Dom in Dorset

Truss rods don't just break. It's made of metal and it's sealed inside the neck. The only time you can damage one is while you are actually adjusting it but only of you overdo it and snap the nut off. It may need adjusting but it's not broken.

I saw the Dodge Brothers at Glastonbury a few years ago , he can certainly play. I seem to remember him doubling on harmonica too. It turned out he went to school with a friend of mine and I was in a position to sneak said friend backstage to say hello.

We reformed a band from 1990. Initially for a one off gig for charity after our drummer died (there was always a touch of Spinal Tap about us) but it was so much fun we've carried on. As Newfound said it was like putting on comfortable slippers. I don't think we realised at the time as we were primarily interested in getting high and meeting girls that we had a great and complimentary set of musicians. We gig two or three times a year , pull out all the stops, raise money for various charities and have a bloody good time.

I tried it once a thought the sound was a bit harsh and clanky. Might be ok when they are played in a bit. Also the only bass strings I ever absolutely hated were Fenders!

Rotosound super heavy gauge chain wound strings bottom right.

"I'm a big fan of The Stranglers bass player.....JJ Brunel" Famous for his growly precision bass , stove pipe hat and cigar?

Sadly nothing as interesting, all genuine, I just seem to attract medical types.

I'm taking the fosters*.😄 I do not seriously believe that I have any medical experience due to my previous relationships and have no idea what craniosacral therapy actually is. (*basschat changed the word I originally used)

Isn't that how it works? None of my patients has ever complained.

Not at the same time , this experience has taken about thirty years to acquire. (I've also been on dates with two craniosacral therapists but that only counts in the event of a tie break)

I've had relationships with three nurses and a doctor and played in a band with a surgeon so I'm more than qualified to offer advice. I suspect it comes down to how you feel. Someone else has already said "heart attack" is a catch all term, the effects are many and varied. I used to regularly play with a guy who was really knocked for six by a heart attack, he had to be careful about what he ate and drank but was playing again fairly quickly. It aged him a bit and he was never quite the same , but if you feel well enough to play then why not?

It would be interesting to see the itemised bill. We charge £30 per hour + parts +VAT , (1/2 hours are charged at £15)

When we started out I did have the lyrics in a folder on the floor but soon found that I couldn't see them due to poor eyesight and stage lighting. I've had to do it the hard way and somehow I remember them now (mostly).

Stupidly powerful but very clear and punchy , I have to plug into the active input on my amp despite the bass being passive. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Entwistle-JBXN-pickup-for-bass-guitar-Neodymium-designed-by-Alan-Entwistle/332726191232?hash=item4d7806c480:m:ml6RunQ5q4ldDFg1P_ohc0Q

I do bass and vocals in a country trio (if Motorhead played county) , I'd previously done up to half the lead vocals but becoming the sole vocalist was quite a step up, lots of words to learn , at first I found the increased use of my voice taxing + front man duties make it quite a responsibility. You are (in a trio) the major portion of the band. Having complete trust in the other two helps, I'm not really able to consciously interact with the rest of the band , I just have to stand at the front and assume that everything is going well behind me. The singing bass player is the next step in human evolution.

I had a similar thing happen a few years ago, everything I'd been involved in musically imploded simultaneously and I was left with no band. During the following month I was approached by three people asking me to join or form a band, I went with the first ones to actually sort out a rehearsal. Ten years later I'm still there.

While playing in an originals folk/rock band we were asked if we could play Wonderwall. I just said that the next song was our reworking of the Oasis classic , we've given it a different tune and new words, we then launched into whichever of our own songs happened to be next on the set list and nobody complained.

Avoid the use of a chorus pedal unless you with to be permanently exiled to the 1980's.

I played bass clarinet for a while in the 90's , we needed an acoustic bass instrument that worked without the need for amplification.

I used to have a set but found it almost impossible due to my big feet, I just couldn't hit one note at a time.

Zombies by the Cranberries I depped for a wedding band a couple of years back, bar a couple of songs I was pretty bored for most of the evening but that song just ground my gears (apparently a favourite of the bride and members of a rugby club who were there in force), at least the singer didn't attempt to mimic the original vocal delivery that I'd grown to loath while learning the song.

the recent weather has got me thinking about the extremes of temperature I've played in. My hottest gig has to be Glastonbury 2010, in a big top , mid day on the hottest day of the year, it was like an oven. The tent was full....of people lying down trying to find some shade and slowly cooking. I remember little of the gig it'self other than going on stage, playing the notes and singing the words. I could hardly see due to sweat filling my eyes. As soon as we were off stage the fiddle player and myself went straight to the nearest bar and ordered two pint of lager each, we drank the first while the second was being poured. My coldest was probably last November in an old barn with holes in the wall, I was depping for a country band who wear black western shirts on stage so no keeping your coat on. Once the crowd started dancing the temperature did rise a little but my fingers only just coped with it.