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That's not true, they burn pretty good too.

If it wasn't for the fact that I like neither Jazz profile necks or the sound of Jazz style pickups, I'd be all over a G&L Tribute for £250, even if I didn't really need it. Unfortunately the only good thing about the JB-2 for me is the lack of a wonky Jazz style body. For those who like that sort of thing, it's a no brainer at £250.

It was the Grabber, correct the first time

Jeez, I said "somewhat" - I wasn't awarding him the Booker Prize.

I think that's a somewhat more interesting way of asking for a shag other than route one, and at least he's asking.

If what's hanging down between your legs is heavy, it's either time to visit the doc or become a pron star.

That tickled me - not enough to buy one but it gave me a chuckle If we're talking 3 pickup basses then apart from still missing my Gibson G-3 (original, not modern "tribute" - that one can get in the bin) - I do quite like the look of the Reverend Triad...

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The pickups are cancelling each other out. Swap the hot/ground wires of one of the pickups.

OP, did you write the article? Are you John Taylor? 🤔

I'm claiming regional differences. Nothing to do with bass parts crowding out kid song lyrics from that part of my brain...

./~ nobody loves me, everybody hates me, just because I eat worms ./~

You talking to the OP, or me? Both, perhaps?

I only know 3 of them

Why do I feel like the luckiest guy in the world when I say that in our covers band everyone has a veto on songs but rarely uses it? We're up for most things and as long as we can all play it (or it doesn't sound too weedy in a single guitar setup) we usually do. We play songs we don't like for the good of the gig. I've got most of the suggestions I've put in on the books - I tend towards the 90s, indie side of things (think Song 2, Just a Day) and right now I'm just waiting on Franz Ferdinand's "Take Me Out" to be added to the repertoire, that's been parked while we lay on the Christmas cheese songs that we play a couple of times a year then forget - The Darkness, Slade, Shaky, you know the ones I mean Also I would say that our set list is primarily driven by the audiences, rather than a couple of mad band dictators - what works, what gets folk dancing. Different venues have different crowds - some lean towards the more classic rock, some you need to have a mix of more modern songs and the older stuff has to be so well known (think Don't Stop Believin', Livin' on a Prayer, Summer of '69 etc.). A rocked up Waterloo seems to go down well wherever we play. Songs get ditched because they're not doing well at gigs, not because one of us doesn't like them. I dislike Don't Stop Believin' with a passion, but it's a sure fire winner at gigs so at the gig I just get on with it. At least we play it that often that it rarely gets played at rehearsal these days I don't think this thread was meant for me and my relatively idyllic band situation, sorry. TL:DR - Franz Ferdinand, "Take Me Out".

Seeing as we're offering opinions here, In my opinion I think you're daft to "shave" the saddles instead of using a shim - non-destructive always trumps destructive as far as I'm concerned.

Classic Stingray?

Indeed, mine usually consume gold, but I do occasionally come out with a platinum post if I do say so myself

I'd be more concerned about Greta Thunberg dismissing my bass playing as "blah blah blah". It probably is, but that doesn't mean I want to hear it

It's cool, being accused of being a guitarist was the hoof up the backside I needed, got to disprove that nonsense

Sorry I can't help. I know nothing about drums beyond their shape and size and the slightly glazed over, dreamy-eyedness my drummer gets when you mention "Vistalites", whatever they are...

Two basses at least, chief, lest you have a bunch of people scold you for being unprofessional for only taking one bass to the gig...

Yeah, hold it really carefully and with reverence, like this:

I was going to say similar. The Inevitable Teaspoons are 5 lovely, humble, even tempered chaps (well, 4 and me ) and it's a pretty harmonious scene. The biggest "argument" we've had recently is about capitalisation of track names on the cover of our soon to be released album. Of course there's a downside to all this peace, love and harmony - things don't move very fast because everything happens by concensus and there's a lot of niceness inertia. That's the only problem with it - sometimes you need a bit of ego to get stuff done. We are TERRIBLE at self promotion because of all being doubtful of our own merits - we know we're good at what we do, we're just terrible at saying it out loud for fear of seeming gauche. As for Nine Lives, the covers band, it's a pretty relaxed scene - the guitarist is good at getting gigs so must have the front to tell people how good we (think we) are, but he's a good guy who I think needs to turn up sometimes (!). We all have veto rights on song choices but rarely use them, everyone mucks in for loading in/setting up/loading out, we have a laugh, drink only water during the gig (rock and roll! but also, driving - lot of rural gigs) so no people being too pished to perform. I really have landed on my feet. If I can manage this in the semi-rural rugged outpost of civilisation that is the NE of Scotland, then I'm sure you can find some good people too, Peter. You've just been unlucky.

I don't. Out of those three I may get a P, the other two can do one.