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That's interesting as its the vintera P bass i currently have. Why couldn't you get on with it compared to other P basses. Just curious as to whether i should try other P basses before knocking it on the head with them. Dave

I find i can play easier (faster if you prefer to call it that) with my Geddy Jazz and my MarloweDK basses than i can on my P bass. On saying that the P bass isnt as well set up and does need a proper set up by a luthier. It has string buzz at top or bottom of the neck depending on how straight i make the neck. I've tried so many options but it just needs some fret work done which is beyond me. I definitely find i can move between the strings easier on a J bass but that's what i started on and have always preferred basses with a narrow slim neck. On saying that i can play the same songs on the P bass which has a higher action and wider neck than my others so to summarise :- I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT Dave

I'm curious to hear this as well. I'm sure @Cuzzie answered this for me a long time ago on this thread but i'll see if we have any up to date replies before searching back. That black P bass does look tasty tho. My issue with Fender P bass is i find the necks a bit too wide for me. I love a Jazz neck but my VM4 has the perfect neck for everything. I'm finding the VM4 neck more comfortable on longer gigs. Dave

I'm also a Mesa fan. Love what they do. I did get slated on TB when my order for a TT800 was cancelled after a year waiting and i voiced my opinions but to be fair the majority of true TB'ers understood my frustrations and accepted why i was annoyed but some Mesa fans said i shouldn't be posting negative comments about Mesa. I have found TB'ers are a tad more sensitive than us BC'ers who generally accept viewpoints and we debate/ discuss as required. (most of the time 😂) I'm with you on voicing my own personal experiences. I'd rather see honest opinions and viewpoints than just fanboy posts on gear. Subway cabs are just amazing. I hopefully will get my TT800 later this year when Mesa start shipping to EU again. They have told me it will be Sept / Oct 2023. Dave

I play in a 70's punk band where guitarist uses a Marshall head with 412 cab and the WB-100 copes really well with master at 10-11 o'clock and Gain set at anywhere between 12-2 with 2 being the crunch mark. If i hit that distortion button it boosts the volume considerably and i get that really overdriven valve tone. Its not something i generally like but i've played some large 200 capacity venues with the WB-100 and Mesa 210/115 cabs without PA support and its never missed a beat. I do appreciate that grunge metal bands will play at higher volumes than i would ever dream off. It depends on whether you actually need that kind of volume on stage. Surely same tone at lower more manageable volume on stage with FOH providing the volume out front would produce the same listening results. Having had Marshall stacks when i was younger i do get the loud stage volume tho. Its an age thing but make sure you are wearing ear protection. Dave

I'm an oldie but yes i agree i'm usually impressed when i see women playing rock or prog when really i should be judging solely on their ability as a drummer and in this case the main singer too. We dont see a lot of lead singer / drummers whether that be male or female and for me its an art in its own right. To co-ordinate hands. feet and vocals is an amazing level of musicianship. I cant sing and play so i'm not one to criticise anyone that can do more than one thing at a time. I have become my own hypocrite there 😂 Dave

Good as always Steve. Keeping busy with the bands with quite a few good gigs in for Glam band this year so its good to see that picking up now. Hope you are doing well too but probably better catching up on the old FB rather than hi-jack this thread. Dave

I always assume we all kinda know each other on here but i guess we're not all as close as we think. I know a few people on BC that are on my FB friends and know the bands i'm in and would hopefully update BC if anything happened to me. @theplumber being one of my fav bass type persons. Dave

This isn't good at all. His website appears to be off-line too. ? Such a shame as he had a lot of great input to BC and i miss his opinions and his music sheets too. Lucky enough i downloaded all the ones i really liked and wanted to try. I'm hoping he's just taking time out from social media. Dave

