Woodinblack

I don't have suspicions on that. I dont doubt like with your example, some people probably have probably had complications that caused deaths due to lockdown, but I don't believe it is a significant (statistically - obviously it is terrible for the people involved). When I look at the graph of excess deaths (and these are the only figures I am going on), they climb up, then at the time there is a lockdown, a short but predictable time later, the deaths start going down. The correlation is pretty clear (and I am aware that that isn't proof) and I have absolutely no doubt lookng at these figures that lockdown actively saves lives. It is a really simple feedback loop. I am also not dissagreeing that this is not ideal and with better management by the powers that be we wouldn't be anywhere near this situation in the first place, although I have gone from blaming the government entirely to realising that we are probably a country that probably deserve the government we have. In my region, they read out the cases per subregion everynight. As such you could see it shooting up (at one point, my town had the lowest number of cases in the country, then they stupidly anounced that, and it went up faster than most surrounding areas. Maybe a coincidence, maybe not) until a week after lockdown. Now lockdown has ended almost all the regions are going down, but they will start leveling off soon and be back up.

Not really, it's pickups with pickups regardless of the physical construction. I personally never understood why there was such a thing as a budget pickup, as it basically costs the same to wrap a load of wire around some plastic however you do it. but anyway, digression aside, the MK1 barts are just a bit lifeless and uninspiring, regardless how they are made. But I suppose Ibanez need to make a distinction in their ranges, and it is an easy and cheap distinction to make, as the other stuff, titanium bars, multi laminate necks are harder to show

Probably expensive from them. Best bass gear sell them cheap sometimes, and don't bass direct sell them too? Probably cheaper than direct.

The big singles are pretty well my favourite pickups, although the big splits sound almost the same (but without the single coil noise). Also the upmarket Barts are good, as fitted on the prestige. Haven't tried the Aguilars, although never really found an aguilar that I was that keen on.

Are you convinced of that? Last time I look if you get run over two days after getting a covid diagnosis, that is counted as a RTA. I know that is what all the populist memes say but I didn't think it was remotely true. Wheras if you die of covid 3 months after your diagnosis, it isn't put in that list, so it is underestimating. Either way, there are almost 70k deaths more than we would expect in a normal year in two big spikes so I guess we have got really clumsy around trees this year?

I tend to use my bassstation as a waveform generator. It has the advantage you can put it on hold!

I had my first ever flu jab a few weeks ago, I walked in, said hello, went into a room, had the jab and was out again in less than a couple of minutes. No queue

Yes I have, and not all professional mac users need anything from Adobe! It seems weekly. and spending hours getting it working properly (and by that I mean hours yesterday!)

Does this count as a pedalboard? £27 Chinese job..

I still have to travel over 50 miles to get near a city with anything like the population of Nottingham.

I must admit if my experience had been like your experience, then I would probably feel the same. My experience of cover bands was largely in the 80s and largely devoid of working with people with much talent or drive. And they weren't really original either, they just played rock and / or punk, and they were the side of the line that it was original just purely in the sense that no-one had used those exact same words in that exact same order with that exact same chord, but not original in the sense that you would think listening to it it was anything different than all the other bands. But the covers, which is late in life. Turn up, setup, play the gig, get paid (some have had free drinks, weddings tend to have food), load the car up, home by 12, £80 in the drawer , minus the cost of 2 cokes if I was paying for them, and that money has paid for all musical equipment I have got in the last 5 years. Get to play some songs I love, some I hate, get good gigs and bad gigs, people dancing, don't have to worry about some prima donna worried you played their precious 2-3-4 intro wrong. Would love to do originals, but there are a shortage of people doing prog around here, only original bands are rock bands around here, and at least with the covers you get to play something decent.

Just take a music stand, then people will be so angry they won't even notice.

Ah, I said 91, now you are sneaking in 92 so you can get tool and RATM in there! but still don't understand why rock music has to be mainstream before you listen to it? 😀

I don't listen to any type of dance music, but I don't care if other people do. I don't really care what is in the mainstream, in fact I don't really know, i don't listen to radio stations often (if I do it is radio 6, which doesn't seem over dancy). I thought music had already gone pretty bad by 91!

Yeh, RichToneMusic had one at 240 and I was tempted. I don't *need* a 6 but it would be nice. But my numbers have to go down before anything new comes in or I would ahve one of those fancy short scale ones!

There are an awful lot of rock bands, and being 'only 15' isn't really a qualification. They sound good, they are clearly competant as a rock band, and hope they do well for their sakes, but there are no real edges being pushed there are there? Stop listening to EDM stuff then and leave it to people who want to listen to it. There is plenty of room for everyone.

Stood next to one of those when it started, a Mk14 later one, which is a bit louder, and can confirm, it is not going to get under 85db. The crowd would easily break 85db. Yeh, we won't play with a limiter, too much risk to the equipment and doesn't make for an enjoyable gig.

Well, I certainly wouldn't be looking at making a profit (but then I never am), but I was refering to the case where you didn't want to give it up. "Yes I have that bass, and no you can't have it". I wouldn't be happy saying that. I was also thinking that. All of those choices are personal, but if I sell something it is because I don't want it anymore, or I want something more, so it no longer has any meaning to me. HOwever, maybe it has meaning to her, even if it didn't to him, or maybe he had to sell it.

Thats the problem isn't it. If a drummer drops his sticks on a hard floor you have already exceeded 85dB!

Almost got one of those as it came up cheap but I dithered as usual and it had gone

Precicely my point. I hate haggling at the best of times. Do you really want to haggle with someone recently widowed over something with emotional significance for them? And if you decline to sell it would you feel great about that? I guess some wouldn't care, I would have a big problem with that. There is a very big price difference between a new commisioned bass and the price you would get for a second hand one - one of the downsides of custom instruments.

Noise limit of 85db - were they using the laptops internal speakers?

Wouldn't be my first choice. When I had to remove the sticky stuff from my GK3 pickup on my precision, I just used cooking oil and a bit of effort.

I did find the title a little irritating, but I moved past it

I was travelling across nevada, and on one of the desert roads was 'the biggest sex shop in <wherever I was>'. I thought it was quite amusing at the time as there were large billboards both sides of the road, one side had about god and repenting, the other had about this sex shop. When we got there it had a really big carpark (it was a barn in the desert) and had a big sign by the car park entrance which said 'No Semi's Allowed'. Almost crashed I did.