Doctor J

Yeah, they only work on open strings, I thought it was for the lads who like to do the tappa-tappa stuff on youtube and haven't got their muting technique in good enough shape?

I wouldn't bother outside of the first and last frets. You're setting how straight the neck is, when you measure at the 8th fret you're roughly halfway down the length of the fretboard. That's where the bow should be at its greatest, that's all you need to measure.

Roger could kill the conversation dead if he recorded a video where he picked basses at random from their stock and could show that basses made from the same woods sounded the same as each other and followed the maple=bright, rosewood=warm generalisations.

Try a different string.

That video is in the previous page of this very thread.

He's been in AC/DC?

People love complaining even more than they love Avril Lavigne. Next year they should have a big stage where people can complain things are not as good as the olden times, it'll sell out no problem.

We did t-shirts in the past, they sold well, what Lozz says is bang on. Get more M, L and XL made than S and XXL. While branded tat is great and all, don't lose sight of the fact that you're a band and your music is what will draw people to your t-shirts. Make sure people can listen to you, first, and wear your branding, second. I was in Germany a few weeks ago, I went to a couple of gigs while there. At one of them, I got talking to the guitarist of one of the support bands as we were leaving, it went like this: Hi, really enjoyed your set, you lads are from England? "Thanks, yeah, we're from London" Great. I had a look at the t-shirt stall, no CDs, you're not selling any music? Are you on Bandcamp or anything like that? "No, we have merch" Yeah, that's nice. I'm 50, though, I'm not really interested in merch, I want to listen to music. "You could take one of these?" ...and proceeded to hand me a sticker with a poxy QR code on it Super, thanks, yeah. See ya. The QR code just lead to a facebook page where, again, there was no music. Lots of updates and photos but a band whose music you cannot listen to. Consider my interest lost. They have merch though 🤦🏻‍♂️

Get a padded strap like the Planet Waves 74T000 and do exercises to strengthen your shoulder

Song: Not Ready to Die Band: Two Tales of Woe Venue: Bloodstock Festival, Catton Hall Bass: Actually, it was on a single-humbucker strat I made, but it was tuned down to a very low A, if that helps, into my lovely Fryette Deliverance 60

Wow, you and Liz Truss are really close

Austr-ape-lia by the Manics?

Not even a Tesco supermarket!

A valve amp might need to be cranked far beyond domestic volume levels before it really gets going and sounding good. Not valved, but you should check out the Boss Katana range. They're very highly rated and work well at lower volumes, though I've even seen people gig them at festivals, there's very decent distorted sound out of them, plus a pile of effects.

Sure there is, a bass both with and without a headstock

If they had that strat headstock on the bass necks, I'd wager they'd shift a lot more units.

A couple of other current projects

If it's not here I wouldn't buy it, especially if the price is "reasonable" https://www.seymourduncan.com/products/pickups/bass/jazz-bass

I love James, fantastic band.

In that case, this would be a good place to start 🙂 https://www.basschat.co.uk/forum/95-share-your-music/

When pretend wear and tear cuts too deep