paul_5

Third Eye is a reference to the pineal gland in the brain. Apparently it’s a vestigial thing in your heed.

That makes more sense to tune at the 3rd fret, means that the open strings are slightly flat, but looks like it's a trade-off. I mainly play fretless bass anyway, so maybe a fretless is the way to go.

I played one for the first time at my local ukulele club last week. Obviously it sounded better through the PA, but the strings were really, really 'grabby' and the intonation was way off! Are they all like this?

The Frankie Goes To Hollywood track? I thought that was Holly Johnson on vocals and only had one chord?

Wonder wall and pretty much anything by the Eagles. My problem isn’t necessarily with the material by the original artists (mostly) but is due to the number of times I’ve heard less able musicians butcher them, to the point where I find the originals unlistenable. The same cannot be said for Steely Dan. On paper their records should be amazing and render all other music unnecessary, given the calibre of the writers, players and producers on their recordings. Sadly what they delivered was overproduced, cheesy yacht-rock. I know that probably makes me unpopular, but it’s a hill I’m prepared to die on.

Practice/demo stuff is bass ->Alesis core 1, MacBook Cubase and amp sim Serious recording bass -> pedal board (with compression and HPF-> Ampeg preamp -> MOTU interface -> MacBook and Protools.

KiOgon (username) on here can knock you up an excellent quality circuit that does exactly what you want. Failing that you'll need a dual 250kΩ (or 500kΩ) potentiometer and wire it like this: The two 'sources' are your hot pickup wires.

Me too. My main cable is over 30 years old, so something is working!

Unless they’re a left-hand thread, but everyone knows that!

Yes. Because I’m old and wretched I have varifocals.

Nobody can dance with a Wal slung around their neck!

I think the only track on BSSM that was a stingray was the 5 String on ‘The righteous and the wicked’, everything else was the Wal.

Possessed to skate - ST

Mmmm, freshly cut tree-meat

Stratus the way (I like it) KC and the sunshine band.

Nope, that’s the Beegees.

I can heartily recommend the iReal app for learning standards and walking, though it’s Mac only.

Motherly Love - FZ and the Mothers of Invention

It’s surprising how well the ‘shouting at approximate pitch’ approach works!

I got coerced into BVs during my tenure in a metal band, and really enjoy doing them now. I’ve known from a young age that Pavarotti was never going to lose any sleep over my vocal ‘abilities’, but well placed harmonies can often mean the difference between a good live band and a great live band.

I've avoided using a compressor for years, and tend to favour a HPF over an actual compressor. I fire mine (Emma Discombobulator) on for slap passages as it's set to a fast attack time and quite a heavy compression.