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Wouldn't the best one, be the one you already own and are familiar with? You DO know how long the virus can survive on solid surfaces, right? If you're serious about not catching the virus, you'd need to disinfect everything that is delivered to your home!!! How do you disinfect the packet of disinfectant wipes from the supermarket delivery?

Just back from possibly the last rehearsal for a long time.....out of normally about 20, there was 9 attending and big gaps in instrument lineup. Most disappointingly, 3x of the over 70s turned up anyway and lied about their age when asked! But that's the crux of the issue - the government's advised them to self-isolate but don't actually have the power (yet) to enforce it. I suspect they've deliberately stopped short of obliging eg clubs and pubs to close (TODAY) because of the potential to claim compensation. TOMORROW might be a different matter, now that they've effectively given themselves the power to pass legislation without a vote.....expect some pretty wide-sweeping emergency powers to be implemented in the next few days.....!!

IoM TT race cancelled too, unsurprisingly. I've had 1 gig cancelled so far; and all 3 groups have either cancelled rehearsals, or considering it (so the gigs will go too, obvs). The government advice is sufficiently vague to make it borderline, but with the groups being big bands - typically 15-20 people - rather than simply about 4-5 of us, its unclear if its a "social gathering" of sufficient size, or whether we can take precautions eg stay about 2m apart, own music stands, don't share mugs in the break etc

Its not just the "virus" itself which could cause a cancellation. If the likely attendance was well down (mainly due to some punters deciding to stay away, possibly due to some being sick or self-isolating) then it might render it economically unviable, thus cancelled. Or it could simply be 1 or 2 key staff self-isolating, which means they're too short to put the event on.

Off the chart, bottom left.

The problem with the chart is that, unless you could travel the world first-hand and verify stories, you HAVE to assume one of the news sources (or the average of a number) is a representation of the truth. It appears they've just done this for Reuters. (Which is arguably fair enough). But what if something happened and it were simply ignored by a number of news outlets? Does that mean it didn't happen?

As above, really (I don't want to be too harsh on you!) I'd cross your fingers that a 2nd visit (you're probably going to have to collect it.....) means you get the sax back, refund the money but if he wants another of yours (how many do you have.....are you a small time trader?) you might want to seriously consider cash-only on collection(/delivery) or chossing not to sell another one to him.

Sounds like buyer's remorse - which is probably okay, means you got a good price for it. If you're a private seller and you hand delivered it 1) you don't have to accept the return 2) you got cash (ie it can't be reversed unlike CC chargeback or Paypal). Just take the -1 feedback, you'll have a chance to put an explanation by it (I think)?

Just re-read - weird that the Boss isn't doing the job! But as I say, I've no experience with that particular piece of kit. It might be faulty?

Let me guess, the clip on tuner cost about £2. Or, is a cheap one which you can buy for £2, but you spent £10? Buy a decent one - for example Snark - and it will be 100x better. Same goes for the Behringer TU300, I started out with one of them but it never much good at detecting the low E; so nowadays my preferred is the Snark clip-on. I dare say a Boss or similarly expensive pedal-type tuner will do a much better job but I've no experience with those.

I'm not bothered, the public will decide for you. I looked at the gofundme earlier and it was 1 donation of £5. I'm 95% sure that was the OP himself! (By the way, there's transaction fees and stuff, you won't get £5 back but slightly less). The link has been removed now but I'm betting it stays at £5 for ever. There are worthy causes, semi-worthy causes and non-worthy causes on them things, the worthy causes struggle (unless an associated news story goes viral). So a non-worthy cause won't do nothing unless someone accidentally clicks - but there's a few steps to go through so its unlikely they'll donate anyway, unless truly foolish. I bought a bass which was expensive (for me) but I've used it extensively, including paid gigs, so it was worth it. Earn the money for it honestly and you'll appreciate it more anyway! So given that nobody will donate, you'll either never buy it (and appreciate what you have) or scrimp and save over a long time, and eventually buy it. Then you'll either have buyer's remorse or appreciate it, whatever happens it will be funded by your own money though. Its brightened up my Sunday afternoon, so no worries.

ETA I suspect you're under 18 (I'm going to guess 12, from the Lego set?) which will restrict your access to credit. If you're over 18, less so...

There is a diminishing return with guitars. Buy a guitar for £200 and its probably perfectly playable. Spend £600 and it will be better to play (but the average person, or even a bass player, will struggle to hear the difference). Spending £2500 doesn't really get you much more than the £600 guitar. Its so far off the scale of what's considered charitable, I can't see the gogetfunding page working - mind you, a fool and their cash are easily parted, so you never know. Its a "luxury" and at least £1900 of that amount is completely frivolous, so common sense says it MUST come from your disposable income ie after rent/mortgage, food, utility bills etc. If your financial situation doesn't allow you to spend/save that amount, then the only option would be to go into debt eg buy it on the credit card or something like that? It would be daft to, though.

