Newfoundfreedom

To be fair, his headstocks still look better than Fenders.

Self published. In the same way that his instruments are self modified.

I wouldn't take it too much to heart mate. It's probably a case of a mate of one of the other band members became available, other than any refection on you or your playing. Although I can understand why you'd be frustrated after putting the time into learning their material.

I'm glad he's a luthier. He could have been a plastic surgeon. 😳

Only my attempt at humour mate. Scott is a phenomenal player, and a great teacher. Just not to my taste.

Don't do it! You might end up with a subscription to Scott's Bass Lessons. 😱

Good bless you. We practice weekly and I'm still striving for mediocrity. 😆

Yup. As I said above. I'm one of them. I couldn't care less for the adoration of a crowd. I'm not so insecure. And I certainly couldn't give a flying fig as to whether or not anyone is dancing. I haven't danced to a live band in my life, but I've enjoyed listening many. I'm in a band purely because I like the creative side of it and hanging out with like minded friends doing something we all enjoy. Going out every weekend cranking out the same old tired covers to a bunch of drunken idiots is my idea of hell, and exactly the reason I quit the last band I was in. Absolutely nothing wrong with it if that's your thing, and even better if you can make money doing it. But personally, I'd rather not be in a band at all than do that. Horses for courses.

If that were true Jaco would be sh#t next to me.

Yup. Same here. I've asked sellers questions many times, and often gone on to bid / buy said item if I get a good response from the seller. I've even bought stuff on auctions I've lost a few times, because the winning bidder didn't pay, so the seller has come back to me because they knew I was genuinely interested.

Yup. Exactly the same here. 3 hour rehearsal is usually followed by a couple of hours at a local restaurant with band membersfor a good meal and occasionally a few beers, and deconstruct what we've done that day and bounce around a few ideas. Again this is for original material, and something we never did in my previous covers band with all the members. I can't even imagine being in a band with someone who isn't first and foremost a friend. I wouldn't last two minutes.

I sold all my dogging gear on eBay. I had loads of watchers. (I'll get my coat)

The whole point of the Headrush and the likes are that they're full range flat response. Which theoretically should mean that they produce a totally uncolored sound. I'm not sure how making them sound "better" would even be possible. They're either FRFR, or they're not.

I don't get band who don't want to rehearse. I like rehearsing more than gigging. But for me, in an originals band, that's where the magic happens. I much prefer the creative process of creating music, than actually playing it in front of a crowd. Some people see rehearsing as a necessary evil at best, and something they just have to put up with. I feel pretty much the same way about gigging.

I was going to bag it straight after you posted. But I have no idea what it is. 😆

There's a drum chat? How do they hear each other?

Yup. Ours did that too. Luckily we were fairly local.

Because we're a forum full of master debaters.

I use these for my six string. They're far better than the price would suggests, and at six quid a pack you can afford to throw the extra strings away. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SET-OF-CHAMP-6-STRING-BASS-GUITAR-ROUND-WOUND-STRINGS-30-125-/153818811958?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0P

I'm going to pass my bass on to my grandson. Hell probably have to think about changing the strings when he reaches retirement age.

Well. After giving it a few listens through, I've decided it's too difficult for me. I'm out!

Six string bass. You can tell by the way that the low B and high C aren't played in unison with the other strings which aren't played.

Beatbuddy is the closest thing you can get to a live drummer as you can stomp the pedal to do fills, or cymbal hits, and change between verse, chorus etc. I think it would work great to add drums to maybe a two piece of you wanted to keep things small and tidy and not have to have a full kit and drummer on a small stage. Not sure how well it would work with a full band on a large scale though.

Absolutely this. The magic comes from the chemistry of X amount of people sitting in a room, swapping ideas, and just jamming it out. I wouldn't expect anything at all going in. It's a matter of putting a bit of time in and seeing if it gels.

Not to mention trolling and purposely trying to wind people up. But nothing new there.