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There was some really great metal coming from the south of the US at that time. Plus we also had Sepultura, Life of Agony and Fear Factory plus British bands like Therapy? and The Almighty and the whole grunge scene as well. It was a great time to be in to noisy music. It all ended when Limp Bizkit and Blink 182 came along. They were just terrible.

Murder Workshop - Hellbastard

Another Al Di Meola guitar transcription, this is his arrangement of the Beatles tune 'In My Life' from his 2013 album, 'All Your Life: a tribute to The Beatles'. It is only a partial transcription as a second guitar comes in half way through and I was only interested in the solo element so I stopped. I thought I would post it on here anyway rather than leave it sat there doing nothing. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/in-my-life-al-di-meola/

True. I own the same bass (5 string also). It's comfortable to play despite the thick neck. I've played the 4 string RockBasses on several occasions, don't know the specs but it seemed like regular 19mm spacing to me. Thing is the Star Bass is probably not the best example of acoustic/hollow sounding bass the OP is asking for. It's Jazz Bass'ish, but fatter, not that much hollow honk. Still, can definitely get in the beatlesque ballpark on flats (the shorter 32" scale 4 string is better at that). It reacts like a solid body too (no microphonics or feedback) and also the feel is more that of a solid body bass (a solid maple block runs all along the center of the body). One with MASSIVE sustain BTW. I got mine because I gave up dealing with the unpredictability of ABGs/semihollows in different spaces for my occasional amplified acoustic gigs. I can more then fake it now with the Star Bass' looks while having proper performance, with a tone that still totally cuts it for acoustic gigs. Not the purest of approaches to "acoustic" gigs, I know I'm cheating 😅

I do sometimes wonder how much of the tobacco sunburst on my dad's 1969 Tele is actual tobacco... That's a good result though, well done!

The first cut is the deepest - Rod Stewart

Nice way to spend a Sunday afternoon!

I use feeler gauges on the 7th fret while using a capo on 1st fret and holding down 12th fret (i'd need to confirm the 12th fret as its been a while and might be where the neck meets the heel) Generally i just eyeball along the neck and make sure it has the slightest relief. Once happy with that i'll measure it and move onto the string height and intonation. I usually reference a set up guide i found on Fodera basses. Dave

This was so cool. Still love that era of metal, friends of Pantera in the the NOLA scene, Crowbar, CoC etc.

The Mildhearts Ginger Mildheart (stretching the joke a little, I'll grant you...) Kim Milde Marty Milde (It would be rude to have his daughter in the list and not him, really) Mild Cherry Mild Willy Barrett Running Mild

It's just laziness, really!

Yeah. I *think* what I need to do is to jumper the two toggle switches to rule the two toggles out. If I can get it to sound "correct" like that then I might be able to brave trying to get those switches out --- though it will be a gigantic PITA.

@itsmedunc bought some MarkBass rack ears from me. All went well

Looking forward to our electric headline show in Swindon this Thursday, along with our fantastic handpicked special guest. Free entry.

This isn’t exactly what you are asking for, but I just google the lyrics and paste them into Pages on my iPad so I can format them in a way that helps me break them down and read them. When I play live I just convert them into a PDF for quick swiping.

have limited experience with preamps but the Sadowsky has been good for me maybe 30 years(?) it sort of adds "body"

Variations on a theme, I like it. Cracking post. 😊 Mark