Bassfinger

Surely if you're a great musician then slap parts will be no problem? Its us sheet musicians that have problems with slapping.

I'd go Entwisle ceramics, of which im an admirer. Reasonable output, a tone somewhere between classic and modern, and just a little but of grit to them. Ive also used Warmans and mpbeen reasonably pleased, but don't have as much experience with them.

My bass sounds awesome at every gig.

Which bass player said, "If I don't practice for 2 or 3 days I start noticing it, if I din't practice for a week the fans start noticing"? Very, very rare that I miss so much as a single days practice.

I do my own 2 hours practice a day, so no lay off there. I practice standing up every 2nd or 3rd day. Not ideal, but during lockdown were were laying down tracks on Bandlab, so still got a bit of a feel for each others timing and technique. It worked pretty well, and when he got back into the studio in May were were much slicker than we thought we would be.

Mrs Bassfinger has sent Thomann a photo of me and decreed that they will not sell me any more HB's without her approval.

My old band folded during lockdown. It had been slowly dying through lack of interest anyway and the enforced lay off did what none of us could be bothered to do and put it out of it's misery. Then during the 2nd lockdown Mrs Bassfinger saw on Facebook a local guitarist looking for musicians to form a new rock covers band. I don't do Faceberk, so she kindly responded on my behalf and before we could say, "blimey, we're a band" we were a band. So it can be refreshingly easy, although that might depend on which part if the country you are in. If you're one of only 6 people on some hebridean island then it might be a little more difficult. But keep smiling and keep an eye on all the available information channels, and hopefully it'll come good for you.

Live Imused tomuse an overdrive pedal, but my new Orange amp has a decent overdrive built in, so other than a Behringer tuner I am pedal free on stage. At home I use a Boss overdrive and an elderly Korg multi function pedal.

Indeed. The moment they announced that I was crying with joy, and the tears fell on my keyboard and accidentally ordered the BeatBass and hard case.

I'm the one on the right. The beard has now gone, having made way for a Derek Smalls moustache. Oh, and the little feller is Bruce, named for Jack Bruce. My boy Lemmy died of cancer recently and I was in pieces, but nothing heals an aching heart better than a lab.

Mrs Bassfinger (she has her uses ) says such fake bank statements are a "false instrument", yet another crime on top of any actual fraud.

Not wishing to turn it onto a political thread(!), but it seems the EU plan to enact it anyway and then vote on the matter retrospectively. All Barnier wanted was for us to be able to get our Harley Benton fix. The whole fishing thing was a distraction to get Harley Benton in under the radar.

He's gone to the big Nantucket Sleigh Ride in the sky.

Well, provided it gets through parliament we'll still have tariff free trade with the EU, which is a bug relief for us Harley Benton fans.

I foresaw potential problems at this time of year due to the other big thing that was due to happen on the 31st, somordered the bass I was aftermin November.

Mrs Bassfinger says its up to a court actuvate a suspended sentence. So the little scamp needs arresting, charging, and putting before a beak, and a guilty verdict - then and only then can the sentence be applied. Sadly, as much as the Dibble would dearly love to, they can't simply drive the fellow straight to jail.

They're all happy because they knew they wouldn't be getting on each others tits much longer. In all seriousness, as a Beatles fan myself (and a fan of George Harrison in particular) I really enjoyed that.

Astronaut, or be a guitarist in a heavy metal band and boff a different groupie every night. No reason that I couldnt have done both.

I've never had my mitts on one, but reviews are consistently decent with no major shortcomings reported. Unlike the absolutely dreadful Rocktile violin bass for a similiar price. The company that makes HB's also makes instruments for Epiphone, so they know a thing or two about making a tidy instrument at a keen price. Then there's the Epiphone viola bass, which is well regarded for slightly less cash than the ignition and is a nice instrument to play. However, the internal construction is different and gives a rather different tone to other violin basses. I actually prefer it, but thats a taste thing.

Well, you ssy you're looking for something new. I picked up a Bryce 20W bass combo for £65 earlier this year. 10 inch speaker, well constructed, nice sound, no nonsense. Im happy. http://brycemusic.co.uk/bass_guitar_amps/bryce_music_20_watt_bass_guitar_amplifier/27003_p.html

Thats definitely better than seeing him dead!

It's the scientists being honest. Theoretically, it should somewhat reduce - but by no means eliminate - the chances of the vaccinated person passing the virus. However, that requires long term testing to establish whether that is correct, so they're simply being honest. Best case scenario is that it brings a moderate reduction in the chances of the vaccinated person still being able to transmit the virus onwards, and that's not merely caution but a pretty well established fact. The function of the vaccine is to prevent the infection becoming symptomatic in the infected person, and nothing else, in much the same way that wearing my seatbelt helps me out a great deal but does very little for anyone else. Any other effect in reducing the transmission rate is incidental and, at the very best, moderate in effect.

I met him a Heathrow once. I can only speak as I find, but he was very polite and approachable. Fair play to him for doing something for the worker bees.

Thats a bit premature. The vaccine protects the recipient from developing symptoms, but it's not yet been proven to prevent the recipent from passing the infection to a 3rd party. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccination-what-to-expect-after-vaccination/what-to-expect-after-your-covid-19-vaccination

May is now looking wildly optimistic.