SteveXFR

It's these bloody awful online training courses that we have to do. They are quite obviously just a box ticking exercise. Leave the video playing in the background while working then do the ridiculously easy test in about 2 minutes.

Sharp dressed man - ZZ Top

I've been listening to quite a lot of dub and reggae this week. Playing bits and pieces. I seem to keep going back to Black Uhuru. Something about it just really works for me.

I'm three quarters of the way there with Evidence by Faith No More. Absolutely loving playing this one. Also just playing around with bits of dub and reggae to try to understand it. Really enjoying it. Next up is Thunder Kiss 65 by White Zombie. Classic bit of 90's alt metal and a great bass line. https://youtu.be/yPNFVj-pISU

I think that's probably very similar to the training we get. It's utter crap. We got it after "discriminating" against a team member because we didn't invite him for a night out. None of us liked him because we spend so much time putting right his incompetence.

So would I.

Is it much different to the straight edge scene in punk? They're vegan, don't drink, don't smoke and don't do drugs. Their music is usually very angry.

Cerements of the flayed - Cannibal Corpse A lovely ballad. One to sing to your lover in a romantic moment.

Dead skin mask - Slayer

That was Homer Simpson (backing vocals by Bart) in one of the episodes where Lisa became a vegetarian.

I've got a vegan, imitation leather strap. It looks very close to real leather but not as real as the bacon sandwich that would be in my other hand. My wife makes vegan horse riding equipment. Very popular at the moment. Veganism is very fashionable.

Darker thoughts - Paradise Lost

I've not experienced over tones on either of my 5 strings (SUB Stingray and Sterling Stingray). The B string has a much darker, duller tone than the same notes on the E string but to be honest, I try to exploit that tonal difference.

Subway song - The Cure

Happy Talk - Captain Sensible

My friend in misery - Metallica

Heaviest matter in the universe - Gojira

Supermassive black hole - Muse

Fat Bottom Girls - Queen

This means war - Old Firm Casuals

Weekend wars - MGMT

So it's not just me then! The 5 definitely sounds fatter. I prefer it to the four. Could a better pickup add some fatness to the four?

50 million year trip - Kyuss

I've been wondering whether there's a natural tone difference between the same model bass as a 4 and 5 string version. I've got a Sterling Ray34 and Ray35 which have the same body and neck material, same tuners, same bridge and same nut. The pickups are supposed to be 4 & 5 string version of the same pickup. They both have the same Daddario XL strings. With the eq set flat, the five string sounds much fatter and just better. Is this down to the wider neck or some other difference due to the extra string?

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