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    70s - Alembic 80s - Steinberger 90s - Warwick 00s - Modulus 10s - 20s - Dingwall I’ll have to think about the other years.
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    I had a car body shop spray one for me ten or so years ago. He did a great job for less than £100. I supplied the paint though.
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    Darkglass Harmonic Booster, there’s erm….one for sale in the ads section. One very careful owner.
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    A cover band covering its own material.
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    Any kind of permanent sticker is fine until you decide you really don’t like it, and try to remove it. Why not have it resprayed to a colour you do like?
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    It would surely depend entirely on who and where they are, and what they do? For many genres of music, and artists it’s the music itself that’s important to the audience. I’ve played in laptop ensembles and performed solo bass stuff, the audience don’t expect you to be entertaining, they’re there to experience the music. The show is an experience for them sonically and there’s often a visual element with film/video or software generated image.
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    I’ve seen this described as ‘the special sauce to add to any Darkglass distortion pedal’. From my experience that’s a pretty good description of it. Designed to be the perfect complement to our distortion circuits, the flexibility and portability of the Harmonic Booster is also the perfect one-stop solution for gigging musicians in search of a precise and harmonically rich clean preamplifier. I bought it new a couple of months ago, whilst its been on my pedalboard its only been used very sparingly, and only at home. It is consequently in perfect condition. Comes complete with the box and original paperwork. I’m only selling because I’m using another more recently bought Darkglass pedal for my EQ/tone shaping. Price includes postage.
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    I guess this is related to a question posed by someone I know on Facebook recently: ‘do you consider yourself an artist or an entertainer?’ I started off by playing original music with various bands, I then began playing in covers bands, and left original music behind. I did stints on cruise ships, and played in theatre pit bands. It was during my music degree course - that I’d enrolled on to get better at playing covers - that I realised I much preferred creating original music. Apart from the occasional jazz gig, it’s all I do now. I’ve moved into teaching music, I’m currently training to be a lecturer in music at BCU. I simply get far more pleasure and a greater sense of achievement from creating something original than I ever did playing sex on fire at Rob and Julie’s wedding reception. The only thing I would like to do more of from my past life, is musical theatre, I really did enjoy that. We’re all different though, as long as you derive pleasure from your musical pursuits, that’s all that matters.
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    I prefer creating to reproducing.
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    I noticed yesterday that they’ve added a tuner to it too with the recent software update.
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    There was research carried out by Christopher Raeburn in 2003 that suggested it. They were looking primarily at music students. I think the think the boredom aspect maybe applies more to those who’ve made it?
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    ‘To rise above the nerves, distractions, and stressful circumstances of a performance, to feel as though nothing can get to you, and when the moment of truth arrives, play the way you know you can. To be, in a word, bulletproof.’ Noa Kageyama, Violinist, Performance Psychologist, The Bulletproof Musician
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    Depends on your knowledge, but I look at the structure of the song: intro, verse, chorus etc. I then work out what’s going on harmonically. I want to know what key the song is in, and I want to know what the chords are, the bass line will pretty much be built from the chords. Most pop and rock songs are built following recognisable chord progressions. Something bluesy will probably be a I/IV/V. From that I know what the roots are, and can hear what the other notes are, they’re usually diatonic (from the chords/scales), with perhaps the odd passing note. If I know the chords I can busk if I forget the actual line. As with anything else, it’s just practice.
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    Does anyone know of one please?
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    These are nice basses. Congratulations on your new instrument.
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    I believe airplane holds are heated and pressurised nowadays. It helps reduce stresses on the metal.
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    I’ve gigged using a very cheap - sub £100 - bass borrowed from a friend. My custom WT was having some work done to it, a friend asked me to dep for his jazz band. I spent an hour or so setting it up, filed the bridge saddles, and changed the strings. It was perfectly playable.
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    In excellent condition, only used a few times indoors. I don’t think I have the box, it’ll well packaged for posting though. Features & details: Deep, loud and immersive sound, with true 360-degree coverage. Built-in mic for speakerphone to take clear conference or personal calls out loud with a wireless range of approximately 9 m. Seamless aluminium body is durable and water resistant (IPX4). Enjoy up to 12 hours of playtime from a rechargeable, lithium-ion battery. Wireless Bluetooth pairing with voice prompts; easily take calls and access Siri or Google Now. Pair two speakers together for Stereo or Party Mode playback. Price includes postage.
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    In good and fully functional condition. I bought it new a few years ago, I think I used it just a couple of times. Would prefer collection from B72 1JQ.
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    Well spotted, I did think I’d copied the dimensions along with the description, obviously not though. So I’ve added them separately.
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    I was just looking at them. Thanks for the suggestion.
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    Assuming they were properly in tune too. There’s a Stones song I had to learn a few years ago. I can’t remember now whether they were sharp or flat, they certainly weren’t at concert pitch.
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    Thanks. I’ll check them out. Someone recommended Righton straps. They’re vegan but not very wide.
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    Just a few days old, hence in perfect condition. I'm incredibly fussy with regards to straps, I just can’t find one I’m happy with. They’re either too long, too narrow or like this, too stiff. I also won’t use leather for ethical reasons. I will remove the strap locks prior to shipping, they’re only pushed through the existing holes in the strap ends. This is the 10cm wide version. SoloStrap Neo Perfecting the art of comfort. The new SoloStrap Neo was designed with one thing in mind: To be the most comfortable padded single guitar strap you'll ever own! Comes in two widths: The 4.0 model (4" wide) helps ease the weight of heavier instruments such as basses and solid-body guitars, while the 2.5 model (2.5" wide) offers ample cushion for lighter instruments. Both models feature thick anti-fatigue, double-layered neoprene coupled with durable faux leather, with limited stretch to avoid that bothersome "bungee" bouncy effect. Our easy rivet-based length adjustment system offers the widest length range, from 38" to 50", and all the way to 62" with the optional extra long tail.
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    If you’re only playing by yourself, just tune the strings to one another. Harmonics works best, 5th fret of one string to the 7th fret of the next string.
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