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I only had my Washburn Status for years, then Basschat happened and I added Precision Deluxe, modded VM Jazz and a fretless Sire V7. I could easily just get by with the Precision and the fretless. But I don't want to.

Not played one but they look very interesting Given the frequent requests for suggestions and discussions re lightweight basses on BC I suspect the honey comb chambering thing could garner a lot of interest here.

I think the problem with things like richlite, ebanol and presumably Blackwood is that bassists (and guitarists for that matter) tend to be deeply traditional. Personally I'd take, say richlite over pau ferro because I'm not keen on the orangeyness of a lot of pau ferro boards, but then I don't believe in tonewood (not looking for a debate here) and I already have a bass with a graphite board. I think for a lot of players anything that isn't traditional wood, preferably ebony, rosewood or maple, is a deal breaker.

I'm pretty sure Dave Grohl had already told Kurt he was leaving Nirvana to do his own thing before Kurt's death. I seem to recall reading an interview with him where he said he felt guilty about it for years.

I suspect that Hendix's career would have followed a similar trajectory to Claptons. Ie. Innovative guitar god to middle of the road AOR by the mid 80s.

Sheerhan's done an interview for Newsnight about this and other claims against him, I think it's being shown tonight. The clips I've heard are quite interesting apparently he's had so many plagiarism claims made against him that now when he's writing songs he films the whole process, presumably to show that it's an organic process and he's not trawling through spotify looking for songs to rip off. Whether that protects him in future, I have my doubts because there's always 'you're still consciously or subconsciously copying something you heard elsewhere' argument, but it's slightly depressing that he feels he can't just write spontaneously when the inspiration hits anymore without at least trying to protect himself from future litigation.

Dodgy as hell. Less than half price and in one of the most popular modern finishes that Fender have produced for a while? Even used it would be worth considerably more money, but brand new? If something sounds too good to be true...

I hear this earlier from a band I was aware of but had never listened to. It's sent me down a bit of an Everything Everything rabbit hole.

https://news.sky.com/story/foo-fighters-cancel-all-upcoming-tour-dates-after-death-of-taylor-hawkins-12577736

I'm a bit inconsistent with regards to sunbusrts. I don't really like it on a bass but I think it can look good on Strat or Tele style guitars.

Taylor and Dave were so close it seems likely that at the very least Dave will want to take a break before going out on tour without one of his best friends. The Foos have US tour dates scheduled in May so I imagine there'll some sort of announcement one way or the other in the nearish future.

I don't listen to much heavy stuff these days, but I really enjoyed that.

I've see Foo Fighters live twice, once supporting the Chilis and once headlining. They're an odd band for me in that as much as I've tried I've never really been able to get into their albums, but live I thought they were absolutely outstanding, up there with the best I've seen. Taylor was a vital part of that huge live energy and he will be sorely missed.

Decide for yourself Sound quality isn't amazing but Les is obviously not aproaching this with his usual vocal style. I didn't hear any slap either. Btw I didn't post it here because of spoilers but if anyone's interested there's a entire set from this tour up on Youtube. No idea if it's watchable quality though.

You mean like the Mark Bass Keeper? Attatches to the cab or amp handles. For some reason I can't seem to copy and paste in links at the moment but a google search will quickly bring it up. Edit. Old Horse Murphy beat me to it.

Pretty sure these are made in Fender's Mexican factory. It's actually a couple of hundred quid cheaper than the nearest equivalent Fender branded active PJ bass from the same facility.

I love my Katana 210 guitar amp, it's a great amp in it's own right even without all the effects and modelling shenanigans. It just covers just about everything from crystal clear cleans to screaming distortion, and it does it in a very tonally pleasing way, it's got none of the harshness or lack of personality that people sometimes associate with non valve guitar amps. I'd say it's up there with the best guitar qmps I've owned or played through. I've got a helix stomp which covers my effects requirements but I'd be very interested to try the bass amp to see how it measures up just as an amp

Fender stopped making those Rascals just before the current short scale craze started really kicking off. If they started making them again now I suspect there would be a lot more interest.

I don't have the definitive answer but Andertons favour eyebanez in their videos. You'd hope they'd know.

With regards to the basses I they're probably getting it right. I live quite near Warwick and back in the day hearing Americans say War Wick castle was an endless source of amusement to me and my school mates. It was years before I realised that without prior knowledge there's no way in the world anyone's going to guess that the second 'w' is silent.

I think back in the dark days before the internet things like adjusting intonation and truss rods were a bit of a dark art. Unless some kind sole actually taught you how to do it there wasn't really anywhere to find out. I don't remember ever seeing it in the 'teach yourself to play' books that I owned , although I was probably reading the wrong ones. So I started playing early '90s and didn't do a proper set up on any of my instruments for at least 10 years, probably longer.

I still think Ibanez are pronouncing their own name wrong. Warwick is also a confusing one for Brits.

Apparently China has been locking down districts and shutting down various manufacturing facilities as part of their 'zero covid' strategy. Last that happened it caused all kinds of supply chain issues around the world with various goods and components, music related and otherwise So in a few months it may not be just valves that are in short supply.

Probably got a bit claustrophobic once they heard about the Earth being flat.