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Like when you enter a place you've not been before, you ask them what the password is.

Ha ha - exactly!!

Back when I bought my first T-Rex records I would save pocket money then walk just over a mile to Parson's Newsagent and Record Shop in Midsomer Norton, hand over the loot and walk back avidly reading the sleeve notes, song titles, copyright information and ogling the pictures. This afternoon I went on a crowd funding website typed in some information and watched a video of the band playing one of the songs from the album. In several months time the vinyl will arrive, delivered by hand to my door. Back when I had a film camera I paid my money then waited full of excited anticipation for the postman to deliver my pictures. Now I look at my pictures the moment I take them. I'm living in the future. It's quite a confusing place.

I have been learning to read music during the lockdown, you can't imagine what a joy it was to sit and play through the first piece in this book. To hear myself play something I'd never heard before, just by reading the dots! And what a beautiful piece of music too. Really looking forward to working through the rest of it. Thank you.

It's a beautiful work of art. I've never heard of Cooper Effects, I'm none the wiser now but I know I want to find out more. You're soundtrack work is astonishingly good. Bravo.

If you decide to do it yourself it is surprising how easy it is. However, it's also surprising how easy it is for something utterly unexpected to go horribly wrong. However if you're planning on replacing the neck anyway, I say give it a go!

Annoyingly enough I had the expensive system and the guitarist's cheap and cheerful one csused my bass to drop out!

Art, like beauty, is subject to the subjectivity of the beholder's eye. It's doing no harm that I can see.

I recently tried a shorty from Dv247. Been spoiled by Thomann who always set up their basses. This will need a bit of work to make it playable, and I am not very fussy. Quite off putting for a beginner because it is so hard to get a good sound out of it. If you're confident in setting up and restringing then the bass itself is a good size and very light. Oh and very affordable.

I find this quite an interesting subject. I have always been drawn to the world of effects, but then would shy away from the godawful racket I invariably produced with them. I'd then tell anyone I could back into a corner for long enough that I don't need them, it's all in the fingers. I try not to be so pompous these days. I've come to realise that I was the problem. You see for all the ill chosen words the op has a point. The less between the bass strings and the speakers the easier it is to get the sound. Once you start adding variables it is more difficult to narrow down the options. I could never be arsed with the hard work. In lockdown I've spent a lot of time learning how effects dovetail with my style. What works and what doesn't. Invariably now I use them sparingly. A couple are always on, a couple produce specific sounds for specific situations, and occasionally, just occasionally, I use one because it sounds so damn cool!

A Zoom of one kind or another sits in all my pedal board set ups. Its just as you say, a great back up or extra. Even if it's just HPF and tuner it's paid for itself

Thanks for the thread revival, just bought mine.

The only darn thing I can remember, and in fact cannot unremember, is the notes of the treble clef.

Sly And The Family Stone - Thank You Thank_You.pdf

Yep. Talking to him about a red one. Wasn't until I saw this that I realised it's the classic tele headstock shape I don't like! This I love.

Wardrobe :

She's a bit good isn't she? You sound familiar with her work. Is this via YouTube or she a student of yours?

You may be joking, however, would you like to see a picture of my bedside table?