gjones

In 2008 I bought a MIJ Geddy Lee from a guy in the States, the Dollar was two to the pound back then. Once I'd paid duty at the post office I realised I hadn't actually made the saving I thought I had and should have just bought the Geddy Lee from a guy down the road.

I met Boz Burrell in the 90s, in pub in Edinburgh, when he was in Tam White's band. He was real geezer. He was in a happy frame of mind as he'd just got off a 6 week reunion tour with Bad Company and was $600,000 richer. (nice work if you can get it).

Well, a John East pre amp would cost about £200 to upgrade your standard Player II, so £999 isn't so bad considering, I suppose..

Yes I have. They do give a very retro 60s sound and can mimic a double bass quite well. They sound good, if you want need that type of sound. The Rotosound ones only come in one gauge which is pretty gigantic - the E is 115. Which means most nuts don't fit them very well. This means that, unless you file your nut to fit them, they'll give you quite a high action. Edit: of course this is on an electric. I haven't tried them on an acoustic bass

I occasionally played a gig where jammers were allowed to get up during the interval. I never did like people using my bass (you never know where they've been...yuk ).

I do recommend the splint method (just gaffa tape) when asleep. During the day it doesn't bother me but at night I obviously curl my finger up and it can be difficult to straighten out in the morning (although it has got better over the year I've used the splint).

I woke up one morning, about a year ago, with my middle finger on my right hand curled in and it took a while to unlock. After a bit of googling I assumed that Dupuytrens Contracture was the problem. Having had carpal tunnel, I was aware that prevention is better than cure. So since that morning I have taped my middle finger up to prevent it curling into my palm. If I don't go to sleep with the tape on my finger the issue returns (although over the year it has got much milder - probably because of the tape). It can get very bad if you do nothing, which would then necessitate an operation which might, or might not, be successful.

The G&L L2500 Tribute is one of the most versatile 5 string bass out there. They're difficult to find in the UK these day though as nobody stocks them. Second hand ones do occasionally pop up from time to time.

Is it like a rent party, where everybody pays an entrance fee to a party at a friend's house, which allows them to pay the rent for a month or two. As has been pointed out previously, a night where the bands are playing for free where they pack the place out for a night, may help the landlord pay a few bills and keep it open for a month or two but is unlikely to keep it afloat in the long run. It might be more helpful if it was a monthly thing though? It depends how valuable the place is as a venue and how much the bands, who play there, want to keep the place open in the long run.

Katie Price does too

This is my opinion on the matter as well. In my experience, bands who play for nothing are doing it because they're so bad that there's no other way they'd ever get a gig (Apologies to members of all the bands who are the exception to the rule and play for eff all, even though they're absolutely amazing musicians 😷).

In my neck of the woods pro musicians host the jams and they get paid. If the people jamming with the pro musicians are good enough, at some point in the future they might get a gig out of it themselves.

I got a set from Bass Direct for £35, as they have a sale on. They sound and feel great https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/product/elixir-electric-bass-nickel-plated-steel-with-nanoweb-coating/

I'd like my Fender Precision Elite better if it came with a Jazz neck like the MIM Deluxes.