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@kodiakblair Wait semi hollows not for you? So the left and right front row are surplus to your requirements then?

Oh my goodness. OH MY GOODNESS. When can I come round and play?

Not wishing to be accused of a thread disrail allow me to show you a sub £75 bass. Oh my goodness.

Needed to reach for the tissues earlier

I have to steer clear of Thomann! So many great looking basses

Harley Benton

Absolutely no doubt about the best Christmas song ever but I also love Christmas At The Zoo (Flamin Lips) and Christmas Card From A Hooker In Mineappolis (Tom Waits)

I hope so too

5"

@dave moffat mate, I've been at this for decades and I till feel overwhelmed and inadequate while tackling lots of new stuff. Just think where you were 12 months ago and read back what you just wrote. That's incredible progress.

Sweat band! Brilliant idea

I know some of you are not keen on this method of charging as the socket is directly attached to the pcb and thus a vulnerability. Wondering if this could be a solution...

Now there's a thought. Actually wish I'd chosen a set with some slower numbers!

just to sprinkle a bit of spice into my daily rehearsal I decided to play all the songs in the set with a nod to JD (bass player not the booze). In other words I just played 16th notes right through. Needless to say i lasted just one tune. Jeez, do I need to learn to relax my right hand! Great fun though.

The... gain... goes... up.. to.. thirty. THIRTY.

Yep it just warms and thickens the sound of mine. Close your eyes and it could be an all valve head with the gain set not too high. Not an overdriven distortion - unless it's up full and you really dig in then it breaks up a bit. But I don't think it's really meant for that. It's more to give the sound a little valve compression and dirty things up so it's not too smooth. I find it helps the bass in the mix and gives it character.

So glad you like it. Often I go overboard about a piece of kit and wonder if others will get the same pleasure from it. Joyo really stepping up here I'd say.

I enjoyed our little A46 layby meet up Stubby old fruit. Like you I've had testing times of late and the people here have been simply splendid. When life as I knew it dropped into the khazi a couple of years back I picked up my bass and (literally) blew cobwebs from my amps and started to play again. Getting back in touch with Basschat was an absolute must and it never disappoints. My life is focused on my music as never before; I've found a tutor here who has revolutionised my playing, I've spent a fortune I could ill afford, met some great people, learned to sight read and transcribe, discovered theoretical and technical concepts I'd previously not suspected, discovered Vulfpeck (cannot put a price on this), driven to Preston to pick up two basses neither of which I now own and received messages of support and practical help when the darkness threatened (no not that Darkness) which reduced me to tearful gratitude. Some truly remarkable people here.

I really liked them back in the day. Bizarrely they formed a bridge between glam and punk in my musical journey.

I could only find one pouch online and that seemed a little pricey so I went right ahead and spent more on a variety of pouches so you don't have to. Here is the winner https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F323892531956 So if you have this And want it on your strap, you can use this thus

Thank God I read this. Been searching Google to try to find out what had gone wrong with my sound card! Turns out Berklee to blame not me.

YES

Oh God. 🤦🏼‍♂️

I don't have a standard method for leaving bands. It all depends on how ill they make me feel. I certainly don't worry about what gigs may or may not be coming up - deps are many and very easy to find. If I have to leave but like and respect the guys, I might help - suggest a good dep, even sound one out for them. I won't burn bridges with good people but some of the utter time wasting dangleberries I've put up with in the past just get a goodbye and good luck. Life is way too short to sit in endless rehearsals with people you will never relate to musically or personally.