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He makes it look so effortless, amazing. 👍 It reminds me a little of Adam Ben Ezra, except he doesn't need anyone else lending a hand on percussion.

Here's another System Of A Down song that's in many different signatures, and in all honesty it keeps changing so quickly I don't know what the hell is going on. They use odd timings quite a lot and is possible due to their Armenian heritage, I don't know but I can imagine traditional Armenian music using odd timings. Spoonman by Soundgarden is 7/4 in the verses. And of there's Led Zeps Kashmir, polyrhythm with 4/4 drums but most of the rest in 3/4,but the drums are boring as hell so maybe go with Blackdog instead, 3/4, 4/4 and 5/4.

I can't really hear that bass drum polyrhythm here 😉.

He may be using one of these.

YouTube is my go to practice site. The only problem is is that I inevitably go down the rabbit hole of following all the suggestions. Next rehearsal I hear, "Did you learn so & so?" "No, but I have learn to play six completly unrelated songs!"

In loving the look of this, just classic good looks.👍

You know, I did think of that half way through but couldn't be bothered to go back and change it. Yet here I am, spending even longer explaining why I didn't change it than it would have taken to change it. Beside I couldn't get the canaries on the plane as they just looked at me incredulously whilst shrugging their wings, but the rats were more than happy to oblige. 😉

Without turning it political, as any party would do the same, I feel the whole pubs opening, air travel kind of stuff is just sending the lab rats out there to test the water. If the rats don't die maybe we can all do likewise. If the rats do die then it's a good job we all stayed well away. We have an abundance of lab rats and if a couple of cage fulls die then it's not the end of the world, could even be good as we have to many. If the rats spread the virus to a couple of innocents that subsequently die then that's a risk we're happy to take. Obviously no party could actually say this though.

To be honest I'd always assumed that to be the case. In my mind if the virus is carried in droplets of water then just breathing out can transmit it. Shutting yourself in an enclosed space for a length of time with lots of socially distanced people still, to me, seems like a bad idea. You're inhaling what others have exhaled without any direct coughing or spluttering. Breathe on a cold window and the water condenses showing just how much water is in normal breath.

I think the singing is 'in time' with the guitars, it's just the the snare being on the 'wrong' beat puts everything on edge. Obviously the drum isn't wrong and shows just how comfortable you get with a certain way of drumming that just putting the snare on the opposite beat than your brain is expecting can trip you up. An excellent drummer in a previous band would, when everything but bass and drums dropped out on a song, throw in all sorts of unexpected patterns to try and trip me up. It became a game and I very nearly lost a few times live.

Reading this thread is making me feel like I need a short scale Gibson in my life. 🙂

We've had this question a few times and simple physics would suggest hanging vertically is best. Although in real terms it makes no discernable difference compared to the tension the strings put the neck under.

I like the look of the Eastwood Magnum advertised at the bottom of the linked page though, so thanks for that 👍.

I don't know how magnetic bronze is compared to normal steel/nickel. That would be the biggest worry. As long as its magnetic properties are similar then they should work in a similar way, but I've always hated the screechy nature of bronze strings. If they're magnetic just give them a try. 🙂

It reminds me of those nail and string art pictures you'd see in the 60s.

I'd use basecoat and clear lacquer. Mask the face of the fretboard first, then mask the right angle edge of the fretboard, and finally mask another line along the neck to fretboard (or binding) join, the three separate maskings will become apparent later. Colour with basecoat and then remove only the last piece of tape you put on along the neck/fretboard join whilst basecoat is still wet, this allows the edge to sink slightly, reducing the sharp edge. Once basecoat is dry apply your clear lacquer coat up to the previously masked line along the right angled edge of the fretboard, again whilst wet, remove the second length masking to allow the paint edge to soften,leaving the face of the fretboard masked to reduce the risk of introducing dust into your wet lacquer. This will give you a fully painted neck with no hard edges. Masking a straight line isn't difficult if you use one piece of tape. Stick one end of the tape where you need it, then whilst keeping the tape fairly low to the neck, pull the tape taught from the opposite end end just slowly lay it onto the neck. Don't press it down until you are happy with placement. This will allow you to get a perfectly straight line with ease. 🙂

Just pay using PayPal and claim your money back if you don't win. 😁

I can't remember all the details and terminology but the addition of that question to be answered changes it from a raffle or lottery to a competition, or something like that, and the laws governing it change. I don't know how that affects this and I appear to be waffling now. 🙂

Or Norfolk to use its correct name. 😲

Is the opposite true though. Surely anything softer absorbs more energy than solid objects? I'd rather be hit with a foam tube than a steel tube.

Surely it's as simple as whether you call the strummy thing a plectrum or a pick. I've always called it a plectrum and the big platey cover thing a scratchplate, because calling those items a pick and a pickguard is wrong if you're British. If you're from America call them a pick and pickguard. Same as we don't have trash cans to put garbage in and trunks, hoods and fenders on cars, the Americans don't have rubbish bins, boots, bonnets and wings. It's funny really as 'we all wanna be Americans' but as much as Americans love the British, as far as I'm aware they don't feel the need to try and copy our language and slang. I'm well aware I'm at risk of entering full rant mode but my son calls rubbish trash and my wife goes into a shop and says, "Can I get.......?" But when I say to her, "No he/she will get it for you", everyone looks at me like I'm the idiot! "LIKE TOTES AMAZEBALLS!!" Exiting rant mode and time for a cup of tea I reckon, yes milk, no, no bloody ice! 😉

But it's all about that one song Rico, I mean Ricky 😉.

Ha ha 😁 Oi Oi Bazzaaaaaaah!! 😆

But....... but........ but they're not the same 100 I'd have chosen. Oooh I feel so outraged. [Flounces off to put the kettle on.]

If it's the sort of crack you see in some older basses spreading from the floor of the neck pocket then they don't usually cause any issues. But that said it can certainly never get better and there's no way I'd be accepting that on a new bass. It's hard to see in picture though as it's black so I could be misreading it.