PaulWarning

I always thought a snowflake was someone who easily gets upset by something, sometimes on behalf of someone else who wouldn't be upset about it

if you're using any sort of overdrive/ distortion then that compresses the signal as does valve amps, so like me you'll notice bugger all difference

I've learnt over the years that diplomacy is one the best assets when in a band, you obviously think there might be a problem by the title of the thread, it's too easy for other bass players to come on here and say you're better of out of it they're a bunch of tw*ts, playing Judges Advocate here, perhaps you are playing too slow, most live songs are faster than the originals, nothing worse than a ploddy covers band, and if the band practises too loud get some earplugs (most of them cut out a lot of the guitars high frequencies), a loud amp and stand in front of it. I sometimes think us bassists on here are too quick to think everybody else is out of step, I've never met a band member yet that hasn't got a moan about someone else in the band, me included

this looks overpriced, or am I missing something? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Squier-32-Medium-Scale-Precision-Bass-Left-Handed-Lefty/333127418512?hash=item4d8ff10290:g:BRUAAOSwRiFclRcJ&frcectupt=true

must admit, I'm a bit of a show off, jump around a bit and even fall on the floor at one point, we are in the entertainment business after all, and I write some of the songs and do backing vocals, bit of and average bass player though

I'm a lefty and used to wear my watch on my left hand, till I scratched a Stingray with the metal strap , I changed to wearing on my right hand (fretting hand) after a while of taking it off altogether, which didn't make any difference to my playing I really can't see it being an issue unless it's the weight of a diamond encrusted Rolex

I've got a pair of these Fender V2 cabs, very happy with them, true Neo speakers (unlike the V3's) very transportable 11 -12 Kg each, I get the tone I want, out of them. I use a Trace Elliot head with them

For me his bass playing is sublime, different, bit sublime, some bassists will always think anybody who plays with a pick is rubbish because it's all in the fingers, some still think you've got to sync with the bass drum, and some slag him off because he's successful Apart from one or two efforts I don't particularly rate him as a songwriter since the Beatles split and even in the Beatles, IMO, his songs, generally weren't as good as Lennon's who also wrote some right stinkers after the Beatles, that's what happens when you surround yourself with yes men and take drugs. I remember an interview with him after the debacle that was "Give my regards to Broad St", he admitted it wasn't very good but couldn't understand why nobody told him, err because you pay their wages Paul

I've got a line 6 G10, not recommended, got a weak point where the power supply plugs in, but it does come with a right angled adaptor which gets round the problem of the receiver sticking out and being vulnerable.

I guess if he wrote the song you're on dodgy ground, I sometimes perform "It's Good News Week" at open mics, performed by Hedgehoppers Anonymous but written by Jonathan King, not many people know that 😊

you could say the same about Jimmy Savile, not about playing his songs obviously but never been found guilty in a trial

I've tried custom, never really got on with them, felt isolated, when I lost one I went back to various off the shelf ones, they're a lot easier to take in and out and I do regular hearing checks and my hearings not got any worse, in fact my tinnitus has all but disappeared

well maybe it hadn't, strictly speaking he was a Ephebophiliac, someone who's interested in at the mid to later puberty stage (along with half the 70's rock stars, or so it seems sometimes) there's even Hebephilia, someone who likes boys or/and girls in the beginning of puberty (Gary Glitter), paedophilia has become the all encompassing word for anyone who has sexual relations with someone who is under the age of consent, when in fact it's someone who likes prepubescent children Now, I find them all disturbing but paedophiles are surely the worst of a bad lot

I've seen the Glitter Band twice in the last 10 years (different versions) both of them did the Gary Glitter hits as well as there own stuff, both gigs went down a storm, I think if people know what to expect the ones that go are fine with it, I suppose if, out of the blue a band played some Glitter stuff it might cause problems, but if you're a Glam rock band they'd sort of expect it

must admit, not heard that rumour, I read it was a couple of 12 year old girls, he's always been prosecuted for girls, think he'll be on my 'no' list now though, just read one of them was under 10 😫

it's a personal decision we all have to make, I'm ok listening to most music apart from artists where pre pubescent boys and girls have been involved, so Glitter is just about in, Jackson out, of course it helps a lot if you like the music. It doesn't make much difference, to me, whether they been found guilty in a court because that's down to luck, who they know (Savile, Cyril Smith etc)lawyers, what country the case is heard in, and the jury We did Another Rock and Roll Christmas for a couple of years with no problems, went down rather well

I think everybody knew exactly what Chuck was singing about😄

Because they're not reviewing anything, just trying to impress with their self perceived brilliant playing, also, not many use a pick either

I don't have massive files so I back up to various free cloud storage, Google Drive, Google Play, one drive, places like that, and every time you open up a new email address with google you get 15Gb of storage, this is just personal stuff like Documents, music, photos and video files

I like to think there's a lot of styles that most other players can do a lot better than me, but, there's a few styles I can do better than most other players, could be just wishful thinking though 😊

one of mine did once, so yes

I suspect wireless systems with a separate transmitter (and receiver in some cases) will become a thing of the past, the Boss systems seems a lot more compact and less hassle https://www.andertons.co.uk/guitar-dept/guitar-wireless-systems/boss-wl-20-compact-wireless-guitar-system01

I never need anything below E I just play the octave, as I've already stated I avoid anything below G just seems to lose definition to me and gets lost in the mix, I get that it can help some by not having to move all over the neck but I already play mostly in the first 5 frets anyway, I can't think of any of my bass playing heroes that use a 5 string

so, whether you use/need a B string depends on what sort of music you play I guess

my particular favourite is Rocking in the Free World, when the Berlin Wall came down everybody was covering it to celebrate, when in fact, it is an anti free world song