discreet

^^ To be honest, I'm not sure that 'ESCULATED' is a word. You get my drift. ^^

I built an entire bass from a thumb rest and two screws before now. It's all about being creative...

Black would probably work really well. But that olive/mint colour with Oly white is lush. Start another build.

Looks great. You can't beat that colour combination.

What with everything else this is often overlooked. You can audition what seems to be the perfect candidate, only to find they're in six other bands and you are seventh on their list of priorities... personally I only have time to commit my energies to one band, anything else is just too much faff. YMMV.

Obviously concentrate on what you're doing, but listen carefully to what everyone else is playing and, how good they are. There is usually a weak link. Is the weakest link going to be a problem for you or not? If so, forget it. Especially if it's the drummer. If you don't have a good drummer, you don't have a band. If there is apparently NO weak link, then it's YOU. Go home and practise more! How loudly do they play? This is often down to the drums. If he's a shed-builder, forget it. If the guitarist is of the idiot type who insists on being louder than everyone else, forget it. Overloud bands are a pain in the ārse. Punters don't like it and venues don't like it. Playing loud is tiring for all concerned and if your ears are ringing every time you play you are damaging your hearing. You should be using ear protection as a matter of course, but that's for another ranty thread. Good luck.

They can PM me and find out what offence is really all about.

Christ, tell me about it. I ended up in Narnia and was late for work the next day. To the OP... do you have access to any more of their songs? I'd learn more than one song. Last two bands I auditioned for, I found gigs/songs on YouTube and learnt as much of their sets as I could. This is more effort of course, but how badly do you want the gig? It certainly makes you stand out...

There's something of the Spinal Tap about this...

Using Rotos on a Jazz I've just acquired, but apparently... and I've heard this on the best authority... D'Addario NYXL are the ONLY bass strings that are GUARANTEED to increase the size of your testicles AND make you attractive to young women REGARDLESS of your age or continence status. Obviously I'm young, handsome and continent anyway, but who doesn't want bigger balls?? Yes Please!!

https://youtu.be/VsQxLXNUXlI

They tolerated Deep Purple and ELP, God bless 'em. But I'm grateful they introduced me to Nilsson and Simon & Garfunkel, without whom the work of Joe Osborn, the Wrecking Crew, Klaus Voorman and Herbie Flowers would have remained a mystery to me. If something's good, it's good!

This. The weird alchemy of plucking something tangible out of thin air, something that also has the potential to move people. Magic. I've been fascinated by it for decades and still am, it's why I keep doing it. There really is nothing like it.

This. And in any case, there's room for everyone and everything. Sheeran is where he is through good management, shrewd marketing and proper manipulation of all available media platforms. And a lot of people like his songs for some reason. But I'm not going to give up my band, give up recording and give up gigging because some fücking airhead kid thinks I'm too old for it. While I enjoy It, I'll do it. Thhhp! Yep, Jimmy Page is one hell of a player.

Why? Deliberately trying to 'get down with the kids' - apart from being practically impossible (and frankly, undesirable) - comes across as terribly sad...

Or maybe playing in bands is just seen as an undesirable historic activity. Why bother when you can produce release-quality material in your bedroom and distribute It, too?

Looks like you're right though, this looks neater... must be bloody confusing for a while...

Well I hadn't noticed that! Is it really wrong? Left to my own devices I would have strung it as it is in the pic..!

Look at the first pic - the nut is slightly out of position. A light tap in the right direction, and Hey Presto! Robert is your mother's brother, or something.

I can't really see clearly what sort they are from the pic, but I get my knobs from Northwest Guitars. https://www.northwestguitars.co.uk/push-fit-metal-volume-tone-knobs-for-stratocaster-telecaster/

Meh. Just pretend you're playing a Yamaha 5-string.

Bought a Vintage Jazz Bass from Aidan. It arrived very well-packed and exceeded my expectations - very pleased. Comms were frequent and informative and I'd have no hesitation in dealing with Aidan again. Recommended.

I'm not a huge Jazz fan and will make fun of it on here - to my shame - but on my list of all-time favourite albums are: Blues and Roots - Mingus A Love Supreme - John Coltrane Kind of Blue - Miles Davis All sublime in their own way. 'So What' from Kind of Blue must be the best opening track on the album - and in fact any album, IMO.