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I think the 3+2 is best viewed horizontally, to my eyes vertical orientation accentuates the "melted" look you describe.

Well, I'm going to fly my freak flag high for the G&L headstock and say that I think it looks great. Love the "eye gouger/bottle opener" and the CLF headstock is fine, if unremarkable.

Ok

This thread, again?

I can't even sell a £250 bass right now, it's not the prices.

I get the feeling that the Wanted forum is a bit of an echo chamber, it seems very few people go there, there's no way to bump things, so once your thread goes off the first page it's pretty much gone. I don't think I've had any success from putting a requirement up in there ever. Feels a bit like peeing in the sea to be honest.

It used to be nada fees, that's my point.

Those have been few and far between recently, the greedy tightwads. I've taken advantage of that a few times before.

Done it a couple of times. One time they knew exactly what we were up to, got a nod from them on their way out

In my experience, a blended approach is best. I like to have a set list, and it's carefully thought out and curated. I'm not afraid to change it on the night depending on what happens though. If the police enter the venue for an inspection and we're away to start a new song, you can bet your life that we'll just jump straight into "Breaking the Law", for instance... Also, no-one wants to wait for a committee meeting to come to agreement on the next song. Seen that happen before with bands without set list, cringe.

Yarp, it be slow out there.

I guess I would include anything on Portishead's "Roseland NYC Live" versus their original recorded counterparts - the addition of the orchestra does take the recordings somewhere else, in the sense that I ended up preferring them to the original output.

I have one of these bags. They're fine as far as carrying a bass is concerned, but I find that weird shaped front pocket annoying - won't take A4 paper.

I flit between three favourites - neck only, neck and middle (series), middle and bridge (series)

That'll keep your mind off your tuners for a while

That's nice. Unless the tuners being replaced broken, you'd be out. Can't it wait until next year? That's kinda the point of this whole exercise. They work for now?

Probably not. Me, I quite like the headstock of the D5 - with its cheeky nod to the '51 P headstock

No, sorry, I don't own any active basses right now. I might be buying a Sire Z7 when they become available at the end of July...

Yup. Which makes the improptu sniper-like accuracy on the Ab detune even more remarkable!

I recently got myself a Lekato WS-70 UHF wireless kit after getting the bug (if you'll pardon the pun) at the NW bass bash in May. Used them at a few rehearsals and a couple of gigs and it's been great so far. Loved being able to do the walk out front and check the levels. Last outing I got a quick lesson in the perils of venturing out into the crowd - some guy wanted to put his arm around my shoulder and in his uncoordinated state he managed with bullseye accuracy hit my A tuner (yes, the A) and knock it out of tune. In a further showing of surprising accuracy, it was almost exactly a semitone out, so was able to finish the song by moving up a fret on the A string until the end. Live and learn! But on a technical level, no complaints - I got no dropouts, no interference, battery is more than long lasting enough to handle a full gig (probably could chance two before absolutely needing to charge). I did suspect there was a bit of a negative effect on note sustain, but now I'm not so sure.

I think I've missed the word "cover" here. These are original songs, then done in a different way by the same artist. Sorry.

Queen, "We Will Rock You", and Queen, "We Will Rock You"

Might be stretching the definition of "pop" here but Nirvana, "Polly" off Nevermind and "(New Wave) Polly" off Insesticide?