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LOL I'm female, don't do Precisions or 4-stringers, and hate cats. I'm with @Maude on this... 😉

My head hurts...

Anyone mentioned Metallica/The Four Horsemen? Although they swapped instruments only occasionally.

I agree with Lozz, but would also add that low B strings themselves are notorious for sounding muddy, especially on 34 inch basses. The longer the scale, the best the low B sounds (Dingwall's 37 inch B is majestic!). My favourite low B flatwound, in terms of clarity, is currently the Labella Low Tension. I can't advise on roundwounds, as I don't use them.

Instant cure for GAS - not worth buying from Europe, nothing can get here from the Far East, not worth buying from the US... 😉🙄

No, the above is what I saw on the UK Thomann site itself.

Hang on, when I was looking at some padded bags at Thomann, the price info said I'd have to add VAT separately, plus something like a tenner for the courier, and in my case, £8 for shipping because the total was under £99 or however much they have as a threshold. A £13 bag would end up costing around £30 by the time it gets to me. I won't be buying from Thomann for the foreseeable. (I absolutely don't blame them, of course, it's all self-inflicted by the UK.)

And Gollihur recommends keeping the relief.

If you're talking about fingerboard radius, a quick search discovers this article, which seems to go into great detail. I may even read it when I have a moment. 😎

Oh dear, I recognise far too many of them for my own good! 😱😂😂

Explanation here!

LOL "Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth)" by Metallica is another one that comes to mind...

.MOVs were originally the native files used by Quicktime, which began as an Apple program, then quickly (npi) moved to PC. MOVs are now an almost universal, cross-platform format, although they are being replaced by high-quality MP4s as the default recording format in many non-pro or semi-pro cameras and camcorders.

Edited: found THIS about the band

Bands will usually have a contract, and splitting up will rescind that contract, and leave each member free to record solo, join another band etc.

Forgot to say that we have insulation too, as @Maude suggests. Internal ply layer with rockwool between the bricks (and the ceiling) and the ply. It's both for temperature and sound insulation (for the latter, more precisely as noise suppression).

Brick and mortar (as opposed to timber), aircon/heating unit keeping things at a constant temperature, no windows, and a steel door that would make Fort Knox proud is our solution.

It should be OK, my NS NXT has only a slight curve, but can still be bowed. You need to have the right tension in the bow hair, it won't work if it's too floppy.

I haven't got a Stagg, but if yours has a curved fingerboard and a 'proper', DB-like bridge, you will be able to bow it. It's when either or both are flat that you can't bow, as there's no curve to use for hitting each string individually.

One of my female friends still has a pick she was given by Yngwie Malmsteen something like 30 years ago at a gig, which she had made into a pendant with a silver chain. Class. 👍

LOL I've got a large collection of picks from instrument and accessory makers - Orange, Celestion, Warwick, etc. - collected at various NAMMs, LBGSs and similar, but as far as I can see in my stash here, the only 'personal' plectrums I've got are one with Jason Scheff's website printed on, and some my ex (a guitarist) left in my collection. I do have a couple of Basschat picks (with the old logo*) and some picks with names that are no longer around (for instance, Guitar-X, where I did my first bass 1-2-1 course, has changed name at least twice since). * a few of you should have some too; @TheGreek had some customised ones made for me to give away at a couple of bashes and LBGSs (which I did).

More about the results of the survey on this Evening Standard page - enable Adblock if you have it, for a less cluttered read.

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