Likewise Sean, I joined Basschat (or whatever it was called then) in around 2005, still can't play the bass but f*** me I've bought some lovely ones here
None of 'em, every one I sold allowed me to buy, play, and gig something new (or at least, something a bit different).
Our guitarist plays different guitars at every rehearsal, I'm sure he can hear the difference......
Oddly having just checked I'm getting emails for some PMs and not for others and it looks systematic, i.e., if I get an email for one message in the thread I seem to get an email for all messages in that thread, but vice versa also
I'm often not seeing a red dot with new PMs and realised this morning that unread PMs are no longer highlighted in black in the PM list as I'd missed some, might be something I've done but it seems to be getting worse rather than better?
I was in a band with a guy like that, middle if gig ‘Slap that bass Mr Bassman’. He got a look of complete indifference as I continued to play pizz as I had the whole gig. I didn’t offer my services again. All joking aside that, you’re not wrong mentioning risk of injury in picking up a new technique, anything from blisters to tendinitis, quite minor unless you’re an upright player 👍