fretmeister

Well the govt science guys did already say they expect masks and distancing to still be needed in the Winter again. My concern about festivals is the teenagers. Loads of teens go to festivals and they won't have had the vaccine. Of course teens are actually very likely to not even know they've had it at all - but they will spread it and with massive spread comes additional mutations of the virus. Won't take much for vaccine resistant strains to take hold.

It's too easy to fake.

I was not aware of that amp. I was disappointed it wasn't a BBQ. But the demo I've just listened to is excellent! EDIT: It weighs 90lb!!!!!!!

Not to mention the chance of Vaccine passports - either as a requirement from the govt as Gove is now looking at it, or whether the venues / event organisers themselves will insist on it. Lots of cruise companies already confirming nobody gets on board without proof of having both vaccines and the airlines have been saying similar will take place for them later this year when the global vaccine rollout is further along. And then there will be customers who won't attend events or book a venue for an event if the venue won't insist on vaccine proof. I saw a yougov poll that suggested 70% are in favour of vaccine passports - if that is accurate then market forces will win. I don't think the process is going to be nearly as simple as we'd like.

Pair of Helix racks into a pair of Powersoft power amps into 4 Barefaced Big Twin cabs. Why? Why not!

Metallica - Live Sh$t Binge & Purge Vulfpeck: Live at Madison Square Gardens Kings X: Live love in London Mr Big: Live (San Francisco) Stevie Wonder: Natural Wonder (Live)

Boss BC-1X is great for this.

Everyone can have an off day, and sometimes it's not the fault of the band either. And then there's Queens of the Stone Age. Seem them twice, were bloody awful both times.

Sometimes I think about routing my Fender P to put the bass coil towards the bridge. I often tune to C standard but with a precision and a dirty tone it just doesn't work. Too much gronkiness going on and a lack of clarity on the low notes. I reckon having the bass coil further back would improve things no end. But I've got other basses in C so then I can't be bothered!

Walter Trout - Milton Keynes. It was so loud it was actually dangerous. Left after 1 song. Not even Motorhead were that loud. I genuinely thought my hearing would be destroyed if I stayed. That was the last gig that I attended without ear plugs. I always take a set now just in case. Page & Plant at Wembley Arena. Far too much fog - caused an asthmatic episode in my missus and she doesn't even have asthma!

If I’m getting paid then I take a spare head, And a spare bass, and I’ve always got a di available. Anything else isn’t professional.

Always. Unless the PA is good enough and then I'll take some form of DI / Preamp pedal instead.

Considering Alembics are really plywood I'm going to say no - not a bad thing. If it's built right, then it's built right.

Mr Blue Sky ending.

I do.

If I'm using a 4 string then I use a Digitech Drop to turn my usual EADG tuning into BEAD when I need it. But most of the time I'll play a 5 string if I need that range. Another option is to tune the bass to BEAD all the time and relearn the 4 string stuff for higher up the neck. But that only works if you don't need the upper frets on the G string. No "Sir Duke" then!

I've adapted to most things reasonably well. Typing and calculator use is very annoying as I could touch type and use the calculator without looking as well. Shoe laces are a right pain in the derrière, as are bottle tops and jar lids. But on the plus side I haven't done any washing up since December! At some point the kids will rebel and buy me some Marigolds but they haven't thought of that yet.

Went back to the hand therapist today. It's not progressing as they want so the splint has been re-shaped and is back on again for another month-ish. Then we'll have another look. 1 finger typing continues. Annoying because I can touch type normally.

Guitar / bass / sax. Piano skills are long gone.

Nice. I always fancied a black Jackson PJ like David Ellefson had in the early Megadeth days.

Erik's bass demo - 5 presets, 5 basses

I've got a Zero Mod one for my Ray5. It's good - comes with slightly longer screws and the bass doesn't need any modifications.

Sounds like you need more basses so you have some in your PC room as well. Next to my PC I have 1 bass in C standard and one in E Standard... and the same in the lounge!

Have you got some good PC speakers or proper monitors? If so you could use a plugin that mimics the sound you want and not deal with a notched volume control (they are horrible things!). I never use my main amp to record with, I've got a bunch of plugins and an interface for that. Very easy to use and more controllable than a real amp too.