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That seems a little imprudent?

Bit far away for me, but you never know! Best of luck with it!

Alas, I have a gig the night before, so no Scottish invasion this time, sorry!

Are we taking bets? A tenner on the sack trolley!

How is my gig tonight? Cancelled - singer's got the flu. Baws. Oh well, one of my mates is coming round for a few drams instead. Evening, saved!

Similarly, think our gig tomorrow night will be off - singer's caught the flu

Believe it or not, a lot of thought went into the design of the UK plugs and sockets...

Last gig of the year, with Nine Lives at the North Bar in Peterhead on Saturday 13th December.

Bought a Glockenklang preamp from Andrew. As above, sent next day delivery, well packaged. Great comms, top notch deal!

There certainly is - https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/436082-recommend-your-whisky-of-choice-here/ RE: talkbass whisky thread - "Oh no, someone from the motherland who actually knows what they're talking about - I can't act like the biggest whisky bore any more because I might get called on my BS..." Fair?

Nah, as you will see in the whisky thread, I've been lagging behind with that. But yes, I was rather inebriated on Friday night.

Last night (just), played with Nine Lives at the Pittendrum Bar in Sandhaven - a wee villiage near Fraserburgh. Unfortunately, it wasn't very busy, maybe 15 folk in at the peak. The apologetic barmaid told us later on that since they had booked us, a bunch of stuff got organised in the "big smoke" of Fraserburgh which may have contributed to the lack of bodies. It was probably for the best, because I was far from my best. Having had only 4 hours sleep and basically waking up to go to the gig (work's Christmas do the night before - don't ask), I was so tired that as well as making a few pretty horrible flubs, I forgot to hook up my extension cab - did the whole gig with just the 250W combo and single speaker. Didn't even notice until packing up time when I couldn't figure out where my speakon>speakon cable had gone. Bloody hell. This dopey so-and-so played the Neep One followed by the DeArmond Jetstar (the wonky boi) into a single Markbass CMD combo sitting on top of a completely ornamental New York 121 cab. FFS.

I prefer the first one - more flexibility for positioning your forearm. I would worry that the second one is much more prescribed and you have to keep your forearm where the carve is - either side of it and you're actually going to be resting on a perceived hump/point.

It's a weasel word. There are no standardised guidelines as to what "vintage" means when it comes to instruments, unlike in cars.

The Inevitable Teaspoons have never had a guitarist, and I've often said that the only guitarist we'd consider hiring is Steve Cropper, because of his tasteful, considered playing. Now that ship has sailed, the 'Spoons will forever be guitarless. RIP The Colonel.

Logo on the headstock aside, couldn't this be achieved quite easily with a Squier P then a quick message to Brian Pillans or Tinytone?

Yup, looks like a cynical cash grab to me, unfortunately.

This thread is well depressing, no? Haven't some of you surly curmudgeons got something better to do, I dunno, like play BEHS or something? It's not like any of us here don't need the practice.

Overkill? Pfft, have you started modding this bass yet?

Well, having been out of the running for many months now, I would just like to say that I am making plans to acquire the parts I need for one last mod project, then I'll intend to go into gear hibernation and have a stab at a successful participation in 2026.

Nah, I don't see the point in limiting oneself to a single brand, no one brand does everything the best or the way I'd want. I use pedalboard size and the fact that I only have one pedalboard to limit pedal purchases. The last time was a straight swap, TC Electronic Brainwaves out (and sold), Boss XS-1 Poly Shifter in. There's no room to keep both, nor is there any point - the Boss does the job I want to do better than the TC, the TC has tonnes of features I never use. Plus the Boss wasn't exactly cheap, so needed to sell the TC to backfill some of the expense. How many pedals is too many? Again, my arbitrary pedalboard size (because I made it myself) dictates this.

I didn't really answer the question. It may be hard to believe but I have no strong opinion about him, despite his best efforts to be edgy and an "acquired taste". Seems to be able to play the bass, probably better than me. Says the word "bass" funny. OK.

Click on the three dots to the right of a video title of his - choose "Don't recommend channel", job's a good 'un.

All the best with it - and do let us know how you're getting on.