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What's a sax machine?

I thought it was worthy of being quoted too, cheers

Stevie Young's tech says he gets through 30+ picks per show

Carter The Unstoppable Fax Machine

"Early in ZZ Top's career, Billy [Gibbons] and I drove up from Houston to Dallas - this is one of those stories you always hear, but this really happened, and we went to a pawn shop called Rocky's Pawn shop and on the wall was a Fender bass guitar and this guy truly had no idea what he had, and I get Billy to make the deal because he's better at that than I am. Anyway, he worked him and worked him and I got the bass for $70. We're leaving and Billy goes 'Nope, wait a minute, no deal. You have to throw in the case.' So he actually threw the case in, and it was close to an original case, for $70" For an all original 1953 P, serial 970.

The concept of an online Motley Crue fanbase is deliciously full of contradiction.

Does that mean the qualifying note in the small print saying something like "weights are given for entertainment purposes" has been deleted?

This explains why he talks like does on this videos.

Whose fault is it that Phil Collins was playing with LZ and not some other excellent drummer who had beem given time to work with the other musicians? Yeah, Jimmy Page, that's you. And this mid-80s junk is also you, too.

I've a set of 760FL 43-60-82-104, which I've put on my LB-100 twice. The first time they replaced a 50-65-85-110 set of Pro Steels, which are total tension 180 lbs. They were a bit higher tension. The second time, one change of pickup later, they replaced a 45-65-85-105 set of Chromes, which are total tension 196 lbs. They were a bit lower tension. So they're somewhere in the middle between 180 and 196lbs. Some other sets around there: 45-65-80-105 Swing Bass 182 lbs 45-105 GHS Boomers 184 lbs 45-105 Roto Bass 185 lbs 45-65-85-105 GHS Precision Flats 185 lbs I found that under my fingers, the 760FL sounded a bit boring — the Chromes are far more responsive to my gentle tickling. I've also previously tried the 49-69-89-109 760FM. They sounded even more boring played by me. I guesstimated them to be a bit over 200 lbs I once gave the 40-100 set of Rotosound Monel Flats a go. Total tension is only 179 lbs, but the strings felt much stiffer than steel strings, and my dainty fingers said enough after only half a hour. I did like their consistency of character from one string to the next. The 45-105 set of Monel Flats is much higher tension. In demos they sound great, but I would never dare try them! Even the double bassist sounding wonderful in this clip says the tension is a bit too much.

They're not perfect at sounding like they've got a Dimarzio pickup, which is why I replaced the stock pickup with a Dimarzio. Someone else whose MF was missing its stock pickup was very glad to be sold mine.

I think it would be impossible for that shop to make money, given the location, the size, and the fact that it's a musical instruments shop, so I'm certain you're right, it's part of their overall marketing strategy, a cost rather than an income stream. I bought a bass from them online in 2020, a very pleasant experience.

My TRBX604 taught me that I don't like humbuckers, D'Addario XL Nickels, 38mm nuts, shallow neck profiles or active electronics. I cant decide if that means I should regret buying it, or quite the opposite — all four of the basses which followed it have made me very content, so I guess it was a useful lesson worth paying for?

Are you sure you weren't accidentally watching the Jesus and Mary Chain's Old Grey Whistle Test performance? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9f3oRzz8lbk

In 2021–2023, I sold three basses in the £350–500 range through Bass Direct. An straightforward painless process all three times. I sent them via Parcelforce, which was under £15 iirc, and BD took a 20% cut from what were good prices. I was happy all three times.

Those were a sealed pack from Bass Direct. I ordered them as soon as I heard that in the US La Bellas were appearing with coloured ballends — I presumed (correctly) that Bass Direct would still have sets with the older brass ballends. I rather liked them, but had put them on very much the wrong bass.