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It took me a little while to feel comfortable with a 5 but now it's all I play. The benefit of playing most stuff above the 5th fret just feels easier. I think it's made me a better player too. Plus 5s look cooler 😉

I don't use a different tone, just slap the hell out of it. We use a key sample plus singing for the dohs. Use my Dingwall 5 through a markbass with a pretty clean tone. We also play it in B for the sake of the singer. The bass sounds better in the lower key too. Dance floor loves it every time.

Now order a neotech pouch to keep it safely on the strap.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1438940196' post='2838774'] It's called The Inner Game of Music. How self talk disables you as a performer. The best playing is done in a zone where external factors are completely ignored. Achieving that state takes discipline. It is fragile and can be broken far more easily than it can be achieved. [/quote] Very true. Been a while since I read the Inner Game of Tennis but it applies to many things in life. I also suffer from music shop pressure but never at gigs, for some reason. I think I need to go to more music shops to overcome my fear and have fun with some different gear.

I went wireless a few weeks ago after years of gigging with leads. Even though I haven't gone wandering all over the stage or through the audience (yet), the feeling of freedom and not worrying about leads is great. Even after a short time I wouldn't go back. Like many, I've got a Line6 g30 and it seems to do the business. Just ordered a neotech wireless pouch to make it more secure on the strap as I find myself checking the transmitter during the set. The sound quality FOH seems unaffected but I occasionally get a slight interference in my IEMs depending on where I'm standing. I hope to find a solution to this as time goes on.

Had mine for a month. Feel totally liberated on stage and would never go back to wired. Great value kit too.

Loving this thread, some great tunes out there which capture the emotions. Two from me, both quite haunting. Doves, Kingdom of Rust (the video is grippingly sad) http://youtu.be/dFM0pUn4dcA The Associates, Breakfast (the piano is just brilliant along with the aching vocal) http://youtu.be/tZ_4f4gVof4

Very sad. Used to live 100 yards away and rehearsed there every week with my first ever band. Happy days.

Cool! I'll be the small bald bloke in some type of suit 😎

Should be; go to Andertons' website, I think info and tickets are there.

Thanks guys, sounds good. It's next Tuesday in Guildford.

Just got myself invited to a Nathan East clinic. Never been to anything like this before so don't know what to expect. Anyone done something like this before? Any suggestions as to how to get the most out of it?

100% Hercules. The clip-in headstock ones are wonderful. Best I've ever used.

Loads of Duran Duran. Rio, of course, and Last Chance on the Stairway are particularly good.

Just completed my first transaction so putting this thread up in the hope of some positive feedback 😀

Bought a Dingwall ABI from Janek. The deal was done between London and Warsaw and all was very smooth. Thanks Janek, good to deal with you.

[quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1428428516' post='2741198'] Maybe we need to debate what constitutes a debate The 4 versus 5 string is a perfectly legitimate debate/discussion that will understandably come around every year or two, with contributions from newer members that bring their own views and experiences. As I said in an earlier post, I'd never given fanned fret basses any thought, but thanks to this thread and Iain's mention of the extra (37") scale length of the B string, it's got me thinking that maybe I should check one out. [/quote] You should definitely check out fanned frets, it gives that B string a whole new feel.

[quote name='largo' timestamp='1428390007' post='2740719'] I don't get it. What can you do on a 4 string that you can't on a 5? [/quote] Agreed, I'm confused. I see a five as having all the benefits of a four but with some advantages. I look forward to hearing the benefits of not having the fifth string.

Always rated Graham McGregor from Fiction Factory. Only one album but very tight playing, good slap work.