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Our band’s (The Madeleine Cookie Company’s) bass guitars
By: abstamaria Date: June 7, 2013, 9:44 pm
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Our ragtag, amateur band plays only pre-1964 music and, of the
instrumental pieces, only early Ventures and Shadows. We try to
capture the sound of both bands (not successfully so far, I’m
afraid) and so use instruments close to what our heroes used
then. That cuts down the variables and also gives our audience
an authentic scene on stage.
That limits our choice to Precision Basses. Our bass guitarist,
seen below, is quite petite with small hands, but she manages on
the wider PBass fretboard. She also had to learn to play with a
pick.
She has a PBass for Ventures pieces, sunburst as Nokie’s, but
her's is a modern one, closer to a mid-1959+ model with a
rosewood fretboard and white pickguard. She wants to add bridge
and pickup covers, as Nokie apparently kept his on.
Andy
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More sunburst.
By: abstamaria Date: June 10, 2013, 8:35 am
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Here is a better view of our bassist Anna’s sunburst Precision.
The center of the volume knob is push button that switches the
pickups from parallel (as in a Jazz Bass, I think) or series.
(I hope Anna doesn’t see this photo, taken during rehearsal.
She borrowed her daugher’s prom queen tiara to keep her hair off
her face.}
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Re: Our band’s (The Madeleine Cookie Company’s) bass guitars
By: wstagner Date: June 10, 2013, 10:57 am
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I like the Tiara. She's the "queen" of base geetar. ;D
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Tiara
By: abstamaria Date: June 15, 2013, 6:08 am
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Haha. I'll tell her, Walt. Perhaps she can sign up here. We
have no female members, it seems.
Andy
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