AndyTravis

my approach “what’s a scale…”

I don’t get the snobbery for or against bass solos. out of 12 songs, I reckon 5 of ours have “lead bass” parts. I sometimes follow the vocal melody, sometimes I go off on one - and smash a shed together…because, why not. our guitarist shoves solos in the others, there are songs where we both do it. i don’t really care for the sentiment that bass players have to just sit and hold down things, or plod along. In our band we all have a pop - it makes it different to other stuff. Anyhow, Kindergarten by Faith No More Please Do Not Go by Violent Femmes two examples of where the bass just does what the guitar would conventionally “solo”. Some guy on a stage leathering out slap bass solos without accompaniment gets a bit dull…but more power to them if they get paid to do it. each to their own.

This. But they’re not cheap. About £650

yeah - I think the bb414/614 but with the laminate necks, through body stringing and posh mitre joint would be a more sensible evolution. A mix of the last 3 series.

Battered on around €350 I can deal with

1100s? 85…MIJ? OOOOOH talk to me.

As for tv - I have a 50 Panasonic which works well, but the internal speakers are turd. I run into my Sony BluRay 2.1 system. Works well for anything from the Apple TV box via an optical cable. For the odd occasion I watch terrestrial tv, I accept that the speakers are crap.

@Jus Lukin I have those little Samson BT3’s in my kitchen as Bluetooth streaming speakers. mega for parties - well impressed with them, think I got them with some vouchers I won.

No mates in Rotherham

Lovely. Not going to drive that distance though. Great bass though.

I’d message @Ashdown Engineeringthrough their page, once I’m done recording, my old mk500 is off for a service and they had a returns number to me within 24hrs. The VU meter on my (15 year old) amp has stopped working, they’re happy to sort!

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Radio/video by SOAD?