PatrickJ

Mine is th same... still showing an estimated date of May 6th.

I normally use Stringsdirect or Amazon. SD aren't the cheapest, though I don't think of them as particularly expensive. Their customer service is excellent though, one of the few online retailers who pretty consistently get it right .

What is the combined value of that collection and where the hell do you store them all ????!!!!!

I've a couple of Heistercamp straps. Handmade in Devon https://www.heistercamp.co.uk

Well I just assumed you'd be the one holding the Bass Guitar

When you playing there? It's not too far from me, I might pop in!

Happy Birthday !! 😀 I wonder if the band will bring you cake!!

Thanks all!

Chad was by far the stand out performance. I only got to watch the first 20 mins or so but he was excellent. Agreed, vocally it was appalling. In every live performance I've seen Kiedis sounds awful and Josh's harmonies were equally terrible. I've never seen them live but I don't think I would ever rush out to do so. Much better listening to the recorded versions.

A bad workman and all that, but my current soldering iron is a bit crap. I need to fix a few issues with the pre / pots in my Fender active bass and figured I may as well get a better iron to do the work with. Any recommendations?

I was just thinking this - drug offences, violence and even murder barely get a second thought, in fact there is a whole genre of music that very often glamourises these crimes.

Anyone else watching the live stream from Egypt?

@agedhorse i think to solve this issue you need to get the folks at MESA to agree to providing basschatters with a £300 cashback reward for every new WD-800 purchase.

This is a very interesting thread. There were a few MJ bass lines on my to learn list. Now the bassist and producers are who performed and recorded those parts are not guilty of anything other than being associated to the man. I dont beliebe MJ did much of the composition work, however I still find myself thinking its probably in poor taste to learn them now, let alone think about performing them.

Are Band helper and Set list helper the best options for Android? It looks like OnSong and Deep dish are IOS only . I decided at last night's rehearsal that I definitely have to get something like this, even if just for me !

I don't think it can be the retailer? I doubt they make that much margin on these products. Perhaps it's the distributor for Mesa in Europe who is setting the pricing? Its a shame, I'd love a MESA rig but, even though I could probably stretch to afford one, as LukeRFC pointed out there are so many other quality options at lower price points it's really hard to justify. Maybe after Brexit we'll agree a trade deal with the US and prices will tumble down

Read this and thought, Scott Devine. I think Scott is a good educator but his YT channel is click bait of the worst kind. Though I'm not sure he's guilty of the last one!

I used a set of Sunbeams for a short period of time. I liked them and wouldn't hesitate using them again if I went back to round wounds. I just checked Amazon.co.uk as i remembered they were inexpensive and the 40-100 gauge are currently selling for less than £20(dispatched from the US).

Listening now

Great picture - looks like a real blast. I don't know Stray but I'm to give them a listen this afternoon.

I heard this played at an open mic night last week and thought how great the baseline was. Added to the must learn this Thank you!!!

Specification finalised (pending my final decision on drop top) and deposit paid. My rough photoshop mock-ups of what I'm hoping to end up with! Myrtle Option 1 Myrtle Option 2 Alder Tone Wood

That's not my experience, normally they won't shut up 😀

@ped What about a forum to rival JoinMyBand or Bandmix?? Those sites annoy the hell out of me and I sure it could be done a lot better. I know there is a sub-forum here for fiinding bands but I think there's definitely a need for a well run, dedicated 'band finder' forum. PM me if you think the idea has legs..

There's a lot of guitar forums out there already, with established user bases that are very active. I guess the ideal scenario would have been if all of us had gotten guitarists we know on to it as an instant user base. Without that I imagine it would take a lot of effort and maybe some expense to get it really going.