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I think the phrase “all time favourite DOD fx25” speaks volumes to me.

Same, not too keen on his solo stuff but The Police, oh yes!

Good call. Ready Salted crisps, tonic water and cranberry juice are also helpful for cramp-avoidance.

In my new band I’m just playing their current selection which is excellent aside from a couple of songs that I think are just ok. I suggested adding in Pump It Pump by Elvia Costello at some point and they’re all up for it so great that there’s a willingness there.

Given how popular short scale basses are becoming I think any string manufacturer not making short scale strings is really missing a trick.

In an old punk covers band we would decide on a song then give it a go. After two times through it we would know if we would be able to proceed with it or not, some songs just didn’t work.

I think in this situation I would listen to which songs had been agreed upon them ask. OK, now which of the songs we’ve all just agreed on do I not need to put the time & effort in on as some/all of you will not bother to do the same. Might be confrontational but sometimes it’s necessary to fosters people off in order for them to listen.

No they’re my French geese

Excellent, hope you win but as others have said, the fact you’ve been nominated is recognition that you’re doing things right.

Looks great Pete, am looking forward to seeing you guys n gals again soon.

Elixirs - due to the coating they’re incredibly smooth to play, plus last for ages.

Have you checked out Lars’ other band, The Old Firm Casuals? One of my faves, awesome live.

Yes Elixirs are a good call, I get about 8 months to a year from a set. They don’t have that real fresh new string sound out of the pack, more like 2 week old sound but they retain it for so long that the slightly higher initial cost actually works out cheaper in the long run. My earlier post re Warwick’s was more on a nickel like for like basis but thinking about it a set of steel Elixirs would probably match up quite nicely with EB Slinkys.

The material isn’t really my thing but the musicianship from all is excellent and JB, well how he did what he did, just amazing.

Good point I am better than Jaco!

Jaco only needed 4 Which explains why he’s twice as good as me as I only need 2

I used to have the same with Rotosound steel rounds, 3 to 4 weeks from them max. I read a recommendation about Warwick Red Label steels and tried them and found that I could get 2, maybe 2.5 months from them. Might be worth checking out the nickel version.

My fave artist of the last couple of years, Morgan Wade

Seems to be more & more manufacturers going down this route.

I find the irony of the modern music of my teens is that I hated it then but love it now. So working on that theory in 40 years time I’ll love the music of 2023.

Def something wrong there Andy, the Ashdown I used at Skegness was an ABM500 through an Ashdown 215 cab and I didn’t need to push that at all.

I don’t use compression live, have tried many times but just don’t like it. However for home practice I like it. I wouldn’t say it covers up poor technique rather than really highlights it, and as such it improves technique as a result.

Agree, this series is def my fave too.

I like the Ampeg SCR-DI, it has a more traditional bass amp sound, plus a nice drive which when used sparingly sounds much more tubey, plus it can be switched on/off independent of the rest of the pedal.