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One of my fave Journey songs.... just stunning Featuring, among other things, Steve Perry's amazing, soulful vocals....Neal Schon's perfect guitar solo (Rick Beato's fave solo too!) and Ross Valory's chorus soaked bass and harmonics....

I'm more offended by their homogenised, twee pop-reggae tbh. How about Tim Westwood? More Ali-G than Ali-G....

I'll be depping with the Spandau Ballet/Duran Duran theatre tribute show 'From Gold To Rio' on Saturday night at the Gainsborough Trinity Arts Centre: https://trinityarts.co.uk/whats-on/from-gold-to-rio/ Cool basslines aplenty!

Fantastic! Proper USA Hamer too rather than an import model.... Nooooooice!

Apparently it had been driven hard and had lots of wear & tear I'll get me coat......

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This!! Too tight trousers that end mid calf, with slip on shoes and no socks.... WTF is that.....?!

Scott's Bass Lessons next vid: "Why Boutique Basses Crush Everything!"

The answer is 42

https://www.leics.police.uk/news/leicestershire/news/2025/september/man-charged-with-fraud-offences-to-appear-in-court/?fbclid=IwdGRzaAMr9bNjbGNrAyv1TWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEe9KOKyYzb75zVeG1K57SVi-Nvq63U1Cw7mnABJETMLSDQPCJSCovaWHT1FfI_aem_eUKPZo5af_A8f6Jh7NfVtA

I don't do any deps without prep time and a decent fee (unless there are multiple events I'm needed for with the same band). It saves me hours of short notice stress for little reward and, most importantly, I always like to do the songs (and band I'm depping with) justice....

@bassbiscuits Say Hi! to Marty (Paul) & Bram (Ace) from me! (Gary - ex-Dressed To Kill)

A general thanks to the majority of contributors to this thread for engaging thoughtfully and honestly in the spirit I originally posted it. It's made for an interesting read and I am reassured at the moral compasses of most of you. Not sure what more can be said, so Mods - I think we can probably close this now as we're getting off topic, arguing interpretation of law etc.

You need to go back and read the thread. YOU mentioned 'band mates' shouting at hotels. Noone else has mentioned that at all. But anyway.... back to hearing the views of more of our bellow bass brethren...

Point missed, as usual... The only person talking about bandmates shouting at hotels is you. This discussion is much wider and more nuanced than that, but again your use of sarcasm betrays you....

So, because you personally haven't experienced it in a band it doesn't exist or matter. Thanks, I'll be sure to check in with you in the future before posting....

Not sure what, if anything, this post is trying to contribute apart from sarcasm?

Interesting response and this is kinda the crux of the question so thanks for that. It presents an interesting dilemma... How important are our own personal moral compasses/opinions and should we just try to get along, accepting others' opinions (even if they may be repulsive to us)? For me, my moral compass won't allow me to 'get along' with someone who holds such abhorrent opinions....

No it wouldn't prevent you working with them..... or no you wouldn't work with them?

It's a hypothetical scenario.... but a similar situation arose for a friend of mine and I was interested in how it would make others feel....

The world, as we know, is a volatile place right now with everyone (myself included) taking sides.... I'm interested to know, if you found out that an existing bandmate, or potential bandmate, was e.g. racist, homophobic, fascist etc.... would it make you reconsider working with them? Lets not turn this thread overtly political or into a slanging match if we can help it (this isn't Talk Bass) but I'm genuinely interested in people's thoughts. I'm not talking Labour voter/Conservative voter stuff here...... but, personally, I'm not sure that I could share a car/splitter/dressing room/stage with someone with far right or homo/transphobic views. I would need to call it out and that kind of drama would kill the band. I have been in musical situations where another musician is a full-on 'conspiracy-theorist' and I have simply turned off from listening to them or changed the subject rapidly, but I couldn't do that in the above situation.

Donald Trump built them. He was the 1st to build them and noone has ever built them faster, cheaper or better....

I love Tiran Porter's playing on this but I'm struggling to nail it properly. Anyone fancy transcribing it, pref in tab, for me? Thank you in advance!

The V3 Rumble 100 is great for practice and small gigs. For larger club gigs I'd go straight to the 800 though. It has an output power attenuation switch for low or full power, according to your performance situation, aiding with a solid tone at all levels. Part of the reason the V3's sound so good is they took on some of the tech they acquired when Fender purchased (and sadly disposed of) the fab Genz Benz company.