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Check out the three finger method that Gary Willis uses. You'll have it sussed by about day seven or eight.

In the mid-90s I was in a four-piece where at no point did the members of the band ever manage to be in the same room at the same time. As far as I know we haven't split up yet.

Thanks for the videos. Here's a link to the album on spotify

Next time he criticises your playing, tell him you're playing by feel.

I had a bet with myself for what time he would roll out the "it's not a C chord until I play a C" quote (first reported appearance, Bass Player magazine, April 1992) (ffwd to 27m51s, I was over by 13m27s)

I've got a useful app on my phone called Sound Meter. it ranks noise levels as follows diesel truck hair dryer rock music threshold of pain

I once had from a punter "can you turn down please? It's making me feel sick" (everyone else was ok)

nothing really springs to mind, Groovehacker

Harmonic Booster + Super Symmetry here

Lateralus is the better album, although Aenima has my favourite song (Forty Six & 2), said tone enigmatically

Just in case: https://thejazzcafelondon.com/event/richard-bona-3/ https://thejazzcafelondon.com/event/richard-bona-4/

I've counted on all toes and got to 2040. Sooner than you think!

Meanwhile I'm sure everyone knows by now - the postponed Glasgow date is now cancelled.

Boom, from Chicago Nov 15th, replacing Duchess for one night only.

And if they had, Fear Inoculum would only have been out a couple of months by now and we'd all be still very excited about it. (mental image: Tool newcomers collectively scratching their heads)

When you lay it out like that it should really be 3, 5, 8, 13 years. Come on Tool try harder.

A few tips from my top shelf: Opeth - Garden of the Titans King Crimson - Meltdown Rush - R40, Time Machine The Police - Certifiable (video quality on this one is amazing) David Byrne - American Utopia

I wish my playing was as gash as Richard Bona's

play Seven Nation Army in whatever key you happen to be in, repeat until someone comes to the rescue

Most pub bands I play in tend to engender heavy drinking in the audients anyway

It's streaming (lol) on NME. Viewer discretion advised of course. https://www.nme.com/news/music/brass-againsts-sophia-urista-urinates-on-fans-face-during-festival-set-3094591 And I was looking forward to seeing them supporting Tool, which is also good advice for the chaps attempting a similar move.

2/5 in the Guardian. Some band called BAAB anyway, I assume it's them https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/05/abba-voyage-review-pop-back

Nate's got his hands on one as well...

If pushed I'd say the UW has most mileage, but the Tensor is most out there of the bunch. At the other end, Mel9 has some excellent sounds and exactly what I wanted from it, but a few that don't work as well on bass.

Off the top of my head, and in no particular order, mostly from the BC Effects For Sale area... Source Audio Ultrawave Bass Banananana Matryoshka Tech 21 Geddy Lee Red Panda Tensor EHX Mel9 Earthquaker Afterneath v3 Emma Electronics Discumbobulator v2 couple of Dunlop DVP4 mini some patch cables