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That brings back memories. Took me ages to nail that left hand slap thing when when I was working through the Talking Bass slap tuition vids some years ago, just to get a percussive sound rather than the strings crashing horribly into the fretboard or just being completely inaudible. Like an almost embarassing amount of time for such a simple looking movement Now, even though I rarely slap I find that I do it more or less subconciously sometimes when I'm playing normally just to add the odd percussive ghost note on lines. It's a useful little thing, works well on skinny string guitar too.

I was a bit nonplussed by the upside Explorer thing when I first saw these a few years back, but that looks cracking.

Probably worth pointing out that semi hollow doesn't always equate to light. The bigger bodies combined with the solid centre blocks mean that many of them can be at least as heavy as a standard solid body. There's also bound to be a fair bit of variation in weight even between the exact same models, so if weight is a key issue then it's definitely going to better to be try before buying wherever possible.

I play my £300 Squier Jazz as much as I play my Fender Deluxe Precision and I play my £400 Gretsch more than I play my Pro ii Strat. Fairly recently I realised that most of my choices when it comes to basses and guitars are aesthetically driven. I will pick up a £400 guitar over £2k one purely because I prefer how it looks. Does this mean I'm done spending big money on guitars? Probably not. For a start I really like the look of a Stingray...

I guess there's no point in having someone like Patrick Eggle on board if you're just going to do reissues, although that then raises the question of why use the Shergold brand at all. Although they do a Masquerader skinny stringer that's aesthetically broadly similar to an old Shergold design, albeit with very different electronics, so maybe a bass based on the old designs however loosely, isn't out of the question. For what it's worth I like the look of the current range, both guitars and basses, but I understand why others are disappointed that the brand's back catalogue is being largely ignored.

Another new Shergold Bass, 34" scale this time.

Congrats on the Ric. Love that refin on Mustang too.

Daft name for what is actually quite an interesting looking and , to me, quirkily attractive instrument.

I suspect most of these things start out as calculated publicity stunts, though these two gentlemen seem to have got more than a little carried away.

When I saw the headline yesterday I assumed the lawsuit would be over the contents of Lemar's 'diss track' in particular calling Drake a paedophile. I was quite suprised to find out it that it's alleged chart rigging that's offended the Drake camp.

I mainly swap between an active PJ and and a passive Jazz. These days I rarely touch the controls on either except to make sure they're set where I want them. If I did want to experiment with diferent tones then the active PJ does cover a lot of ground.

I wouldn't be suprised if some more purple ones appear. I've recently seen purple sparkle flying vees, explorers and SGs turning up on various UK retail sites, so it looks like Epiphone have a purple sparkle production line going at the moment.

I believe some of them are 32" scale and I think there may have been a short scale variant at some point as well as some 'standard' 34" models? Other than that I'm very much of the school of thought that two solid body basses that have the same pickup type in the same position will always sound very similar regardless of other differences such as body shape, wood type etc.

The equivalent skinny stringers seem to be highly regarded for the price bracket,as a lover of all things tele shaped I've been tempted myself, purely based on the aesthetic.

I was a bit suprised at how much they've gone up. I used to get them for around £25 on Amazon, but that seller disappeared a couple of years ago. There are some on Amazon at the moment for less than £30 but I've heard so many stories about people getting fake strings from Amazon that I'd rather trust an actual guitar shop.

I was just looking to order some new strings when I stumbled across a sale on DR strings at Peach guitars https://www.peachguitars.com/search.php?Go=+&q=Dr+BASs+strings Just ordered some Hi Beams for about £33 with P&P.

I just told alexa to play Quincy Jones. First track up was this Having previously only known it from the Austen Powers films I had no idea it was a Quincy Jones composition. The man clearly had a long and diverse career.

Stick a couple of nails on top of the mike. They should jab him the face before he has a chance to hit his teeth on the grill.

Mine arrived earlier. Top tip for anyone expecting a Theremin, make sure you've got 6xAA charged up batteries on hand. I've just spent the last couple of hours charging batteries. Only just had a fairly quick go, I had to resort to the instructions to get the aerial working and I'm sure I could do a better initial set up once I'm a bit more familiar with the instrument, but so far it's a lot of fun. Using the slider and the button it's pretty easy to get a simple tune or bassline out of it. Using the aerial is a lot more tricky, but it's early days yet.

I got a notification yesterday to say mine had shipped , so fingers crossed, it might turn up today.

The inward curve on the bottom of the bass is ringing some bells, but, for want of a better word, that 'ledge' carved into the side is really distinctive but doesn't ring any bells at all. Not sure I've ever seen a bass that has that before.

Love to be proven wrong but I'm 90% sure the announcement is about the already leaked next iteration of the Ultra range. The fact that the Meteora features in both the leaks and in silhouette in the promotional material for the new launch is the clincher.

That's beyond grim, even for the 80s.

Short version: They like the Sire as much and in some ways more than the Ray34.

I've noticed that the £1k+ Epiphone skinny stringers often tend to turn up in seasonal sales at places like Andertons with significant discounts. Might be worth waiting 6-12 months and see what the G3 is going for then.