Daz39

Bill Bailey does this well.

Live versions of Leave That Thing Alone contain epic Bass solo outros that lead into the Drum Solo.

Amateur cashflow - should have got both and flogged the other for 20% more a few months later!

Dim question: is it set to Bass mode? Because A on a Bass is not far from low E on a guitar so I can see it managing that.

You sneaked out while consigned to the basement?!

These look nice.

So this looks a bit nice; nothing too daft, plenty of features including sweepy high and low mids, 3-voice drive with blend and a compressor.

Power Windows is my most played album. Although the best song they ever did is Subdivisions; I could listen to the original and live versions on endless loop. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son is bang average; I much prefer Somewhere in Time.

Well you only need one foot to tap to the beat...

It is utterly gorgeous. *even for one of Alan's builds. That colour impregnation-thingy is sublime.

I’m sure it is…

Same. I often turn down trying a bass based on its pickup placement, knowing that i’ll struggle to rest my thumb.

*must not think smutty thoughts about a 'hardening cupboard'*

I too would have been extremely awkward and self-conscious but I guess I might have offered a high-five or asked how long he'd been into the band, or what significance it held. Depends on how busy the store was and if you;'re prepared for a 20 minute tale of teenage angst and nostalgia I'm not sure I've cried over a long anticipated release but some purchases have left me silent in awe on first listening, so I can see the importance of music to people as touchstones in their life - good on him for being able to express himself.

Mastodon - now, I do like many of their songs, and I love their themes. But listening to an album is hard work - it's just noise. The drummer overplays far too often, the riffing gets too sludgy a lot of the time, and many songs have no breathing space and if you're not concentrating (i.e. listening on commute), you lose track of what you're listening to. I don't dislike them - the dual singists thing is good, the soloing is often very tasteful, I love Troy's bass noises. I prefer Megadeth to Metallica in terms of number of songs I'll listen to. Little Dave wrote some brilliant basslines that you can actually hear. Yes, Dave M is a gigantic plonker, but he's got some good tunes. My favourite Metallica albums are Load and Re/Load. I have a blank spot for acts that sound like they're between Rawk and Metal - Hard Rock? Heavyish Rock? Metallish? *takes deep breath* Thunder, The Almighty, Black Stone Cherry, etc. The Tragically Hip ought to have been successful everywhere. I wish Jordan Rudess hadn't joined Dream Theater.

Wowsers!! And I thought @stewblack’s custom pedal was immense.

*tugs collar nervously* crikey!

Millions of UK viewers, that’s why it’s still on. pretty much all of my UK facebook friends were either at ‘eurovision parties’ at theirs/friends houses or were watching it and live-posting their opinions.

what’s mallet finger btw? That’s insane action; you just have to wave your fingertips at those strings.

Now that's some quality woodwizardry!

You just need to get the scientists to develop Quink in Vantablack. 'So black it hurts' - Imagine pointing that at your guitarist, that'll stop 'em winding up for another unnecessary solo.

Thank goodness it's left handed. I nearly opened my wallet to shake the dust off!!

You got that from Wish.com didn’t you…

Ooh shiny. I already have unnecessary hankerings for the Zio Front End & Boost!