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But he's living with mummy and daddy. It's them I feel sorry for. He sounds like a junkie

Nah! The website is deliberately a balls up to get you to go in there in person and buy something you hadn't realized you need badly 😂

Likewise to selling but I still buy regular items on ebay like replacement pots etc Fortunately insane sellers are still rare.

Looking at the 2nd photo I think the bridge placement may have always been slightly out of line with the carve of the body and the pickups. Does the body of the bridge measure up equaly with either side of the frets? Might be a camera angle illusion but my ocd tells me it is and has always been about 2 mm twisted. It's why one makers guitars costs thousands and another makers doesn't. Sorry if I am wrong no offence meant but the more I look the more I can see it. That would account for the saddles being almost in line.😀

Yep! Some people believe if they say it enough it becomes true. Sad

Would definitely talk you into it. IMHO. It will make you a better player. I have lined and unlined. Muscle memory doesn't see the lines neither do your ears. Even before you buy spend time with your fretted playing it as if it were fretless. Keep hitting those frets instead of the spaces in between. It will be a great help for later. I would be so bold as to suggest that the side dot markers in the right place i.e. where the frets should be not in line with the fretboard dot markers in between the frets is a thing you should look for. If you can find a bass with those markers it will help you no end to learn the muscle memory to hit those spots that are in tune. If you can't find one consider putting them in yourself or have a tech do it for you. Personally I think it insane to have the side markers out of line with where the frets would have been. I really can't see why manufacturers do it. Some of the older makes like Westone thunders were very good basses for not a lot of money and there are fretless payers on here that will confirm that. For some reason they sell sometimes for a fraction of their real value as a very well crafted bass. It wouldn't hurt you if you could find one. Same thing goes for a good Spectrum. As someone else on here said play in the dark sometimes. If you have a good ear it will help that muscle memory a great deal. Rotosound 88 tru bass Black nylon bass guitar strings Sound great, play great and last for ages. Hope this all makes sense and helps you. Go for it and enjoy it.

I still have a packet of 35-90's I will send you for free on my desk. Can't say fairer than that. They are very Zingy but I am no longer Zingy I am now boomy

What did you grow up on? Mostly scrambled egg on toast.

I bought my Mini range cooker from an English company Made in England. It has Italian burners and who knows what else. At least it's a bit closer to Rome err I mean home. Rome wasn't built in a day you know It wasn't built by Romans either 😂

Admin thuggery? Nah this is a civilized place. 🤣

Do they come with a Bluetooth transmitter or on their own?

Welcome Steve, There are far worse forms of mid life crisis out there 😀

Agree 100%. Time it was painted and sat under the fittings it might yet be OK

You can do them with fret erasers. They are a bit more gentle than a file and leave a very nice finish. You will find them on Amazon or fleabay.

Resin project. Can't ship it anywhere.Customs would be on it like a swarm of insects 🤣

Do they not make a vacuum attachment for a dremel? I would have expected they did with the number of them sold.

So you didn't notice the half inch missing off the top of the forefinger then. Open chords are a non starter with a nail for a fingertip unless you can play them with the other 3 fingers 🤣

I appreciate your view and you are probably right but most of the people I have known who use a capo do it because they are too lazy to learn to use bar chords or other shapes further up the neck. My choices are restricted as I can't hold a typical chord shape with a cut off finger that has a nail for a finger tip. (it just slides off) I can play single notes and use it for bars though using the flat face of the finger. I was joking but my 🤣 vanished when I added my photo somehow.

And if a guitarist was asked to play an Ab chord, they could play an E shape bar chord with the bar at the 4th fret to sound Ab Yes and this is why capos should be banned. Bar chords rule. Here is the proof

Very pleased to hear of succesful progress so far. Slow, steady and positive. Still praying for you.🤗

Yes! That is what I thought this thread was to be about. Went to the last page to work backwards instead of starting at 2009. Great band for your intended purpose. Rake those gigs in.

o ring sounds good. Most small vehicle repair places will have a mixed box of sizes to hand. Or try the plumbing section of a good hardware shop.

Of course! How could it not be! You have blood in your veins 😀

Only by the police when they caught me on a wet dark night for speeding 🤣

Not my favourite group of all time and they didn't like each other much in the end enough to stay together either. So no, not the best by far.