The Combo Club

[iagtrplyr]

Well, then, it must be a call for a new great-grandpa ..., uh, ... thing! And I'm here to answer up.

Yep, "dad" is terrific when they're very young or when they're parents themselves, not always in between. And "grandpa" is wonderful when they visit and (whew!) when they leave. But, "great-grandpa" is simply sublime, so far. I'll know more later, maybe much later, and will report back when the post-covid world allows actual in-person visits.
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I hear ya. Sadly, we haven’t physically seen any of our grandchildren since...I dunno, forever? We missed the soccer and baseball seasons, at least one birthday, and a celebration for passing school grades.

 

[GwenOnBass]

When I count my combos as family, that works out to the same number in family IRL.

 

[bhendrix]

Great! I was hoping someone from here would join the fun. I hate going to worldwide workshops alone, ya know?

I'm joining the fray! Just received my golden ticket. Thanks for the heads up on this - it looks to be very interesting! Hopefully, this old dawg can learn some new tricks!

 

[GwenOnBass]

Sitting on the fence about the lifetime access deal.

 

[bhendrix]

Sitting on the fence about the lifetime access deal.

Me too! But I'm all over "free"!

 

[Polish Thunder]

We can just leave it at... Grandpa (or Grandma) has earned the right to have any friggin bass or amp they want!

Speaking of grand parents, I am not sure if Suzi Quatro is a grandma, but at 70 years old, she is pretty hip.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Likely a help to absolutely none if I offer "best use for an old cab" when my old 1x15 monster saw duty as my makeup table. Good idea, wrong audience.

 

[GonePlaid]

Speaking of grand parents, I am not sure if Suzi Quatro is a grandma, but at 70 years old, she is pretty hip.

Hmm. Notice how little time she spends above the 7th fret. Just sayin'.

 

[bhendrix]

Hmm. Notice how little time she spends above the 7th fret. Just sayin'.

That's where the $$ is!

 

[iagtrplyr]

I'm joining the fray! Just received my golden ticket. Thanks for the heads up on this - it looks to be very interesting! Hopefully, this old dawg can learn some new tricks!

You are quite welcome, my bass brotha! As I do in my professional career, I feel an innate obligation to inform, enlighten, and entertain whenever possible. I only hope you, M, and I (along with anyone else who's interested) can get something out of the workshops to help us in our endeavor to be the next Gone Plaid...and everyone knows that he's a part of my post-retirement blueprint.

BTW, b, love the updated avatar!

 

[iagtrplyr]

Sitting on the fence about the lifetime access deal.

Consider this...live another 50 years and that's a whole lot of access!

 

[iagtrplyr]

Hmm. Notice how little time she spends above the 7th fret. Just sayin'.

I figured if God wanted us to play above the seventh or ninth fret, he had made our arms longer. Oh wait, we've been around longer than Leo's invention. Oh whatever, you get what I mean.

I rather play across the fretboard and less up and down it. Funny thing last week when I was working on my Jazz, the fret edges were baby smooth up to the octave (from filing) and less so beyond that. I think that says it all.

 

[iagtrplyr]

Speaking of grand parents, I am not sure if Suzi Quatro is a grandma, but at 70 years old, she is pretty hip.

Fun interview. She's still as cool as I remember her back in the seventies. Could you believe that was her dad's '57 Precision? It looked great. Of course, a neck as wide and deep as the Panama Canal, but I digress...

 

[Polish Thunder]

I figured if God wanted us to play above the seventh or ninth fret, he had made our arms longer. Oh wait, we've been around longer than Leo's invention. Oh whatever, you get what I mean.

I rather play across the fretboard and less up and down it. Funny thing last week when I was working on my Jazz, the fret edges were baby smooth up to the octave (from filing) and less so beyond that. I think that says it all.

Since I play old school music like the blues, I rarely go above the 7th fret. If you spend all of your time above the 12th fret on a bass and play a lot of chords, then maybe guitar would have been a better fit for you?

 

[Rob112]

I like meat and potatoes and then throwing in gills past the seventh fret when jamming. At home can do whatever but in a jam setting we owe it to the world to hold down the bottom end haha

 

[GonePlaid]

Since I play old school music like the blues, I rarely go above the 7th fret. If you spend all of your time above the 12th fret on a bass and play a lot of chords, then maybe guitar would have been a better fit for you?

From Eb-on the A-down to open E is my territory. Guitars can't go there(OK, 7's can). That's where the base(sic) is.

 

[GwenOnBass]

For some inexplicable reason the finish on the back of the neck on my 41 year-old Stingray is worn through below the first fret

 

[RodRy]

Well, then, it must be a call for a new great-grandpa ..., uh, ... thing! And I'm here to answer up.

Yep, "dad" is terrific when they're very young or when they're parents themselves, not always in between. And "grandpa" is wonderful when they visit and (whew!) when they leave. But, "great-grandpa" is simply sublime, so far. I'll know more later, maybe much later, and will report back when the post-covid world allows actual in-person visits.
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Uncle and great-uncle are the closest I have to those monikers, and I'm pretty darn happy with both!

 

[GwenOnBass]

From Eb-on the A-down to open E is my territory. Guitars can't go there(OK, 7's can). That's where the base(sic) is.

Looked to me (going by memory) you were tearing up in sub-7th fret territory in We Got To Get Out of This Place?

 

[RodRy]

NCD! After much deliberation, and suggestions from some of my friends here, I decided to jump into the Phil Jones amplification pool. Presenting my new practice amp, a Phil Jones Double Four. Purchased used off of Reverb. (Sorry for the lint circles in the pictures, it's between the inner and outer lenses.)

Echo, also known as Inspector 1, got busy right away.

Scale comparison:

Lexi (Inspector 2) making sure it is secure on top of the little GK.

And a photo of my P-copy Shorty plugged into the diminutive new amp.

So far, the tone is very good. I've only run it with the pictured short scale P-copy strung with Pyramid Gold flats. It sounds very tight, and certainly fills the room. Have not done much tone shaping yet, but so far just the knob on the bass gives me a pretty good range to run with. It is very clear-sounding and transparent in a similar way to my GK. Can't wait to see how the other basses sound through it.

My concern about it not being able to keep up with a guitar seems to be unfounded. It's plenty loud for an acoustic jam, as long as no one else is also amplified.

Time to practice!