Richard R

As you say - a bench from the bench 🙂 Nice view too.

Hark at you with your fancy SDLC processes and asiatic bamboo implements! More importantly, what sort of cake? And are we having a raffle? And why is September SO FAR AWAY? 😩

Welcome aboard!

Welcome aboard!! I had colleagues who played bass who supported and encouraged me (and took the fosters as well - which helps no end 🙂 ) That made me laugh out loud - and then had to explain to my wife what I'm laughing at on the internet 😄 Where about in Fife are you? I lived up in St Andrews for a couple of years - lovely place. If I recall correctly @Magoo1973 is up in Fife, as is @Dov65. Get the three of you together to make a racket and you could remind folks of when Leuchars was an RAF base.

I think Ped answered that in the post immediately above yours 🙂 Looking forward to putting one set on the new bass, and posting another to a friend as a rather late Christmas present 🎅

Welcome aboard!

Welcome aboard - Stay away from the marketplace! 😁

You haven't met any nutters yet? Welcome aboard!

Only if you wear a big badge saying " I IS TEEBS!" If you just put your real name on your badge then I will have no idea who you are.

You forgot about a Telecaster: large instrument collection. You forgot about a cupboard: large house.

Things we might bring: 1) Richard R: Brawley Artemis 4, Brawley Artemis 5, EBS Session60 amp, something to weigh basses with.

Oh VERY clever!! 👍👍

Our church has a pillar specially placed to hide the bass player. We all like that pillar, and it holds up the roof to keep us dry too. Never got the hang of the makeup, and apparently it didn't go with a grey beard.

Welcome aboard! Like the purple bass, what is it?

Welcome aboard! Visited Barcelona a few years back for a week's holiday. Lovely city, everything walkable, a decent metro system for going further, beaches. Look forward to going back one day..

Welcome aboard again!

BC = BassConfessional So bless you my son, say three Hail Jacos and practice Dm arpeggios as penance.

If those South Westerners can organise one then we surely can too. The year before last, actually...😪

Pre lockdown we would always have a rehearsal during the week, and a run through before the service. Evening services were a bit more relaxed, usually get there by 4:30 for a service starting at 6:30.

I think that's very valid. If you are a musician then worship through is likely to be important to you, and you are more likely to be in a church with a strong musical element in the service. And therefore have the opportunity to join in leading. Thinking about our church, we have lost members from all our bands due to moving away, age, death etc., but they have been replaced, through members of the youth band who have stayed local after university, new members joining the church and bringing their talents, or in one regrettable case the sound engineer taking up bass guitar.

Leave it so we can see the laminates - it looks really good having those stripes that line up with the pale wood beyond the pickups.

😁 I started after the age of 50. Yes a real human is the best option, not sure what Scott Devine is ...😉 Just make sure you do something with a bit of structure to it - hence the StudyBass recommendation. You can of course download bass tab and experiment and do all that too. I spent ages with a bass tab of "Day Tripper" just after I bought my bass. I've never been that high up the fretboard since, and couldn't play it at the proper speed to save my life, but it was fun and sounded like music. Look forward to the pics of the bass as a NDB post on the Gear forum. (NBD = New Bass Day)

That link is to a 5 string - have you gone straight to the dark side?? Check out StudyBass.com as an excellent free resource to start learning bass. I really recommend reading his lessons, especially the starters. Things like how to hold a bass, avoiding injury, all worth getting down early. Scotts Bass Lessons is also excellent, cost works out around $100, which is the equivalent of three decent lessons. Happy days 🎵🎵👍 (There are some good reasons to play 5 string though. Which is why I bought one a couple of weeks back 😉)

Radio Three. It's quiet in here....

While I don't disagree with this, my 20 year old daughter seems to know a lot of 80s stuff for example, I find it very odd. 1981 was 40 years ago. Radio 1 didn't play Glen Miller in the 1980's in pursuit of youth.🤔