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Two I enjoyed learning a lot were alive by pearl jam and sweet child o mine, both easy enough to get into quickly but enough bits to be fun.

Thanks for the suggestions, I had done a search before posting but didn’t put the options as wanted real world opinions as opposed to reviews on websites you have no idea about. Oddly(or perhaps not) the two that came up when I looked were the boss and a more expensive one in the TC range (that does stuff I don’t need). I like Boss and TC stuff just need to find one now.

Anyone use an auto tune/ pitch corrector pedal for their vocals? I only do BV but am aware that I am a not so great up the octaves (so to speak) and this limits what I do. Just wondering if the use of an auto tune pedal would help. Does anyone use one? Do they sound natural? (Obviously I don’t want the very intrusive auto tune warble).

9 here. I have worked out the perfect number to own is how many you already have +1.

Surprisingly good is the answer. I got a set after reading on here and swapped from roto 66s. The rotos used to last a couple of rehearsals and a gig before going off. The Warwick reds are on two gigs, several rehearsals, six weeks and still sound fresh. VERY pleased with them.

Weellllllllll...... before a certain vote it was about two dollars to the pound, now it’s something stupid like 1.30. Bound to have a big effect on anything we import from over the pond sadly.

Thanks for all the suggestions, I am gradually working through them and all the offshoots ‘people who like this also like....’ connections. Some brilliant suggestions.

Well, it’s certainly unique!

I have a couple, an Ibanez Talman and an old Aria, both see little use but aren’t worth enough to make the effort worth it. I bought the Talman new as a dabble with shortscale. It plays beautifully but I can’t see me ever gigging it, bit when I think of selling it I just wonder whether it’s worth it for the small sum I would get for it. The Aria is a classic back up bass that sits there most of the time ‘in case’ worth pennies and I shouldn’t even think of selling it but it does take up space.

Looks like they have gone now........

I like the really rough and dirty southern blues the best. Not sure if there is a modern equivalent.

Thanks for the super quick replies! Had a quick listen and loving all the suggestions so far!

I am mostly a rock/ punk/ grunge/ alternative listener but have always loves the sort of blues my dad used to listen to. People like Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker etc. Recently my blues interest is having a bit of a Renaissance but I realise there must be some brilliant modern blues artists out there. So I was wondering if we have any big blues fans who would like to make any suggestions for bands/ artists worth giving some time to.

We use a couple of Laney monitors, great sound and cheap to buy.

Do a search for Eagle 1 hovercraft and loads of pics come up. All my pics are on old fashioned film unfortunately. They are a great and cheap way to get into hovercraft. You could build one for £300-800 depending on your DIY skills. Nothing is complicated at all. It took me about 120 hours in total but I bought a ready cut skirt. To make your own skirt would add another twenty hours at a guess.

One left hand one right would make life much easier on stage!

The mind is a strange thing, £2k seems crazy money for an Ibanez whereas £4K for a Gibson doesn’t. I appreciate it doesn’t make sense but I guess I just see Ibanez as a budget make which is very unfair, especially as I have a couple and they are great (but not even close to the sound of my Thunderbird which may be biasing me).

Sadly not in Black, it’s a sunburst, not sure of the name but it goes from a very dark (could be black) to a goldy yellow colour. It doesn’t come out very often but he has gigged it with us a couple of times when it’s a really nice venue. He plays a Les Paul normally and the 355 sounds noticeably better to my ears. The black looks even better to me.

Our lead guitarist has one, it was his divorce present to himself. It is a thing of sheer and utter beauty and sounds divine. No idea what he paid for it but he has it a while now.

Middle of a Patti Smith binge, has to be done once in a while.

And me, a combination of compact and midget with a decent amp to drive them will live with any setup I have been near and then some. For anything more it would be DI’ed anyway.

Or perhaps it’s the better way and all us right handed players are at a disadvantage? After all, why does it have to be one way? And if you think about it, when playing normal right handed mode it’s the left hand that has a more complex job to do which is counter intuitive to me as a right hander. If you think of the precursors string instrument wise (assuming double bass played with bow) the right hand had a far finer set of movements to perfect. But short of buying one of each and exactly matching practice from the start to see which feels easier I am not sure how you would prove this one way or another.

I have exactly this but on only one bass so pretty sure it’s not technique. I have tried all sorts but to no avail so far. It’s a pain as it’s a great bass in every other way but it’s just dead in that one spot to the point that if I play in rehearsal with it, it sounds like I have completely missed the note.