chris_b

I've only had a brief glance, but the Pre-Owned basses seem to have a weight specified. IMO that's a great step forward.

guaranteed . . .

Not Sunn amps. . . . just amps labelled Sunn.

Gotta be in the For Sale section. . . . . . .

In the early days Earth, Wind and Fire used 2 drummers, which increased to 3 when Maurice White took a drum solo.

Tedeschi Trucks

Surely on a gig like that, the "tuner" would be the bass tech?

Ringo wants the support of another drummer. Charlie Watts had the same set up in his band. Back in the day we supported a couple of bands with that set up. Since then always wanted to play with 2 drummers but sadly never have.

Did the roadie just bypass the pedals? Why does that guy need pedals on that gig?

With the amazing Sonny T on bass and Michael Bland on drums.

I never understood why Rush was so popular.

As I said, I owned the same bass for 25 years. Then the internet came along and I went mad and bought another.

I'm checking out light basses and recently bought an Ibanez EHB1505 (7lb) and a Cort GB35J (7lb 1oz) . So far I've gigged both in top 40 covers, reggae and blues rock bands, and they worked well in every situation.

I prefer consistency. So I want the same note layout on every bass and every tune. I haven't done a gig in the last 25 years where a 5 string bass wasn't an advantage.

I inherited a lot of very old and very large Victorian furniture when my Dad's aunt died. In the end we needed the space and couldn't sell it so we gave it to a local hospice charity.

For 50% of my playing time I owned one bass, a 1968 Fender Precision. For the other 50% I owned 2 basses. First a US Lakland 55-94 and a Wal mk3, and most recently a Sadowsky MV5 Metro Jazz and a Mike Lull PJ5. ATM I'm checking out light weight basses to replace my Sadowsky. Currently a Cort GB35J, Lakland 55-02 and Ibanez EHB1505. I'll be back to 2 basses by the end of the Summer, when I've found the one.

I took an axe to an upright once. Very satisfying.

Prince: All the right notes in all the right places.

Prince was a genius. Sadly there are usually downsides when you are dealing with a genius. He was a bit of a monster on the road. A few years ago, over the course of a world tour he managed to fire the entire road crew. I know the guy who took over as tour manager in France for the final couple of months. Apparently the crew wasn't allowed to talk to Prince and he even got upset if they looked at him. Everyone had to address him through his manager. She was a lawyer who didn't have the first idea about anything that was going on. She thought it would be a good idea to do one of those gigs to a million people on a Brazilian beach and pencilled in a date a couple of weeks ahead. She was very annoyed to find out that getting visas wasn't guaranteed and for 60 people it would take a minimum of 3 months anyway. Even so, I would have loved to be at one of Prince's after show parties. On the one in Paris Prince was joined by Larry Graham and they played for a couple of hours.

When Darryl Jones joined the Stones he asked Keith Richards about the bass lines he should be playing. Keith just said, "You tell me, you're the bass player".

Just bought a bass from Dave. Great bass, great transaction and a good guy to deal with. Thanks.

Just bought a bass from John. Great bass, great transaction and a good guy to deal with. Thanks.

Good on him for trying to make at least some of the bass line his own.

At this point, try everything. Then will you be able to make better choices. You have plenty of time to decide what you like and don't like and you might meet someone who will make you see things differently, and maybe change your mind. It's too early to put on blinkers.