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Same here, very nifty things they are. They take a fair few of my 1.14mm plectra.

Rash

One of these on each bass: https://amzn.eu/d/bJexKpe, and a few in a pick holder on my car key ring.

They're still showing as £12.26 for me

Friday I'm In Love - The Cure

I've been really pleasantly surprised by how well my Elf and Two10S pair together, and have had some nice comments from audience members on my tone. My ABM is definitely the preferred solution if circumstances allow though.

If you're looking at a Player Plus it might be worth hanging on for an alternative like Sire, G&L, the new Sadowsky MetroExpress range (when they finally hit the UK in anger), etc. as they'll be a) cheaper and b) arguably better.

Welcome! Stay away from the marketplace forums if you want to avoid nasty letters from your bank, there's too much tempting stuff in there!

Lovely but no.

Just realised I never put in our fees. We normally charge £400 (five-piece covers band) but often will do £350, based largely around Bradford and Huddersfield. We have a fairly regular NYE gig where we get £500. A lot of places I've tried to get us into near me in Wakefield and the Five Towns have said we're too expensive, but our singist is firmly against going below £300 so that prices us out of most places unfortunately.

Can confirm it sounded pretty damned thunderous through my headphones on the videos! Hopefully next time you're up in this neck of the woods I'll have some cash and can sort a babysitter so I can bring the missus as she loves a bit of country.

We've been trying to ask for more but times are hard so not had much luck so far. A lot of existing gigs only want to pay us what they've paid us previously, which is fair enough, and a lot of new places I've approached recently haven't even been willing/able to meet the lower end of our asking price range.

I often try not to use open strings in case I have occasion to play a song in a different key so it's less of a pain to figure out the fingering, and sometimes because the tone is nicer, but it's sometimes nice to use open strings where to not would be awkward.

I've been there, my dude. I managed to regain my enthusiasm only after some radical changes to other aspects of my life; in my case leaving a toxic workplace and moving across the country to be nearer family. After that it took me a couple of years but my enthusiasm came back with a vengeance and I joined my first band. My sincere condolences, and I hope you get your enthusiasm back soon.

Usually use two (or one if the song is extremely simple), but occasionally bust out the ring finger if a gallop is called for.

My guess is that this is a player who wants to make some additional cash by teaching people songs they want to learn, but doesn't have anything like a structured curriculum – I've been there and it's very frustrating. The fact they want to push you into only using tab, and have five guitar amps and only one bass amp, is a big hint that this is a guitarist who is looking to make some additional cash by teaching people learning guitar songs they want to learn, but is looking to branch out by offering this same unstructured approach to bass. If it were me I'd be looking elsewhere.

A lot of what my parents used to listen to. A lot of our long car trips involved a lot of Chris De Burgh being played, and while I think most of it is overblown rubbish, there are still a few songs I think of fondly because of the memories associated with them.

I fell in love with my Squier P when I bought it in 1998. I was a bit worried about the neck width, as the Hohner Rockwood P-adjacent bass I part-exed for it had a more Jazz-like profile, but the sound I got from it was immense. It persuaded me against buying the Fender Mexican Jazz the shop offered me as an alternative. I still have and use that P and will never part with it.

Sounds familiar

Oh man, that sucks. Hope you get your cab back soon. This reminds me that I had to take photos of the serial numbers of my gear just in case. Job for tonight, methinks.

The Guardian is doing one of those AMA things with Geddy Lee and is inviting questions here: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/oct/27/post-your-questions-for-rush-frontman-geddy-lee

I like to think I can play the stuff I can play pretty well, and can learn new songs within my capability pretty well, but I'm rubbish at improvising and composing, so it's the covers band life for me!