gjones

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.

Wow.....that's a lot of basses. Edit: After a quick think, I recall seeing this guy and these these basses on Gumtree for months now, I assumed he was a dealer which makes more sense than a compulsive bass buyer.

I recommend that before spending that kind of cash, you try the bass before you buy it. I bought a £2000 bass new and unseen a few years ago and it wasn't quite my thing and didn't play as well as I had hoped. If I spend that kind of money again, I'll make sure I have a good play of the bass before I fork any money out.

I've bought 3 barefaced cabs over the years. I initially bought a second generation Compact, then due to financial issues had to sell it. Once I was out of my financial downturn I bought another Compact which I still have. I also bought a Super Compact, as I thought that it would be an improvement on the original but soon realised that it just didn't have the output of the original 15 inch speaker version and sold it recently.

What would the pie chart look like if it was for female bassists? I'm interested

I can see now where the idea for the makeup came from

He was the best looking guy in Duran Duran, as was Martin Kemp in Spandau Ballet and Alex James in Blur. But playing bass in a band won't get an ugly guy laid

I bought a Markbass CMD 121 P combo during lockdown and, although I do have a 1x12 extension cab, I've never had to use it.

My decider about joining a band is, would I be embarrassed to invite friends and family, or other musicians, to a gig where that band was playing? If the answer is yes, then I don't join them.