paul_5

Blame it on the Boogie - Jacko. On a side-note, I'm not sure if this would have been his best defence... It must be love - Madness

Aw schitt. Gibby was a massive influence on my early forays into the world of fretless.

It’s easy to fall into the rabbit-hole of ‘improvements’ to a cheap bass, but unless it’s making your life difficult or isn’t doing something that you want it to then I’d say stick with it. Unimproved basses generally hold their value more than most that have been tinkered with, so there’s that to consider if and when you want to upgrade to another bass down the line. If you’re currently enjoying playing it then my advice would be to keep doing that.

FWIW I ‘ve had the VT bass, BDDI (both versions) and a Paradriver. The Paradriver was head and shoulders above the other sansamp stuff in terms of flexibility and sound.

Some folks on the other site have compared the Paradriver with the Behringer ADI-21; it's got the sweepable mids of the paradriver, but not the drive.

I seem to recall Alanis Morissette having a fair set of pipes on her too.

Ditto. First time I heard Devin was on Steve Vai's "Sex and Religion" - quite an eye-opener!

There’s probably some psychology behind ‘self sabotage’, but it still beggars belief that people still do this.

IME Jazz guitarists know more than just a pentatonic scale.

That’s brilliant news!

You know it is, it really is.

Flats on a Jazz - good enough for Led Zeppelin!

Overtly Literal has its place though - namely Death Metal; kind of one-dimensional from a lyrical standpoint, but good fun nonetheless.

Yes, they're the definition of Form over Function.

Wow! You can afford sherry AND new strings?!?

Listen like Thieves - INXS

These miscreants look to be enjoying the same song a whole lot more, can't think why...

Dunno, how much is dignitas these days?

Personally I'd go for pretty much anything over an ODB-3, but that's just me. The Pork and Pickle is fairly special though.

Probably the only time I enjoy listening to the Load/Reload material is the S&M album, that way I’m never more than few minutes away from ‘classic’ Metallica!

There's a HaNon B7 that's available for nothing, as well as the ColaB3. A quick google should find legitimate links.

Warren eyesore!

All of my favourite 'tallica stuff was done early in their career, but that doesn't mean that I won't listen to newer stuff. A band that's been around as long as Metallica are in the impossible position of either putting out the same sounding record until they call it quits or trying new things and risking alienating their established fanbase. I'd rather have a band that stretches and challenges itself to grow than listen to the same E minor pentatonic riff for the rest of my days. Different strokes and all that.