Woodinblack

Used to irritate me but now I think, well if they can’t be bothered to research what they are buying, is it my job to stop them buying the wrong thing?

Not so good on spares, 3 vocs, guitar/sax/bass 2x stereo keys and up to 5 for drums when they are used. Ooh, I could use the phono for keys...

Well, that is what I was leaving it for. In my previous group before I got the XAIr, the guitarist had an acoustic, we don't have one in this group, and I don't have (and wouldn't be allowed) a double bass.

But if there is anyone who actually wants the Classic IV, they would know simply by looking at the pictures that it is a bolt on, so it can't be a classic IV

Does everyone use their Hi-Z inputs the same as all the others? For historic reasons, I have never used input one. On the XR16, the first input was labeled Hi-Z, so I thought I would leave that for an acoustic guitar or something (that never came along), and I guess I moved this practice when I went to the 18. Now after owning it for the best part of 3 years, I notice writing this post that both 1 and 2 on the 18s are labeled HiZ!

True, I wouldn't have accepted it on a budget ibanez, but then I know it wouldn't have happened. It tarnished the bass for me for a while. Over time we made up though, and it is otherwise a lovely instrument!

In all honestly, I would be happier paying more money in a smaller venue. You think by economies of scale, it should be cheaper in the O2 or another arena.

The situation is that you have a repetitive bassline to-do, which involves some movement but in short loops (so not dacota or something), say a ska bassline or, quite often (in fact almost always) I get this in Billie Jean. In Billie Jeans case, your left* hands job is just to play the same 8 note run on just 4 notes, Gb Db E Gb E Db B Db, over an over again, until you get to the chorus for a little break, or the singer remembers its the end of the song. So you tell your hand to play that, and it goes off and does it. And then, the 357th time it has to do it, it decides to do something totally different for no readily apparent reason, or just completely forgets how to do it and completely throws you, because you are not really thinking about it anyway, by then you have normal gigging thoughts like 'you better not spill that pint on my pedalboard', 'did your parents really let you come out dressed like that?' and 'yes, your singing voice is lovely, why don't you start your own band'. I suppose that is why it happens, but it can be really offputting. Does anyone else get this? * other hands are available if you are built backwards

So I think the overall answer here is: Schaller or Dunlop. Pick one and stick with it!

Judging by the age of that photo, that was the cure to spanish flu!

So very on topic https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/06/man-with-coronavirus-went-to-packed-rock-concert-at-new-zealand-arena I am sure Tool are ok here, but that is probably not good for the crowd

I get that you do, you have been saying that. Just to me the music is a thing in its own right, outside of the creator of that music. Yes, I to would prefer to hear it done by the original artist assuming that they could do it ok, for sentimental and connection reasons, but I don't see it as 'theirs' - I see it as something made by them, that is the difference for me. And yes, you clearly see music differently, you seem to see it as something connected to an individual where I don't necessarily. Yet they are tied up intrinsically with their music? I saw them a few times and they were great a few times and dissapointing once. However, there is no way I would have paid to see the last tour as Geddy Lee could no longer sing the songs, and I couldn't have listened to it. Yes, I would prefer to hear rush doing rush songs rather than someone doing a bunch of covers, but I would have rather have not heard him doing the songs the way he was doing them at the end at all. Whereas someone doing a bad cover version rarely damages a song*, an original artist really can. I hope you enjoy genesis and you get something positive out of it. I really couldn't. *Apart from Zombie, by the cranberries being done in a montreal subway by someone who couldn't speak english.

And repeat the previous 2 pages.

Maybe that is why I like the TC. I don't really want it to add any character.

Worrying isn't the term I used at the time.

I see your point but then it is a one off. The painting is made once, and will never be made again. You wouldn't go and see Van Gogh and say 'oy Vanny, do me another one of them sunflower pictures you did for trevor'. Frankly whether he did another sunflower, or someone as talented did another sunflower, it would still be a copy of the original. Well, all they can do is an interpretation of their music. Whereas I am sure they can remember when they sat down to write ripples for instance, they are certainly not the same people who did it, and they don't feel the same as they do then. Especially in that case as one of them is missing so they don't have his interpretation. For you it appears that their interpretation is more important, for me the music is more important. And I understand it, as I said, you are connecting hte music to the people in the same way that my wife does. There is loads of music she won't listen to because she didn't like the people who did it, and some she likes that isn't her style, because she liked the people who did it. I don't really have that connection as much. I understand that. My connection between the person that made some music and the person performing that music is not anywhere near as connected as yours. Maybe it was starting out in classical music where everyone was already dead (and frankly, they didn't play it anyway), or maybe people just interpret these things differently. DOn't get me wrong, I would like to have seen them perform it if they were as good as they were when they were normally touring, but they weren't, and for me, as I realised when I had the option to go and see Rush do their last tour, I would not only rather not see it at all than see them do it badly.

I had to upgrade my tuning pegs to hipshot ultralights. The body is chambered, so very light, and it is a 5 string so wanted to reduce the potential for neck dive (there isn't any). My bridge options were limited as I was getting quite tight spacing. And I also like hipshots as I had them on the Ibanez that I was basically copying the dimensions from Yes, I remember that. I told him about the strap lock breaking, and got a sort of 'well that happens' sort of response.

Yeh that is almost exactly how it would sound when I was playing it. Except I would have done my hair first.

No, get the cheapest and then as soon as you get it, replace them with good quality screws and hardware. But be careful unscrewing them

Fair enough, and yes I know some people can't separate the music and the people, and for the it matters, so I suppose the music really does die. luckily for me I would take the second option, the music is far more important to me than the personalities.

Yes, I think they are made of cheese, the cheapest of the cheap - replace those as soon as you can. I didn't actually have an question as to whether I would upgrade mine as I went to put strap locks on the bass, but trying to undo the screw to get the old one off it broke and left half the screw in the body. Luckily I had a friend who managed to get the old bit out and redo the hole, so while I was there I updated the rest of the screws.

All headstocks are marmite things. Love the G&L, hate the guild.

I have had that. I am glad they have improved that in their new offering (and the screw coming apart thing). That gets rid of the main problems with schallers. Probably is when you have 10+ basses, the decision to switch from one to the other is a bit tricky! Thats why I have both, and ones that don't have either.

Remember even with the same PA, every room is different. There is one pub i always have a problem with, shiney floors, walls ceiling. The guitarist keeps nagging to turn the reverb down 'there is no reverb on!'

I suspect that since he has just been kicked out of Public Enemy, it probably isn't so important to him now!