Bolo

If everyone is having fun and the shows are good and the crowd is happy, great. Some bands are all about hosting a party, if it works it works.

Weird take. What are the festival line-ups the past few years? More bands than solo artists and the soloists nearly all brought a band. How many bands name themselves after the bandleader? Solo artist in name but factually a steady group. The perspective is skewed from only looking at "charts". And the charts are a worthless source for information as they are just an advertising platform.

Jason Momoa. There's a YouTube vid of him visiting with Les Claypool

Loxx, best I've tried over the past 30 years. https://www.thomann.co.uk/loxx_security_lock_ni.htm?__cTr=d2aa6e64-0b5b-414f-b3a0-014a1c2e326e&shp=eyJjb3VudHJ5IjoiZ2IiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6NCwibGFuZ3VhZ2UiOjJ9&reload=1

I think someone mixed up "the cats pajamas" and "the dogs bollocks"

My guitarist built it for me http://cellarguitars.com/index.php/cellar-v/

Treating my bass to fresh strings and doing a setup. My assistant isn't helping much.

"the charts" are a vehicle for the labels to push their products. It's NOTHING to do with good music.

Lisa Hannigan - undertow

Something like those alpines is fine, though custom is better in sound quality, reliability, fit and damping. Most on here use ACS custom molds, which can be fitted at Booths. There's a bass chat discount I believe, and a musicians union discount? Others will supply the details shortly I trust.

A fun preamp is an absolute must to get any kind of flavour out of it though.

I have the Harley Benton as backup amp. No experience with the bugera. It's clean, pretty small and light. Class D 800w power section as used in so many others, so no fuss just good. Whatever pre you use wil come out louder and loud enough.

I use a isp decimator 2 to keep unwanted noise under control, especially when using the hot channel on my tube preamp (Verellen meatsmoke). Works fantastic, always on, run it at about 1 o'clock. Not the cheapest.

Unscrew everything and bung it in the dishwasher. If it dies, it dies.

Friendly bands that switched from cash only to cards+cash reported 25 to even 50% increased sales.

The sterling ray4 is passive, any other will be close enough in the mix.

For 17-24 year olds that have stayed away from noise, drugs, alcohol and have no history of ear infections etc. It is the optimal human hearing, available to about 5% of mankind.

Operetta Bolt Thrower

Doesn't Darkglass do amps with an elaborate dirt section?

That would be the MTD/Tobias body shape.

Take them to court within four weeks? Bit rash isn't it? How come you took no pics of the damaged parcel when it showed up at your doorstep? Don't get me wrong, Bax should be doing everything they can to correct the situation but are you going about this in the most effective way?

I use the Dr Strings ddt 5-55 heavy and tune AEADG on my 5 string basses (Spector lx, mm sr5 and a custom). Not cheap but I like their tuning stability and even tone and tension.

Light buff and a new coat, let dry, repeat untill satisfied.

https://hg.eu/uk/products/hg-odour-eliminator-for-clothes-and-fabrics A couple of years ago the business adjacent to our rehearsal space had a fire. This stuff got all the smell off our equipment, including my carpeted 4x12. I've used it since to fumigate stinky second hand bass cases and gigbags whenever I bought something from a smoker.

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