When i was young i enjoyed bands that were unusual / experimental and not run of the mill. Started with pop in my early teens then rock, prog, jazz rock and listening to bands like Greenslade, Bruford, Patrick Moraz, Mahavishnu and a few others that pushed boundaries much the same as the youngsters in the above vids are doing these days. One of my first proper bands used to jam a lot at rehearsals and we would come up with some of the weirdest noises over a rock solid drum and bass line. Guitarist and keys would just get lost in themselves in a good way. Happy days too. As i got older i started to prefer a nice vocal or musical melody in whatever style of music i listen to. IMHO i think this style of music is more for a younger generation who still have an imagination to take them to places most of us oldies have long forgotten about. Young girl is obviously a great drummer and i enjoyed them but all credit to any band that is making the effort to play what they want to play. That for me is what its all about. Dave

I played a Wheatsheaf pub in mid 80's near Luton i think it was Dunstable. Was a brilliant night and a few of the audience came back to see us the following morning to help with our gear. We were staying overnight during a mini tour around England. Venue let us leave the gear overnight so we could have a few beers with the clientele. Think this was the last stop before heading back up to Scotland. I had a broken leg too which meant roadies doing all the heavy stuff. I just went on stage and played. Happy days Dave

Now that's a venue worth playing. Absolutely gorgeous building. Dave

Punk gig with Emergency Exit at The Riverside Bar in Dumfries. As always it turned out to be a great wee night. Was reasonably busy from the word go, lots of dancing and lots of vids being taken. Hopefully i'll get to see some of the vids. Used the Sandberg MarloweDK fitted with D'addario XT's but i've gone off these strings. They just dont cut thru the mix. Tomorrow i'll fit a set of the DR Black Beauties same as fitted to my VM4. Love them on that bass so hopefully they should sound amazing on the Marlowe too. Lots of good comments at the end from both guys and gals which is nice. Few said they were arranging a bus to come up to our Dreadnought gig in Bathgate in 2 weeks. Lovely. Just home and had my coffee and biccies before beddy by bo time. Night night Dave

Is that right enough. I hate eating banana's, its the texture it just makes me feel like throwing up. I do love the taste tho so maybe a banana shake before a gig. What do you think. Our drummer likes chocolate shakes while playing rather than water. I'll drink 1-2 litres every gig more so with the Glam band. I find hand / finger stretching exercises before i start helps a lot too. Dave

Me from my first gig with Emergency Exit punk band just over a year ago.

Yep 100% Mark got me a great price on the glacier white VM4 i have. Such a pleasure to deal with, so helpful and never pushy either which is a good thing. Dave

I remember him posting the song he did with Also Eden. It was a great bassline for it. Here's hoping he's ok. Definitely miss him on here. Hoping he's won the lottery and taken a long trip away from everything to settle down as a millionaire and avoid begging letters Dave

Like that. Any vid or audio clips of it anywhere to see how it compares to the standard VS4. Dave

He was doing some work with his old prog band but i cant remember the band name ? If anyone knows let me know and i'll ask on their FB page to see if anyone has heard from him there. He's not on my FB page and not sure which Rob Palmer he is when i search his name. Dave

Its not sounding good at all. Dave

A lot of people don't get Prog because its not really their kind of music. I don't mean that in a bad way. its just not for everyone. For me Prog songs had stories within them where you could let your imagination run wild. Probably more so when i was younger and had more imagination. As i've gotten older i'm finding that i prefer a nice vocal melody in the prog songs i buy now. I used to enjoy those long epic songs from bands like Genesis and Floyd when i was in my late teens / early 20's but i tend not to listen to them these days. Dave

Think the big difference between Nick and other bass players from that era is that he developed as a player both on bass and then with The Stick basses. He admits he had to change his style of playing to stay a full time bassist / musician. For me that's a sign of a true professional. Learning styles to suit the market place. Dave

Was hoping someone knew him personally and could ask if he's ok. This question has been asked last year and nothing came from it. Such a great guy and nice to talk Prog with too. Just hoping all is ok with him. Dave

Did @Bilbo resurface ? I haven't seen or heard from him and i follow his transcription thread on BC. His transcription site is also down at moment ? I know there was a question asked already but search couldn't find it. Dave