Beedster

There’s no way I could, for example check a member’s profile to find out if they changed their username but kept the same profile (perhaps to keep their status/reputation points)?

In my experience nine times out of ten it’s laziness. Edit: quoted the wring post, meant to cite Kev’s

So logical that I will call you Mr Spock going forwards 👍

Following up a discussion the other day, and a couple of members having done it recently, I’m just curious as to how feedback - among other things - works?

If a singer had been singing the same setlist for 10 years then a music stand that he’s owned since he learned violin at school in the 70s plonked right in front of his face at gigs is at best a comfort blanket, at worst amateur musicianship, but either way should not be there. Mention no names, but you know who you are, so just stop it 😄

In the 80’s I’m not sure I was always sure what song we were actually playing

Bothers me hugely, probably shouldn’t, but does 🤔

Exactly 👍

That was comedy, I think my sole contribution on the final page summed it up perfectly 👍

More likely to find several 1.5mm Allen Keys because they’re sure as hell never where I left them when I want to adjust a bridge 🤔

It was the gig in question that made me realise that not only could I play the whole set fretless, but that it was a lot more challenging and enjoyable, the band seemed to prefer it because it gave us more options (plus a small extra USP), and while I’m not the best judge, I think it sounded better in most tracks. I wasn’t doing cliche fretless - not a chorus or sliding double stop in sight - I was simply playing the existing lines without frets. It was a enjoyable period 👍

What counts as ‘mainstream commercial success’ is very different today than in Miller’s era though 👍

GAS makes a mess of even the best laid plans mate. And I really should inspect the box a little more closely 😆

When I played electric exclusively taking one fretted and one fretless worked really well, each could be backup for the other if needed, but it also gave me lots of options. The first rock/indie set I did exclusively on fretless, and completely on a whim about 5-mins before the gig, was a revelation for me, if not the audience

Never trust Talkbass. Glad to hear she's doing significantly better than was rumoured Tim 👍

Which of course was my point, she apparently struggled to get gigs post-Justin, part of the problem being the still male dominated Nashville session scene

That f***ing board 👌

Context 👍

@spongebob did everything work out OK?

I really got into Justin Townes-Earl whose double bass player was outstanding. She quit the business and now sells houses

Stand in the corner 😆

I’ve emailed and spoken to him several times, I won’t be using him, it’s always ‘drop it in next week but call me first’. And of course, when I call again…. I would prefer ‘yep, drop it in today’ or ‘drop it in Monday morning’. I’m sure he’s a lovely guy and a great tech, and perhaps I’m too impatient, but he’s a short 10-min walk from my house and I’ve not once pinned him down on a drop-off date. If I’m leaving costly tube gear at someone’s place I need to know they’re reliable. I’ll be calling East Street Music tomorrow 👍

Living in a very old stone farmhouse 25 miles east of Aberystwyth at the time, the Welsh weather f***ed every aspect of double bass tuning at the best of times And I would kill to live there still 👍

Likewise for electric 👍