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The KKK Took my Baby Away - Ramones

Total contradiction about wether or not plectra/picks are involved between the two halves of the article!

I restored/painted Steve Hewitt's (drummer) car for him. It was the first car he bought with money from the band. Unfortunately it was a purple Peugeot 306 Gti 6.

Very much so. I use both fretting and plucking fingers (and thumbs) for muting.

Exactly this.

The 30th of October 2016, with a friend of mine, we went to see Dinosaur Jr at The Atelier, a quite small venue, in Luxembourg. I stayed at my usual place with my pal, just before the mixing desk, and after the first track I turned to the venue sound engineer (who is always good) and told him to lower Jay Mascis a lot in the FoH as he was way too loud. His response was unequivocal: "I muted him from the beginning, this asshôle is completely deaf and put his 4 amps on full blast, so he's louder than the FoH!" We went to the bar, were the sound was half audible... Awful gig for sure.

Brain stuck in importing mode, had the "25%" rule of thumb in my head, whoops!

Take a crime number and bye 🙋🏻‍♂️

I'm in my 50's - I play and learn every day I'll "retire" to play more music There is always something to listen to , read, transcribe, play

I resemble that remark.

Bastard Thieves

Thanks Mike, if I was closer I would come and attend for sure, it sounds truly wonderful and a lot of thought, effort and work goes into yours in Somerset. Coincidentally, you are also called Mike the name of @mikebass456 who I quoted and replied to as it seems he is fairly local, comparitively! I'm not afraid of the work. We'll see if there's interest - though there doesn't seem to be too much yet. I'll ask around the local guys too and see what they think.

Wow - your vat is high in scotland!

Given my situation (Brit living in the US... for now), the cost of living over here is astronomical. Almost everything is more expensive, with the exception of petrol and some consumer goods. And the consumer goods are getting more expensive because a certain Tango-tinted sociopath decided to add an import tax to everything not made in the States. I earn quite a lot more here than I ever earned in the UK, but have less disposable income. Groceries/shopping - anything from 50% to 100% more expensive, for sh*tter food. Medicine - don't go there. Bills - energy about the same, phone/TV/broadband much higher. Taxation - once you add up federal and state, not much different in my income bracket. Property taxes - dependent on location, but makes council tax look like a bargain in many places. Loads of "stealth" taxes too. And then, of course, you have health insurance and all its associated expenses, which is just plain usury.

It'll be Herts/Essex

Take it from me, we have it easy in the U.K compared to the U.S.A ( for now, anyway...). Relative prices is a very complex equation, of which the exchange rate is only one factor. Let me put it this way, if you are living in the U.K and struggling to afford a bass, chances are if you had the equivalent life in America you would struggle even more. It's an unforgiving place with some very harsh realities when it comes to money, especially if you don't have much.

Don't you guys know that "each of the worm-holes in fact acted as a sort of resonating chamber resulting in a lightweight instrument laced with unparalleled acoustic properties and overtones"? Luddites.

I'm half tempted by the bamboo u bass on thomann. Looking for something to bring to work on public transport then off on a bus to a pub jam