Bolo

To hear the compressed track on a 20p piece of rapidly degrading plastic 😂 Who are you kidding mate? 🤣 Good is good, better is in your imagination.

I'm surprised that CDs haven't been replaced by USB sticks or micro SD cards! Cheap, reliable, plenty of storage space for digital artwork, take up no space, etc. etc. I still buy CDs, mainly from bands I like the live show of, or enjoy their music on Spotify or YouTube. The CD still sounds better than MP3 and/or Bluetooth and can sound as warm as you like with a little EQing. I like records, sentimental things aren't they? Clumsy old things but keep you busy. All tape should be molten into solar panels or somesuch. Unreliable crud.

Jerry, of racecar fame

"The Cat" is his name

Bass in a hardboard case resting on the steering wheel and under one arm and a H&K basskick (I think, the blue batskin one?) balanced on the luggage rack of a knackered old bicycle. To and from practice every week.

true story

2016

Maybe Robert Trujillo most of all. Ever since Lights, Camera, Revolution! He literally changed my world. Honourable mentions go to Les Claypool and Jo Bench.

I used to break strings regularly 15-20 years ago when I was still on EB power slinkies I think. Haven't broken one since switching to DR strings back then.

This.

Tuning should always be done silently, or as silent as possible for acoustic instruments. Not a soul in the world wants or needs to hear the sound of tuning.

What one have I missed that completely redeems the rest then? Above I see Motorhead, Napalm Death, Voivod, and a mention of psychobilly. I have no reservations about including those in my previous exclamation 😬

Good thing my opinion is the only relevant one to me

If it wasn't for Thrash Metal and it's offspring the whole 80s should be killed with fire. What a load of audible diarrhea, absolutely atrocious.

What a fuss. It's just American Abba innit?

Most elaborate ebay add ever! They really want to sell that bass!

It's only a cheap Vintage mate, what's the fuss?

AFAIK all wireless headphones come with a cord in case the battery runs out. What's the necessity for noise cancelling? Won't normal closed back headphones do? When are you mainly going to be using them?

I always make sure that I am the annoying one. Works great!

That's possible. Although it hasn't happened to me yet with Ernie Ball, GHS, D'addario, Dean Markley, Warwick or DR strings in over 20 years of playing. Also having the outer winding on the peg is could affect things how? What's the science here? Do you have a link for me to read up on this? Inquisitive minds want to know! 😃

Too long? how does that work? I cut all my strings 3 to 4 inch after the peg to have about three windings around the peg when tuned. Always have done with all brands I've tried.

Go try lots! Borrow different ones, spend some hours down the bass shops and take notes of what you are testing and what you notice about that bass. Try different string spacings. Or just get a shiny one that catches your eye 😏

Nobody is taking the urine with pianos, violins, saxophones, etc. Why this? You see less of them, so they don't fit in your peanut world view,so it's ok to bash 'em. It's just bullying isn't it?

I'd say I COULD play a gig on a luthier modified squire, I just wouldn't be HAPPY doing it. Me unhappy on a strange instrument that feels and sounds different than the one I spent years getting just so will make a bad gig.

If said squire was a MB-5 with Dimension humbuckers maybe I could