stingrayPete1977

Excellent choice 😎

Strangely I play four string upright without thinking about it but an electric four string bass confuses me totally.

I don't think they are different enough tbh, certainly not at a beginner level. But you wouldn't know as you've "never played one", maybe you shouldn't rush your judgement? 😉

But now he has actual media coverage, its possible that people will start to listen to his tracks, view his YouTube clips and attend the gigs?

As I said before, any teacher that won't teach you on an EUB isn't a teacher you want if you have an EUB, if it's because they've never played one or just snobbery it doesn't matter really the student will be better off without that teacher, if that teacher can't or won't teach the basics of left and right hand technique of a DB to an EUB player I doubt they'd be great at teaching anyway tbh. I use every technique Jake Newman has taught me in the same way on my DB and EUB other than putting my knee behind the body.

I've had people after gigs telling me they enjoyed it and my playing then ramble on about some band where the bass player uses a five string and how I've proven that you don't need five strings etc etc, I've never had the heart to tell them.

Did he get to the gig in a kayak?

You need to see the ClassicRay in the flesh, the quality and finish are a step up again over a regular USA Ray, which are already excellent. Mine has a single slab of wood for the body and a gloss birdseye maple neck and fingerboard.

Ahh beat me to it!

Is this a wind up?

What about a well timed punch in the face?

Oh and you forgot to mention that effing clock bloke!

At least we can still play 'look who's live on JH that died six months ago'.

Yep cash convertors and all those need checking every day now, if you see even just one pedal listed on a site try and call in and see if the rest is there in the shop before going straight to the police, I wouldn't inform the shop without the police present tbh, the fact, and it is fact because we've seen it a few times now that the shop only put the odd thing online tells us they know it's stolen. Good luck.

Sad to see him needing to raise ten grand when Chrissie Hynde is worth $12m

If you buy the new version you'll have it to keep forever just like those that bought it on vinyl, 8 track, cassette, VHS with some nonsense backing video, CD, remixed CD, iTunes and download etc. They probably need the money.

Placed up high pointing towards you it should be fine if the bass can go via the pa?

I'm not sure really, it's easy enough to wind the bridge up and down to play around with it, higher action gives a more dB like thump especially with foam behind the bridge which is the best mod you can do anyway, too low then it starts too feel and sound more like a fretless electric, have a play around, you won't hurt it.

My local him is a her, Helen at Timothy Tofts. She did a lovely job of my new sound post.

White Black white looks much nicer than just white. With a black plate it will look just like my classic 5 but with a rose wood board and a bit cheaper than the £2400 you'd pay for one now!

A Tenner! At a push I'd take it for free to burn on bonfire night.

Parachutes is OK after that I lost interest.

It's just a bit of fun really and they appear to be unfazed by it. I've only heard the stuff on the radio, they're better than Coldplay.

Have you had a little morning drinky?!