Comments on: First Bass No.2 – Beg, Steal, or Borrow, but NEVER sell your basses!!! http://kevmoore.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/first-bass-no2-beg-steal-or-borrow-but-never-sell-your-basses/ Now brought to you by those nice people at The Muse on the Rock! Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:07:10 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: 12stringbassist http://kevmoore.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/first-bass-no2-beg-steal-or-borrow-but-never-sell-your-basses/#comment-662 12stringbassist Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:48:44 +0000 http://kevmoore.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-662 I have one of John Birch's Ric style SCDR basses - see the gear pages on our website. Not a thing to ever part with - and FAR more knobs than is really sensible!!! Cheers, Ian I have one of John Birch’s Ric style SCDR basses – see the gear pages on our website. Not a thing to ever part with – and FAR more knobs than is really sensible!!!

Cheers,
Ian

]]> By: kevmoore http://kevmoore.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/first-bass-no2-beg-steal-or-borrow-but-never-sell-your-basses/#comment-660 kevmoore Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:20:33 +0000 http://kevmoore.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-660 Wow, thanks for commenting Oliver...was the scratchplate original or a later addition? Wow, thanks for commenting Oliver…was the scratchplate original or a later addition?

]]> By: Oliver Matthews http://kevmoore.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/first-bass-no2-beg-steal-or-borrow-but-never-sell-your-basses/#comment-653 Oliver Matthews Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:50:48 +0000 http://kevmoore.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-653 I have a John Birch Bass 1975 Ric copy jus like that! But it has a black scratchplate... I have a John Birch Bass 1975 Ric copy jus like that! But it has a black scratchplate…

]]> By: kevmoore http://kevmoore.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/first-bass-no2-beg-steal-or-borrow-but-never-sell-your-basses/#comment-586 kevmoore Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:45:42 +0000 http://kevmoore.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-586 There's a smart pupil! Always praise the teacher! More basses coming up in the next couple of weeks, and no doubt some dodgy hairstyles as well! There’s a smart pupil! Always praise the teacher! More basses coming up in the next couple of weeks, and no doubt some dodgy hairstyles as well!

]]> By: supersizeme http://kevmoore.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/first-bass-no2-beg-steal-or-borrow-but-never-sell-your-basses/#comment-566 supersizeme Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:57:24 +0000 http://kevmoore.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-566 You're an extremely kind person!! That was one hell of a lesson there!! I'll be damned if I havent learnt anything from that! :D You’re an extremely kind person!!
That was one hell of a lesson there!! I’ll be damned if I havent learnt anything from that!
:D

]]> By: kevmoore http://kevmoore.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/first-bass-no2-beg-steal-or-borrow-but-never-sell-your-basses/#comment-564 kevmoore Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:40:13 +0000 http://kevmoore.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-564 Mmm...okay. Virtually all (except for headless, which we'll leave out of the argument cos it just confuses things) guitars and basses have strings which are wound around the machine heads on the headstock (RHS of my pic) they then pass through a grooved nut at the top end of the neck, and are held at tension above the fretboard along the length of the neck before passing over the bridge saddles and anchoring in the tailpiece. The gap between the strings and the fretboard is called the action. A solely electric guitar or bass doesnt need a hole, or indeed to have a hollow body, as the pick ups and amplifier will provide the volume. That'll do for now, I need a lie-down! Mmm…okay. Virtually all (except for headless, which we’ll leave out of the argument cos it just confuses things) guitars and basses have strings which are wound around the machine heads on the headstock (RHS of my pic) they then pass through a grooved nut at the top end of the neck, and are held at tension above the fretboard along the length of the neck before passing over the bridge saddles and anchoring in the tailpiece. The gap between the strings and the fretboard is called the action. A solely electric guitar or bass doesnt need a hole, or indeed to have a hollow body, as the pick ups and amplifier will provide the volume. That’ll do for now, I need a lie-down!

]]> By: supersizeme http://kevmoore.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/first-bass-no2-beg-steal-or-borrow-but-never-sell-your-basses/#comment-562 supersizeme Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:13:27 +0000 http://kevmoore.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-562 Thats the general pointer I've been working off, as you've explained that before right? Look forward to the oncoming instalments! I'll be a whiz in no time! Thats the general pointer I’ve been working off, as you’ve explained that before right?

Look forward to the oncoming instalments! I’ll be a whiz in no time!

]]> By: supersizeme http://kevmoore.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/first-bass-no2-beg-steal-or-borrow-but-never-sell-your-basses/#comment-561 supersizeme Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:11:57 +0000 http://kevmoore.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-561 Oh cool!! I'm able to see a major difference, guitars whether electric or (basic?)acoustic have a large vent/hole just above the centre and the strings are majorly from that hole alongside the handle, whereas with bass it runs along the entire instrument, from the handle down the legnth of body of the instrument as it is in your pic, am I right? Oh cool!!

I’m able to see a major difference, guitars whether electric or (basic?)acoustic have a large vent/hole just above the centre and the strings are majorly from that hole alongside the handle, whereas with bass it runs along the entire instrument, from the handle down the legnth of body of the instrument as it is in your pic, am I right?

]]> By: kevmoore http://kevmoore.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/first-bass-no2-beg-steal-or-borrow-but-never-sell-your-basses/#comment-560 kevmoore Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:19:17 +0000 http://kevmoore.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-560 The knobs...that bass had six, plus a toggle switch. Yes, all basses and guitars have them, but generally 7 is overkill! They all serve the pickups, (the little bars beneath the strings on the body) either to switch between them, change the mix between them, or alter the volume or tone. I don't know about other guys but I tend to keep everything set the same except the master volume, and do everything else on the amp! I'm currently having a Danelectro longhorn semi-acoustic bass customised and restored, and guess what? It will have one pick up and a "top-hat" combined volume and tone control (so it will appear to only have one knob, yeah!) I think I should christen it "The Minimaliser". By the way, when its finished, it will be my final entry in this series, but we've a way to go yet! The knobs…that bass had six, plus a toggle switch. Yes, all basses and guitars have them, but generally 7 is overkill! They all serve the pickups, (the little bars beneath the strings on the body) either to switch between them, change the mix between them, or alter the volume or tone. I don’t know about other guys but I tend to keep everything set the same except the master volume, and do everything else on the amp! I’m currently having a Danelectro longhorn semi-acoustic bass customised and restored, and guess what? It will have one pick up and a “top-hat” combined volume and tone control (so it will appear to only have one knob, yeah!) I think I should christen it “The Minimaliser”. By the way, when its finished, it will be my final entry in this series, but we’ve a way to go yet!

]]> By: supersizeme http://kevmoore.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/first-bass-no2-beg-steal-or-borrow-but-never-sell-your-basses/#comment-558 supersizeme Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:33:15 +0000 http://kevmoore.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-558 Golly!!! Is that you in the pic Kev? You look like Freddie Mercury there! Seriously! Nice bass, painful story! About those front controls, silver knob things, its not customary on all basses right? Do guitars ever have them? Golly!!! Is that you in the pic Kev?
You look like Freddie Mercury there! Seriously!

Nice bass, painful story!

About those front controls, silver knob things, its not customary on all basses right? Do guitars ever have them?

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