I sieze up a bit if my hands are cold. We rehearse in a cold warehouse, and have to have fires plugged in but still it takes a while to warm up
Other than that, i dont get cramps. I always try to play every day, just to keep the muscle memory, and also the digits kinda loose.
My BA 115 combo was an utter pile of. I wouldnt compare this to their real gear though.
After watching / listening to Bowie live at the BBC in 2000, and listening to Mark Plati give it some on Ashes to Ashes , and Gail Ann Dorsey on the rest, i decided i loved the tone. Especially Ashes to Ashes when guitarist Plati took over on bass. Wonderful. Cant tell ya what model Plati and Dorsey are playing thorugh, but Ampeg officianados will know
Yup, it's just weird that the top bar changes depending on what i'm doing. As i type this reply, half of the tools in the top bar have disappeared as per pic 1 above
I hadnt heard of this name till i accidently saw ZZTop , in fact both Hill and Gibbons are playing through Magnatones
Having checked the company webby, i didnt see a bass combo, , so is Hill playing through a guitar amp ?
Just curious .. https://magnatoneusa.com/products/
Good speech HK
I'm a fan too, and had the luxury of seeing LZ live at Ally Pally in London 1975 just after LZ 5 was released. Great gig , great memory.
I was too young to know what songs they copied or plagiarised, but i couldnt give a hoot, even now
By the time my band has kicked in, just about every nuance i can hear on my own, with any string gauge, has virtually disappeared under a wall of keys, drums guitar, and vocals.
Just buy the gauge strings you're comfortable with, and quit worrying.