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The new v3 Google reCaptcha doesn't actually provide a test for the human to solve. It looks at what you are logging in from, and makes an assessment of whether or not you might be a bot. There is no fallback test it seems. Good article here: https://medium.com/@jsoverson/thoughts-on-recaptcha-v3-e837d4a0a63

I prefer to buy my candles ready made for precisely this reason.

Welcome aboard! If you can, I would play a few in shops and see what you think. There's a lot of variation in basses: neck thickness, width, length, shape, and they all affect how one person feels about the instrument. I play a 35" four string, so in theory a 35" five string should feel comfortable, but I have yet to find one I want to spend money on. A 34" I tried in PMT was OK, but sounded mediocre. A friend's 37" Dingwall multiscale was surprisingly easy play, but waaaaaaay too expensive. Sire and Ibanez are definitely good starting points though 👍. And if you can't make up your mind or don't get on with them, either are easy to sell on. A couple on the for sale forum here I think. And despite what @Teebs says, you find a lot of 5 string players in church worship bands 😉

Agree wholeheartedly. But my approach is buy the best I can at the time and sweat the asset. The warranty on the last PC ran out in 2009*, and the car was bought in 2010 and I intend to take it round the clock sometime in 2021/22. *I did put a couple of second hand SSDs in it in about 2017 though.

+1 for Scott's Bass lessons, and for Players' Path. For the cost of four face-to-face lessons there is just so much content. His theory lessons are really good.

Every day I write the book - Elvis Costello (Anything to avoid either Paperback Writer or Lady Madonna 😉 )

Compromise on cost. The budget was £1200, and 16GB is more than enough for audio, and easy to upgrade later on. Intel chip - again because the machine was specced for audio and so low latency and real time performance is more important than horsepower. Best advice is to talk to Pete at Scan. We swapped several emails about specs, what recording I do and intend to, what audio interface I have and so on, so we got the best bang per buck for what I need. If the focus is pure video then other components may be better. But it's quick, very quiet, and runs DaVinci without a problem. Happy bunny here 😁

https://www.scan.co.uk/3xs/shared/f9e9d3eb-155c-43e2-8e04-ac5846d939ec?utm_source=3xsconfigshare&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=copypaste The link above doesn't have exactly the same part numbers as mine - as @Happy Jack says, specs change quite quickly! The machine was specified as a music production PC first and foremost, so low latency throughout rather than brute force processing power. The graphics card was a compromise as I couldn't really justify an 8GB card.

I have just done this, as we now are doing a lot if video editing for church and my 11 year old PC died. Custom build from Scan. £1300 was the compromise between cost and performance for me. I can link to the specs if you want. Some observations, based on 5 people times 30 weeks regular production of mainly talking heads but also multicam bands. DaVinci is fabulous, but it needs decent hardware to run without crashing. That means a proper GPU, optimised throughput for disk, memory, cpu etc. The multicam auto sync does not work for band music unless all the cameras have really good sound. Which they won't have. Shotcut is well liked by our team and runs much better on average hardware. Lightworks will do almost anything and I like it, but it doesn't hold your hand and the free version only exports 720p. As I have the hardware I moved to DaVinci as it is quicker to use. You must prepare for a band video in advance. A clear, loud, visible, clapper board or stick count is essential. Lining up manually is by far the best way. If you can set the frame rate of the cameras at the start do so, if not then don't worry, but fix the project rate and let the software adjust the incoming. Lightworks is crap at this unless you tell it mixed frame rate at the start. Get a rough audio mix and any cutting done first, using whatever you want, then add the video to that. You can remix the audio, but if the length changes you have to juggle the video which is a pain. Whatever software you choose, watch the company's training videos. Then watch them again and do the practice or training examples! Enjoy yourself 😁

Welcome aboard! I love Barcelona, one of my favourite cites anywhere. Look forward to going back some day, assuming we are ever allowed to travel again.

Welcome aboard, again. Love the colour on that bass.

6 Million Women - Mumbo Jumbo

But the traffic it gets is high quality, especially when @skankdelvar deigns to put down the Bollinger and grace us with his presence. 😉

Take 5 - Dave Brubeck

Welcome aboard!

Welcome aboard! Never too old to (re)start 👍

Welcome aboard!! I have the wrong glasses on and thought you were calling yourself 45 String. That's over half a piano 🤯

Welcome aboard! I will be honest, I have absolutely no idea about how to answer your question because all I own is a 60W practice amp and only ever play through that or the church PA. 😧 However, there are lots of real bass players here who do know what they are talking about, so I would head over to the Amps and Cabs section and ask there. 😁

Overhead power cable? I still think this bridge is a great piece of engineering mind you.

This one @Andyjr1515? It's missing the pics now.

"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's bass. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife's bass, nor his male or female XLR connectors, his amp or his pedal board, nor any gear that belongs to your neighbour. Just Rock What You Got and shake the mountains! " *The distinctly unauthorised EADG version.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 . Wikimedia. I wish it was, but this is mine. Less glamorous, but carries a lot more stuff.

It's a shooting brake. 👍

There's an M.Phil thesis in that.