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I played French Horn and my brother played Sax in Middle and High School Band Orchestra and of course The Beatles and British Invasion made us drop those and buy stringed instruments and form a band. My brother was pretty fluid on Sax but not many requests for French Horn…but I do agree fretless or position playing is not my forte!
I picked it up on trombone easily enough but that was 7 rather spread out positions. 20 to 24 in a short space (times 4 or more) is very different. I’m happy with frets. I’m having enough trouble working out the best patterns on some new songs without that variable!
And Will @Gaolee
The problem is that there's quite a bit of overlap in the intelligence level of the smartest bears and the dumbest humans.
Those are done with 'the lip'. Haven't figured out a way to lip up a string.
You can't. Because you can't go wrong with a Epi VP... 60s Bass, 64.... I can't keep up. I don't think they have changed the name this month, but whatever they call them, they are fantastic in tone and price.
So true. I really did not appreciate just how smart bears are. But watching surveillance videos of them gives one insight into their intelligence.
Very true. I have a '71 Jazz with the odd spacing (nothing magic and was seeking something of the GL tone at the time), had a '78 P that was heavy and sounded bland so I put DiMarzio's in it and gold hardware and highmass bridge with micro tuners. Had an "A" neck. I loved it after I remade it. I had another 70s for a short while that I modded and later traded. Maybe for the '64 Thunderbird. One very early 80s Jazz. I personally found the 70s to often be heavy (thought my J is light), often sloppy in build quality (even having huge gaps in places), and generally were blah sounding. Just my experience and what I recall from years ago. I'm sure there are some good ones, but I'm actually shocked at prices for them now when they had virtually so little value for a long time and no one sought them out--and now seem to be valuable. Must be just the age, because people who were playing them back then were't all that impressed with them given how modding them was common if not a given my so many. Just my worthless experience! Again, I'm sure there are some good ones out there and that they do what people who own them want from them. That would still be an era I would have no interest in. I guess I would say my experience was that basses before and after the 70s and 80s seem to be better instruments. Pure subjective opinion on my part.
Now that you are aware of the subtle Antigua of that BaCH, you will be looking to sell it soon, correct?…Antigua… sorry, I just threw up a little in my mouth. I detest that color (especially when it turns babygreen with age).
I like some Yes, much more Rush, and beyond that it just doesn't do anything for me. I'd much rather listen to old scratchy recording blues records. (I happen to like those old recordings, so it's not a diss.)
You didn't even look at the bass. Be honest.
That’s encouraging for you Donnie. I played mine quite a bit on Tuesday and absolutely love the tone from it. Once I get the BaCH pickup routing done, I think those two will be vying to be my No. 2. At this juncture, I think I like the BaCH’s thinner neck a bit better. But my ‘21 NR is a great Thunderbird.
There was a bass?You didn't even look the bass. Be honest.
Somebody put a lot of work into that one. And it is slot-head. It may have been refinished because of repairs. But who cares? It looks like it turned out well.
I have a fretless Thunderbird. But then I am also Willie at times.
I hope the structure under that cabinet was built for that loading. I think about how much things weight. It is an affliction.
Shouldn't be a problem, records don't weigh much. It's the album cover that's the x factor.
