Doctor J

Yeah, I mean, it's not even old.

Relax, lads.

HMU?

I've looked at the ad and I've watched some of the video and I still haven't a fooooken clue what the purpose of that is. It's not even a solution for a problem which doesn't exist. It's just... pointless. It reminds me of what the goon I bought my old Streamer from had done. If you know what a Ken Smith brass but is shaped like, each fret had been sculpted a bit like that - a raised bit under the string, shaped to cup the string like a nut slot, and filed almost level to the fretboard between the strings. I still don't understand why someone would do that.

The custom butter-knife pickup routing technique, I see.

I could have lied, but it's Stone Cold Bush.

I generally tune lyrics out but, when I don't, self-obsessed me-me-poor-little-me, especially delivered from a middle-aged person of wealth, don't put me in a happy place.

Nah, Streamer was the bass of the 90's for me (alongside its daddy, the Spector). So many bands were using that design in the 90's. If anything, it was going out of style in the 00's. What about an Ibanez SR, one of the fancier wood ones? Or a Bongo?

Just be aware the USA SUB basses have no forearm or belly contouring, so if you like those ergonomic comforts, the SUB might not be for you. Like Bolo has pointed out, the asking price for them has sky-rocketed in the last year and often are not too far shy of a full-on US Stingray.

Same here, IOS with firefox, nothing updated between last night when it wasn't there and this morning, when I can't get rid of it. Very annoying. Only popping up here.

Well done, Lurks!

Nothing wrong with liking either of them, just they're very deliberate efforts at trying to get radio play. Two albums full of melodic mid-tempo rock, intentionally inoffensive lyrics with big, singalong choruses. They're soft, so very soft. Mustaine tried to blame it all on Dann Huff a few years later 😂

Youthanasia and Cryptic Writings are soft as warm butter.

The production is what sold that album. There is filler aplenty on there. Rock made some fairly weak songs (alongside the confirmed bangers we all know and love) sound immense. Saying it would suit Britney is just rubbish. It's thick with reverb which suits the slower tempos, it allows long decays to fill the space beautifully. It wouldn't suit their early songs at all, absolutely not, it would just sound like mush but it's definitely a long way away from being a pop production too.

On a semi-related note, this is an interesting read https://loudwire.com/avenged-sevenfold-m-shadows-insight-ticketmaster-pricing-controversy/

Jazz Confusion necks.

Crime pays. It pays big. https://www.wearesuper.co/metallica#ee-section

I'm positive it's terrible.

Terrible. Utterly terrible. Consistent with their last 30+ years, I suppose. It's mystifying. They used to be so f*****g amazingly good. There is nothing of that old band left in them.

It says 7 May 1992. The auction has already happened.

I've had lots of Fenders over the years but now don't have any Fenders, despite being particularly fond of the J design, and don't see myself ever owning a another one. In my experience, there are plenty of companies making much better instruments, based on Fender designs, which cost far less money than "the real thing". Unless you feel the need to alleviate the pressure and be seen with that logo, don't bother. You'll get far more joy being open minded and exploring what alternatives are out there.

BMT is the law. TMB is terrible, backwards stuff.

We played a gig where the guitarist couldn't feel his hands and played slumped on a stool because he probably couldn't feel his feet either. Even after the singer walked off stage and left both band and venue halfway through the set, we continued to the very bitter end. Probably shouldn't have done that one.

Thanks, me too. It turns out all wood is tonewood if you believe it to be so!

I love my old Fuji Gen Ibanezeses. I tried a FGN guitar with circular frets, which was nice. I haven't played one of their basses yet.