Bassfinger

Is it a 'bad' habit if it works? The bass 'guitar' is a relatively new instrument, and techniques for its use relatively young themselves and will be devloping for decades and centuries to come - who's to say what's bad? Look at Mark Knopfler on the geetar - his right hand technique is, by his own admission, an absolute abomination but boy does his playing sound good. My goodself, I cant feel 2 fingers on my right hand so I've had to develop my own technique that wouldn't be found in any guidebook, and Im confident I sound as good as half the tutors out there. If it works, helps you sound how you want to, and isn't impeding any other aspect of your playing then you carry on dping exactly as you are and stop worrying about the self apointed arbites of correctness.

Who's the hippy on the right desperstely trying to suck in his beergut?

Hofner shorty already fits the bill. They sound nice and bitey (new word, (c) Bassfinger industries 2021), when set up properly they play great, are inexpensive, compact, and lent themselves to being modified if you're a tinkerer. Once you've got the knack then issues with balance etc aren't an issue. If you're a tinkerer yourself and what to make such a thing then go for it - I would be very much interested in watching the project unfold. However, I don't believe there is much of a commercual market for such a device, but would be happy to be proven wrong. I don't know if Hazbeen has made any progress since his original post but would be keen to hear if he has.

I noticed they do a R**********r style bass as well. Might be an interesting diversion.

This beautiful song...

Someone will pay double the money now they're reclic'd.

I only aspire to the Mail, comrade. With my place at the lower end of the capitalist scale I'm well and truly a Daily Star man.

You nearly had me there. I was that close to clicking on a link to Pravda.

Gear is very important to my sound. Without it I would make no sound.

Last nights Christmas gig went ok. It's a low concrete ceiling at this venue and we suffered a bit with the vocalists monitors reflecting the sound back off the ceiling to the rhythm section and I couldn't hear myself play for much of the show, but was told I didn't drop any clangers. Guitarist hurt his back the morning of the show, but an emergency appointment with an osteopath, a stool to sit on and some crack cocaine just about saw him gut through the show. Fair play to him. Thats it now until the end of January.

Gigging with my MB4 tonight, taking the Geddy Lee as spare.

He keeps them hung up in the wardrobe.

Lawyers, estate agents, insurers, they're all Golgafrinchans.

Great song.

Indeed. My MB4 is on the lighter side of middling.

Youll have to explain that. There are plenty of military applications for AI which do not involve a killer robot. Have you been in the army? Have you even held a gun? I have, and I've been on combat ops. If I could have had an AI system that could distinguish an innocent from an PIRA gunman in the dark then id have been very happy. Ditto air defences that can more reliably distinguish an airliner from a TU95, or systems that scan terrain to detect IEDs. At the moment humans do these jobs, and quite often they f*** it up pretty good, so I don't know why you think AI could do worse. Since WWII there have been remotely operated weapons that kill at range without endagering your own personnel. Everything from mortars to MIRVs. They are not new, they have been a thing for over 7 decades. These systems haven't just suddenly come along with the development of AI. A question back at ya...just suppose it was for the development of terminator like killer robots. If the western allies did not develop them, then how would you propose they be countered when the Chinese or Russians do?

Oh yeah, for sure. Not.

The thread title is innacurate. The man who founded and runs Spotify is investing his own funds into a company that provides, among other things, services to miltary customers. Spotify the company has nothing to do with this. Good luck when their lawyers catch up with you.

Loving my MB4 in all black. Less than a hundred to buy new, Wilkinson tuners improve tuning stability, Warman pickup adds punch without sacrificing tone, skull knobs add panache. Less than a hundred and fiftey sheets and its perhaps the best sounding bass I own, but even in stock form it was an absolute belter. Also got the BeatBass. Comes out the same factory as the Epihone Viola, and it shows in the sound and finish. I looked at the Hofner Icon, but it was twice the price and no better in any tangible way. Another piece of cheapness with great cheer.

Oh aye, its a magnificent anti climax.

My last band just fizzled out. No bookings, vocallist took a sabbatical to train for a new career, then along came covid...it didn't even really fizzle, no one has said 'its over', it just ceased to be. Carlos Fandango and the Super Wide Wheels are simply no longer a thing.

Aha! It's you who keeps stealing the letter C from the local Canal Museum sign!

Sunshine Of Your Love.

So all these years Ive used Tortex Triangle 1.0 for the slight give, when all this time I should have been using picks that flex or move within a housing? Ive thrown my life away!

I like the Retrovibe stuff. Its a shame they do so few long scale basses.