Yes, he was pretty good, had a great sound too.
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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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Yes, he was pretty good, had a great sound too.
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I have a '65 EB-3 right now, i like the necks on the older ones, they're more like P bass necks than the later ones. I changed the choke out so it has a lot more bottom when used in pos 3 (both pickups).
Well, yer not wrong. 95, 67, 94.
Arthur hasn't troubled my fingers, but the lower right side of my torso is another story...
It's a 67. The mid 60's are longer than others. I've never played a reveres except as an experiment at a GC, and that was sitting. The ergos on the NR's are quite different from the reverse's. That's why most Birders sling them low with the neck at ~2 o'clock.
In my case, Arthur has found his way to a coupla old minor-at the time-injuries.
I wear mine low too, I prefer basses a little higher but it's just easier to play them lower I guess.
Theirs is the first version that I ever heard, and I still hear it in my head when I sing it. It's hard to get rid of his phrasing and make it my own. Great song.
My housemate/drummer is also 6'5". He stabs at playing bass sometimes, but he's better off behind the drum kit. However, he annoys me because he can slappa da bass and I cannot. Not that I ever really tried.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....
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Arthur took up with my knees, and a shoulder, and an ankle, and an elbow but not the fingers. Would that he be as entertaining and (usually) welcome as Samantha Stephens' Uncle Arthur. This Uncle Arthur is more like Uncle Buck. But I get around, hey?
At 74+, I don't have it too bad, but it is annoying. Especially in the 3rd hour of the gig. Something I don't hafta worry about right now.
I have always had dexterity issues in my joints due to autoimmune stuff, which is why I'll never be a lightning fast player. The autoimmune stuff causes muscle and joint aches everywhere at times. It sucks being in pain, so I feel for ya. So far regular old arthritis is not visiting me but you never know what's around the corner
I'm almost 64 and Arthur has been a regular companion for the last 10 years. Mostly knees and thumbs and feet. I have a pretty high pain tolerance so I'm still playing.
Have I mentioned that the daughter of a good friend of mine recently married Henry McGuinn.............. Steve plays keys and is a really great singer, and the two of us have done some bands together over the years, so, I wonder, what's Roger's up to these days.................
Here are a couple of Steve's songs that I created bass parts for. IIRC, I played the drums on "Galileo's Eyes", too. The other song is one Steve wrote for a step-son's wedding night.
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So, is there a correlation between one's height and how well they can play?
Personally I do not think so. I think some physical attributes can provide advantages in playing an instrument but does not make you better than someone shorter. Pino (who I read was 6'-8") and Chris Squire (6'-4") are tall. Flea (5'-6"), Jack Bruce (5'-6"), and Duck Dunn are (were) not so tall.
Victor Wooten was 3'-9" (Hey, Google does not lie!)
Well maybe not 3'-9"...
Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, and Victor Wooten below:
I think great bass players come in all types of shapes and sizes.
Roger has always toured, I see him performing in town from time to time. From the early days he has always had his folk den site, this extends back to the usenet. He posts songs.
Roger McGuinn's Folk Den
Roger likes to change his own strings and work on his instruments. He carries a big multitool to take his guitar apart. He showed me how he changes the strings and battery on his 12 string. It takes me longer to do the strings, I prefer to do one at a time, he takes them all off. I'm also more worried about sctraches.
Went for groceries this moring. New rule, they are open early, 7AM to 8AM for GOF's only, now restricted to those 70+. I went at 8AM, the line to get in was long, when I left there was no line at all. The guard at the door makes you pass a test, do you have a fever or feel sick, have you travelled in the last 14 days or visited anyone who has. They then pass you on to the guy with hand sanitizer who appies it and watches you lather. There is still a two item limit, no couples in the store. On the plus side, the store was fully stocked. No TP shortages, or anything else. Not much was on sale and prices have gone up.
Across the corridor in the mall is a licquer store. They have a long list of rules, including those 70+ are highly discouraged from entering.
In general, you are not supposed to go outside your neighborhood anymore and only for essential outtings. Even walks/runners are discouraged, with health clubs closed people want to drive to big parks. So the city closed all the parking close to parks. Playgrounds have been closed for weeks. They are normally packed with families. I read that cops are issuing $1,000 fines to people not respecting distancing.
Across the corridor in the mall is a licquer store. They have a long list of rules, including those 70+ are highly discouraged from entering.
In general, you are not supposed to go outside your neighborhood anymore and only for essential outtings. Even walks/runners are discouraged, with health clubs closed people want to drive to big parks. So the city closed all the parking close to parks. Playgrounds have been closed for weeks. They are normally packed with families. I read that cops are issuing $1,000 fines to people not respecting distancing.
Ukes are taking over.
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