Newfoundfreedom

I'm pretty confident I've got 0 out of 15. Not the first foggiest idea who any of them are.

Wow! That headstock decal replacement is almost seamless.

I'd probably have got Bootsy and Lemmy.

In the case of jazz you don't need to bother tuning at all.

I couldn't even name most bassists by the face. I got 60% but I've never even heard of most of them, and a lot were guessed based on other things than the instrument. The double denim had to be Cliff Burton, and I'm pretty sure the gentleman of Afro Caribbean heritage isn't Sting.

Superb. I'll give it a look. Thanks.

I'm definitely in the less is more camp. But then again, I'm sh#t! 😂

Many thanks. I'll check them out 👍 I should had maybe started in my original post, I'm not lazy or averse to Googling, but every site I was taken to via Google which claimed to be free, eventually hit a paywall.

No arguments here.

You see here we go with the utter cow poop again. If I was a white farmer in South Africa I would run the risk of being murdered in my bed every night just for the colour of my skin, as many have been, and are being on a daily basis. Where were the mass protests when the Chinese were committing genocide in Tibet. Or when the British and Americans were doing it all across the middle east. Maybe yellow or brown is the wrong shade of black? It's a problem specific to a certain area and a certain group of people. I don't want to hear your protestations of racism because some white cop in Bumflip USA is a racist. It's nothing to do with me. It's not a crime I am guilty of because of the pigmentation of my skin, and to claim I have "Male white privilege" as many would say, is I itself a sexist and racist comment, showing the hypocrisy of the current "side with me or you're the problem" mentality. I don't want to side with you. I don't want to side with anyone. You want to shout and scream and pull over statues. Go right ahead. You want me to care? That's beyond your remit.

And what about the current world, in which the minorities are shouting so loud, the majority can not be heard?

Jesus, here we go again! Stop the world, I want to get off.

Being poor makes me eco friendly. I can't afford anything that's not made out of plywood. 😂

Can anyone recommend and good stock video sites? I'm just trying to get into recording, and I'd like to try a bit of basic video editing alongside, to knock up some videos to go along with the music. Given the current Covid situation I'm not going to be out and about doing a load of live filming, and it's for my own entertainment rather than anything professional, so the cheaper the better. Preferably free. Thanks

Weird! Does anyone actually do any of that? OK I might technically be in for 15 bucks for bringing an electric tuner, but it's part of a multi effects board. Other than that I'm home free, and I've never even played with a horn player. I don't think I've ever even seen one.

There's also a great exchange of airborne particles. Don't get me wrong. I understand the desire to get back to it, but I think anyone actually doing it is off their rockers, and that includes my old band who are now out gigging every weekend.

But there's a difference between playing and gigging isn't there? I play with my band every week and enjoy it immensely. I still have no desire to play in a crowded room in front of the great unwashed.

There is no spoon.

I've never had a single problem buying anything from eBay, and I've bought hundreds of things over the years. You just have to use a bit of common sense and check feedback scores. For example, if it's a high value item and the seller has zero feedback, I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole. If it's a high value bass, I'd check out the sellers previously bought and sold items via their feedback, and if there's other musically related stuff on there, or even just random day to day things a normal person wound buy and sell, then it's must likely genuine. If anything ever says something along the lines of untested, or can't test because I don't have a plug / charger / amp / cable or anything else along those lines. Run a mile. It's knackered!

That's me out then. I'll get my coat. 😂

Simple answer is. I play a six because I like playing a six. I started on a 4, wondered if I'd get on with a 5. Thought "sod it!" and jumped straight on a 6. Then I found I just preferred playing the sixer. I like the feel of it more, I like the closer string spacing more, and I much prefer the look of it, which inspires me to pick it up more often. I'm not a particularly clever bass player. I don't play a lot of high end chordal stuff that the sixer would allow, neither do I spend a lot of time bashing away at the bottom B string creating thunderous undertones. What I do "do" is play it exactly as I would play a four string, but utilise the extra strings by playing the higher or lower notes in the same position, rather than having to do fretboard gymnastics up and down the neck. In many ways a sixer is "easier" to play than a four string.

You're playing in tent on a caravan site? Covid is the least of your problems. 😂 Joking aside, it looks stunning. Hope it all goes well and safely.

Oh thank Christ! I'm only 45. There's hope for me yet. 😂

Fair play. I use octave up and smart harmony to give me the 5th for power chord type playing when we want that second guitar sound. It works surprisingly well. I've never been so tight with a guitarist. 😁