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Couple of mates who were better when I was playing guitar. Then just listening a lot to Simon Gallup and Bernard Edwards and also hip hop when I started. Once Ii was shown how improvisation works I was away.

Very impressive as was Jaco but why the hell anybody ever wanted to play this on bass in the first place is beyond me. Just sounds like noodling. I have a bit of a love hate thing with Mr Pastorius.

I tried txt to image stuff tonight and that wasn't great. I suppose it's in its infancy. It won't do anything risky or rude by the looks of things.

I had it writing poems and songs the other night. I have to admit I was pretty impressed.

So nobody really then? What a let down.

Best Kebab really do the best kebabs there. Wendy lives in the street down from my parents in their village in northumberland in fact she told me my exhaust was falling off last month. She came to my mates 21st in the 90s wearing an amazing jacket with the crucifixion scene on the back.

Does anybody know anything much about Bobby Cauldwell and his early original band? I have just discovered the guy and he has some really cool smooth grooves behind him in the 70s and early 80s.

Delia Derbyshire did some amazing stuff.

The Jacksons were brilliant. Do you think he really did sleep on the floor?

Glad Morrissey has been nice about it. Andy was a very underrated player and had some fantastic lines. The Smiths were a truly great band.

I won't watch it this year as its not in a foreign country which takes the fun out of it for me. I will miss all the gorgeous exotic female presenters though.

Stop consuming so many carbohydrates and burn some calories.

Had a blast through mixing desk and this feels great. I just did a refuge of the roads type thing and this is a great bass. The build quality is great.

Well I took the plunge and it's a beautiful instrument. I might be wrong but the body looks like a single piece of Ash??!. I love playing fretless again really slows you down and makes everything sensual and expressive. The head/neck dive is terrible though. I sort of like the fact it weighs a ton though. Feels really solid. Can't go wrong for 150 squid.

He would be much better than the bumbling fool they are going to put on.

I had a VM but hated the phenolic fingerboard.

Has anyone used on of those Guyker preamp? Any good.

I was thinking about buying one of those HB fretless. Everyone on YouTube seems pleased. I thought I might stick a cheap preamp in, like those Guyker ones. Any thoughts?

Been listening to dad's albums and this band were just amazing. There's so much decent bass playing. I know they went through a few. Apart from that watching and listening they were so influencial.

You could do mate but it would be a chew on with probably not very good results. Spray paint will just look crap after a while. You could get it powder coated or anodised but I don't think the expense would be worth it. Sorry.

I started using a noise gate and it has really cleaned up my playing. I play a lot of precise jazz funk type stuff. Am I cheating have loads of people been cheating? Tbh I never use a compressor but thinking I might get one now. Its been a bit of a revelation tbh.

Oh the pain.... the pain....

Just after a bit of know how really. Much appreciated. I have never really played through effects. Recently acquired an old Alesis quadraverb which is a great bit of kit for guitar reverb. Anyhow stuck bass in one night and sounds amazing. The setting is called stereo spread. Thing is it seems to have also tidied up my playing there are no noises the volume is even when I slap. It almost feels like like notes have a very slight delay when playing and a bit like notes are being sucked out of fingers. I have a feeling it might be a noise gate? Or compressor? Any ideas?

You mean The Globe. Not sure mate but I have been in it when I dressed up as the Incredible Hulk for the Summer fair in 1985.

I still think it's massively overrated up here.