our usual lead guitar/dobro player was otherwise occupied I took over a lot of that role on slide bass. Speaking of which, here's one of my current rabbit holes:

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From left: soft brass (360 alloy), silicon aluminum bronze (642), soft brass, chromed steel. The bronze one is the clear winner so far and the smaller diameter brass one will get cut down and contoured similarly next. The one with the big finger indexing features dates back to the late 70s and was perfect for my old Travis Bean, but it's a bit on the heavy side for my current two fretlesses, which I've been using considerably lighter strings on.
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What a nice thing to have a surplus of bassists in the house. We always end up with a surplus of drummers here, which I never mind because I get to play with some pretty good ones that I don't normally work with, but it's usually just me and an upright player who is in a band with Mr. S on bass, so I'm often pressed into duty for long stretches. I had another bassist here on my birthday jam last year, but he moved to Missouri.

I'm guessing those slides are being played with the instrument flat, lap-steel style. I have never thought to take a slide to a bass. Could be interesting.
 
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Fat Freddy said:
Ok....This is my application for dumb question of the week.....
Your slides don't look as if they'd slip over a finger so....

Are you using a regular fretless resting on your lap?.....Or what?....:unsure:
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Nope. I always play standing up with the bass on a strap. Slide goes along my middle finger and index and ring fingers provide lateral stability in "slide mode." In "bowing mode" the slide lives in my right hand and I use an overhand approach. You can maybe see a bit of a skew between the indexers on the bronze one. This is meant to help stability a bit, and also makes producing vibrato easier. There are also little fingertip indexers on the top sides of the bronze one, which should help make drops less frequent.
 
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Passinwind said:
Nope. I always play standing up with the bass on a strap. Slide goes along my middle finger and index and ring fingers provide lateral stability in "slide mode." In "bowing mode" the slide lives in my right hand and I use an overhand approach. You can maybe see a bit of a skew between the indexers on the bronze one. This is meant to help stability a bit, and also makes producing vibrato easier. There are also little fingertip indexers on the top sides of the bronze one, which should help make drops less frequent.
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I suppose a picture, or two, is out of the question?.....Also, where do you find your slides?....

You may have made a mistake mentioning this slide thingy....:laugh:.....:bassist:
 
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Al Kraft said:
Slide bass is a new one for me Charlie, but I can see offering a cool new vibe that folks might enjoy.
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I got the bug for this after hearing a pre-Grateful Dead recording (on reel to reel of course) of Phil Lesh playing with a wine bottle. So I've been using slides for about as long as I've been playing bass. In the past it was mostly just an occasional stunt/freakout thing, but since I started doing this Americana/bluegrass Friday night jam every week I've been looking at ways to solo more often, while also staying out of the other bass player's way. It makes learning traditional melody lines a lot more fun too, for me anyway.

And it turns out that bass lap steel is also a thing, so I guess I'll just have to build a few at some point.
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