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That was unfretted. Ill try it fretted and see where it is

Beaten to it

Hi everyone. Ive had my BB1100 for a little while and it plays really nicely but I can't seem to get pickup height right. I do tend to dig in quite hard whether playing with a pick or fingers and im getting pops and cracks as if the strings are touching the pickup poles. Is it normal to need to set the pickups quite low? Ive got about 3mm between strings and pickups at the moment.

They're a good bunch of lads. Their songs suggest they have a keen interest in wild mushrooms commonly found on the Quantock hills (so i hear). Are you in a local metal band as well.

I quite like Neds. They had some great songs. Grey Cells Green was a classic. My daughter played a gig recently and the bassist of the support band was the daughter of Neds drummer. She played really well and her band were great. Her dad was in the audience and was recognised by a few people and seemed like a friendly bloke. Neds are still very active touring regularly

Young musicians seem to quite commonly have an interest in music from long before they were born. 80's funk an disco is making a comeback and 90's grunge, shoegaze and electronica are huge. Nu metal is making a comeback as well but hopefully that won't last.

Thanks. I think this song is mostly influenced by My Chemical Romance, Ash and Jimmy Eat World. It doesn't really show up in this song but their biggest influence by far is Muse. Im sure they've listened to Pretenders as well. They have quite a broad range of musical tastes between them from classical and jazz to Queen and Muse to progressive death metal.

Next up for me is Belgian stoner metal band, Gnome. Heavy riffs and pointy hats. Local band Nomad Lizard are supporting, Ive seen them before and they've got serious groove and songs about wizards with mushrooms.

Holy thread resurrection! I started this back in 2021 when I was looking for songs me and my daughter could play together. She's now at uni studying music and one of her bands is an alt rock band with two basses. The two bassists alternate leads and play stuff well beyond my pathetic skill level. They get some pretty decent audiences in Bristol and Bath.

New video by my young'uns band. Another single coming in a couple weeks and loads of gigs booked.

You'll struggle to match the tone but you'll get reasonably near. You have PJ pickups so you're part way there. A little drive and just a hint of chorus. Both pickups on full and boost the mids a bit. Something like a Sansamp will get you the right sort of over drive to emulate Mike's Ampeg SVT amp. Mike Starr played a Spector bass and they have a really distinctive tone with quite a growl to it. Spector make a budget range which you can find for around £300 used and they're not all that far off. They're not as punchy or big sounding but not bad.

It always is. We're lucky that Airbourne always play our local as a warmup when they tour the UK. Ive seen them several times. I don't really listen to their records much but theyre such a great live band.

Airbourne in Frome tonight. An hour and a half of big dumb riffs and rock & roll stupidity and a really great crowd. Even Thatcher couldn't shut down that pit! Im battered. Superb

I was listening to the What Makes This Song Stink (Lenny Kravitz special episode) podcast yesterday. It included a spoof advert for bandcamp which used the slogan "...because three of your friends have to listen to half of one of your songs somewhere" seems accurate to me.

I think AI needs to be regulated for the benefit of everyone. If it replaces all the skilled workers then thats millions of people losing their jobs, countries losing vast amounts of disposable income within the population and ultimately, no one has the money to buy whatever it is that AI is manufacturing.