Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[beans-on-toast]

Speaking of Melanie, here is an earworm that will stick around for a while.
My wife loves this song.

A song about a girl that want's something a boy has. She sells it as a dig at people that say you did alright, for a girl.

Her husband of 45 years and producer, Peter Schekeryk, was Polish. He passed away 10 years ago.

A parody of the song done by an Irish band.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

 

[GonePlaid]

Good lead guitar players often have long fingers. Like why tall people play basketball. They say the same for piano players but if you ever see Elton John's hands he has short stubby fingers and manages to do just fine.

I think that my fingers are average length, I measure just over 3 ¾" on the middle finger measured beside the ring finger. Maybe that makes me an average player.

My feet are size 13, I don't know if that indicates that I would make a good clown.

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Hmm. My middle(or "bird")finger measures 3". I guess I can only play short songs. FWIW, my #1 bass is a 34 1/2" scale THUNDERBIRD.

 

[GonePlaid]

A song about a girl that want's something a boy has. She sells it as a dig at people that say you did alright, for a girl.

Her husband of 45 years and producer, Peter Schekeryk, was Polish. He passed away 10 years ago.

A parody of the song done by an Irish band.

I like this better, oo-ar, oo-ar.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Hmm. My middle(or "bird")finger measures 3". I guess I can only play short songs. FWIW, my #1 bass is a 34 1/2" scale THUNDERBIRD.

I never thought about it before but the dots connected. Short scale instruments is the certainly way to go with shorter fingers. I play short scale when I can't play a fast song on a full scale. My short scaled basses also also lighter weight and easier on the back.

 

[GonePlaid]

I never thought about it before but the dots connected. Short scale instruments is the certainly way to go with shorter fingers. I play short scale when I can't play a fast song on a full scale. My short scaled basses also also lighter weight and easier on the back.

My first real bass was a '66 EB-3, definitely SS. When I was a helluva lot younger, the THUNDERBIRD'S long neck wasn't a problem for fast passages. At 74+, I don't think scale is gonna matter a lot. The bit of arthritis does, though.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Arthur Itis and his imbred kin Osteo were not invited here, and yet. That there foot surgery that was to have been six weeks ago would have left me at home now with nowhere to go ...

 

[beans-on-toast]

Arthur Itis and his imbred kin Osteo were not invited here, and yet. That there foot surgery that was to have been six weeks ago would have left me at home now with nowhere to go ...

All medical procedures have been postponed till further notice. The latest edict is avoid going out. The cops have been issuing high dollar tickets for those congregating and walking without six feet of separation. Apparently my neighborhood is the epicenter for the region and they are really cracking down.

 

[Polish Thunder]

My feet are size 13, I don't know if that indicates that I would make a good clown.

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You know what they say.... Big feet.......Big........... shoes.....

 

[Polish Thunder]

Good lead guitar players often have long fingers. Like why tall people play basketball. They say the same for piano players but if you ever see Elton John's hands he has short stubby fingers and manages to do just fine.

I think that my fingers are average length, I measure just over 3 ¾" on the middle finger measured beside the ring finger. Maybe that makes me an average player.

My feet are size 13, I don't know if that indicates that I would make a good clown.

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I am 6'-5" tall with long fingers (from tip of middle finger to point where hand meets wrist it is 8.5") and I use to play basketball and I use to be able to palm a basketball in each hand (with emphasis on use to).

When I hold a bass, it looks like a guitar on me. My wingspan is 6'-8" (please, no caveman with knuckles draggin' on the ground jokes ) and I can easily do one finger per fret down at the first four frets with ease. Playing my P bass feels right. When I play my Jazz bass with a thinner neck, it feels like I am holding a broomstick handle.

When you watch Victor Wooten play, the first thing you notice (besides that his mouth is always open) is that his fingers are very short and stubby. Yet what he can play is amazing. Way more amazing than a 6'-5" knuckle-draggin' caveman with a 6'-8" wingspan....

 

[ahc]

Here's some "food for thought" regarding finger length and bass playing. In this case the bass may be taller than the player.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Can't see any FB post ... 40 years ago every short scale bass player I ever met apologized in some fashion with the secret code words short fingers. With that was the implication (usually inferred, but suggested strongly anyway) a short scale is not the equal of an FSO.

 

[Jeff Scott]

FWIW, my #1 bass is a 34 1/2" scale THUNDERBIRD.

Might be worth something.

My 5-string basses (Martin Keith Elfins) are 34 1/2" scale length; my 4-string basses are 33 1/4" scale length.

As long as we're measuring the length of our instruments instrument's scale length, my guitars vary a bit, too.

24.9"; 25.4"; 25.5"; and 25.5 to 27".

 

[GonePlaid]

Might be worth something.

My 5-string basses (Martin Keith Elfins) are 34 1/2" scale length; my 4-string basses are 33 1/4" scale length.

As long as we're measuring the length of our instruments instrument's scale length, my guitars vary a bit, too.

24.9"; 25.4"; 25.5"; and 25.5 to 27".

My one 5er is supposedly long scale, but because of where the bridge is on the body, it doesn't feel as long as the THUNDERBIRD.
The 5 string EpiBird on the right is no longer part of my collection.

 

[beans-on-toast]

I am 6'-5" tall with long fingers (from tip of middle finger to point where hand meets wrist it is 8.5") and I use to play basketball and I use to be able to palm a basketball in each hand (with emphasis on use to).

When I hold a bass, it looks like a guitar on me. My wingspan is 6'-8" (please, no caveman with knuckles draggin' on the ground jokes ) and I can easily do one finger per fret down at the first four frets with ease. Playing my P bass feels right. When I play my Jazz bass with a thinner neck, it feels like I am holding a broomstick handle.

When you watch Victor Wooten play, the first thing you notice (besides that his mouth is always open) is that his fingers are very short and stubby. Yet what he can play is amazing. Way more amazing than a 6'-5" knuckle-draggin' caveman with a 6'-8" wingspan....

You aren't alone, Pino Pallaino is also six foot five and can play bass well.

 

[Jeff Scott]

So, is there a correlation between one's height and how well they can play?

 

[beans-on-toast]

My one 5er is supposedly long scale, but because of where the bridge is on the body, it doesn't feel as long as the THUNDERBIRD.
The 5 string EpiBird on the right is no longer part of my collection.
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The kid on the left looks like a troublemaker, trying to be different. It's usually the youngest one.

 

[beans-on-toast]

So, is there a correlation between one's height and how well they can play?

I like to think that age helps you to be a better player.

I used to be much taller then,
I'm shorter than that now.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Might be worth something.

My 5-string basses (Martin Keith Elfins) are 34 1/2" scale length; my 4-string basses are 33 1/4" scale length.

As long as we're measuring the length of our instruments instrument's scale length, my guitars vary a bit, too.

24.9"; 25.4"; 25.5"; and 25.5 to 27".

I don't know what scale my instruments are, I don't read music all
that well. I classify my amps as loud, louder, and really loud. Those are the only specs that I go by.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Can't see any FB post ... 40 years ago every short scale bass player I ever met apologized in some fashion with the secret code words short fingers. With that was the implication (usually inferred, but suggested strongly anyway) a short scale is not the equal of an FSO.

I had to do some clicking to copy the link then play with the volume to get the FB post to kick in.

40 years ago I would have simply called it a bass. Smaller sized instruments were often called student models.