How much is a Mayones Viking?

Could be applied to many other areas of guitar! What about a small device mounted on the headstock which could be used to accurately adjust the pitch of an open string.....oh hang on, maybe there is need for that.... Or a device to finely adjust the volume output in case it needs to be off between songs, or something less than full volume...oh yeah....never mind..... Probably difficult on the guitar itself but what about a small box, let's think....foot operated...which could magically "switch" from clean to overdrive tone? Hmmmm maybe? So it needs to be original...I am going to invent a bass guitar neck with a lever, which allows the frets to be retracted during playing, instantly converting it from fretted to fretless! The mechanism won't be really complicated I'm sure......might start a Patreon for it!

Ok no worries, and fair enough point made! I personally tend to place my trust in the sound man and don't take a walk to the FOH to check. In theory I could rig up the wireless etc and walk around, in practice....I just trust.

Why would the soundman be clueless if his ears are located in FOH, while yours are located 4' away from the drumkit on stage?

Good post but its worth mentioning, no system is truly FRFR - there is always some kind of tone alteration - probably due to the acoustics of the room! Of course, you can make it flat with a 31 band graphic EQ (and PA installers do). Also, you don't actually want FRFR anyway....a bass amp is far from FRFR, but just "sounds good" (of course, opinions will vary). Compare it with vocal mics, people are passionate about make/model xyz of microphone not because it has a flat response, but it has a non-linear response which flatters (pun intended) the singer. The FRFR is worth holding on to as a concept though, because it "standardises" things in that in the poster above's 4th option, YOU the bassist controls the pre-amp setup, then sends a signal to somewhere (be it front of house or their own local FRFR system) and that pre-amp setup is consistently amplified in different scenarios eg small-big venues, rehearsal, etc etc. I believe that's there the value of FRFR comes in.

I am "amplifier ambivalent" and not really that worried about seeking one particular sound, or even a general sound. I'll tweak the controls I have, on whatever setup I'm using, to taste though. I've tried a number of different amps in a short space of time, partly because they keep catching fire, weirdly. I've tried FRFR albeit with a 12" speaker and while its okay, a bass amp generally does a better job. Without reading the 300 page thread on it, I'd say those who go down the FRFR route are probably also using some kind of effects unit before (even a simple one, just to do tone controls) or maybe they have an active bass - mine is a passive one, Fender Jazz which while has the VVT (so you could dial in eg a bit more neck pickup, to make it bassier) isn't quite as controllable purely for tone, as dedicated active tone controls. With no actual saving of weight or size over a smallish combo anyway, there is no benefit (to me) of further exploring FRFR. If the situation was different, eg I was in a gigging band which was playing 1000+ seater venues, I may well do it and use IEMs or whatever, (thus going ampless on stage, ie no backline) but for now, its bass combo. frannie01 what is your situation which is persuading you towards FRFR?

Do you want to take on the role of "educator" and he take on the role of "student"? If you're both on the same page, AND he's willing to try and learn, then IMHO its worth giving it a go. Character, or just being a nice human being, is massively important in a band, as well as making nice music when the time comes and you're on-stage in the spotlight! Just be aware, you might go through that process but it isn't 100% guaranteed he will learn (quick enough), then you're into simplifying parts or the pace of progression being defined by this, ie maybe not doing certain difficult songs etc.

They'll probably put them up a bit, and "blame Brexit" for the increase, on Friday. Or course the sensible solution is to not buy anything at all - own 1 bass guitar, 1 amplifier and 1 lead.

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IMHO yes, the speaker makes a difference. The underlying scientific reason would be that a speaker cone is distinctly non-linear in its frequency response. Its not a case of "what am I losing" its more that a DI signal will be slightly different than what comes out the speaker of an amplifier. Personally I prefer sending a DI out and letting someone else worry about what it sounds like up front; but I know that situation only occurs at (high volume) gigs and in fact the overall sound output is going to either be from your backline (smaller/quieter gigs) or a blend of the two things, which may be being controlled by 2 different people with different requirements and outcomes..... If you can get to "a happy place" with both backline and DI'd signal, then whatever the mix of it be it 5/95 or 100/0 or 50/50, then you're still happy. You could spend a lot of time chasing your tail only to have something out of your control mess things up, and of course we all know the tone is in your fingers anyway : )

I know.....I've seen it last week! I did try to explain that everyone plays "staccato" notes about half the length of the original......there ensued a 10 minute long monologue about how staccato isn't just a short note......during which I lost the will to live.