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#82, Mark

I liked this, though perhaps not quite enough to buy it, which isn't really the point here, but that's my take-away from it. I like a lot of Björk's stuff that I've previously heard, both her well known and more obscure stuff (I've a mate that's a fan of hers), and I don't really have anything bad to say about this album, but I also don't have anything great to say either. I think it just seemed a little rushed and under thought, if that makes sense? I really liked the concept, but the tracks just didn't seem to be finished, almost like they were demos. I found it interesting without finding it good. If nothing else, I've finally got around to listening to the album in full, which I've always intended to do but never actually got to do, so thanks for that. Mark

An Ampeg SCR-DI might be nice. Mark

It's worth noting that the RightOn straps mentioned earlier also have emergency plectrum storage at the other side of the strap as well … Mark

I was going to post the same as above. Mark

You don't have to be considered broke to not be able to afford $3199 for a bass. I know this is BassChat, but let's be sensible about things here, hahaha Mark

I never got around to the first album from last week, but I've been following this thread. I'm deffo on-board for this album though, so I shall be reporting back in a few days. Mark

Apologies if I missed it, but I couldn't locate a link to the song in this thread, so here's a YouTube link to it. It's OK. I wouldn't buy an album based off of this lead track, but that's not what this is. As a standalone, it's just … OK. I really like George Harrison's playing in general, so I'm kinda glad there's enough of that in the song to keep me interested, apparently it was a 1995 recording of Harrison's guitar that plays on this track, again AI was used to lift that recording and isolate it for this release. I found the vocal weak - thin and tinny, which I suppose is what you get when you have to use AI to lift a 40+ year old vocal from a tape recording. I'm sure other record companies are taking note of how this will be received to see if they can also get away with mining their back catalogue of long dead artists, but I guess that's a discussion for another thread. I like this track, but it's nothing great. Mark

Following this with interest. Mark

$1400 for the 4-string version. Affordable? Mark

https://www.facebook.com/groups/821766822687454 Mark

There's an Ashdown Fb group? Must look for that myself. Ta. Mark

And today I learned (among other things!) that binding requires a specific router/bit. Everyday's a school day. Mark

Welcome to the forum. In terms of accurately hitting the correct notes, I find practising more slowly to begin with and then building speed until playing correctly helps me. I can't help with the issues you outline when playing live, I just play for my own enjoyment at home. I don't imagine anyone here would seriously suggest you stop playing. Mark

It may not have a use outside of aesthetics, but if you think it suits the bass - I personally love the look of it - it's not pointless. Mark

Phwoar! 🥰 Mark

Always have a backup. And back that up too. I only ever use online services as backup, I always have two offline backups. Mark

And, thanks to this thread, I had no idea you could get a 5-String bass in 1971 (my birth year). Every day's a learning day on Bass Chat. Mark

Those pickups though! Nice. Mark

It's been out about a month now but it's just popped up on my radar, the new album by PiL - End of World. The first two tracks are absolute crackers. I'm very impressed with these. I quite like tracks 4, 7, 8, and 12, but for me the absolute standouts are the first two tracks. I wish the rest of the album could have followed these two, but then, that wouldn't be PiL now, would it? https://soundcloud.com/publicimageltd/sets/end-of-world-3 Above SoundCloud link for the full album, for anyone interested. Mark

I suspect it'll be longer than 20cm, yeah. I don't have final dimensions because the damn thing is taking me such a long time to complete. Hahaha But I know that once it's done, it can go to template and that will be it complete, so the hard work will all be worth it. Mark

The build I'm working on has side mounted tuners, and it's giving me a proper headache trying to get it right. Especially considering it's a 5 in-line and I want straight string pulls from the nut. So I can totally understand reluctance in starting something like this. Mark

The only impracticality I can see is the tuners being somewhat at an angle to the string pull. Care to elaborate what you find impractical about it? FWIW, I really like that design. Mark

Am I out of GAS? Nope. There's. Always. Something. *sigh* Mark

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