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So, is the 945 a step up from the 745? I have a secret hankering for a 745 but maybe I should change allegiances.

I had never really clocked the line as such. Cracking. That bloke's wall is making me feel uncomfortable though.

Yep, I was just mourning the fact that my loud days were too LOUD and that I can no longer do those. But I can still do deep.

My hearing is too compromised to get excited about loud any more. But deep is The Bomb. I had an ACME 12" which was appreciably bigger than the "standard" 12" cabs. It went beatifully deep.

Nice.

Of course, if we all had access to a decent bridge we would not need any reverb plugins. https://fb.watch/gfvRFZqd4b/

Not a deal. But this seems to be the place to discuss plugins. After resisting buying a Strymon Big Sky for a long time I finally caved. Then they announce the plug in! https://cdm.link/2022/10/strymon-big-sky-reverb-plug-in/

I was in a guitar shop in LA, looked to my left and then mouthed to the guy serving me "isthatBBKing?". He looked over and confirmed that it was. I have lost his autograph.

That kind of looks like a RA Deep 5 which has been left too close to the fire and has melted a little. In a good way.

This will not be done before we have a new PM (and I am not talking about Private Messages here) but it will be close!

I feel no guilt.

Just for ABSOLUTE clarity, the irony was that women are outnumbered by men in bass-dom but all my best pupils were women. Nothing else. Shout out to Allison, Rhiannon, Sara, Anita and Katie, in no particular order.

M'eshell is as good as it gets on bass. Ironically, when I was doing lessons the girls were always better than the boys. My top 5 pupils would all have been girls.

You have issues. I salute you

See it being brought to life.

I have tried to go to outboard preamps, but not all my playing situations are backline situations. This means that I really appreciate being able to reach things with my hands while I play. I could have things on the floor, but that is just another thing to plug in and I like having everything in one place. With "floor things" that is another bag, lead, PSU etc to carry around. But I am fully aware that what I like does not work for everyone. My wife has mentioned this.

I must admit I struggle with Custom Shop stuff when Bravewood is out there.

I am in love with this bass tone. Will our favourite box give me something similar?

I would say an amp is essential. Playing too hard so as to be heard acoustically sets up all sorts of wrong precedents. A very small mixer so you can put two basses + music through said amp makes everything tidy. When I used to teach, certainly with beginners, I would ask them what song they wanted to play. Obv, sometimes there was a bit of direction needed. But if it is their song then there is a huge amount of determination to make it right. Tricky passages can be simplified so that they get the full experience. I also did one octave 24/124/134 scales with alternate fingers on the right hand so that they begin to develop dexterity right from the start. Obviously, 1 finger was enough for Jamerson should be enough for us, but.......