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I've been playing 40+ yrs and that still annoys me when a simple "how to" vid starts with someone trying to show off. I guess they are trying to show that they are competent at what they do but for me a slap fest isn't a sign of bass competence. I prefer the guys that just go straight into showing you how to play the song. There are some great clips out there tho and its trying to find the people that work for you. Dave

Low for me is under 2mm. (12th fret) Med is 2-3mm High is over 3mm Fender guidelines is 2.5mm so i've always accepted 2.5mm is the average or mid point. (measured at 12th fret) That's another thing about where you measure. I've always done 12th fret, you mention 17th fret so what's the right way ? Curious what height are yours at 12th fret. I'm going to measure mine at 17th fret out of curiosity. 😆 I play quite hard fingerstyle altho i've managed to control that a little over recent years. My Sandberg VM4 arrived with 1.5mm at 12th fret Dave

I've got that book but never read it thru. Just flicked thru some of the pics. All seemed a bit too much to get into but a good collectors item if you like Rush or Geddy. Maybe i got it wrong and i was just surprised it wasn't low to med string height. Funny how the old brain processes information when you get older. 😀 Something you mentioned i was curious about too was that Rics had higher string height. I had one in 80's and i dont recall it being too bad and i was always under the impression they had a low action. Is it something you've experienced or come across as i'm quite interested in getting another Ric at some point. Dave

Its an optical dilusion Dave

Its daddy is just to the left of it. You can just see the edge at the bottom corner. Here's a better pic. This is one of those Father Ted moments. "these ones are small and those ones are far far away

The Geddy is down at just under 2mm but my P bass is high. If i lower the P bass any lower it chokes at the 15th - 17th frets. Needs the frets heights dropped a little at the body end but i'm not good enough to do that kind of work. I once read that Geddy has a low to med action but plays hard and that's why he has that gnarl from a little fret rattle. Sure it was his bass tech doing a rig run-down thing that he mentioned how his basses were set up. Dave

Its my fav bass to play. The neck is amazing and it just feels perfect for what i do and my style of playing. Its a bit biting for the bands i play in and lacks a bit of low end heft but i still love it. Not used it with my Handbox WB-100 all valve amp yet so that might give it a bit more depth of tone. I've got the bug for my P bass tone at moment but its not such a great bass to play as my Jazz. Neck is wide and it needs some neck work done when i get around to it. Can only get the action down to 2.5mm. I prefer 2mm. Will look at getting it sorted in 2023 with a bit of luck. Dave

got the joke tho.

Lee was just an alias.

I do love the sound of a Tama kit but i remember them being loud and quite sharp sounding too. I'm lucky that our drummer is reasonably quiet. Dave

Bought a pearl scratchplate from our very own @Alfie Noakes last Thu. Posted Fri and arrived Sat morning. Just fitted and i'm fair pleased with it. Had to make a few little adjustments to its fitting and one hole is half a hole out and not really worth filling in, drilling to make a new screw hole. Been wanting one of these for a while and it just popped up in For Sale. What do you think, before and after pics. Before After Close up

Another nice bass rig. I'm guessing the drummer spits a lot while playing .......... or he's just loud Dave

Nice bass rig you have there. What's in the top rack ? Dave

Lovely. Like both basses there. Cheers for that you have started off my 2023 GAS. Dave

Parker bass pics would be nice I do like the Parker basses. Tried one few yrs ago when visiting a fellow BC'er to drop of a mixing desk and was very impressed by it. Dave

WOW that's impressive and well done. That must have topped the list of best gig for 2022. Dave

@Angelus first the Porsche and now the van. You have a thing about oil leaks Dave

2023 can only get better for you Lee. Keep me posted on your gigs. All the very best Dave.

Wish i had known Lee, i would have taken a wee run down altho the stream of traffic all day and night trying to get across the river on the Carmichael straight would probably have put me off. Took me an hour to get home from Lanark yesterday afternoon. Good that the gig went well and hopefully catch you next time. Always a good sign when other bands are coming to see you. You must be good. Dave

Bought Phil's Geddy pickguard. Posted Fri 30th arrived today Sat 31st. Well packaged and amazingly fast delivery. Comms was spot on and such a nice guy to deal with. Wish all purchases were like this. Cheers Dave

We played a gig with Glam band and our singer had food poisoning that day. Vomiting and other things before we went on, at the break and as soon as they came off stage. During the gig you couldn't tell they were unwell apart from not moving about as much. The gig was that good we were asked to do the Xmas gig this year and booked for next years too all based on that one gig with a very sick singer. Same venue Xmas gig the other singer had a bad cold / sore throat but luckily our other singers in the band were able to step up and take over the higher parts and the more difficult songs. Think we dropped one song on the night because the singer was struggling at that point. In the mid 80's i broke my leg playing football and the band decided to take 2 weeks off work in summer and we did a mini tour around England. I had a roadie do all the lifting and set up of my then heavy gear so that was good. Dave

Cheers Dave

Apart from the cold a job well done. That's how i do my Xmas pressies. We set a budget each and hers always goes over and mine under. Mmmm what am i doing wrong Dave

Just ordered another set from Amazon altho they're now up at £36 free postage. My VM4 is quite mid focused and they sounded really good on it. I found the tone and string volume pretty well even across the strings. It was like stepping up to a better class of bass where everything is better built, smoother edges and just feels a lot better to play. I really am smitten with them. Hopefully they'll last a good bit longer than normal strings. Dave