PaulWarning

If it's in a hard case I think Parcel Force will insure it, I recently sent a guitar via them and looked into it, DPD seem better than average, good tracking and they tell you when it's going to arrive on the day, but they've all got horror stories, depends on the driver

this is oh so true with everything from Bass gear to women (or men)

you're more likely to blow a speaker by turning up an unpowered amp too much, as I understand it

whats the latency on a 10 metre lead?

she did Last Train to Clarksville apparently, to me her bass lines seem to stand out more than others, probably because she used a pick, now where's that tin hat?

it's all in the fingers

I did recommend the Line 6 G10 but have discovered a design fault where the power supply plugs in, it is a mini USB plug (similar to a phone) the socket is just attached to the circuit board, it becomes loose with use and easily becomes disconnected, just like a phone charger. Shame, apart from that it is a well thought out piece of kit, I've solved the problem (hopefully) by fitting a bracket, but I shouldn't have too

I took mine to a gig the other week and mentioned to the sound man that it had been commented on about low output from the DI and he said it was ok, and I've tested it at home and it didn't seem any worse than my series 6 TE amp, so I'm not sure what's going on

our Yamaha mixer amp is rated at 500 watts per channel , it's actually 125 watts per channel nominal, which I assume is RMS, anyway even they're at

@greghagger I've got no problem at all with the volume levels

we did Gary Glitters, Another Rock and Roll Christmas one year, went down surprising well, you feeling lucky punk?

so people spend a fortune on watches , cars, and basses, why? it makes them feel good why? because they want to impress other people, it's in our DNA, some more than others

yeah I've noticed this, or not noticed it, our drummers fills only stand out when they're in the wrong place or badly played, on the other hand if he doesn't play one where he normally does I start to wonder if I'm in the wrong place

that video always makes me smile, but they do seem to miss out the anti gravity stuff a lot of the time. Trace watts is because Trace always seem to be very conservative with their power ratings, I've got a 200 watt GP12 and it never goes above 3 (I have the gain on full) and we've got a very loud drummer Class D watts on the other hand................

one problem with relativity cheap gear, until you've tried the expensive stuff you never know how much better it will be or whether it's worth the extra, I've just bought a Vintage V4 that I'm perfectly happy to play, but if I'd never had a MIA Precision I'd never know how good the Vintage was

only to a certain extent, a bass player I know has just switched from guitar, he's not got any real love for bass playing, he bought a cheapo Westone and a smallish Laney combo and to be frank he sounds awful, to my ears anyway, a really highish middy sound (bit like knocking on someones front door), when he plays the E string it booms and disappears into the mix when he plays the D string, so decent gear does matter, but, the laws of diminishing returns kicks in very quickly

I've gone off GAS thanks to our guitarist, he's always changing guitars and amps, never happy and you know what?, he always sounds the same to me, so I'm thinking what's the point? unless it's a quantum leap you'll always sound like you, so I'm sticking with my TE and Precision bass

I have my Trace input Vol at max too, occasionally the red light will flicker, passive MIA Precision

definitely a pick, I've never used flats but it could just have some of the treble rolled off

I can't play finger style, no interest in trying, I play in a punk band and all the bassists that inspired me to play bass are pick players, Burnell, Foxton, Macca, as far as I know they can't play finger style either

I've always thought a zero fret instead of relying on the nut for string height was a good idea

this is very true, I always think of Macca's "my love don't give me presents, but I know that she's no peasant" as a perfect example of this, but get it right and a rhyme is better than a non rhyme. If there was a template for writing good lyrics everybody would be doing it

trouble with films like this is if they put the grittier stuff in they're accused of sensationalising it, leave it out and and they're accused of being 'bubble gum friendly' I won't be going, not a big Queen fan, my partner is though, I'm sure she'll like it, as always, if you really like Queen you'll love the film. I'll watch it when it comes on TV

mine gets worse after a cold, also my hearing gets worse in one ear the doctor suggested one of these to unblock the Eustachian tube, not had a cold since I bought one so can't say whether it's works https://www.amazon.co.uk/Otovent-Glue-Ear-Treatment-Pack/dp/B00308F9O6

being a lefty on a left handed guitar works in your favour as well though, when someone you don't know asks to borrow your guitar at open mics, the reply "Oh you're left handed too are you" gets rid of them, it amazes me how many people don't notice you are left handed when you're playing, sticks out like a sore thumb to me