Graham

Bass Centre basses lool like great value instruments, but I'd never buy one with that deeply unattractive and cheap looking Bass Centre logo on the heqdstock. At least they've sorted that out with this and the Guy Pratt model

Metallica - Hardwired....To Self Destruct Not really listened to this since it was released, it's better than I remember, but I don't get why they made a double album. There was enough material for a really good 30-40 minute record, but for some bizzare reason decided to pad it out with another 50 minutes of bland filler.

Flatwound strings

I remember seeing a 55-01 in a cream/white finish

Thanks for that, I'm a big fan of SikTh and James' playing

On a tangent, I was looking into SikTh's tunings recently as I was learning a couple of their songs and was surprised to see that G#-G#-C#-G# tuning. I've not come across a tuning where the bottom strings are tuned to the same note before. Anyone used this or know of the benefits? My first assumption was the G#s were an octave apart, but then the gauge and/or tension difference between those strings would be huge

Given the ages of the rest of the band, I wonder if there's some assumptions being made about disposable income and willingness to spend it on instruments

That's not a big pool to pull from

They do seem rare used, which speaks to the quality

Dvne - Etemen Ænka A Scottish band with a big future before them, I believe the name is pronounced "Dune"

I might be in a position to spend a bit of money on a bass later this year, what's the going rate for a used NS5-XL these days?

I've only just discovered Ataxia, really like it - just the sort of thing I'm digging at the moment

Today has been: Touché Amoré - Stage Four Ataxia - Automatic Writing The Mars Volta - Deloused In The Comatorium

The new Cannibal Corpse, which is far better than I was expecting

Tool - Fear Inoculum

That Job For A Cowboy is stunning,.I wrote them off as a MySpace deathcore band before stumbling across this a couple of years ago, sadly I think it was their last record. Conquering Dystopia is another great instrumental metal band, with Alex Webster on bass

Yes

So far today, the new efforts from Zao - The Crimson Corridor and The Armed - Ultrapop

I normally go on my own, as it means I can set my own schedule - arrive early to catch the first band? Fine, wait until the kids are asleep before leaving and only see the headliner? Also fine. Band kinda sucks and I want to leave early? Just go. That all being said, I've just bought tickets for Every Time I Die and The Bronx in January for me and a mate from work

Yeah, I'd really like to see them live, I think Mirrors is probably my album of the year so far

So far today: Melvins - Houdini Napalm Death - Utilitarian Pupil Slicer - Mirrors Coming up next, Bast - Nanoangstrom https://bastmusic.bandcamp.com/album/nano-ngstr-m

Emma Ruth Rundell and Thou, again

I was at that show, DT were a bit meh, LaBrie seemed completely disinterested

You might enjoy this podcast, as the guest Luke booked that Testament show and his story about how his financed it is worth a listen alone 😁 https://open.spotify.com/episode/2JE35lJopFyIzFkkdObQ47?si=z5Htk9fYS32zc8n6FniO2Q&utm_source=copy-link

If I need to put myself in the right frame of mind for a meeting or similar at work, I usually reach for one of these three They gee me up into, normally, a better mood