neepheid

It was actually Friday night, but close enough. Played with Nine Lives at the Butchers Arms in Inverurie. An odd night - crowd waxed and waned, busy moments, quiet moments. Thankfully it was busy towards the business end of the show (why do people turn up with 5 songs to go at 12.30 and then get all "awww" when you announce it's the last song at like five to one? Why is it a surprise to you that we'd be finishing at 1am when we started at 10pm?) Anyhoo, this gig was significant for my first pub wireless gig and yes, after using it for sensible, constructive reasons (getting out front for the sound check) I got up to no good. When I wasn't wandering across to the guitarist for a bit of a duel during solos, I was off into the crowd. Learned the hazards of this - this guy insisted on putting his arm around my shoulder and in doing so, he knocked my A tuner (how's that for aim? Not the G, not the E, the friggin' A) and the song started sounding fruity. Well luckily he'd somehow managed to knock it about a semitone out so once I figured it out, I had to move everything up a fret on the A string. Thankfully it was "Highway to Hell", so not a taxing song to recalculate on the fly. Anyhoo, it was a lot of fun and things are coming together nicely with the new singer. Gear - G&L Tribute LB-100 then Yamaha BB1200 into Markbass Mini CMD121P IV and New York 121

I use my spare Pi 3 as a wireless repeater, our Roku streaming stick hates our router for some obscure reason even though it's in the same room so had to find a workaround. Got a Pi 4 lying around, wonder what task I can put it to. I will probably just redo my RetroPie installation and really curate that collection of SNES roms

You haven't upset me in the slightest. Don't try harder either, I'd much rather everyone got along. And GuitarGuitar are far from the best, they're off my Christmas card list for stopping stocking G&L for a kickoff. They're only the "best" place I can go that's within a 5-6 hour round trip. Everyone's got their perspectives on things.

Do you understand why I initially wrote "Do you work for Bass Direct?" and why 5 folk responded with Haha? It's because you came across like a shill. You've barely posted here, and here you are, lauding a particular vendor and slagging off competitors in the same breath. The paucity of details is the problem - you presented the "fact" that you get a "shite" deal from PMT or GuitarGuitar as a bald fact that happens universally. Your post was poorly written and ambiguous, it is only now with the addition of a modicum of detail that it becomes clear to me that you are specifically referring to PXing gear. That, I have zero experience with (I always sell privately) and will happily bow to your superior knowledge on the subject. Thank you for educating me about what "free speech" is, I had no idea!

Tone deaf nonsense being spouted by a leech who produces nothing and takes almost everything.

I don't think that gives you a valid basis to denigrate other vendors though, does it?

Whoops, short notice, but Nine Lives are playing at the Butcher's Arms in Inverurie tonight. On the off-chance that someone A) is anywhere near Inverurie, B) sees this, C) is at a loose end and D) actually wants to see me muller some classic rock!

Do you work for Bass Direct?

Sad face EQ FTW.

I have found muso "savvyness" to be an empty aura for the most part which me inexperience probably created subconsciously. The more I have learned, the more I question what other players say and do and think to myself "I wouldn't have played it like that" or "I like my tone better" and been OK with being different. Learning that "different" does not automatically equal "wrong" is a big step forward in one's development as a bass player, IMO. The trick is not to be a cockwomble about it and start telling other people that they're wrong because they're different to you. Break that cycle!

Strings are allowed, you don't fail for buying strings.

It was nice to meet you, regardless of how brief it was. Thanks for sharing the pic.

I trust the BC massive to put the kybosh on frivolity such as this. By the same token, I can sometimes be a meanie and a stickler when I offer my opinion on justifications and I appreciate the moderating force that they represent when I get a bit too "rule-y". The twisting and turning, the "generous" interpretations of the rules are all par for the course, and I find them all amusing. But it's not rocket science, you all know how it works, deep down, and this is as much an exercise in honesty as anything else. Never mind honesty with the BC collective, honesty with yourself. I'm out - I straight up reported it, no point in twisting around the whole "not bass specific" thing regarding the pedal I bought (don't get me wrong, the thought crossed my mind - but it would be supremely hypocritical of me as your opinionated thread watcher/tracker/dogsbody/gofer). I bought a pedal, I did buy it for a useful purpose (and to make my life easier) but I didn't have to buy it, I'm going to use it with basses (as I don't own any other instruments) ergo it's bass gear therefore I'm done. I've since gone wireless and already had huge fun with it at a gig, and I'm already making plans to shuffle my bass pack. It wasn't meant to be this year. Oh well, maybe next year! If someone wants to cheat, no-one can stop them, and maybe the only person who'll ever know is themselves. It's your life, you live it how you want to. As I've said countless times, it's just a bit of fun at the end of the day. The only prize on offer is your own sense of satisfaction that you made a promise and stuck to it, and the cash in your bank account that you didn't spend on gear. You'll have neither of those if you cheat, regardless of whether or not it's reported. You're all adults here, I'm not your mum!

It's probably for the best - I'll be dead but you'll have to fight Mrs. Neepheid for my personal effects and my money's on her

The BC "jury" has spoken. @Geek99, you're back in play. The top of the thread has been edited to reflect this. Normal rules of engagement apply from now on though. For whatever that's worth, it's all a bit of fun! Enjoy your amp and cab, may you annoy many neighbours with it

Bad example, strings are explicitly allowed in the exemptions. Try another analogy?

I'm genuinely pleased for your fortuitous change in circumstances, but gear is gear, this is not an "educational purchase" (the bit you omitted when quoting that sentence) - you know that means books and lessons and stuff. I'm sure your resolve will be bulletproof next year now that your gear is sorted. Hey, I'm not the sole arbiter here. Help me out, I'm not the boss. Opinions, BC massive?

It's not a pass - why TF would you enter a gear abstinence challenge knowing that you had to buy gear? That makes zero sense! Now that you've got all the gear you need, all the best for next year

Yeah, was aware of this, this news isn't grabbing me...

Well, let us know when the working replacement comes in (whatever it is) and I'll sign you off. I think you're in limbo land right now.

I dunno, buying something that didn't work and sending it back - does it count? Sounds like you bought a beer but didn't drink it. Is a replacement coming?

Another pic unearthed, with brighter lighting on the bass this time. Pit yer tongue awa', min!

I look like a right tit not playing a keytar

The only band I've ever been in that properly broke up was very anti-climactic but pretty jarring - a band meet up in the pub was arranged, guitarist/songwriter/nominal band leader arrived last, told us he didn't want to do it any more, then left. Me, the drummer and the singer had a pint and absorbed the news (or the news was absorbed by the beer?). Band over.