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Looking fantastic. Really amazing. RE the magnetic covers, I can’t remember where I saw it but I remember a bass with one where to remove the cover you pressed down on one section and the cover popped up. Neat!

I quite like Scott’s vids, I don’t watch them for anything other than entertainment to pass the time - it’s better than what’s on TV! Here’s my kind of ‘review’ - great audio quality, sweet groove playing and little to no talking (I can read up on the instrument myself)

Fine. The music is separate from the media circus surrounding the man.

It was an extreme example but you do hear people saying ‘if I play a J or a P it doesn’t matter, I always sound like me’ I can very often identify the bass used on recordings, or have a good idea about the type of bass at least.

Here come the 'all in the fingers' brigade who'd have you believe you can get a Stingray sound from an upright

And record it with a decent audio interface, not a phone mic near a 10w combo in the corner of a kitchen. Personally, I like to hear what a bass sounds like when spanked, but also finger style so I appreciate when they do both.

Episode 3 is out now!! You can listen via your normal Podcast app or on the site here!

How sad. Thanks for letting us know. I will raise a glass to a great basschatter this evening.

Well there’s no use posting that here! Over to GC with you!

I'm afraid you have to play Stairway through FaceTime to be allowed posting rights. And please don't take that as a euphemism because I had a frankly shocking call last week

Yes, we thought as many Basschatters play guitar too, some would jump across and help 'populate' it. We made that easier with the ability to sin in with the same account etc. In terms of costs, it really wasn't too bad as it's all hosted on the same server and uses the same tech as BC; in fact it also can be a useful testing ground for updates here, for example the location field was developed in GC.

It'll take time. I'm happy for it to grow naturally, rather than push it. When Basschat first started we had about one post a day and I used to check it with my WAP phone. Obviously today things are different but I still think it'll get there - but I do need to pull my finger out and do some promotion/advertising. If you play guitar, feel free to post on the forum and get some topics going, and invite others to do so. We're very close to finding out what guitar is best for metal.

Welcome! I've updated your username so it doesn't;t include your email address, hope that's OK - enjoy the site!

Such a stupid thing to do isn’t it - surely anyone who knows what //M represents will know a fake one when they see it - and those who don’t know won’t know what it means, so it’s pointless!

What he's playing would sound the same, but the sound wouldn't be. That sound is pure MM and no mistake. When he plays a P bass, it sounds 100% like a P bass. Same as anyone else. That's why we have different basses!

Maybe it wasn’t John Hall after all!

Can't you speak to me? Which thread?

As I say none of the mods I've asked so far have any idea what you're referring to, so please kindly point it out to me?

A defining feature of Basschat is that it's only as strong as it's members and we reply on them to report anything suspicious - could you help us by flagging the posts you refer to?

I’d be interested to hear examples. Why not ask directly in the open forum, see what they say? I tend to find any genuine company employees are only too happy to become a ‘commercial’ member and be above board, otherwise it can do the company harm if they are caught out or perceived to be spamming. It’s impossible to enforce with any accuracy so I think it’s best that the BC hive mind makes it’s own conclusions about gear recommendations, and flags anything suspicious for me to investigate further.

I see, well I'll make a note of it - there are a few we'd like to add!