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I think my problem is a sensitive nerve ending that has come more to the surface as my skin gets thinner with age. Now that i'm gigging more and my fingertips are hardening up again i dont notice it so much. I did get it once today at a 6hr rehearsal tho. I'm using D'addario XT 45-100's at the moment but i get this with any type of string. I do find i get it more when i play hard or dig in with my plucking hand as i automatically seem to press the strings harder with my fretting hand at same time. If i play lighter which i'm doing more these days its not so bad. Also using my fingernails on plucking hand a lot more too. Getting a nice edge without hitting strings so hard. Dave

Comes to us all Andy. As long as you still feel 20 then all is well. Are you sure its not just the drink that's had an effect on you there. 😂 Dave

Think Trading Standards is the way to go. Not fit for purpose comes to mind. Dave

Hadn't thought of a spot of the old threadlock. Cheers for that. Dave

I always remove my strap after a gig and regularly have to tighten the lock nut on them and hoping i'd notice something like that. All in all they lasted well tho. You were lucky no damage to the bass. Dave

I thought i saw the big Aggie atop your cab but wasn't sure what else you had going on. Bet that sounds nice. Dave

What bass rig are you using @Thor

Regular gig last night at The Riverside in Dumfries. When we showed up to load in there were 2 guys sitting at the bar. Horrendous weather didn't help. Did our sound check and went for a bite to eat hoping that when we came back at 8pm it would be busy. Up to 6 people now. There were more punters with the band. Started at 8:30 and all of a sudden people arrived within first couple of songs. Wasn't busy by any means but maybe around 20-30 all appeared to be having a great time so it turned out a really great wee night. Not a nice drive home with strong winds having brought leaves and smaller branches onto road with torrential rain and lots of flooding and standing water. Even the motorway was quiet. From Moffat junction to Abington i passed one truck and had one car pass me in a 30 min motorway drive. First actual gig with the new Handbox WB-100 and my Mesa 210/115 cabs. Using the Sandberg MarloweDK took me a bit to get the tone i was looking for. Overall the sound was full, deep and warm with a nice hi-end click to to it. All flat with a touch of mid boost. Happy with the new WB-100. Its doing a great job. Dave

Yes i've had to do that in the past. Cant remember who the drummer was but left to his own devices it was like a freight train down a hill without brakes. What Status bass are you using. Just curious. Dave

I was about to ask what that meant and just caught your comment lower down the page its obvious when explained 😂 Dave

You are lucky i've had to get ebay to step in on several occasions to get a response. I do use ebay and Amazon a lot and its probbaly 1-2% of messages i send. If i email BD i do it directly because of the ebay delays in messaging i've experienced but to be honest i generally go direct to BD website rather than ebay as i've found talking with Mark he will offer me a deal on some occasions. I do worry that i see some not very good experiences being highlighted tho, whether that would ever put me off buying i very much doubt it as he has a good choice of gear IMO. Dave

Can i ask what PoV means. I've not come across it. Just curious ? Dave

Not in my flat earth world 😂

I usually check the height of the sun. 😂 Dave

11:50, ................ i like averages.

Bands have always just been a hobby to me. I've always had a good job with a pretty decent salary and walking away from a great salary for a hobby never made any sense to me. I never wanted playing bass to be a job as i was always worried i'd get fed up with it. Again that's just me. The mates i knew back in 70's only one made a decent go of it out of about 5 or 6 mates in bands. He went on to sing with Rainbow and i'm guessing made a decent living from it. Others gave up well paid jobs and after 1-5 yrs were back in pub bands and doing a mediocre paid day job. Perhaps they were happy with that choice of at least trying to make a success of it. I never really asked them. I simply dont have that kind of commitment to bands. I'm enjoying it far more now than i ever did but i dont have the day job holding me back. Dave

I once played for free drinks at my local on a Sat afternoon. That was a huge mistake for the owner and he freely admitted it at the end of the night as we were buying rounds for mates too. I remember him telling us it cost him over £300 for our free booze. He never did that again and it was always a fixed fee of £100-£150 back in 80's. He was a great pub owner and oddly enough i'm back in that very pub next week Sat night for a good bit more money now tho. Happy days Dave

I use a Smooth Hound wireless now for 4 yrs with the Glam covers band mainly to save me from falling over a cable while wearing platform boots but i stick with cables with punk band usually because the punk band play in smaller pub venues where space is tight. I would use the wireless all the time but it runs thru batteries quite a bit. I get around 6-9 hrs of playing with it and that's me switching it off during breaks. To be fair if battery indicator shows 50% or less i just change them. Dave

Nice one. I like to hear stories of people that followed their dream and it worked for them. Unfortunately its quite rare IME. I was happy at work in 90's when i was doing my Instrument Engineering job looking after analysis kit for the electronics industry gas supplies. I really enjoyed going to work back then but jobs changed and the further up the tree i went the more stressed i got. Hindsight is a wonderful thing and if only. Unfortunately companies wnated multi-skilled engineers and specific engineers were forced into production jobs while still doing maintenance work. Dave

In response i hit the wrong emoji......👍

We have more people with mortgages nowadays than ever before so either house buying is easier now than it used to be or wages are higher altho most families nowadays have 2 adults working which is a big change from when i was young and your Mum was busy looking after the house and us kids. Ahhhhh happy days. 😀

For me any musician who's sole income is from playing bass is a professional musician. They dont need to be making millions but enough to live on. Dave