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It's a nice looking bass. From my own experience any bass I've bought with more inclination to sell at a higher value than to play has always lost me money. Basses I've kept and played for years, never thinking I'd sell, but later moved on are the only ones where I've broken even or made profit.

Probably worth looking up the seller and seeing if they have their own site, might be cheaper bypassing eBay.

But not a problem between a Few Good Men.

@stewblackdon't be disheartened. They will appreciate you once they realise the dep is just pumping the root notes or whatever and they finally understand. Happened to me with an old band. Dep played all the right notes at the right times but didn't drive the band on or throw in the fills and bits that make my approach mine, and therefore the band sounded very much less energetic.

Love this analogy. A good goalie never forces themselves into the game either.... Just like a good bassist. Sometimes I listen to rehearsals and wince at myself playing fills a lot where they don't belong....

I've been a doofus and assumed it was part of the Helix range. It's not. Guess it'd need to be the 8-£900 version of the Helix to give what I wanted, plus a wireless kit..... may as well stay as I am or go Stomp XL

Very helpful thanks. I don't understand why they have limited this version compared to the Stomp, like no parallel processing and less blocks. It's making me go off the idea... Even though 99.9% of the time I wouldn't need the extra the Stomp gives I'm just thinking forward and about using presets designed by other people, I don't really want to be limited. But then again, it has stuff I would like right now like built in expression pedal and built in wireless. Interesting, one to ponder.

I've got on better with my Helix Stomp than expected. In my current band it's really helping me add something. However, I need access to more buttons. I also seem to have a "one box" solution that has quickly become one box supported by four more and a power supply all mounted on a pedal board... So the Pod Go wireless appears to solve the issues I've got with having all these boxes and it has a wireless which I'd like. So a few questions for users... Are there any good bass wahs? I'm assuming I could take my presets with me when I ditch the Stomp and buy a Pod Go? Are there any drawbacks to the Pod Go? It just seems too good to be true!

I think if any of these people tried that excuse in front of Miles Davis back in his day they'd have had a trumpet inserted swiftly and painfully.

Some people just don't know how to commit to a band.

Do you want your name associated with it if it's going to be a mess?

@chris_b you're the guy on keytar here, right? https://youtu.be/O3cBp_Bf43M

I love how it's the hippy George who says "who's going to cough up for that?" And "careful with that 8 track it cost me ten grand!". Seems while he had some hippy ideals he still had an eye on those helping themselves to the Beatles' money.

Possibly. Age and maturity are not always linked.

Just like how doing massive strong bends and pulling a face doesn't make you a bluesman! Loads of muso types just see the opportunity of joining a covers band as their own chance to have their spotlight moment that they've dreamed of since their teens. It's not just guitarists to be fair, but it mostly is. They have no interest in learning a song properly, playing together as a unit and the whole band sounding good and getting repeat gigs. They just want to walk out of the dry ice, do their one trick and receive adulation. How many times does that happen at the dog n duck? What does he do for a living? Ask him if he does that "by feel" too. We used to do stuff like this to make a point to our old guitarist. But he wasn't an angry little thing. If the anger is all shouting and going red just keep winding him up until he gets it. If he's likely to swing a first or throw something I wouldn't even bother being in the same room as him ever again.

Unless he admits that "I play by feel" really means: 1) I can't count bars, 2) I can't be bothered doing this properly, 3) I don't respect other people and I'm a giant toddler who needs everything my way, 4) All of the above

Do it, do it, do it...

I've got a mate who has some very, very expensive guitars. He can't play in time though. Says it's because he grew up playing jazz. He said that in front of a friend's Mrs, unaware at the time she has a prestigious music degree with her specialist genre being.......... Jazz. She tried not to laugh in his face. Some people just can't admit they have some limitations. Silly really. All he needs is to agree a cue from the drums or something when his time is up and then back to the verses or whatever.

Funny you bring that up, I found $42,500 in left over change from a holiday in the US a few years back....

Because of a change of band recently I've chopped and changed basses a bit. My "number 1" is still my number 1 but the supporting cast has had to change and I'm still not settled. I don't think there's place for my fretless and my headless basses with this group, sadly, so my Bitsa is now the backup. We will also do some acoustic sets so I've got hold of a Jack Casady as I couldn't resist. Once it has a case that may be number 2 for big loud gigs too, we will see. I don't seem to have a jazz bass though and this troubles me. I also don't have a 4 string fretless either and this also makes me think I'm missing something... Though when I did have one, good as it was it didn't last long.

Sounds like theyre either trying to be funny or a chancer. Either way I'd ignore it and see if you can get the comment deleted.

I thought it was funny that Paul criticised Yoko's presence ... With Linda sat next to him. I think she even chimed in. I can't remember exactly it was 4hrs of documentary ago

Yup! They help I just don't like reading ahead and missing the dramatic delivery

I'm with you on that. I love the Beatles, and I love the insight this documentary gives. My wife isn't a Beatles fan but appreciates them, she's more interested in it than me! Some of the sections are just too long, tedious and the audio is unclear. I get that the rambling conversations are part of painting the picture but it just goes on too long for me. I don't need to see four comedy versions of the same old rock n roll songs. However, seeing Paul and John just knock out old songs from when they were kids and sharing a laugh really dispels the impression that everyone hated each other throughout this album. Paul is a taskmaster but I sympathize with him, the task was two weeks to write an album and do it as a live show, so he's turned up with ideas and ready to work. Everyone else just wants to consume an unhealthy amount of toast. It's great when Billy comes in though, I'd forgotten about that. They certainly behave when an outsider they respect appears. It's telling how in the early parts they're all in agreement they need an "adult" to tell them what to do!