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Double Relentless P?

I'm ashamed to admit that when I saw the title of this thread I got excited that someone might be writing about my originals band. Doh! What an egomaniac. Carry on...

Is this why I'm such a mediocre player, because I have all this superfluous stuff swimming around in my head instead of important things like "what comes next in this song I'm playing?"

There's plenty of those on here

Disagree - Drag Racer by Doug Wood Band means snooker. Soul Limbo by Booker T and the M.G.'s [sic] means cricket etc. EDIT - [sic] added before I get the apostrophe police come after me, it's a quote.

Only a month to go to the half way point

I find I generally know more about the products I'm interested in than the folk in the shop do. EDIT: I am not dissing them, they necessarily have to have a general, broad knowledge of lots of different things.

Crucial small word got missed in the explaining - "as". When a noun is described as adjective AF, AF = "as f**k" which indeed means "very much so, in the strongest terms"

Classy AF.

In that case, I shall pass on these rocks and look elsewhere - they don't seem as solid as I first thought, thanks anyway Please excuse my sense of humour, sometimes I just can't help myself. One person's droll is another person's "who is this gobs#!te"?

Ebony for both.

I miss my old school BBs. If I was to dabble again, it would have to be old school, passive reverse P, no bridge pickup so BB300, BB400, BroadBass VI, BB800 - BB1200 if I was feeling fancy... I had a BB434 a while back but it didn't feel right to me like the old ones did.

You've never heard of U2? I'm looking to build a nuclear bunker, are you finished with the rocks you've been hiding under? They seem to be impenetrable!

Pah, just something else to go wrong! More tat to bring with me, ooh me back. When I were a lad...

Let them eat cake?

Maybe there's hope for us rank amateur pub bands then - playing Ace of Spades with it being the aural equivalent of a rail cart on two wheels going round a bend. Was it polished? Not at all. Was it fun? Hell yeah

I go 'meh' every time I see a Jazz bass

Oi! It's only once per night, thankyouverymuch. I think I'm the original grumpy, snarky bugger in this thread, and I apologise to you @nilorius for being that grumpy, snarky bugger in your thread.

I'm thinking that should include some preventative maintenance by the sounds of things Also, are you really unlucky or am I really lucky? I have had none of the things you mention happen to me despite owning more basses than I'd like to admit, playing gigs, weekly rehearsals, traipsing across the country with my harem to bass bashes...

I know what you said. It's your blanket assertion that the topic is interesting that wrinkled my nose. The rest of it didn't interest me...

Is it?

I had a moment of weakness - I tried to track down a bass I sold about 6 years ago. Got as far as speaking to the guy I sold it to. He had moved it on, it's in Manchester now and he said he'd ask the current owner to get in touch. They haven't been in touch so I guess either the guy didn't pass on my details or they don't want to sell it. So I'm still in. Phew!

I have one of those Beringer BDI21 preamps/DI boxes in my bag in case of amp/cab failure. Tested it in rehearsal but never had to use it in action.

Pays better though. Apart from the miniscule number of people who "make it" in original music, there's FA money in it. That's why I do both originals and covers. It's also easier in the gratification department. Instant enthused people, just play songs they like and already know. Originals, you've got to build up a following, and even then you get a bunch (if you're lucky) of people watching and chin stroking rather than dancing. It's a harder sell than ever in today's world of reduced attention span.

I am no fan of playing Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" as I think it's a terrible song which doesn't go anywhere or do anything but I just get on with it. People at our gigs like it, know it, sing and dance along to it. I just have to take some satisfaction from that, because the song gives me nothing.