Post by timford on Mar 24, 2011 2:17:17 GMT -7
New to me, second hand bass guitar day
Profile silhouette P style
Never played a bass before but I'm having a new world of fun. Bit like playing slide in a lower octave.
Took it along to open mic as the bass player has played a lot of fretless before and he loved it. I should have got him to do the theramin parts of beachboys 'wild honey' for me, but I don't think anyone there had ever heard the song before (or BP little moments and alcohol).
I've got a profile vintage strat that I swapped out the neck on, so I was aware of the brand name, but found nothing on the net about them other than a couple of reviews on harmony central (where everything gets a 10 or a 0/1).
No wonder you guys had never heard of them. Apparently they were made during the 80s and 90s and most likely came out of the Japanese Fender licensed factory. They were only sold as a brand in australia and there was some talk that they were organised and imported by one shop or chain. My understanding is that Fender was not very impressed, being the reason they finally disappeared. They were cheap and apparently very good, especially the earlier ones.
No problems with fret buzz ;D, and it sounds good enough for me (as a cheap toy) playing it through the KT45. I did need to intonate it, but if I shut my eyes it really wouldn't have made that much difference (except for a tighter scale length). The fret markers are actually in the normal position rather than being on the frets but once you know where everything is its really about your ears which is good training.
First bass line I had to master was from Josh Ritter 'right moves'. Doesn't play it on fretless, but it is a perfect line for the fretless with plenty of room for slidey embelishments (no man or their dog would want to hear my attempted mastering though, but I'll start working on growing the bass players mustache next)
I'm an excitable chap.
Profile silhouette P style
Never played a bass before but I'm having a new world of fun. Bit like playing slide in a lower octave.
Took it along to open mic as the bass player has played a lot of fretless before and he loved it. I should have got him to do the theramin parts of beachboys 'wild honey' for me, but I don't think anyone there had ever heard the song before (or BP little moments and alcohol).
I've got a profile vintage strat that I swapped out the neck on, so I was aware of the brand name, but found nothing on the net about them other than a couple of reviews on harmony central (where everything gets a 10 or a 0/1).
No wonder you guys had never heard of them. Apparently they were made during the 80s and 90s and most likely came out of the Japanese Fender licensed factory. They were only sold as a brand in australia and there was some talk that they were organised and imported by one shop or chain. My understanding is that Fender was not very impressed, being the reason they finally disappeared. They were cheap and apparently very good, especially the earlier ones.
No problems with fret buzz ;D, and it sounds good enough for me (as a cheap toy) playing it through the KT45. I did need to intonate it, but if I shut my eyes it really wouldn't have made that much difference (except for a tighter scale length). The fret markers are actually in the normal position rather than being on the frets but once you know where everything is its really about your ears which is good training.
First bass line I had to master was from Josh Ritter 'right moves'. Doesn't play it on fretless, but it is a perfect line for the fretless with plenty of room for slidey embelishments (no man or their dog would want to hear my attempted mastering though, but I'll start working on growing the bass players mustache next)
I'm an excitable chap.