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This gig was fun! Band called "Delorean" who I depend for a short while back - flat out rock. The drummer's a friend and invited me in, and we all had a total blast. Great players and the vocalist has a hell of a range! att.t04Yv-Fv5ALPUeaMd6s6QN5IXCiigh5fRZp7Hv42vNw.mp4

I'm really lucky. My other half lets me gig when I need to, she's happy to let me take a room for a studio, so my stuff stays out of the way - which is how I like it. I do have a PA system which keeps wandering around various corners though. She's great, although she doesn't come to gigs often as she doesn't like being places where she doesn't know anyone. The irony is, it's one of the reasons I started playing - as a way to get myself more confident to meet people!

We've got a Macro card, and the music they play in there is a mixture of terrible covers of contemporary pop stuff, but done by what sound like poor tribute acts. Drives me nuts - Dua Lipa sung by what sounds like a bag of angry cats, Tom Jones sounding like his balls haven't dropped, that kind of thing. Awful 😄

Can you stop the cavalry - Jona Lewie

Nice. The guitar work is gorgeous on this track - who's in the project?

I love the look of these, particularly with that finish. The flat paint colour finishes don't do this shape justice. How well did you adapt to the fan?

I’m a very recent Ibanez owner - not had one before. Got this during lockdown, case still has tags, bass utterly unmarked, with original strings, I suspect. An eBay bargain. I’ve used it on jam nights, it’s very versatile. Currently it’s still strung from A on the fretless side, but I’m considering EAD so it’s better for playing actual basslines on. Great sounding bass, the fretless on piezo sounds very upright-ish.

Oh, I love the look of that. Quite unique, a real looker.

I really like it - I've got a V7 Mk2 ash / maple blonde, which I adore - amazing bass. This new 24 fret model looks like a Mayones Jabba - which I also really like, but you can bet it won't be mayones prices 🙂 https://thebassgallery.com/products/mayones-jabba-4-pj

I created a google sheets "app" which you can use to generate practice schedules daily from the courses you're doing. You populate sheets from a template one, then choose how to select items from the list you put on the sheet. Everything gets collated into a schedule sheet, you cut and paste it into a practice log, and off you go. 15 mins per task, or longer if you want. I've been using it for 4 years now, and it helps you get through the material!

This is a huge thing in the accuracy - the gains from doing the arpeggios and scales are far more than just the muscle memory. I really dug into this stuff properly maybe 3-4 years ago, having had an SBL life membership for a while before that but not really dug into it properly: I started to put some serious lesson plans into play, and did a huge amount of work on knowing the board, then moved to Scott's "4 shapes" for arpeggios. Slow at first to get it into the head (I've always had reasonable technique but always played by ear, and I too wasn't great at aiming for notes in a jump beyond maybe 3-4 frets) - but when it started to stick, the results were incredible, and in everyday playing too. The benefits sort of sneak up on you. For reference - I'm 53 and I've been playing since I was 18, so I can attest that it's possible to be surprised by how far you can come with real dedicated work (maybe 1 to 1.5 hours a night). Enjoy the journey!

Hello Basschat! I've been a member for ages but I never posted an introduction, so I thought I'd do it now. Originally from Scotland (South east - Edinburgh / Fife) Now living in SE England, and yep, the weather is better overall... Bassist since around 1988 Early influences all metal and rock - Iron Maiden (many, many albums learned by ear), Metallica, Testament, Anthrax (lots of anthrax) and a lot more Moved through Rush (dared by a friend, learned many, many albums by ear!) and joined cover bands while studying in Scotland - now enjoying guitar hero stuff too - Satriani (Hamm), Via (Hamm), Hamm... haha Perth Music College alum More bands playing more covers meant I started playing pop and funk more - really got into funk. Chilipeppers, James Brown, Sly Stone (early 90s by this time) A lot of fallow time in the last 90s / early 2000s - just playing alone, which was in retrospect horrible! Got back into playing live properly with open mic nights in Reading, and still doing them now. Gearwise, I've got a lot of stuff... Amps include a Trace V4 (the all-tube V2) in a custom Zilla cabs shell, Warwick Neo Pro cabs, I have a Warwick Pro Tube IX 900w head, a Warwick LWA500 (which is amazing) and an Ashdown ABM500. Also Markbass Traveller for portability (use a lot on the pub gigs) and a Roland Micro Cube XL bass (amazing - 6 AA batteries and they last, too - sounds great!). Basswise, I'm up to 15 now, I think, spanning jazz, precision, weird ones like the Ibanez Ashula 7-string (which is gorgeous to play and great for flexibility!), 4, 5 and 6 strings, plus I have an Ashbory rubber stringed one (which works great for upright sounds live). Playing a lot of fun stuff, still a lot of funky stuff (http://www.infinitebiscuits.co.uk for the funky project!) and in a couple of function bands as a sideman, plus a lot of house band work for local jam nights. Gig 2-3 times a month, but I'd like it to be once a week. Want to spend a but more time in the studio though. I'm really happy to be here - this place is amazing. TTFN Andy

On here, or globally? 😉