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Yeah, for songs that don't involve pounding out semiquavers and faster all over the place I like to use a Dunlop 1.14mm Tortex. If I need to go quicker then I use a 1mm Dunlop Max Grip because it's a lot more flexible, doesn't destroy my thumb, and also doesn't end up rotating in my fingers.

Given that she's openly gay, something Scientology decidedly is not in favour of (L Ron Hubbard believed something along the lines of homosexuality being akin to a mental illness), I'd be extremely sceptical of suggesting she's involved with it.

You could try a standard one, return it and then order a custom one?

Very interested in this because I absolutely cannot stand the sensation of things in my ears, and they have a tendency to fall out meaning repeated insertions which hurt.

Speaking of bass YouTubers, I see Low End Lobster is posting again. I'm looking forward to what she has to say about the new budget SBMM basses as I may be tempted by one.

Or Talk Talk. Great bassline on that.

I think SBL have promoted this tip as well.

A decent rehearsal on Sunday. I think we've finally nailed Two Tribes, and Mr Brightside is coming along slowly but surely. Thoughts are turning to what we learn next, and Sledgehammer has been suggested. Now while I'd love to play that, and it'll give me a chance to use the chorus and octaver pedals that are otherwise just gathering dust on my pedal board, I'm not entirely convinced it'll sit well in our set which is a bit more upbeat. Back to the drawing board I think.

A few Facebook videos of our gig in Holmfirth a few weeks ago. Obligatory Dakota A Town Called Malice, where it was a combination of the drummist cutting out too early and our singist getting confused as to where he was in the song that made things go a bit wrong in the middle. With the benefit of hindsight I should get more familiar with the lyrics, because if I'd have realised where the singist was starting from in that section I'd have kept that little chromatic line going a bit longer rather than trying to force things back to the chorus - lesson learned for me! Are "Friends" Electric - this is one of my favourite songs that we play, it sounds great when not recorded on a crappy phone microphone. I was very gratified when our keyboardist told me after the gig that for the keys/bass duets he programs his parts, meaning my timing isn't as rubbish as I often think it might be!

Might be worth giving Ashdown a call, they'll be able to let you know how serious the problem might be and potentially arrange for a repair.

Honestly this is one of the main reasons I use it

https://www.fbpurity.com/

Oh thank goodness, I thought it was just me struggling with this!

Haven't owned one but have played one a few times and it's very nice to play. I didn't really push the preamp much but it sounded pretty good through the amp I was using at the time.

It is a tremendous add-on!

There aren't many videos of him out there, and this is him showing off at his own wedding, but here you go:

Fleetwood Mac have a huge catalogue of amazing, timeless classics, but my god there's some dreary, soppy sheeyite in there as well.

Andertons have Sadowsky MetroExpress basses in stock, and if there's something else you'd want I'm sure they could order it in now they're an official dealer, but the next line up (MetroLine) is probably out of your price range.

First gig for a little while on Saturday, at the Postcard Inn in the bustling metropolis of Holmfirth (Last of the Summer Wine territory for those of you of a certain age). We'd played here before a couple of years ago before my time and they were keen to have us back, so I enjoyed a lovely drive through the countryside and tested my car's clutch on some of the hills. Holmfirth actually was pretty bustling and trying to find a parking space in the large public car park behind the pub was a challenge, but I lucked out and got one relatively close, as opposed to our singist who had to park halfway to Denby Dale from the way he described it!. The pub has a downstairs bar as well where there was a function happening, and our guitarist and I got very confused when we walked in to see that a band had already set up before the bar staff sorted us out. This was the first time I'd used my Siredowsky on a gig and it sounded mint through the ABM and Two10S in soundcheck, and I got positive feedback after the gig as well. The only issue I had is that somehow the level on my drive pedal seems to have been turned down, meaning I sounded really weedy on a couple of songs until I got a chance to turn up the amp volume to compensate, so I need to get that sorted before next time. As for the gig itself, things were going pretty well until technical issues crept in (not mine this time, thank goodness!). Just past halfway in our first set when our keyboardist's synth decided it wanted to have a moment and he had to reset it, but unfortunately restored an old backup of his presets without knowing it so he had a bit of a flap at songs being missing. He figured out what he had done at halftime, but we had to swap in the first four songs of our second set to close out the first. This threw us all off a bit more than it should have. Club Foot (second set opener) went well, but our drummist made a complete hash of the breakdown in A Town Called Malice and it took us a few bars to get back on an even keel. That threw me off and I started the next song in the wrong key. Our guitarist's wah pedal was causing her issues as well, getting stuck on and her tone was interestingly weird in a few places because of it. Fortunately the second set went a lot smoother after our singist had had a gripe at all of us about our cockups (we were all too mature to mention him going for a wander during the breakdown of Sit Down and forgetting to start singing again for several bars though), but it's clear our keyboardist needs to do something about his synth as the pitch shifter is also temperamental. He doesn't have a case for it or anything, or a backup, so if it craps out then we're buggered as there aren't many of our songs that we can style out with no synth. Having had a major failure myself I have spares for everything except the cab, and in the unlikely event that fails then I'll be DI-ing through the PA, and our singist has a backup mic in case his wireless one fails. Our guitarist uses a Boss Katana combo, and if that ever craps out on her then we'd be similarly scuppered as most of her tones are based on presets and patches rather than effects pedals. I think a conversation about contingency measures needs to be had at our next rehearsal. Obligatory "tonight's office" pic below. No band pics yet but there were a few people taking photos and videos so hopefully more might be forthcoming. No planned gig now until the end of November (!) but hopefully we might get one or two sorted before that.

On the basis that you're going the MCOL route anyway, and have resigned yourself to never receiving the item, then as long as you're 100% factual in what you say then go for it.

I've said two, but really 1½: Heads: Ashdown ABM 600 and Trace Elliot Elf Cab: Barefaced Two10S

Pretty much, yes. A lot of the content is included in the membership fee, but they also have premium courses like the "accelerator" courses which are only available to paid-up members.

So it's broken even though the plastic is still on the pickguard? Impressive.

If you have $7500 available right now you too can have one: https://sadowsky.com/instruments/nyc-basses/nyc-custom-jason-newsted-signature/