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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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Possibly. I wasn't aware that Sandberg did 5 in-line headstocks though. Mark

I also shoot film, very very occasionally, on my Lomography Sprocket Rocket. Mark

I've noticed this. I'm trying not to fanboi over it, as one of her tunes was a motivating factor in me starting to compose my own tunes. Since then, she's produced even more stuff that has been inspiring. And I didn't wanna fanboi in this post. hahaha Mark

In 1985 I was 14. No interest in music at that age, and didn't have a Walkman. I did have a battered and beaten BMX Banana (one of the ones with the plastic spoke wheels) that I spent the vast majority of my time on with my mates on their bikes cycling anywhere and everywhere we could. Mark

Beyerdynamic DT990 Pro Mark

Good shout on Cici Bass @asingardenof. I don't follow her on YT, I follow on Fb, but I'm guessing there's overlap of content. I don't follow any bass specific on YT, I reserve that for photography content, but I do keep an eye on Fanblade Instruments, he creates basses and has a very easy going manner and describes things very clearly. Mark