bass_dinger

If EUB technique is different to DB technique, then I would be interested in that (because I am more likely to buy an EUB than a DB, but less likely to find a teacher specifically for that instrument). Robert

I had already had a long day (piano lesson in the morning, met a friend in the afternoon), and arrived an hour early. I chatted with Steve, and others, and listened to the first performer. By 8:20, I had run out of stamina, and decided to leave - before Steve had even started his set! Back home by bedtime.

Steve Lawson is back at Ron's in Peckham, 7pm on 17th October. I am here, at 6pm, watching them set up.

I didn't take it any further - it didn't feel like a risk I wanted to take with my basses. However, their website tells me that the company has gone from three reviews, to over 17,000 reviews, in 6 months. That's equivalent to around 3,000 reviews per month or 100 per day, every day of the week. So, for all the healthy cynicism displayed by basschatters, 4 people an hour (throughout the day and night) are happy enough with the service to leave a positive review. Does that amount of shopping traffic sound plausible for a business that is less than two years old? Companies House entry here. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15411845

@Norris was so annoyed by an advert containing Fake Playing, that he looked up the advert for us, just to be certain about the detail. That's commitment!

So, I ended up attaching a small mixer to the front end of the AG03, so that I could use the the additional inputs on the mixer, and bypassing the faulty channel. Eventually I replaced the mixer and AG03 with a Behringer UMC1820, which gave more inputs and a neater profile on my desk. I had planned to sell the AG03 and tested it to make a note of which channels didn't work - and it was all working again! So, I likewise suspect that it was a software glitch.

Clearly not the only person...

Rockin' all over the world? Not if she's in the band, you won't be.

Sometimes I will see a photo of someone posing with a guitar or bass, and it annoys me to see that they are clearly not playing it. Thumb on the strings. The other fingers holding the guitar up. No strap. Am I the only person who is annoyed by this sort of thing? Probably....

Edge-lined. So, lines under the B string, but not under the E to G strings - I have got used to where the correct note is on the string, and mis-tuned bass messes with my muscle memory. Here on the latter pages

So, an update. I have spent the last 9 months playing only the fretless bass - I decided to commit to the new instrument. I found that they need to be perfectly in tune - an out-of-tune string confuses me and I struggle to adjust. Earlier this week, I took the bass for a second setup - less relief and more mwah. I will be learning how to incorporate the mwah into my playing, and have got my chorus pedals out, so that I can get used to the sound of the effects pedals. Yummy!

Very natural, very organic - as if the body has been worn to shape by wind erosion. Lovely.

You were lucky. I practiced for three months on a rolled-up newspaper that I found in a septic tank. I used to have to get up every morning at six o'clock, play the newspaper for 14 hours a day - and when our Dad got home from working in the orchestra pit, would thrash us to sleep in 7/4 time, with a curly guitar lead.

An engineering marvel. The tailpiece is so simple, but so effective. And the headstock, very neat for something with 12 tuners. Very pretty - I'd be all over that if it was a 15-string....

Beautiful sounding guitar from Rob Armstrong - and thank goodness he didn't accidentally order two dozen saxophone cases...