Grooverjr

Off to see BADBADNOTGOOD tomorrow night. Only found out about the gig yesterday and I'm pretty excited. Always making interesting music and as it's Mexico City i expect they will have some cool guests and Chester Hansen puts down some lovely lines so having a good bassist is always a bonus.

The problem with this stuff is that it can get a bit samey. Good if you're driving or want background but not really something to get deeply into. Agree the bass lines are fun but they also tend to get a bit repetitive.

It can happen.....Ped fell out of love with his Vigier Passion, and now I am in love with it. I have no idea how you could ever fall out of love with something so wonderful but it just means others get to love it, I suppose. I like playing the field but I have never had any desire to own a Ray. They look good and all but sonically don't really do it for me.

I'm definitely into it. I wouldn't put TC and Arc Du Soleil on the same genre, myself but it might depend on what TC tracks are on the playlist. I expect you'd find it easier to find people to play Arc de Soleil style stuff as that is in the Khruangbin / Glass Beads camp and is more clearly instrument based. TC is more of a hangover from the 90s with that kind of deep electronic production but also more reggae influenced than most. If it's that lush electrónica / reggae mix you might find a band but I couldn't say where, sorry. If you like TC you could try Sofa Surfers and an album called The MIssing Two Weeks by Spectre as similar stuff.

If you are desperate you can take the neck off and put the body in your hand luggage case and bubble wrap the neck and hold that like a souvenir. I did that with my fretless a couple of months ago and it worked a treat! I have used a box that is 126 x 42 x 15, so well above the allowed dimensions, and it was fine. I have also used Hiscox and other hard cases without an eyelid being batted. On various airlines. I don't think anyone wants to get the tape measure out, they are more worried about weight. I would risk it, smile and feign ignorance!

I think Trump put a tariff on metal, so it's now too expensive for Americans to use a European bass for that purpose.

That statement sounds a lot like the one our CEO read out on a big call recently when he basically said we were skint and loads of people would be losing their jobs but that 'leadership' would be open and honest. Complete and utter cow's turd! If you have to insist in that way you've already lost most people. Well done to Ped for keeping them well away from here!

That's lovely

Spend the extra 500 quid and get the Passion with the graphite neck. Oh, Lord that is gorgeous!

apart from my new toy, a Kramer 450b. I think it is made from wood effect stone!

Woof! That's all types of wonderful. Hopefully it will raise plenty of cash.

Rhythm Stick I can get at 102bpm now but 104 is just that bit too fast. Funny how that small difference is enough to throw me. Same with Teen Town, but the difference is more like 20bpm. I still enjoy playing it as an exercise. Chemtrails by Beck is the one that just twists me too much. Too much pick work and remembering stuff!

Apparently they are 'bespoke', which means either the seller doesn't know what bespoke means or somebody specifically asked for two very similar impractical instruments that look like the first efforts of the YTS kid at the BBC FX department in 1975....and then backed out of buying them.

I found TB far too humourless and far too aggressive and only lasted about 2 weeks. I joined here only a few years ago but if I wasn't in Mexico I'd have bought many more lovely basses than I already have from here (and I'd have been looking at flights to Germany for that lovely pair of Deusenbergs that came up yesterday) So at least if @FugaziBomb you are in the States the wallet will be relatively safe!

The Pure (in the leather tanning ingredient sense) / The Curd Tom Pesty Supergrasp

Doggy

Alongside his cricketing brother Carter the Unstoppable Six Machine

The Crabs / The Dribs / The Crims David Bogie The Sluts / The Slips / The Clits Bed Zeppelin featuring Plank, Jokes, Pate and Bogham Sadness

I'm very sorely tempted but can't find one in Mexico and with the current *ahem* 'situation' I'm not going to try importing aything as duty could be mad.

I Wish is a great line and loads of fun to play. Easy to get it most of the way there but the feel is tricky, as is nailing the sound. Those mad upper octave slide wigout things are very cool when you get them right and make you look a total chump if you get it slightly off. SBL did a YouTube vid on it a couple of years ago that was good for breaking down the little bridge bit in the middle and for general advice on feel that you might want to check out.