Stub Mandrel

My tastes and openness to new music have greatly widened with age.

I did think so, but it wasn't clear.

Well the Bass VI started in 1961 and they periodocally do reissues. But at the moment only a Squier version is available. Note that it is intended to tune E to E, so a different range to most sixers.

Bass Terror isn't notched, which is just as well as it gets very loud very fast when the gain is in the golden zone (where how hard you play has a significant impact on tone).

Yeah. You will never unlock the secrets of the fretboard (try this one weird trick) without them.

I was in a band called Two Moon Junction.

It's fretless... you'd soon compensate for any small changes in intonation without thinking about it.

They have a very light wood for the body which will affect a fiver. Never worried me though, I'll just get another wide lekato memory foam strap, ideal for heavy basses but also super grippy.

Have you omitted or disturbed the earth/shield connections to the bridge or outer shield of the pickup wire?

Intended to be used with a preamp. Funnily enough I was thinkg yesterday of reboxing my Joyo BadAss with a PSU and a 500W class d driver. Only wesk point is lack of balanced di and a noise gate on the compression. Both could be added... Something like the Joyo using the fx send with a powered cab would work well for effect-sparse blues rock.

The Warman? Yes silly cheap. But the main variables for pickup construction are style, wire gauge, number of windings and magnet choice. That means making a good one need not be much more expensive than making an awful one.

But... tonewood... maple... rosewood... ebony... does not compute .... fizzz ,, <no carrier>

I'm out... https://harleybenton.com/product/marquess-5-blue-stain/ Bought what might be the last b-stock as no signs of them restocking these.

I generally take two basses and swap over at the break. It means I have a spare and I enjoy giving different basses an outing. When I go to a jam I usually take something unusual as jams are all about fun.

The best way to learn things like shuffle and triplets is to play along to modest tempo songs with clear simple basslines and focus on getting a good groove going. Experience tells me that some people who rely solely on tab or notation have little 'feel' despite technical competence (commoner in keys players than bassists).

Just got back from another gig at the Exchange. A small pub with a difficult layout, but licslsxwho love their blues and clasdoc rock. A grand time was had by all, loads of great comments from the punters. Landlord wants us to play bluest blue next time 😁 Finally gigged my Westone Thunder 1 (thanks @stewblack ) suffice to say it lived up to its name, plays lovely stings just fall under your fingers, and sounds like a force of nature.

The real question is probably "how do people make a living playing music? " There are many ways and different skills/attributes depending on which way you go.

But then you play with your basses submerged in a vat of silicone-based gel in order to minimise any risk of harmonic content 😉

You could get a Sterling Sub. The only risk with buying a budget version is that deep down you feel it's nicer to play than the headline brand. And that is increasingly a risk these days.

He lives on my brother's shelf with his motorcycle and stunt launcher.

Sounds good, but only a quick spin.

To answer the original question literally: a paid gig.

So yours, at least, are rampant?